Frieze VIPs are invited for a private tour of Delcy Morelos: El abrazo at Dia Chelsea. Deputy Director of Programs, Humberto Moro will introduce the group to this commission.
For more than a decade, Delcy Morelos has been working primarily with earth, creating encompassing environments of geometrically abstract forms and elemental dispersions. For Dia Chelsea, the artist has created two immersive, multisensory installations — Cielo terrenal (Earthly Heaven, 2023) and El abrazo (The Embrace, 2023), the latter giving the exhibition its title—where surface and volume converge and collapse through monochromatic expanse and material accumulation. Reorienting considerations of land and site toward embodied forms of material and ecological knowledge, Morelos aims to cultivate moments of connection with what she describes as the “intimate humidity of the earth.”
Delcy Morelos: El abrazo is organized by Alexis Lowry, curator with Zuna Maza, curatorial assistant.
All exhibitions at Dia are made possible by the Economou Exhibition Fund.
Delcy Morelos: El abrazo is organized in partnership with the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA).
Major support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. Significant support by the Teiger Foundation and VIA Art Fund. Generous support by the Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation, Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, Dia’s Director’s Council, and Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation. Additional support by the Cowles Charitable Trust, Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation, Clarice Oliveira Tavares, and Helen and Peter Warwick. Special thanks to IFF for their guidance and contributions toward El abrazo (2023).
Kindly note, capacity is limited so please RSVP at your earliest convenience.