Pablo José Ramírez Curates New Ceramics Section ‘Smoke’
Debuting at Frieze London 2024, the lineup includes Manuel Chavajay, Yeni Mao, Noé Martínez, Lucía Pizzani, Ayla Tavares and Yuri Yuan
Debuting at Frieze London 2024, the lineup includes Manuel Chavajay, Yeni Mao, Noé Martínez, Lucía Pizzani, Ayla Tavares and Yuri Yuan
Organised by Pablo José Ramírez (Curator, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles), a new themed section at Frieze London 2024 will present ceramic works that explore diasporic and indigenous histories.
Smoke will bring together international artists at the forefront of the medium today – whose practices draw upon pre-colonial traditions to use clay in expanded forms – presenting ceramics as one of the most impactful aesthetic forms in contemporary art.
Smoke pays tribute to El Animal Humo (the Smoke Animal), Humberto Ak’abal’s story of an enigmatic creature made of smoke who emanates from the soil as a sublime and disturbing manifestation of nature. The featured artists – including solo presentations of Manuel Chavajay (Pedro Cera, Madrid, Lisbon), Noé Martínez (Patron, Chicago), Lucía Pizzani (Cecilia Brunson Projects, London), Ayla Tavares (Galeria Athena, Rio De Janeiro and Hatch, Paris) and Adán Vallecillo (Galería Extra, Guatemala City) and dual presentations from Christine Howard Sandoval and Linda Vallejo (parrasch heijnen, Los Angeles), Yeni Mao and Yuri Yuan (Make Room, Los Angeles) and Karla Ekaterine Canseco with Roksana Pirouzmand (Murmurs, Los Angeles) – explore counter-archaeology, the continuum of ancestry and the ways in which materials bear witness to diasporic movements.
Special thanks to Murmurs, Los Angeles, for assistance with video production. Additional footage of Ayla Tavares works by Rafael Estefanía, courtesy of Collegium.
Further Information
Frieze London and Frieze Masters, 9 – 13 October 2024, The Regent’s Park.
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