Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York Photo: Mats Nordman © Firelei Báez
FIRELEI BÁEZ, Encyplopedia of Gestures (Jeu du Monde), 2023, Oil and acrylic on archival printed canvas, 209.3 × 263.8 cm
Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: »Firelei Báez«
New works by a destructive painter
Starting October 5, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, is all about Firelei Báez: the Dominican painter presents many new works from the last five years and explores a new chapter in colonial history.
October 05, 2023
She paints not on canvas, but on ancient maps or architectural plans: these were made by colonial authorities, Firelei Báez now overwrites them with a new expression of power. Non-Western cultures continue to break away from colonial influences and discover new identities; almost forgotten traditions and mythologies blend with contemporary living conditions and knowledge. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in the small town of Humlebæk, Denmark, will host the exhibition Firelei Báez from October 5, 2023, to February 18, 2024. The focus is on her latest works, created since 2018.
The show is the artist's first solo exhibition in Europe. Báez was born in the Dominican Republic in 1981 and has lived in the United States since the age of 8. To date, she has made a name for herself by exploring non-Western perspectives on Western cultures and art traditions. Báez has exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Bronx Museum of the Arts, both in New York. She has also won numerous awards and in 2017 was nominated for the Future Generation Art Prize for significant artists under the age of 35.
Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York Photo: Mats Nordman © Firelei Báez
FIRELEI BÁEZ, Black Quantum Physicists (Duppy for Delacroix), 2023, Oil and acrylic on archival printed canvas, 180.7 × 180.7 cm
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