Presenting for the first time, at Miami ‘s Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, Cuban conceptual artist Dagoberto Rodriguez, reveals Mars Storm, curated by Simon Njami.
Miami’s Fundación Pablo Atchugarry is pleased to announce Mars Storm, an inaugural solo exhibition by one of the most influential and widely recognized Cuban Artists of the 21st Century, Dagoberto Rodriguez. Curated by Simon Njami, Mars Storm, debuts a collection of never-before seen satellite oil paintings that depicts the remains of a fallen world, while simultaneously reviving an archeology of the future.
Subject of numerous fantasies illustrated by countless science-fiction narratives, the planet Mars is at the core of Rodriguez’s interest, further defined by the insoluble question. “Does the red planet represent our future or our past?” “After having colonized the world, humans are dreaming of colonizing the universe. Have they learned their lessons before envisioning such an adventure?” said curator Njami. Positioning the exhibition space as an archaeological site, Mars Storm, reflects on the ineffable state of the human condition as Rodriguez sees it, taking a metaphorical and poetic approach to convey an archeology of the future, wherein the past, the present and the future are interwoven without any delineation.
Lining the walls of the exhibition, alongside paintings of unscathed Mars, are massive cavasses of satellite images of hurricanes and their infrared radar (composed of the artistic signature Legos) at their most destructive state, alerting attention toward the irreversible ecological destruction of planet Earth.
Exhibition date: Sept. 15, 2022- January 28, 2023- Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, 6:00Pm-9:00 pm. Place: Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, 5520 N.E. 4th Avenue, Miami, Fl. 33137. For more information, high resolution images, and to arrange an interview with Dagoberto Rodriguez or Piero Atchugarry: (305) 639-8247.