Valentina Guerrero Marín Debuts "Aquí, otros cielos" at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Chilean artist Valentina Guerrero Marín showcases "Aquí, otros cielos," a site-specific installation curated by Fernanda Ramos Mena at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Ciudad de México. This exhibition features two glass and mirror optical devices, along with an audio guide that encourages viewers to engage with the concept of clouds. It delves into the World Meteorological Organization's definition of clouds and references the WMO's International Cloud Atlas from 1975. The work juxtaposes cloud physics with medieval metaphysics of light, citing Robert Grosseteste's thirteenth-century text, De Luce. Guerrero Marín's art relates to stained glass in medieval cathedrals, restoring light to matter, while also including poems by Wisława Szymborska and discussing disparities in access to light and sky.
Key facts
- "Aquí, otros cielos" is a site-specific project by Valentina Guerrero Marín at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Ciudad de México.
- The exhibition is curated by Fernanda Ramos Mena.
- The installation occupies the museum's terrace beside Avenida Revolución, surrounded by trees.
- It features two optical devices made of glass and mirrors, plus an audio guide.
- The work stems from Guerrero Marín's long-term, quasi-scientific research on clouds.
- The World Meteorological Organization's International Cloud Atlas (1975) is cited on cloud luminosity.
- Robert Grosseteste's De Luce and its theory of light as first corporeal form are discussed.
- Wisława Szymborska's poem "Las nubes" (Instante, 2002) and Hélène Cixous are quoted.
Entities
Artists
- Valentina Guerrero Marín
- Fernanda Ramos Mena
- Wisława Szymborska
- Robert Grosseteste
- Hélène Cixous
- Javier Galván
Institutions
- Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil
- World Meteorological Organization
- Artishock Revista
Locations
- Ciudad de México
- Mexico
- Chile
- Gaza
- Palestine
- Geneva
- Switzerland
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Madrid
- San Juan
- Puerto Rico