A PLACE IN TWO DIMENSIONS A SELECTION FROM COLECCIN JUMEX + FRED SANDBACK

CURATED BY PATRICK CHARPENEL

Doug Aitken Francis Als Carl Andre Richard Artschwager John Baldessari Alighiero Boetti Carol Bove Maurizio Cattelan Martin Creed Abraham Cruzvillegas Minerva Cuevas Urs Fischer Fischli & Weiss Claire Fontaine / Reena Spaulings / Bernardette Corporation Robert Gober Fernanda Gomes Daniel Guzmn Damien Hirst Roni Horn Jasper Johns Donald Judd On Kawara Mike Kelley Ellsworth Kelly Jeff Koons Gabriel Kuri Jim Lambie Gonzalo Lebrija Sarah Lucas Teresa Margolles Paul McCarthy John McCracken Jorge Mndez Blake Bruce Nauman Gabriel Orozco Jorge Pardo Richard Prince

YOSHIRO SUDA Spring of Wood, 2001, Coleccin Jumex

R.H. Quaytman Thomas Ruff Robert Ryman Rudolph Stingel Yoshihiro Suda Eduardo Terrazas Rosemarie Trockel Tatiana Trouv Jeff Wall Andy Warhol + Fred Sandback

This exhibition was possible thanks to the the support and collaboration of the Estate of Fred Sandback and David Zwirner Gallery .

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A PLACE IN TWO DIMENSIONS A SELECTION FROM COLECCIN JUMEX + FRED SANDBACK CURATED BY PATRICK CHARPENEL

Some architectural projects have the ability to contain installations that introduce two different dimensions in one single space. The best analogy for this strange possibility is in nature itself, where, in theory, two or more realities can coexist simultaneously. One of the more interesting aspects of the theory of multiple universes formulated by quantum physicist Hugh Everett (19301982), is the idea of parallel realitiesof worlds abutting each other on a multiple, differentiated level. Thus, parallel realities or dimensions are possible for all those not subject to the limitations imposed by a single system. The principle of dimensional simultaneity establishes that two or more physical objects, realities or perceptions can coexist at the same time and in the same space. We know that the system in which we live does not function in a linear way, given that events do not always occur as a chain, one following another. Our world is actually structured along multiple tracks, like the various tracks on a single length of audiotape. On the tape, channel 1 runs parallel to channel 2 and they remain invisible to each other, but they are real and tangible for someone who perceives the recording in its totality. So we can understand how the greater universe can also run along two or more parallel tracks of reality. A Place in Two Dimensions reformulates these concepts through two independent and autonomous exhibitions installed in a single space. This project features, on the one hand, representative works from the collection of Eugenio Lpez Alonso (including sculptures, paintings, installations and videos created by over fifty different artists), and on the other, a solo show by American artist Fred Sandback (1943 2003). Thus, different works made with diverse languages and media are superimposed and connected to seven minimalist installations that are characteristic of Sandbacks practice. The simplicity and agility of Sandbacks projects contrast with the strong visual and physical presence of the pieces selected from Coleccin Jumex. This is the absurd and contradictory concept of the show at Museo Jumex. With a group of celebrated artists, the show disobeys a universal principle of logic to introduce a dialectical order of things, productively reconciling two essentially different entities. The architecture of A Place in Two Dimensions complicates the notion of specificity and expands it in other directions, permitting two spatial extensions to merge or mix in a single phenomenological diagram.

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FOOTNOTES The Footnotes program is organized by Fundacin Jumex Arte and consists of an immersion day with projections, round tables with artists, curators and critics, which bring forth various ways of approaching the concepts present throughout this show. -----MUSEO JUMEX -----29.01.14 1a 12PM 2a 6PM HIPERTEXT Hypertext is a program that runs parallel to the conceptual discussion around A Place in Two Dimensions: A Selection from Coleccin Jumex + Fred Sandback, involving specialists from other disciplines that intersect the curatorial argument. We will address the parallel universe theory proposed by physicist Hugh Everett, starting with an overview of the different hypotheses that have been contemplated in theoretical physics. -----MUSEO JUMEX -----18.11.13 12PM

CLOSE-UP Close-up is a program of weekly sessions in which a guest artist presents freely his work during forty minutes. This activity seeks to foster a different way of discovering Coleccin Jumex with dialog between the audience and artists. -----MUSEO JUMEX -----From 28.11.13 to 25.01.14

FOR WEEKLY PROGRAM DETAILS VISIT FUNDACIONJUMEX.ORG

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