New Video Art Exhibit :Liliana Porter “The Riddle / Charada” (Mar 13 – Apr 24)

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March 13, 2021-April 24, 2021 | Gallery Hours: Tu, W, F, Sa 10-5:30, Th 11-7 by appointment

Hosfelt Gallery is pleased to present the world premiere of the most recent video by Liliana Porter, The Riddle/Charada, featuring an idiosyncratic cast of characters culled from her ever-evolving collection of toys and figurines that she finds in flea markets, antique stores, and souvenir shops. The narrative is constructed from a sequence of vignettes wherein these characters interact in unexpected and darkly humorous ways, accompanied by an evocative soundtrack.

Porter’s quirky objects have a double existence. On the one hand they appear as banal or kitschy curios; at the same time, they possess a gaze that evokes a certain pathos, provoking the viewer to endow them with an interiority and identity. Each theatrical vignette in the video presents a pointed visual commentary that speaks to the human condition. Leaving the narrative intentionally ambiguous and open to a variety of interpretations, Porter entices the viewer to unravel the riddle.

Early Conceptual Prints

To elucidate the conceptual and philosophical foundations of Porter’s work, accompanying the film are a group of seminal prints made in the 1960s and ’70s. At the age of 22, Liliana moved from Argentina to New York, where she co-founded the New York Graphic Workshop with Luis Camnitzer and Jose Guillermo Castillo in 1965. Together they radically re-defined the meaning and purpose of printmaking by putting technique at the service of ideas.

Presented by Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco

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