Aliento corporal/ Corporeal Breath

Big Ramp is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition Aliento corporal/Corporeal Breath, a group show curated by Big Ramp member William Schwaller that explores the interstices of the body and the spiritual in contemporary artistic practices. Artists in the exhibition appropriate, reclaim, and reimagine forms associated with religion: altars, reliquaries, retablos, ex-votos, and masks, to explore the role of spirituality in their contemporary lives and as vehicles for expressing their cultural heritage and identities.

Exhibition Details:

• Opening Reception: Saturday, September 14 5-8PM

• Closing Celebration (with food, music, and more!): Saturday, October 12, 2-7PM

• Location: Big Ramp Gallery 2024 E Westmoreland St, Philadelphia, PA 19134

At a moment in time when culture is as secular and materialistic as it has ever been, the artists and the work in this exhibition offer timely reminders of the millenary relationship between art and spirituality. While materialism and capitalism are certainly omnipresent forces that artists rightfully and variously reject, the artists in the show are also exploring the spiritual dimension of artistic practice itself or turning to the spiritual in order to reclaim ancestral knowledge and beliefs that colonization and displacement sought to eradicate. Skeptical of earlier, postmodern parody and satire levied against organized religions or the capitalistic marketing of spiritual lifestyles by influencers, the artists in this show present their own earnest visual languages of individual and collective spirituality.

The Artists:

• Evan Dawson: http://www.evandawson.info

• Lucia Garzón: https://www.luciagarzon.com/

• Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez: https://josephlazarorodriguez.com/

• Noemi Nieves-Hoblin: https://noeminieveshoblin.wordpress.com/

• José Ortiz Pagán: https://www.joseortizpagan.com/

• Cesar Viveros: https://www.cesarmural.com/ 

We look forward to welcoming you to Aliento corporal/Corporeal Breath!

See below for the full exhibition press release: