Millenium Mambo
Start date
Friday, September 28, 2018, 12:00pmEnd date
Wednesday, December 26, 2018, 12:00pmLocation
The Jane Hartsook Gallery is pleased to present new work by Cristina Tufiño. Tufiño is an interdisciplinary artist whose work draws on matriarchal power and sexuality. In this new body of sculptural work, Tufiño develops the exploration she began in her video essay Dear Pilar (2018), using historical symbols and personal experiences to explore the tension between biographical representation, memory and desire.
Consideration shows how carefully Tufiño has layered historical reference with autobiographical imagery. A collection of cast ceramic keyboards, cat heads, fingers and pineapples stand out as the refuse of some past-present millennial culture, waiting to be discovered by a future archaeologist. Tufiño connects these broader historical references to her personal experience, juxtaposing archaeological references with images of her childhood home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, her travels to Tokyo and her visits to the lush gardens of the Chateau de Fontainebleau in France.