
Ricardo Brey
Ricardo Brey’s exhibition here, “Doble Existencia / Double Existence,” bridges the gulf between language and materials through a kind of alchemical hybridity. Installed on the gallery’s first floor is a video of gloved hands emptying out the contents of a black archival box, which calls to mind Marcel Duchamp’s portable Boîte-en-valise, 1935–40. A similar box appears upstairs in Rose of Jericho, 2013–14. The container, splayed open atop a plinth, reveals ornately wallpapered insides: one an imitation woodgrain, the other a muted pattern of baroque florals. It also features an accordion book of