Curated by Solveig Øvstebø

Gabriel Sierra’s first solo show in a US institution finds the Colombian artist reflecting on the life of natural and built spaces. Does the experience of walking on grass, earth, or straw change when these materials are transposed into the gallery environment? Does the exhibition space—not only its defined architecture but also the lighting and the positioning of objects—inform our perception of these materials? Do we experience differently the surfaces of synthetic substances, whose skins artificially bind their disparate innards, and those of their natural counterparts, where inside and outside are inextricably interwoven? A series of small rooms, produced for the occasion, reconsiders natural and man-made construction in art and design. The show and attendant catalogue strike up a dialogue between materials and explore the relationship between rooms we move through and those we move within.

— Chus Martínez