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Santiago
Cucullu
EAST GALLERY
December 17, 2005 – March 12, 2006
Santiago Cucullu. The Illicit Movements of Severino Di Giaovanni
Preceding His Arrest by Edmundo De Amicci (installation at
the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis). 2004. Contact paper on wall.
Courtesy of the artist & Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York.
Photo: Cameron Wittig.
Santiago
Cucullu has created an immersive environment in the Henry’s East
Gallery. His installation centers on a grandly scaled wall drawing
made of colorful contact paper. Inspired by the German expressionist
film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the drawing sets the stage
for an expanded perception of the gallery’s usual white-walled architecture.
Just as the silent film’s sets appeared animated and collapsible,
Cucullu’s interventions fold the gallery into an alternative reality,
where an enlivened architecture envelopes us. Several sculptures
made of aluminum, wood, airline blankets, and pillows populate the
space and interrupt our usual pathways through it. Composed of everyday
materials, they exude a spontaneous theatricality that engages the
viewer and fuses art and life.
Santiago
Cucullu. Entrance Into Otherwise (installation at the Walker
Arts Center, Minneapolis). 2000. Contact paper on wall. Courtesy
of the artist & Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York. Photo: Dan
Dennehy.
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Curated
by Assistant Curator Sara Krajewski and generously supported
by ArtsFund, the Washington State Arts Commission, and the
National Endowment for the Arts. In-kind support provided
by Hotel Max.
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