Immortality & Vulnerability is a collaborative effort between co-curators Didi Menendez and Sergio Gomez (who runs the gallery at the Zhou B Art Center, along with his own space 33 Contemporary), and the artists involved. The way they tell it, Sergio came up with the concept, As luck would have it, this meshed with a new series that Didi had been discussing with artist Nadine Robbins.
See Nadine’s explanation of this piece here.
“Double Gulp” by Nadine RobbinsThe title Immortality and Vulnerability was given to all the invited artists about one year in advance. Artists and poets were selected from across the country to participate. Each artist and poet was asked to respond to this theme from their own point of view and with their own visual language and writing style. The ideas of Immortality and Vulnerability have been part of the human experience for millennia and have been subjects of exploration by numerous artists throughout time.
I don’t want to give too much away, because the show looks great and I want you to check out the magazine to see it all, but here are a couple more teasers:
Cesar Conde‘s piece for Immortality & Vulnerability
Victoria Selbach‘s piece for Immortality & Vulnerability