Dalila Sanabria: Lamentations 
September 9th - October 8th, 2023 
Opening reception: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 from 5-8 pm

Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to present Lamentations, a Solo exhibition of work by 2023 Open Call Main Space recipient, Dalila Sanabria. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 9th, 2023 from 5-8 pm. 

Lamentations marks the first New York solo exhibition for Sanabria.  A Chilean-Colombian artist from central Florida. The exhibition consists of a sculptural video installation featuring a Mormon baptismal font made of bahareque, a Colombian indigenous method of sustainable construction involving some of the most basic of earth materials: mud, straw, and bamboo sticks. 

As a stage of mediary dimension, Lamentations spotlights an imagined mythology centered on the brown self. Through a projected text-narrative exchange and a minimally composed acoustic soundtrack, a protagonist and antagonist converse through poetic dialogue. The architecture in the exhibition is adorned with figurative sculptures and ornamentation clad in mud, hybridizing the effects of both theater and cinema, temple and screen, and inviting viewers to enter its walls. 

The character of the moon falls at the forefront of Lamentations. Resting between the sun and stars, the moon holds a special relationship with her proximity to earth and susceptibility to cycles of change. As a harbinger of water and renewal, the moon is the closest bridge between the living and the dead, between existing and transcending. 

Artist Bio: 
Dalila Sanabria (b. 1996) is a Chilean-Colombian artist, writer, and educator from central Florida. Working primarily with sculpture, video, and organic material, her work investigates sacred sites and architecture, asking questions of displacement, precarity, reverence, and belonging.  

Sanabria has received an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art, a BFA in Art, and a BA in Portuguese Studies from Brigham Young University. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent exhibitions at Roman Susan Gallery in Chicago, IL, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, QUAID Gallery in Tampa, FL, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, the Czong Institute of Contemporary Art Museum in South Korea, and the Rio Gallery in Salt Lake City, UT. She has been written about in Art in America, SaltLakeUnderGround Magazine, Terremoto Magazine, and Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. She is also the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, participating in residencies and workshops at the Vermont Studio Center, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and ACRE (Artists’ Cooperate Residency & Exhibitions).

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