Terror Gallery Presents Terror Nenas
Curated by Joaquin Goldstein, Hosted by Undercurrent Projects
Peru-based Terror Gallery, founded by artist/curator Joaquin Goldstein, returned to New York with Terror Nenas an exhibition featuring the work of five female Peruvian and New York based artists.
I visited the opening in an East Village basement on a rainy Sunday evening which was packed with a crowd that braved the pouring rain and Uber surge pricing to experience the darkly delicious imagery. My favorite aspect about the exhibition is that it was refreshingly and understatedly confident, without slapping the viewer in the face. Joaquin Goldstein’s curation celebrates the dark, sticky underbelly of femininity without relying upon the baseball bat effect of becoming political or preachy. The horror is not so much in-your-face, but rather light handed — sometimes cerebral, other times instinctual.
The exhibited work came together as a whole installation to be experienced, though its parts were as distinct as the five artists that created them. I felt as if I had walked into the dark dream of a Latin American novel, in Spanish, before its nuances become lost in translation. The work exudes undercurrents of blended cultures, obsessive love, fear, loss and longing — universal themes that resonate with the viewer. There were no artist statements to assign meaning to the viewer. The exhibition allowed me the experience and feel my way through the beauty and the terror of the feminine experience.
Joaquin Goldstein and Katie Peyton
Yezica Tunic (b. Argentina)
Yezica Tutic’s scrapbooked, and sometimes blood-spattered diary invites the viewer to peel back the layers of a woman to find messy, visceral, always-evolving anxieties and fantasies that lie beneath the surface.
Yezica Tunic (b. Argentina)
The Story of My Life: Tutic
(detail)
Stephanie ‘ñiñi’ Soria (Peru), Untitled Collection
(detail)
Stephanie ‘ñiñi’ Soria’s found photographs are painted over to show the dark side that lies beneath the vernacular.
Stephanie ‘ñiñi’ Soria (Peru), Untitled Collection
(detail)
Maria Dimanshtein (b. Latvia)
with Handbook for a Better Life
Maria Dimanshtein (b. Latvia), Handbook for a Better Life
(detail)
Maria Dimanshtein (b. Latvia), Handbook for a Better Life
(detail)
Andrea Beteta uses condom wrappers to bring forth a discussion of the insecurity, longing, loneliness and rejection that comes with sex.
Andrea Beteta (Peru)
Todos Me Usan /They All Use Me
By multiplying her presence, Carolina Peñafiel, puts an emphasis on absence in the residence of her former lover.
Carolina Penafiel (b. Chile)
with No Terror
Feature Grid Image:
Jana Astanov, Art Terrorist Devi Oracle
(performance still)
Terror Gallery Presents:
Terror Nenas
Closing reception Thursday 6-8 pm
Hosted by:
Undercurrent Projects
215 E 5th Street
917 873 6959
Undercurrent Projects