Curators: ‘Provenances: Erick Beltrán, Simon Fujiwara & Jordi Mitjà’, Umberto di Marino Arte Contemporaneo, Naples, Italy, 14 May–14 September 2009

Provenances
Photo: Simon Fujiwara

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Provenances' was composed of three specially-commissioned solo presentations by Erick Beltrán (1974 Mexico City. Lives in Barcelona), Simon Fujiwara (1982, London. Lives in London/Berlin) and Jordi Mitjà (1970 Figueres. Lives in Lladó, Girona).

The exhibition purposely coincided with the 2009
Maggio dei Monumenti (May of Monuments) in Naples [40° 53' N 14° 18' E], a month-long festival during which many historical palaces and private sites throughout Naples were made accessible to the public. The exhibition reflected on the heritage industry and the museumification of history, as well as the creation, transmission and fidelity of cultural worth. The artists in 'Provenances' shared an aesthetic and pragmatic concern with the principle of the personal archive or the pre-museal wunderkammer. The categorization and veracity of their objects, images and words was always provisional. As Didier Maleuvre discusses in his book 'Museum Memories' (1999) the past remains, naturally enough, in the past: the gathering of art and artefacts as a ritual encounter must, and can only, manufacture an image of history.

Erick Beltrán presented four works each focussed around a relic-like artifact made of a particular natural substance. Following the related ‘Serie Calculum’ (Calculum Series) (2008) – "an essay about the concentration, the density and the creation of value" as he has described – each object was accompanied by a text-diagram, and together they elicited a dense proliferation of references, narratives, contexts and interconnections.

Encompassing formats including performance-lectures, published fiction and collections of articles and artefacts, the projects of Simon Fujiwara take shape as a carefully constructed borderline of ethology, eroticism, architecture and ancestry. 'The Museum of Incest' (2009) was a multipart project which unearthed an implicit myth of human origins and an explicit sexual archeology. Fujiwara realised the performance-lecture 'The Museum of Incest. A Guided Tour' during the opening night. A guide to the museum (see inside 'The Incest Museum: A Guide') was published for the exhibition by Archive Books.

In '
Floating Lines' (2009) Jordi Mitjà reflected on practices of information retrieval, falsification and accumulation. In his seemingly-sparse installation, clusters of photocollages were hidden from immediate view by a string curtain which necessitated the visitors’ gesture in order to reveal them.







Comisarios: ‘Provenances: Erick Beltrán, Simon Fujiwara & Jordi Mitjà’, Umberto di Marino Arte Contemporanea, Nápoles, Italia, 14 Mayo–14 Septiembre 2009

Provenances
Photo: Danilo Donzelli / Jordi Mitjà

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Provenances' consistió en tres presentaciones individuales de Erick Beltrán (1974, Ciudad de México. Vive en Barcelona), Simon Fujiwara (1982, Londres. Vive entre Londres y Berlin) y Jordi Mitjà (1970 Figueras. Vive en Lladó, Gerona).

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Provenances' coincidió con las festividades Maggio dei Monumenti (Mayo de los monumentos) en Nápoles [40° 50' N 14° 15' E], cuando se abren las puertas de lugares históricos y se programan actividades culturales. La exposición reflexionó sobre el presente y el pasado, la industria del patrimonio y la museificación de la cultura, así como la creación, la transmisión y la fidelidad de un valor cultural. Los artistas de 'Provenances' comparten una estética y una preocupación pragmática con los archivos personales o los wunderkammer pre-museales. La veracidad de los objetos, imágenes o palabras que recogen es siempre provisional. Como Didier Maleuvre analiza en su libro 'Memorias del Museo' (1999), el pasado sigue existiendo, como es natural, en el pasado: la recolección de objetos y artefactos artísticos como un encuentro ritual debe, y sólo puede, fabricar una imagen de la historia.

Erick Beltrán presentó cuatro obras cada una centrada entorno a un artefacto-reliquia realizado de una sustancia natural. Tras la 'Serie Calculum' (Calculum Serie) (2008) – "un ensayo sobre la concentración, la densidad y la creación de valor" como lo ha descrito el artista – cada objeto se acompañó de un texto-diagrama, y juntos obtienen una densa proliferación de referencias, descripciones, contextos e interconexiones.

Abarcando conferencias, relatos de ficción y colecciones de artículos y objetos, los proyectos de
Simon Fujiwara toman forma en los confines entre la etología, el erotismo, la arquitectura y el linaje. 'The Museum of Incest' (2009) es un multi-proyecto que desentierra el mito de los orígenes y la sexualidad explícita en la historia de la arqueología. Durante la inauguración Fujiwara realizó la performance titulada 'The Museum of Incest. A Guided Tour'. En ocasión de la exposición, Archive Books publicó la guía del museo (ver 'The Incest Museum: A Guide').

En '
Floating Lines' (2009) Jordi Mitjà reflexionó sobre las prácticas de recuperación de información, falsificación y acumulación. En su presentación aparerentemente vacía, grupos de fotocollages se encuentran bajo una cortina que los protege de la luz, requiriendo el gesto del visitante con el fin de revelar sus contenidos.
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