Oscar Murillo: Valentina’s Birthday
Performance | Jan. 17, 2014, 6-9pm
This is a past event.
A party celebrating artist Oscar Murillo’s daughter’s 4th birthday becomes the VIP reception for TMR’s inaugural show and a performance that explores the complex interactions between social classes.
About the Performance.
Valentina’s Birthday is a party, performance, and opening reception for TMR’s inaugural exhibition, Oscar Murillo: Distribution Center. Building on Murillo’s interest in spaces and moments of leisure and the ways through which they facilitate interactions between distinct social classes, this performance will transform invited guests into both active participants and spectators. Artists, curators, collectors, gallerists, and other art world figures will join the artist’s family, relatives, and friends for this experiment in social inversion where everyone will be encouraged to perform an equal role.
About the Artist.
Oscar Murillo (b. 1986, Colombia) lives and works in London. He received a BA in Fine Art at the University of Westminster in 2007 and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London, in 2012. Recent solo exhibitions and projects include if I was to draw a line, this journey started approximately 400km north of the equator, South London Gallery, London (2013); Dinner at the members club? Yes! I’ll have a black Americano first pls, Carlos/Ishikawa, London (2013); Ossie’s Bingo Boutique, MAMA Showroom, Rotterdam (2013); work, Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2012); and The Cleaner’s Late Summer Party with Comme des Garçons, Park Nights, Serpentine Gallery, London (2012) amongst others.
Related
Press
Jan. 16, 2014 | L.A.’s Mistake Room Launching with Oscar Murillo Show | ArtInfo
Jan. 18, 2014 | Cesar Garcia’s the Mistake Room opens in Downtown L.A. | LA Times
Jan. 20, 2014 | Downtown L.A.’s The Mistake Room Art Space Celebrates Opening | Hollywood Reporter
Jan. 24, 2014 | The Mistake Room: The L.A. Art World’s Next Big Thing | KCET Artbound
Credits
Oscar Murillo: Valentina’s Birthday is organized by TMR.
TMR's program is made possible with the support of its Board of Directors and Big Mistake Patron Group.
Support for this event is provided by Evolutionary Media Group.
In-kind support is provided by Bombay Sapphire.