Artist Talk: Oscar Murillo
Artist Talk | April 10, 2014, 7pm
This is a past event.
Oscar Murillo and TMR Founding Director and Chief Curator Cesar Garcia discuss the artist’s practice and his TMR exhibition, Distribution Center.
About the Talk.
Oscar Murillo will discuss his process and how he responded to TMR’s industrial space to bring together various aspects of his work for this exhibition. Murillo and TMR Founding Director and Chief Curator Cesar Garcia will also talk about the role that globalization plays in the structuring of lives in the Global North and South and how the movement of people and capital shapes the experiences of distinct socioeconomic classes.
About the Participants.
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.
Cesar Garcia is TMR’s Founding Director and Chief Curator.
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Credits
Artist Talk: Oscar Murillo is organized by TMR and presented in conjunction with Oscar Murillo: Distribution Center.
TMR's program is made possible with the support of its Board of Directors and Big Mistake Patron Group.
Video Credit: Seana Carroll. Copyright 2014. The Mistake Room Inc.
Photo Credit: The Mistake Room. Copyright 2014. The Mistake Room Inc