Line of Sight
Galleria Duemila | Manila
Line of Sight
6 May - 20 June 2023
Nice Buenaventura
Karl Castro
Jon Cuyson
Eric Ramos Guerrero
Curated by Jon Cuyson
Galleria Duemila presents the group exhibition Line of Sight, featuring the works of Nice Buenaventura, Karl Castro, Jon Cuyson, and Eric Ramos Guerrero. The Line of Sight or Axis Line is the imaginary line between an observer, spectator, or target. In communication, the line of sight is the direct path from a transmitter to the receiver. In this time of digitization and data accumulation, how are images and messages received and deployed when a clear line of sight is regularly obstructed and manipulated? The ability of works of art to generate nebulous concepts of affect is rooted in the contemporary understanding of the audience and the artist. An image or other visual artwork becomes an object of attention necessary for viewer engagement to produce an effect. How do artists negotiate the relationship between maker and viewer? What occurs when that engagement becomes obscured? What strategies do image makers utilize to retain agency? How are subjectivity and knowledge formed without a clear line of sight?
The group exhibition brings together four artists working in diverse media but connected by their interest in the intersection of history and visual culture. Accessing personal and collective memory, they bring complex underrepresented narratives relating to their biography and contemporary socio-political concerns. The artist and curator, Jon Cuyson initiated the underlying idea of the group’s intersecting reflections. The exhibition opens on May 6 and continues until June 20, 2023.
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