Sol Calero | Frutas y culebras (2021)

Sol Calero | Frutas y culebras (2021)[[specs start]] Digital pigment print onto Somerset Photo Rag 300gsm, 48. 8 x 42 cm [19. 2 x 16. 5 inches] Edition of 45, signed and numbered [[specs end]] [[work start]] About the work Sol Calero has created Frutas y culebras, 2021, especially for Whitechapel Gallery to accompany the exhibition Desde el Saln (From the Living Room): Sol Calero selects from the Hiscox Collection, 19 May 15 Aug 2021. This print, entitled Frutas y culebras (meaning

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Digital pigment print onto Somerset Photo Rag 300gsm, 
48.8 x 42 cm [19.2 x 16.5 inches]
Edition of 45, signed and numbered 

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About the work

Sol Calero has created Frutas y culebras, 2021, especially for Whitechapel Gallery to accompany the exhibition Desde el Salón (From the Living Room): Sol Calero selects from the Hiscox Collection, 19 May - 15 Aug 2021.

This print, entitled Frutas y culebras  (meaning Fruits and snakes), derives from the artist’s 2019 painting of the same name. Calero’s distinct visual language draws upon visual clichés and imported ideas that we might associate with Latin America,  She uses stereotypically ‘tropical’ imagery such as exotic fruit and salsa dresses, inviting the audience to reconsider notions of creation, privilege and cultural appropriation.

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About the artist

Sol Calero b. Venezuela, 1982, lives and works in Berlin. Calero’s practice stems from her South American heritage and migration to Europe. Calero is known for her vibrant paintings, murals and installations.  Calero constructs social spaces that use sensory engagement as a democratic entry point for audiences to investigate socio-political themes of cultural representation and national identity.

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Selected exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions include: La carta, por favor, Crèvecoeur, Paris (2021), La Ventana, Public Commission for Deutsche Bahn, curated by Ruth Ur andorganized with Villeroy & Boch, as part of Ausgang Friedrichstraße, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße, Berlin (2021), El barco de barro (The Clay Ship), curated by Jannie Haagemann, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen (2020), Se empeñaban en tapar las grietas, pero las paredes seguían sudando, curated by Eric Mangion, Villa Arson, Nice (2020), Pasaje del olvido, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich (2019), ISLA, curated by Carla Donauer, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerpen (2019), El Autobus, Tate Liverpool (2019), Tente en el aire, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lissabon (2018), Sensory Spaces 15, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2018), Milagritos y Frutas, Galerie Crèvecoeur, Paris (2018), La puerta, ACCA Melbourne, Melbourne (2018), Interiores, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund (2017), Solo Pintura, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (2016), Casa de Cambio, Art Basel Statements, Basel (2016), Desde el Jardín, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow (2016), La Escuela del Sur, Studio Voltaire, London (2015), Cyber Café, Frieze, London (2014), Bienvenidos A Nuevo Estilo, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London (2014).

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