Boa Mistura reflects on the elements that form the identity of a city and its permanence in identity and collective imagination, through a large-scale mural located outside the Laundromat Art Space gallery, and a fragmented replica composed of 30 original paintings for sale inside the gallery.
As an invitation to reflect, the significance of the mural depends on the action of the collectors, who acquire a piece that replicates the mural. The acquisition of the original paintings before 48 hours, saves the corresponding fragments in the mural from their total disappearance from the city mural.
"This project invites us to think about the effects that our individual actions have on public space", says Pablo, a member of Boa Mistura. Reflecting on the transitory nature of his work, Pablo adds: "Our work is ephemeral by nature, because it is in public space. Over time they disappear, sometimes due to the direct action of human desire, and other times due to the passage of time itself, completely and advertising will be placed in their place. This is the harsh reality that we have to face all the time."
The process of disappearance was broadcast via streaming, with twenty-one of the thirty fragments that made up the mural being saved from disappearance. As a result, the final mural is a collective reaction to individual decisions by collectors reflected in the city's canvas.
Available from December 1 to December 7 of last year at the Laundromat Art space gallery in Miami, RE-ACT is a project carried out in collaboration with the PONCE+ROBLES gallery, presented by DORCAM (Doral Contemporary Art Museum) as part of its program during Miami Art Week 2024. It has been carried out with support for the promotion of Spanish contemporary art from the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain.
