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Sergio A Fernández-Global, at FIFI projects, Wynwood Art District
Sergio A. Fernández. Untitled, 2007, Chromogenic print, 50” x 60”.
Opening reception October 11th, 2008, 7pm
As a Peruvian artist working abroad, Sergio A. Fernandez has always searched for themes that reflect a relationship to his surroundings, wrestling with a position regarding the landscape and the cultural constructs that surround him.
As he continually searches for common ground between cultures, he documents the unremarkable spaces created by institutions that appear sterile, and seemingly have no specific function or geographic location.
The images in this project explore the institutions, as they exist and without intervention, in order to document and extract beauty from the dismissed stages of public life.
The glow of fluorescent lights and the poor acoustics of dry wall are present in institutional buildings across the world, turning them into spatial vacuums that defy traditional notions of purpose and placement; once inside an office building, the weather is always pleasant and the landscape remains painfully similar: 68° to 72° degrees Fahrenheit, industrial carpeting, beige technology and artificial plants (with the occasional ficus tree). Even the activities have been equalized: spaces remain the same, only software changes. Yet the images appear almost ominous, foreboding in their vast, cold spaces.
FIFI projects
167 NW 23rd St.
Miami, FL 33127
Phone 305 200 5180
Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
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