About this piece:
“Alexander Apóstol’s work, comprised of photography series and video pieces, questions the development
of modernity in his native Venezuela—which extrapolates into a general
questioning of a universal idea of ‘modernity,’ creating a dialectic
between the ‘modern’ and a reality that contradicts this idea. He
accomplishes this by revealing a paradoxical reality where he finds contradicting
forces at play by digitally manipulating photographs in both his Residente Pulido
and Residente Pulido:Ranchos series and by creating “real” video
situations, such as the pieces Don Carlos and Documental, where the question
of Venezuela’s dreams of modernity ever having been accomplished is poignantly
asked. The majority of the series of photographs and all of the video pieces
will be seen for the first time in the US in this exhibition.
”
Introduction to the exhibition Alexander Apóstol:
Savage Modern / Moderno Salvaje, The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation. May 13 - June
18, 2006
Alexander Apóstol, 2005. All Rights Reserved