Leslie Galbadón, A Sum of Possibilities
A Sum of Possibilities,
Christina Pettersson – Leslie Gabaldón - Nina Surel
Curator: Verónica Flom
Video by Fredi Ferrara
June 4 – August 4, 2022
Dot Fiftyone Gallery is delighted to announce the exhibition “A Sum of Possibilities”, a group show featuring Miami-based artists Leslie Gabaldón, Christina Pettersson and Nina Surel, curated by Verónica Flom.
What lies behind the merely visible? What is the memory hidden in the landscape, in the trees, in our bodies? The works of Leslie Gabaldón, Christina Pettersson and Nina Surel revolve around these questions. Using photography, sculpture, or drawing, they explore and produce those zones of silence, encounter, and transformation.
Leslie Gabaldón conducts a field research study on the forest, which is focused both on the environment and the introspective. Her series of photographs titled Locus has been made over the past 6 years at the same exact location in Florida: Gulf Hammock. Her photographs call for a reflection on the passage of time, nature, and our perception of them. In these images, the gaze of the artist appears walking, taking visual notes, keeping a log of a journey through time. It is as if she were an archaeologist of a lost world. There is a real thrill at the immensity of the landscape. But at the same time, that landscape contrasts with the permanence on our current more digital world and the tangibility of the things that we have let escape.
Leslie Gabaldon was born in Venezuela and lives in Miami, Florida. Part of the thriving community of Latinx artists in the US, she has focused her attention on new media. Her tendencies toward alternative mediums eventually led her to embrace photography as the foundation of her work. Gabaldon's ideas stem from concepts of sociological memory and cross-cultural topics in the contemporary world, including life, sustainability, and climate change. Her photography practice is at the intersection of our natural landscape and the increasingly dominating digital realm in which we exist. Gabaldon is searching to recover our connection with the tangible world, to better preserve it, and continue living in open air. Her habitual visits to discover the ever-changing landscape within the wetlands and the forests of Florida are depicted in her most recent body of work. Her career spans over 20 years, and her work has been exhibited internationally. Selected participations in Shanghai, Argentina, and Colombia, and at local venues, including the Naples Museum of Art, Coral Gables Museum, and numerous art fairs, as well as solo shows at Dot Fiftyone Gallery in Miami.
“A Sum of Possibilities” posits geographies that invite a reflection on what lies behind what is seen, thus opening infinite perspectives for Florida and beyond.
Christina Pettersson – Leslie Gabaldón - Nina Surel
Curator: Verónica Flom
Video by Fredi Ferrara
June 4 – August 4, 2022
Dot Fiftyone Gallery is delighted to announce the exhibition “A Sum of Possibilities”, a group show featuring Miami-based artists Leslie Gabaldón, Christina Pettersson and Nina Surel, curated by Verónica Flom.
What lies behind the merely visible? What is the memory hidden in the landscape, in the trees, in our bodies? The works of Leslie Gabaldón, Christina Pettersson and Nina Surel revolve around these questions. Using photography, sculpture, or drawing, they explore and produce those zones of silence, encounter, and transformation.
Leslie Gabaldón conducts a field research study on the forest, which is focused both on the environment and the introspective. Her series of photographs titled Locus has been made over the past 6 years at the same exact location in Florida: Gulf Hammock. Her photographs call for a reflection on the passage of time, nature, and our perception of them. In these images, the gaze of the artist appears walking, taking visual notes, keeping a log of a journey through time. It is as if she were an archaeologist of a lost world. There is a real thrill at the immensity of the landscape. But at the same time, that landscape contrasts with the permanence on our current more digital world and the tangibility of the things that we have let escape.
Leslie Gabaldon was born in Venezuela and lives in Miami, Florida. Part of the thriving community of Latinx artists in the US, she has focused her attention on new media. Her tendencies toward alternative mediums eventually led her to embrace photography as the foundation of her work. Gabaldon's ideas stem from concepts of sociological memory and cross-cultural topics in the contemporary world, including life, sustainability, and climate change. Her photography practice is at the intersection of our natural landscape and the increasingly dominating digital realm in which we exist. Gabaldon is searching to recover our connection with the tangible world, to better preserve it, and continue living in open air. Her habitual visits to discover the ever-changing landscape within the wetlands and the forests of Florida are depicted in her most recent body of work. Her career spans over 20 years, and her work has been exhibited internationally. Selected participations in Shanghai, Argentina, and Colombia, and at local venues, including the Naples Museum of Art, Coral Gables Museum, and numerous art fairs, as well as solo shows at Dot Fiftyone Gallery in Miami.
“A Sum of Possibilities” posits geographies that invite a reflection on what lies behind what is seen, thus opening infinite perspectives for Florida and beyond.