Salons de lecture - Kunsthalle Mulhouse

Press release – Exhibition
Projets pour une Possible Littérature / Projects for a Possible Literature
Jorge Méndez Blake
Curated by Sandrine Wymann
June 4th – August 23rd 2015
Press conference: Wednesday, June 3rd at 5 pm at La Kunsthalle
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 3rd at 6.30 pm
During Art Basel: Reception at La Kunsthalle, Friday June 19th at 7 pm
(Shuttle from Basel to Mulhouse: Departure at 6.15 pm -Corner Iseinerstrasse –Bleichestrasse Return to Basel at 9 pm)
Projects for a Possible Literature is Jorge Méndez Blake’s first exhibition in a French art center. A Mexican artist
born in 1974, he lives in Guadalajara and belongs to a generation of South American artists which is now
extremely present on the international scene.
Through drawings, installations or environmental interventions, Jorge Méndez Blake brings literature closer to
art. In his work, texts have a meaning, which he translates into shapes or images. He amplifies it through an
expertly constructed conceptual language, and takes part in rewriting games. From his monumental installations
to his simplest gestures, he imbues his work with a physical relationship between the chosen texts and the
reader, who becomes a viewer.
His work creates new connections between literature and architecture. His pieces broaden the possible readings
between authors, texts and architecture by placing them in new contexts.
Jorge Méndez Blake sees the exhibition at La Kunsthalle as an opportunity to come back to some of his existing
work, but also to create numerous new pieces. He presents his work in an almost encyclopedic manner, gathering
a range of buildings, books and other constructions to make up a complete collection of the formal elements of
his work. The result is a set of small pieces which all carry the make-up for a possible literature.
Jorge Méndez Blake has been the subject of solo presentations at MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, México City (2015);
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, USA (2014); Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Geneva, Italy (2012); Museum of Latin
American Art, Los Angeles, USA (2010); Museo Tamayo (2010) and Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City (2008).
His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (2015); MCA Museum of Contemporary Art
Santa Barbara, USA (2014) ; Aspen Museum of Art, USA (2012); Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France (2012); Fundación
Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (2012); Queensland Art Gallery, Australia (2010); Bass Museum, Miami, USA (2009); Maison Rouge,
Paris, France (2008); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (2008); MAC/VAL Musée d’art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris, France
(2007), among others.
He also participated at 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013); SABER DESCONOCER, 43 Salón (Inter) Nacional de Artistas, Medellín, Colombia (2013).
This exhibition is supported by the Cultural Institute of Mexico.
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Late-night opening Thursdays until 8 pm in June.
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La Kunsthalle is a City of Mulhouse cultural establishment.
With the support from the Regional Cultural Affairs Office of Alsace - French Ministry of Culture and Communication -Department of Haut-Rhin.
La Kunsthalle is member of d.c.a / association française de développement des centres d'art, Arts en résidence – Réseau national, Versant Est et Musées
Mulhouse Sud Alsace.