"Booth 1C31"
Xavier Robles de Medina
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery
250 Broome Street New York, NY 10002 United States
+1 212-260-2481 e-mail:
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
Convention & Exhibition Centre 1 Harbour Road Wan Chai Hong Kong, China+41 58 206 27 06 e-mail:
May 27 > 29, 2022
Booth 1C31
On the occasion of Catinca Tabacaru Gallery's first participation at Art Basel Hong Kong, we are elated to present a solo exhibition by Surinamese artist Xavier Robles de Medina. Known for his rigorous monochrome works, Robles de Medina combines a consistent, almost mechanical mark-making technique and surface quality, with pictures drawn from a personal archive. His paintings appear to exist on two extreme sides of a spectrum: the generic/emblematic and the highly personal. The poetry and non-linearity of his subjects belies the almost mathematical rhetoric of how he constructs his paintings, which are always mediated through the Cartesian coordinate system.
What if the tongue is cut out? presents four scenes all differing in geographic location, period, size, and colour. The acrylic on wood works show a group of rare gorillas in the jungle of Nigeria, a portrait of a girl from the Wayana tribe local to the artist's home of Suriname, an image found on social media taken at a Dutch rave inside a Gothic cathedral and an Upper Palaeolithic double burial excavated from a cave in Italy.
On the occasion of Catinca Tabacaru Gallery's first participation at Art Basel Hong Kong, we are elated to present a solo exhibition by Surinamese artist Xavier Robles de Medina. Known for his rigorous monochrome works, Robles de Medina combines a consistent, almost mechanical mark-making technique and surface quality, with pictures drawn from a personal archive. His paintings appear to exist on two extreme sides of a spectrum: the generic/emblematic and the highly personal. The poetry and non-linearity of his subjects belies the almost mathematical rhetoric of how he constructs his paintings, which are always mediated through the Cartesian coordinate system.
What if the tongue is cut out? presents four scenes all differing in geographic location, period, size, and colour. The acrylic on wood works show a group of rare gorillas in the jungle of Nigeria, a portrait of a girl from the Wayana tribe local to the artist's home of Suriname, an image found on social media taken at a Dutch rave inside a Gothic cathedral and an Upper Palaeolithic double burial excavated from a cave in Italy.
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Private View (by invitation only)
Wednesday, May 25, 12nn to 8pm
Thursday, May 26, 12nn to 8pm
Friday, May 27, 12nn to 2pm
Saturday, May 28, 12nn to 2pm
Sunday, May 29, 11am to 12nn
Vernissage
Friday, May 27, 2pm to 8pm
Wednesday, May 25, 12nn to 8pm
Thursday, May 26, 12nn to 8pm
Friday, May 27, 12nn to 2pm
Saturday, May 28, 12nn to 2pm
Sunday, May 29, 11am to 12nn
Vernissage
Friday, May 27, 2pm to 8pm
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Show Hours :
Saturday, May 28, 2pm to 8pm
Sunday, May 29, 12nn to 6pm
TICKET OPTIONS
Premier Pass HK$2,700.00
Vernissage Matinee (2pm-5pm) HK$950.00
Vernissage Evening (5pm-8pm) HK$950.00
Adult Sunday Mid-Day Ticket entry 12nn-3pm HK$350.00
Concession Sunday Mid-Day Ticket entry 12nn-3pm (Full-time Student, Disable & Minder, Senior Citizen 65+) HK$250.00
Concession Sunday Half-Day Ticket entry 3pm-6pm (Full-time Student, Disable & Minder, Senior Citizen 65+) HK$300.00
Adult Sunday Half-Day Ticket entry 3pm-6pm HK$400.00
Adult Sunday Mid-Day Ticket entry 12nn-3pm HK$350.00
Adult Sunday Half-Day Ticket entry 3pm-6pm HK$400.00
Tickets may now be purchased online. You are encouraged to plan ahead as only a limited number of tickets will be available at the show venue.
Concession prices are available to full-time students, individuals with disabilities and seniors aged 65 or above.
Vernissage & Weekend Access holders will enjoy 50% off Art Basel | Year 50.
Admission is free for children aged five and under when accompanied by an adult.
Saturday, May 28, 2pm to 8pm
Sunday, May 29, 12nn to 6pm
TICKET OPTIONS
Premier Pass HK$2,700.00
Vernissage Matinee (2pm-5pm) HK$950.00
Vernissage Evening (5pm-8pm) HK$950.00
Adult Sunday Mid-Day Ticket entry 12nn-3pm HK$350.00
Concession Sunday Mid-Day Ticket entry 12nn-3pm (Full-time Student, Disable & Minder, Senior Citizen 65+) HK$250.00
Concession Sunday Half-Day Ticket entry 3pm-6pm (Full-time Student, Disable & Minder, Senior Citizen 65+) HK$300.00
Adult Sunday Half-Day Ticket entry 3pm-6pm HK$400.00
Adult Sunday Mid-Day Ticket entry 12nn-3pm HK$350.00
Adult Sunday Half-Day Ticket entry 3pm-6pm HK$400.00
Tickets may now be purchased online. You are encouraged to plan ahead as only a limited number of tickets will be available at the show venue.
Concession prices are available to full-time students, individuals with disabilities and seniors aged 65 or above.
Vernissage & Weekend Access holders will enjoy 50% off Art Basel | Year 50.
Admission is free for children aged five and under when accompanied by an adult.
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