Angélica Maria Millán Lozano. Recovecos: De Dorado a Sol

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Brooklyn, NY (July 8th, 2023) — Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to present Recovecos: De Dorado a Sol, a solo exhibition in The Main Space by the New York-based artist Angélica Maria Millán Lozano curated by artist and OyG co-director Sabrina Haertig Gonzalez. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 8th, from 5 to 8 pm. The show will be open to the public through August 6th, 2023.

Please join us for a sound activation by the artist and her brother Dmlln at 6 pm.

Exhibition Synopsis: 
Inspired by a 2001 photograph capturing the Millán Lozano family's arrival at Orlando's MCO Airport, Recovecos: De Dorado a Sol, meaning "Twists and turns from Dorado (Bogotá's airport El Dorado) to the sun (Florida)," serves as an autobiographical exploración of the artist's migrant journey, a state of perpetual arrival. 

Recovecos: De Dorado a Sol delves into fragmentos de la memoria embodied by the complication of image-transferred Google Earth screenshots and vintage photographs. The artist collaborated with her brother Daniel AKA Dmlln to compose a soundscape made of family interviews, poetry, and era-specific songs. Through non-linear storytelling, slang, teen-age angst, familiarity, distancia, and cultural identity shaped by varying appetites for nostalgia- the artwork celebrates the profound musical influences de los 90s y early 2000s, including Shakira's 1998 album "Dónde Están los Ladrones?" 

Recovecos: De Dorado a Sol marks the inaugural installment of a comprehensive series that examines the artist's family history, as well as the cultural and political influencias that shaped their navigation through migración and displacement adentro y afuera de Colombia impacted by American imperialism.