Talk
Sweety’s Radio: Edición Especial Interview With Raul Gonzalez III
07 Jul 2017
Cuchifritos Gallery & Project Space
New York, United States
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Raul the Third, #bic pen on paper, 2014, image courtesy of the artist and Chronicle Books
Exhibition
Sweety's Radio: Edición Especial
27 Jun 2017 – 30 Jul 2017
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free
Sweety’s will host a series of 5 week-long exhibitions & live interviews featuring artists working in a variety of disciplines which reflect & respond to the LES community and its history as Loisaida, & the curators’ personal and emotional interest as Latin-American immigrants.
About
Sweety's Radio is a live talk-show/installation project developed by Sweety's - a curatorial initiative conceived by artists Julia Mata, Bryan Rodriguez Cambana, Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz, and Eduardo Restrepo Castaño that since 2013, works on seeking out spaces and producing events dedicated to the labor of black and brown artists.
At Cuchifritos, the collective will host Edición Especial, a special iteration of Sweety’s Radio that focuses on Spanish speaking cultural producers, as a means to bridge the conversations taking place amongst black and brown (Spanish-speaking) communities in and outside of the U.S. From June 27th through July 30th Sweety’s programming will consist of weekly interviews featuring four invited artists whose work will take over the Cuchifritos space for each week, culminating in a collaborative installation by the four members of Sweety’s.
In response to the local community surrounding Cuchifritos and Essex Street Market, as well as the history of the Lower East Side as Loisaida, and the curators’ personal investment as immigrants and first generation, Sweety’s brings together four artists: Cecilia Gentili (June 27th- July 2nd), Raul Gonzalez III (July 4th- 9th), Emanuel Xavier (July 11th-16th), Elia Alba (July 18th-23nd).
