Una mirada que lo abarca todo
Fred & Ferry•Jun 15, 2025 — Jul 05, 2025
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The exhibition “Una mirada que lo abarca todo” (A Gaze That Encompasses Everything), by Angyvir Padilla, features works developed following her show at FRAC Dunkirk, and inspired by a mountain legend from her childhood in Venezuela.
According to to Venezuelan legends, the city of Caracas was once surrounded by flat land where the sky met the sea. But one day, offended by the disrespect of local tribes, the sea goddess summoned a colossal wave to flood the region. Just before its impact, compassion overtook her. Instead of unleashing destruction, she transformed the wave into a protective mountain range—the Cordillera de la Costa—that now encircles Caracas.
While staying in Northern France, Padilla sought an “equivalent” mountain: a landscape form that could resonate within a European context as her mythical Venezuelan mountain did. She found it in the mining regions, where terrils—artificial hills formed from mining debris—punctuate the terrain. Though man-made, these...More
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Una mirada que lo abarca todo
Fred & Ferry•Jun 15, 2025 — Jul 05, 2025
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The exhibition “Una mirada que lo abarca todo” (A Gaze That Encompasses Everything), by Angyvir Padilla, features works developed following her show at FRAC Dunkirk, and inspired by a mountain legend from her childhood in Venezuela.
According to to Venezuelan legends, the city of Caracas was once surrounded by flat land where the sky met the sea. But one day, offended by the disrespect of local tribes, the sea goddess summoned a colossal wave to flood the region. Just before its impact, compassion overtook her. Instead of unleashing destruction, she transformed the wave into a protective mountain range—the Cordillera de la Costa—that now encircles Caracas.
While staying in Northern France, Padilla sought an “equivalent” mountain: a landscape form that could resonate within a European context as her mythical Venezuelan mountain did. She found it in the mining regions, where terrils—artificial hills formed from mining debris—punctuate the terrain. Though man-made, these...More
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