Silence is the backbone of all my work, stated Nahum B. Zenil in 1995.The mutest sound, and at the same time, the noisiest one, becomes the bone structure of a pictorial and literary work that has marked an iconographic milestone in the Mexican art scene. Silence becomes present when we name it. And through creation, we materialize what we did not think exists. How do we call what we have not yet named? Through art.
Zenil’s subject matter and iconographies are interconnected. There is no reading of his figuration in isolation from national identity, religion, family, and sexuality.
His work weaves threads that connect his being and his identity to the place and culture where he grew up. Zenil’s work manages to connect a kind of unity or identity shaped by the trinity of the nation, religion, and homosexual desire.
Exhibitions
Nahum B. Zenil (Online exhibition)
04 January - 31 March 2021
Mexican Museum
San Francisco, United States


Nahum B. Zenil, Retrato de Boda, 1992. Courtesy Mexican Museum.
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Exhibitions
Uma História Natural das Ruínas
Pivô
São Paulo, Brazil
20 February - 17 April 2021


Screenings
Mostra lado B da favela
MAM Rio online
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
15 February - 28 February 2021


Exhibitions
Miguel Alejandro Machado Suárez – Yo Soy
Bode Projects
Berlin, Germany
05 March - 17 March 2021


Talks / Workshops
Curators in Conversation with Grace Aneiza Ali Featuring Nic Aziz and Joëlle Ferly
Virtual Talk
Carribean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, United States
18 February - 18 February 2021


Exhibitions
Are you for real
Ifa
Online, Germany
10 December - 31 December 2022


Exhibitions
Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America
New Museum
New York, United States
17 February - 06 June 2021


Exhibitions
Reactivando Videografías
Red de Centros Culturales de la Cooperacion Española
Online, Spain
01 February - 31 March 2021


Exhibitions
Aglomerado Mergulho
Galeria Luisa Strina
São Paulo, Brazil
11 February - 20 March 2021


Screenings
Ana Pi
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
05 February - 28 March 2021
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