bock lite, orthopedic stocking, aluminum bars from hkafo (knee, ankle and foot orthoses) and metal sacro lumbar girdle rods.Fitzpatrick Gallery
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
The installation "MEKHANÉ IV" by Berenice Olmedo features metallic structures with articulated joints, suggestive of assistive devices. The composition is minimalistic, focusing on the stark metallic elements contrasted against a neutral background, and displays a sense of movement. The piece explores themes of body augmentation and technology, embodying a blend of organic and mechanical forms. Olmedo's work transforms medical apparatuses into art, challenging perceptions and evoking the future of human enhancement through a visual dialogue on disability and technological integration. ...
Berenice Olmedo explores the realms of diseases, bodies, and assistive technologies with the devices and apparatuses designed to aid human bodies as a central tenant to her artistic discourse. Her approach, however, goes beyond merely presenting and showcasing these devices in their already uncanny and hallucinatory material forms—apparatuses inherently possessing an eerie quality. Olmedo’s objective is to intervene in these objects, infusing them with a sense of movement and robotisation. ...
Established in 2020, Fitzpatrick Gallery is focused on an international program of curated projects in site-specific venues worldwide, and on-site exhibitions at their primary location in Paris, inaugurated in September 2021 in the Marais gallery district at 123 rue de Turenne. They are involved in every level of production with their represented artists, working in close collaboration with institutions, publishing houses, advisory firms, and other partners. Fitzpatrick Gallery builds on the legacy of Freedman Fitzpatrick which was established in 2013 with locations in Los Angeles and Paris. ...
