Conversations for Dying a Little Less, Pablo Helguera

Conversations for Dying a Little Less, Pablo Helguera October 15, 2016–March 5, 2017

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Conversations for Dying a Little Less is the first individual exhibition of Mexican artist Pablo Helguera that looks into part his artistic production of the last two decades, specifically in relation to his performatic practice and the role of dramaturgical structures, like opera and theater, in the production of works like The Witches of Tepoztlan, 2007, The Metropolitan Opera Bathroom, 2008, Confessions of Another Mask, 2011, Canon, 2013, Gregorio Lemercier: Dialogues with Christ, 2014, and Casa Plarre, 2015. The impact of the city of Cuernavaca in the artist's family life and in Mexico's intellectual class towards the end of the 20th century will be staged in Helguera's new theatrical production Sobremesa where, through the paradigms of immersive theater, seven characters invite the public into a debate about the relationship between intellectuallity and political power in Mexico. Exhibition curated by Taiyana Pimentel in collaboration with a team of professionals from the arts and the theater, among them Jessica Berlanga and Hector Bourges.