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Jesus Benavente: Que no Quede Huella (Let There Be No Trace) at Home Gallery

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Jesus Benavente, Quede Huella (Let There Be No Trace), 2022, Neon video, 49.5 x 29 x 8 inches. Photo courtesy the artist.

At 291 Grand Street, a bright red glow radiates from Home Gallery, a storefront window exhibition space in the Lower East Side. The light comes from large, fluorescent neon letters that spell out “Que no Quede Huella,” which are layered over a flat screen TV playing a rotating series of videos. The installation is the latest iteration of multimedia artist Jesus Benavente’s neon video sculptures, displayed in the exhibition Que no Quede Huella (Let There Be No Trace), curated by Elisa Gutiérrez Eriksen. 

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On the Beauty of Collaboration – The Border and Home Gallery Co-Exhibition “Last Wash at Midnight”



“Last Wash at Midnight” at The Border Project Space, installation view courtesy of The Border Project Space, New York

At a time when one would have to work 78 hours at minimum wage to afford a studio apartment in most of the US, the idea of a rusting laundromat provides a fitting theme for an exhibition to reflect the struggles faced by so many in the US. While the show curated by Jamie Martinez evokes layers of meaning, the sagging laundry machine of Chelsea Nader, provides an ethos for the current state of the world grappling with economic stress in a pandemic.

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