Number 207

Presented in collaboration with MUNTREF, Buenos Aires and Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, the exhibition Number 207 will present three groups of ongoing sculptural series created specifically by Reza Aramesh in response to the architectural setting of the San Fantin Church. One of these series titled Study of Sweatcloth as an Object of Desire, which also forms the title of the exhibition, are two hundred and seven life sized mens underwear carved from Carrara marble and dispersed evenly in formation across the floor of the church to achieve an illusion of abandoned garments. Each work refers to detention centres that the artist sought out through his archival research. The extant historical works of art contained within Chiesa San Fantin include the well-known “The crucifixion” by Leonardo Corona, who’s highlighting of Christ’s loincloth stand in direct conversation with their contemporary iterations, installed by Aramesh.

Curator: Seriburi Moses
Collaborating Institutions: MUNTREF, Buenos Aires, and ICA, Miami