Marcus Zúñiga there our star lies visible
Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles
July 10 - August 21, 2021
The exhibition follows the release of gila emplacement, an artist book and land art project Zúñiga completed in 2020 and presented last fall at PRS. The project saw the artist return to his family home in New Mexico to observe the sunrise from the mountains of the Gila forest, when the planet Venus was at its brightest magnitude for the year. Zúñiga laid wildflowers gathered from the region into a circle on the terrain of the mountain landscape to ceremonially mark the celestial event. there our star lies visible shares the essence of the sunrise experience outside of when it originally happened. The exhibition included telescopic-satellite inspired sculptures that interact with reflected sunlight in the gallery for a duration of the day. Additionally, the windows of the gallery were tinted with the colors of the sky from the images of gila emplacement. Zúñiga uses the image of the sky as an expression of the cosmos that represents a multitude of ideas inspired by Aztec cosmology, Curanderismo, and the observational history of Venus.
