Image: Rendering of Pico Radial by Patricia Monclús, 2024.
Patricia Monclús: Pico Radial
In her first solo exhibition, Pico Radial, interdisciplinary artist Patricia Monclús creates an immersive installation that resembles a gallera, a cockfighting arena, modeled after those found in her native country of Colombia. Monclús uses generative AI, animation tools, and analog and digital software to produce a mock entertainment program featuring a collection of chicken-themed Internet ephemera and radio and television snippets.
Infusing a sense of whimsy and absurdist humor into an otherwise brutal and chaotic practice, Monclus’s work satirizes patriarchal attitudes, gender roles, and socioeconomic discrepancies. Using language, both written and visual, the artist analyzes and disrupts the way that these broader social norms and cultural attitudes are represented and perpetuated. However, Pico Radial is not exclusively a critique; it is an exploration of how regional specificities and social dynamics are communicated and celebrated through the use of chicken folklore, proverbs, and idioms.
This exhibition is supported by:
Arison Arts Foundation; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council; and, National Endowment for the Arts.