Joiri Minaya
Seongsan Art Hall
Joiri Minaya, Die Verhüllung (statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the Kornhausbrücke in Hamburg, Germany) series, 2021, photographic documentation of interventions done in public space using designs dye-sublimated onto fabric, dimensions variable, Courtesy of Imagine the City, Photos by Laura Leglise
Located on the exterior wall of Seongsan Art Hall, Joiri Minaya’s Die Verhüllung (statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the Kornhausbrücke in Hamburg, Germany) belongs to an ongoing practice of sculptural deconstructions and rewrites that suggest new ways of life and existence for sculpture beyond the role of public art in the city. This particular work is part of a series being recreated across different cities in which statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the Kornhaus Bridge in Hamburg, Germany are covered with spandex. Through this act, Minaya questions the contemporary public display and celebration of symbols of colonialism and imperialism.
Located on the exterior wall of Seongsan Art Hall, Joiri Minaya’s Die Verhüllung (statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the Kornhausbrücke in Hamburg, Germany) belongs to an ongoing practice of sculptural deconstructions and rewrites that suggest new ways of life and existence for sculpture beyond the role of public art in the city. This particular work is part of a series being recreated across different cities in which statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the Kornhaus Bridge in Hamburg, Germany are covered with spandex. Through this act, Minaya questions the contemporary public display and celebration of symbols of colonialism and imperialism.
