Jose Dávila artwork has been included in the fifth edition of Desert X’s site-specific international art exhibition, open through May 11 at sites across the Coachella Valley.
Drawing on Robert Smithson’s concept of site/nonsite dialectics, Dávila connects the two locations by highlighting the presence and absence of the rough-hewn forms. By taking the material from one place and adding it in another, he establishes a relationship between the void of its origin and the striking presence it creates in a foreign landscape. This notion of site and nonsite also plays with the idea of visibility itself.
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12 Mar 2025
