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Daniel Correa Mejía : Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche

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3 December 2020 - 9 January 2021
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Daniel Correa Mejía , Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche

Fortnight Institute is pleased to present Soy Hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche (I am a man: little do I last and the night is enormous), a collection of night scenes, sunsets and dawns, interwoven by Daniel Correa Mejía into meditations on the fleeting aspects of time and life. This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York, titled after Mexican poet Octavio Paz’s poem, Hermandad. We are also excited to announce the publication of an artist's book of Correa Mejía's paintings, drawings, and poems,  to accompany the exhibition. 

 

“Soy hombre: duro poco

y es enorme la noche.

Pero miro hacia arriba:

las estrellas escriben.

Sin entender comprendo:

también soy escritura

y en este mismo instante

alguien me deletrea.”

- Octavio Paz

 

English translation:

I am a man: little do I last

and the night is enormous.

But I look up:

the stars write.

Unknowing I understand:

I too am written,

and at this very moment

someone spells me out.

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Works
  • Daniel Correa Mejía, La danza del agua (The dance of water), 2019
    Daniel Correa Mejía, La danza del agua (The dance of water), 2019
  • Daniel Correa Mejía, Ha escampado y la luna saldrá (The rain has ceased and the moon will rise), 2020
    Daniel Correa Mejía, Ha escampado y la luna saldrá (The rain has ceased and the moon will rise), 2020
  • Daniel Correa Mejía, Diez creadores (Ten creators), 2020
    Daniel Correa Mejía, Diez creadores (Ten creators), 2020
  • Daniel Correa Mejía, Despierto en luna llena (Awake under the full moon), 2020
    Daniel Correa Mejía, Despierto en luna llena (Awake under the full moon), 2020
  • Daniel Correa Mejía, El incesante flujo del agua (The endless flow of water), 2020
    Daniel Correa Mejía, El incesante flujo del agua (The endless flow of water), 2020
  • Daniel Correa Mejía, Sin endender comprendo (Unknowing I understand), 2020
    Daniel Correa Mejía, Sin endender comprendo (Unknowing I understand), 2020
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Installation Views
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Publications
  • Daniel Correa Mejía | Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche

    Daniel Correa Mejía | Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche

    Daniel Correa Mejía , 2020 Paperback, saddle stitched 72 pages
    Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
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Press
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    Cristina Cruz, Artnet, November 30, 2020
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