December 16, 2010
Curator: Lisa Oppenheim
Conduits
Milan, Italy
Artists
Lisa Tan, Ana Cardoso, Matt Keegan, Amy Granat
The title of the show is a South American camelid widely used as a pack and meat animal by Andean cultures. It’s the third person conjugation of the Spanish verb to call, or, in its reflexive form, to be called. ¿Cómo se llama? Lisa. Lisa. Ana. Matt. Amy. The premise of this show is a dinner party. It’s someone else’s opening. It’s a bar. It’s where we get together and talk about things that may be related to art or may be related to love or gossip or things we heard on the radio. Another friend of ours described art as the thin membrane that surrounds everything. It’s the thing that brings all of us together in the same room but that we don’t have to talk about all the time. It’s a support and a context that exists both individually and in a group. Llama is a picture of the group, made up individual projects and practices.