Washington, D.C., November 23, 2005

A large poliptych composed of 120 pieces by four Chilean artists will inaugurate the Embassy of Chile’s new art gallery in Dupont Circle, located at 1732 Massachusetts Ave, NW.

The exhibit, a montage assembling the 30 works (each) by artists Andrea Carreño, Paula Dünner, Catalina Prado, and Ximena Velasco, is a dialogue in color where four radically different worlds strengthen and enrich each other; as the canvases are laid on the wall, they accomplish the unsuspected: they work as one whole composed of individual parts, which cling to one another assembling, procreating and multiplying, then melting into one.

Endless Painting, which opens with a wine and cheese reception for the artists at the Embassy of Chile’s new art gallery on Friday, October 21st at 6:30 p.m., will remain open to the public through November 21st (Monday through Friday, 9:00 am-5:00pm).

The four artists attended the School of Art at Catholic University in Santiago, and have produced many artistic works together.

In this show, Carreño centers upon and reuses reoccurring elements from her major works, such as mosaic or bluish details, and the use of medieval, Baroque, and Colonial elements, as well as the mixture of black and white with color.

Paula Dünner’s miniature work (oil on canvas) focuses on the cells and biological composition, creating an artistic-scientific parody of the microscopic universe.

Catalina Prado paints fragments of people and objects and overlaps them to make different scenes. This method results in situations that appear humorously out of context.

Finally, Ximena Velasco concentrates on the use of vegetation with totemic insinuations and the strong application of borders and color. In these pieces, Velasco connects vegetation and archeology, giving her work the suggestion of primitive art.

For more information, please contact:

Lydia Bendersky, Cultural Attaché

(202) 530-4119 – bendersky@embassyofchile.org