every measure of zero
Upfor Gallery
Portland, OR
March 7 - April 27, 2019
Ronny Quevedo’s first solo exhibition with Upfor features new and recent work exploring the invisibility of marginal cultures and physical labor, as they relate to the artist’s personal history and our larger cultural moment. The exhibition title, Every Measure of Zero, is shared by a series of works on paper that relate to the artist’s interest in Edouard Glissant’s Poetics of Relation. Quevedo’s series questions the concept of point of origin, suggesting it as a malleable, unfixed position.
Installation view: every measure of zero, Upfor Gallery, OR, 2019. Photo by Mario Galluci.
Installation view: every measure of zero, Upfor Gallery, OR, 2019. Photo by Mario Galluci.
Installation view: every measure of zero, Upfor Gallery, OR, 2019. Photo by Mario Galluci.
Installation view: every measure of zero, Upfor Gallery, OR, 2019. Photo by Mario Galluci.
beneath the underdog, 2018, gold leaf and wax on carbon paper, 11.125 x 16 in (28.3 x 40.6 cm) unframed, 15.25 x 20 in (39 x 51 cm) framed.
el perimetro, 2017, gold leaf and silver leaf on dress maker wax paper, 26 x 39 in (66 x 99.1 cm) unframed, 30 x 43 in (76 x 109 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (cancha de nazca), 2018, wax on paper, 13 x 9.5 in (33 x 24.1 cm) unframed, 17 x 14 in (43 x 35.5 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (checkmate), 2018, wax on dress maker paper, 10 x 10 in (25.4 x 25.4 cm) unframed, 13.75 x 13.25 in (35 x 34 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (golden markers), 2018, wax on paper, 10 x 13 in (25.4 x 33 cm) unframed, 14 x 17 in (35.5 x 43 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (horizons upon boundaries), 2018, wax on dress maker paper, 10 x 13 in (25.4 x 33 cm) unframed, 14 x 17 in (35.5 x 43 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (inside out), 2018, silver and gold leaf on dress maker wax paper, 9.5 x 13 in (24.1 x 33 cm) unframed, 14 x 17 in (35.5 x 43 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (Mexico 68), 2018, silver and gold leaf and wax on dress maker paper, 13 x 10 in (33 x 25.4 cm) unframed, 17 x 14 in (43 x 35.5 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (quipu), 2018, wax on dress maker paper, 10 x 13 in (25.4 x 33 cm) unframed, 14 x 17 in (35.5 x 43 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (tropic of cancer), 2018, wax on dress maker paper, 20 x 13 in (50.8 x 33 cm) unframed, 23.5 x 17 in (60 x 43 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (tropic of the Andes), 2018, gold leaf and wax on dress maker paper, 10 x 13 in (25.4 x 33 cm) unframed, 14 x 17 in (35.5 x 43 cm) framed.
every measure of zero (tunic for a friend), 2018, wax, gold leaf and gesso on paper, 10 x 13 in (25.4 x 33 cm) unframed, 14 x 17 in (35.5 x 43 cm) framed.
los desaparecidos (the arbiter of time), 2018, wax, pattern paper and gold leaf on muslin, 47 x 38 in (119.4 x 96.5 cm).
Detail view: los desaparecidos (the arbiter of time), 2018, wax and pattern paper and gold leaf on muslin, 47 x 38 in (119.4 x 96.5 cm).
los desaparecidos (the navigator), 2018, wax, pattern paper and gold leaf on muslin, 50 x 62 in (127 x 157.5 cm).
metafisica #0, 2018, wax, gold leaf and enamel on dress maker paper, 10 x 13 in (25.4 x 33 cm) unframed, 14 x 17 in (35.5 x 43 cm) framed.
Nazca half-time, 2018, silver leaf and wax on paper, 26 x 18 in (66 x 45.7 cm) unframed, 30.5 x 24 in (77.5 x 61 cm) framed.
notes on the poetics of relation (0 degrees), 2017, gold leaf on dress maker paper, 26 x 33 in (66 x 83.8 cm) unframed, 28 x 35.25 (71 x 90 cm) framed.
revolutions abound (Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa), 2019, wax on oak tag, 48 x 76 inches (122 x 193 cm) unframed, 53.5 x 81.5 (136 x 207 cm) framed.
Souls of Black Folk (Popol Vuh), 2018, silver leaf and wax on dress maker paper, 26 x 18 in (66 x 45.7 cm) unframed, 30.5 x 24 in (77.5 x 61 cm) framed.
upon twilight, horizons, 2019, gold leaf on dress maker paper, 39 x 52 inches (99 x 132 cm) unframed, 44.5 x 57.5 inches (113 x 146 cm) framed.