Martin van Zomeren is pleased to present ‘Possibility and Repetition’, the second solo
exhibition at the gallery of the Venezuelan artist Oscar Abraham Pabón.
The abstract geometric tradition of modern art, crafts and occupations considered as
'minor arts' find new twists in the practice of Pabón. His works highlight their common
processes and draw a transversal line linking conceptual art with manual strategies
of contemporary crafts, modernist discourse with local traditions.
Repetition and possibility are key elements of all the works presented in the exhibition.
The simple fact of repeating an idea over and over again leads to a set of common
formal properties.
'Transportable Geometry' is an installation made of tape measures drawing geometric
patterns on the wall of the gallery. It is a work that presents endless possibilities and
combinations. 'Pictorial tradition I' is a large painting made of sliding curtains that
can have multiple ways of being displayed.
These works, tog
