Gabriel Rico is part of the group exhibition Start Talking at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, USA.
Gravitating toward artists who, as they describe it, “have something to say,” Fischer and Shull, based in Asheville, USA, and Merida, Mexico, have built a dynamic and ambitious collection since they started acquiring art in 1993. Looking across their gathering of artists, one can find connections between them that challenge the status quo and diverge from dominant historical perspectives around identity, power, resistance, and agency. Many of these pieces contain a sense of physicality and materiality, with tangible evidence of the artist’s hand in the creative process.
Fischer and Shull continue to establish spaces for social advocacy and community-centered art practice in their collection as it grows and develops. The collection reflects an awareness of power dynamics and institutional barriers, specifically in respect to women, Black, and Latinx artists. As the pair states, “Part of our commitment to the arts is a feeling of responsibility to participate in the global discourse that seeks to rewrite many overlooked histories and to provide an avenue for conversation and understanding.”
Gabriel Rico
Start Talking: Fischer/Shull Collection of Contemporary Art
North Carolina Museum of Art
17 September 2022 - 5 February 2023
