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Central Galeria is pleased to present Dora Sm茅k and Paul 厂别迟煤产补濒鈥檚 Opositores (Opponents), exhibition held in partnership with Casa Tri芒ngulo with accompanying curatorial essay by Benjamin Seroussi. Reflecting the country鈥檚 status of growing social tensions, the artists show an installation project consisting of bronze sculptures and chains that crisscross the gallery鈥檚 venue, seeking to broaden the debate on democracy as well as on political, ethical and territorial polarity.     

Opositores comprise a series of thus far unseen sculptures co-created in 2017 by Sm茅k and 厂别迟煤产补濒. Bronze cast from the artists鈥� hand molds, they鈥檙e combined and placed as parts of the children鈥檚 game 鈥渢humb wrestling鈥�, whose goal is to capture your opponent鈥檚 thumb using your own. However, in Sm茅k and 厂别迟煤产补濒鈥檚 work, the fingers鈥� gesture does not indicate a clear winner: it crystallizes the moment of dispute, broadening a sense of impasse and constant tension.

For this exhibition, the artists chose to display the sculptures using a tensioning system, with chains, hooks and stainless steel turnbuckles placed as vectors, taking advantage of Central鈥檚 concrete columns. Crisscrossing the exhibition space, the chains create transit obstacles and emphasize the opposition correlation of each gesture.