Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González

Daniel González
Your stories

Boccanera Gallery Milano è lieta di presentare la mostra di Daniel González, Your stories.

Nei social network il binomio immagine-didascalia è l’elemento principale della sintassi che permette di creare la propria immagine virtuale, poco importa se corrispondente al vero. In questa nuova grammatica, gli hashtag diventano i nuovi aggettivi di definizione del sé e della realtà.

Your Stories di Daniel González sono dei post dal vivo, mentre la didascalia è suggerita dallo stesso artista. Le opere in mylar specchiante sono come gli schermi di un cellulare: un portale tra realtà e digitale. Come in mancanza di segnale di download, l’immagine riflessa è sfuocata, le linee e le forme si confondono creando un glitch. Avvicinandoci, l’immagine va definendosi sempre di più e così l’opera stessa. Non è mai uguale a sé stessa, allo stesso tempo sognante e fedele alla realtà.

Le opere di Your Stories sono una riflessione sul linguaggio, parlano dell’osservatore in modo intimo, che inconsciamente sceglierà il soggetto e la didascalia a lui più congeniali per costruirsi la sua personale realtà virtuale.

Boccanera Gallery Milano is pleased to present the exhibition of artist Daniel González, Your stories.

For the social network the image/caption pair is the main element of the syntax that allows the creation of one’s own virtual image; whether or not it corresponds to reality is not very important. For this new grammar, hashtags become the new adjectives for defining oneself and reality.

Your Stories by Daniel Gonzàlez are live posts, while the caption is suggested by the artist himself. The works, in mirroring Mylar, are like the screens of a mobile phone: a portal between reality and the digital world. Just as when the download signal is missing, the reflected image is unfocussed, the lines and forms are mixed up and produce a glitch. By getting closer, the image becomes increasingly clear, and so does the work itself. It is never an equal reflection of itself, but at the same time it is both dreamlike and faithful to reality.

The works of Your Stories are thoughts about language; they speak in an intimate manner, and the viewers will subconsciously choose the most congenial subject and caption in order to construct their own virtual reality.

Dates
19.09.2017 – 31.12.2017


Location
Boccanera Gallery Milano
Via Ventura 6, Milano


Artists
Daniel González


Installation View and Artworks

Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González
Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González
Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González
Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González
Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González
Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González
Daniel González, Your Stories, 2017, Exhibition view, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, ph. Carola Merello, courtesy Studio Daniel González