The Canadian artist's exhibition, offering a critical analysis of contemporary Mexican society, is open from May 12 through July 17.
Co-curators Sebastian Zubieta and Diana Flatto share sounds from The Spine of Music.
The Spine of Music co-curators invited experts to discuss the artist’s legacy in the music and art scenes.
"Orellana’s works are wonderfully inventive and, just as important, equally enjoyable as musical instruments and as visual objects," writes Jonathan Goodman.
Los organizadores de la bienal XIV de FEMSA en México hablaron sobre la importancia de que las artes se descentralizen en un mundo pospandémico.
Using instruments made from the materials indigenous to Guatemala, Joaquín Orellana "articulates a radically expansive and humane approach to avant-garde composition," writes Johanna Fateman.
The Spine of Music showcases Joaquín Orellana's “sculptural, Surrealist, and darkly sensuous” instruments, per a New York Times review.
