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To Express the Sound of a Country’s Soul, He Invented New Instruments
February 19, 2021
/ Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

The Spine of Music showcases Joaquín Orellana's “sculptural, Surrealist, and darkly sensuous” instruments, per a New York Times review.

Guatemala
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Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music
In the News
4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
February 17, 2021

"'The Spine of Music' offers a different, vaguely utopian model of peaceful no-rules anarchy, participation and silence," writes Martha Schwendener in The New York Times.

Guatemala
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Joaquín Orellana: la vértebra de la música
In the News
Los “útiles sonoros” con los que Orellana reimaginó la música llegan a EE.UU.
February 17, 2021
/ Helen Cook

Los instrumentos musicales de Joaquín Orellana parecen de otro planeta, pero salieron de la extraordinaria imaginación del artista guatemalteco, escribe Helen Cook en EFE.

Guatemala
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Joaquín Orellana: Sinusoido
Music Notes
Music of the Americas: Semana Orellana (casi) electrónica
February 16, 2021

The exhibition Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music is on view at our gallery until April 24.

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Concuerda2 (Martha Liliana Bonilla and Wuilmer López.)
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Music of the Americas: Colombia
February 8, 2021

En Casa features a week of Colombian musicians curated by Yalilé Cardona-Alonso.

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Music of the Americas: Guitars
February 2, 2021

Recuerdos features guitar and its cousins, including cuatros, bandola, tiple, theorbo, and, in a bit of a stretch, harp.

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Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music
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Americas Society Exhibits Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music
January 26, 2021

"Orellana’s radical practice combines innovation with a powerful social conscience, and ancestral techniques with avant-garde sensibility," writes Arte Al Día.

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