NADA Miami 2022

For the opening day of NADA Miami, misael soto will engage in a durational performance with the work of Alina Yakirevitch. The two works are the result of months of collaboration between the artists, beginning with a typical shrink’s leather chair stripped of its shell. The leather is flattened out on the shipping pad, sewn onto it. The square pad is now populated with geometrical forms, whose shapes were determined by the process of deconstructing the chair. Amid the leather sheets, the face of a politician on the cover of TIMES magazine is peeking out. This project attempts to process the monstrous persona of Vladimir Putin as an archetypal concept, within the context of therapy as a space of emotional and spiritual work, where we face evil as part of the self. As a Miamian, artist, and devout community member, misael’s work meditates on change and how it might affect a place and one’s connection to it, specifically in relation to art fairs and Miami. “Change is good, but a lot can kill ya.” Particularly when the change only benefits a chosen few...