Ariel Schlesinger: Mierda y Mariposas, Galleria Massimo Minini

Mierda y Mariposas, which translates to “Shit and Butterflies” moves fluidly between opposing forces, reflecting the tension between creation and decay, life and ruin. At the center of Ariel Schlesinger’s exhibition, is the short 16mm film La Avelina (2024), a portrait of the strange, unsettling, and often contradictory nature of the ecological world. Shot at dusk, it stages a tree flaming from within, the fumes released through its branches. Set against an eerie, vacant landscape, the film suggests a forced removal, as if the tree, affected by the forces of displacement, had been set into motion, uprooted, and replanted elsewhere.

November 22, 2024