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Fernando Montiel Klint - Acts of Faith, From the series “Acts of Faith”, 2009

Fernando Montel Klint

ACTS OF FAITH

The society we have ended up with atomises and isolates its members, the technology co-dependents we’ve become, individualists and consumers engulfed by a near-unearthly quest for total pleasure in which we are ceasing to recognise and know ourselves for what we intrinsically are. Interaction has been ousted by virtual simulation within which introspection and the search for being, for the interior, free-souled ‘I’, are shrinking inexorably. What is the exact meaning of ‘faith’ here? My focus is on exploration of the act of faith in contemporary life without reference to religion. I recreate my mental liberation through mises en scène and actions that are caught by the camera; actions in which, searching for introspection, I invent deceitful realities composed of absurd ambiences. Introspection is also a path of light leading towards contemplation and individual liberation, towards moments of inspiration during which, in a mental culmination, the infinite is disclosed to me like a revelation. That which has no end—that which is of the essence—transcends this world; faith replaces logic, transforming itself into an eternal, circular act.


Fernando Montiel Klint


www.fernandomontielklint.com


Prints by Dupon, Paris

Framing by Plasticollage, Paris.

Exhibition venue: cloître Saint-Trophime.

Fernando Montiel Klint

Born in Mexico in 1978. Lives and works in Mexico.


Fernando Montiel Klint studied photography in the Escuela Activa de Fotografía and Centro de la Imágen. His work is a part of such collections as Guandong Museum of Art in Guangzhou, China; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chile; Nave K, Spain; Museum of Modern Art of Aguascalientes, Mexico. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in museums worldwide, like the Palais des Beaux Arts, Belgium; Patagonia Museum, Argentina; Colegio de arquitectos, Murcia, Spain; Victoria & Albert Museum in London; Santralistanbul, Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey; El Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona; La Triennale de Milano. He has received grants from Omnilife, I D Magazine, First Place at the XXII Young Art National Encounter Mexico and received Honorable Mention in the XXXIII Young Art National Encounter Mexico and Finalist on Critical Mass E.U.A. Some of the art fairs where his work has been are: Preview Berlin, Slick Paris, Scope Basel Switzerland, Maco Mexico, PhotoMiami, MadridFoto and he is represented in Mexico by Emma Molina, Spain Galeria Fernando Pradilla, New York CTS gallery.

Cloître Saint-Trophime

July 4th - September 4th


09:00 - 19:00


3,5 euros