James Cohan is delighted to announce the representation of Claudia Alarcón & Silät. The gallery presented the first New York exhibition of this pioneering collective of artists from the Wichí communities of northern Salta, Argentina, at James Cohan's 52 Walker space last spring and will feature new work by the artists at Art Basel Miami Beach in December.
Claudia Alarcón (b. 1989, Argentina) is an indigenous textile artist from the La Puntana community of Wichí people of northern Salta. Alongside her individual practice, she leads the Silät collective, an organization of one hundred women weavers from Wichí communities. In coordinating the production of the Silät collective and leading experimentations in material and subject matter within their practice, Alarcón supports creativity, independence and self-sustaining practices, and provides a means for women across generations to transmit a contemporary indigenous culture into the webs of international art dialogues, beyond ethnographic readings.
Claudia Alarcón & Silät: Everyday Anew is on view at the Gund at Kenyon College through December 14, 2025. The artists will also be featured in the upcoming group exhibition Arts of the Earth at the Guggenheim Museum of Art in Bilbao, opening December. The gallery's representation is in collaboration with Cecilia Brunson Projects in London and Proyectos Ultravioleta in Guatemala City.
For inquiries regarding Claudia Alarcón & Silät, please contact Isabella St. Ivany at istivany@jamescohan.com or 212.717.9500.
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