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Firelei Báez at Artes Mundi 9

National Museum Cardiff, Wales

March 15 - June 6, 2021

FIRELEI BÁEZ the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021

FIRELEI BÁEZ
the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021
Acryl-gouache and chine collé on archival printed paper

 

Installation view: Artes Mundi 9, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, February 13 - June 6, 2021.
Photography: Stuart Whipps.

FIRELEI BÁEZ the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021

FIRELEI BÁEZ
the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021
Acryl-gouache and chine collé on archival printed paper

 

Installation view: Artes Mundi 9, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, February 13 - June 6, 2021.
Photography: Stuart Whipps.

FIRELEI BÁEZ the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021

FIRELEI BÁEZ
the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021
Acryl-gouache and chine collé on archival printed paper

 

Installation view: Artes Mundi 9, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, February 13 - June 6, 2021.
Photography: Stuart Whipps.

FIRELEI BÁEZ, the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021

FIRELEI BÁEZ

the soft afternoon air as you hold us all in a single death (To breathe full and Free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction), 2021
Acryl-gouache and chine collé on archival printed paper

 

Installation view: Artes Mundi 9, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, February 13 - June 6, 2021.
Photography: Stuart Whipps.

Left: FIRELEI BÁEZ

Left:
FIRELEI BÁEZ
Untitled (City Incinerator 'B'), 2021
Acrylic and oil on archival printed canvas
88 5/8 x 113 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
225.1 x 288.9 x 4 cm
(JCG11528)
 

 

Right:
FIRELEI BÁEZ
Untitled (A Map of the British Empire in America), 2021
Acrylic and oil on archival printed canvas
96 7/8 x 132 1/4 x 1 5/8 in
245.9 x 335.8 x 4 cm
(JCG11286)
 

Installation view: Artes Mundi 9, National Museum Cardiff, Wales, February 13 - June 6, 2021.
Photography: Stuart Whipps.

FIRELEI BÁEZ Untitled (Marine Hospital), 2021

FIRELEI BÁEZ
Untitled (Marine Hospital), 2021
Acrylic and oil on archival printed canvas
90 x 114 1/2 x 1 5/8 in
228.6 x 290.8 x 4 cm
(JCG11525)

Installation view: National Museum Cardiff, Wales, February 13 - June 6, 2021.
Photography: Stuart Whipps.

Press Release

Congratulations to Firelei Báez on the virtual opening of Artes Mundi 9, on view online from March 15 through September 5, 2021. The exhibition features the work of six artists shortlisted for the prestigious Artes Mundi Prize, the largest international contemporary art prize in the United Kingdom. The exhibition will open to the public at the National Museum of Cardiff when Wales returns to Tier 2 restrictions. In the interim, visitors can explore the exhibition through guided video walkthroughs of each artist’s presentation, accessible online beginning today.The Artes Mundi 9 Prize winner announcement will take place digitally on Thursday, April 15. Alongside Firelei Báez, shortlisted artists include Dineo Seshee Bopape, Meiro Koizumi, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Prabhakar Pachpute and Carrie Mae Weems.

 

WATCH WALK THROUGH OF EXHIBITION HERE 

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