Pedro Lasch

Politiques de la fiction
Espacio México and Art Souterrain
Montreal, Canada
Curated by Joaquín Barriendos

March 2nd - June 9, 2019

Opening reception: March 2nd, 3-6pm, followed by Nuit Blanche performance 6pm-1am

Art Souterrain Festival: March 2nd - March 24th

In keeping with the 2019 curatorial theme of Art Souterrain, Pedro Lasch's first solo show in Canada is
framed as a retrospective exhibition, focused exclusively on works that test our sense of truth or
systematically blur the distinction between fact and fiction. It spans twenty years of art making that is as
diverse in medium as it is in its social approach. The title was created years ago with Esther Gabara for a
series of interdisciplinary workshops, and the artworks include additional collaborations with Digna Rabbia,
Jonathan Heredia de la Cruz, Jimena Pacheco, and Maya Little.

Pedro Lasch (Mexico/US/Germany) is a visual artist, Duke professor, and 16 Beaver organizer. He is also
director and founder of the FHI Social Practice Lab at Duke. Solo exhibitions and presentations
include Open Routines (QMA), Black Mirror (Nasher), Abstract Nationalism (Phillips Collection), Art of the
MOOC (Creative Time), A Sculptural Proposal for the Zócalo (Casa Wabi); group exhibitions include MoMA
PS1, MASS MoCA (USA); RCA, Hayward Gallery, Baltic (UK); Centro Nacional de las Artes, MUAC,
National Palace Gallery (Mexico); Prospect 4 Triennial New Orleans (2017), Gwangju Biennial (2006),
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Havana Biennial (2015), Documenta 13 (ANDANDAND, 2012), and 56 Venice Biennale (Creative Time
Summit, 2015). Author of four books, his work has appeared in numerous catalogues, as well as journals
like October Magazine, Saber Ver, Art Forum, ARTnews, Cultural Studies, The New York Times, and La
Jornada. His online pedagogical artwork ART of the MOOC has had over 30,000 enrolled participants in 134
countries since it launched in 2015.