RE.IMAGINATION EXHIBITION
The55Project Art Foundation Presents RE.IMAGINATION
Curated by Ross Karlan, this collective show explores history as a cycle of repetitions and reconfigurations.
Fundación Pablo Atchugarry
5520 NE 4th Ave Miami, FL 33137
Opening: February 28th – 6pm
On view until May 2nd, 2026
The55Project Art Foundation is pleased to announce RE.IMAGINATION, a group exhibition curated by Dr. Ross Karlan and hosted by Fundación Pablo Atchugarry. The exhibition marks an important milestone in the ongoing collaboration between the two institutions.
Bringing together a diverse group of international artists, RE.IMAGINATION explores the cyclical nature of history and memory while expanding The55Project’s curatorial scope. Significantly, this exhibition represents The55Project’s first group show featuring non-Brazilian artists, reinforcing its commitment to cross-cultural narratives, intertwined histories, and global perspectives.
Conceptual Framework
The exhibition draws its conceptual premise from Jorge Luis Borges’s micro-story La Trama. The narrative follows a betrayed gaucho whose death in a remote Argentine province mirrors the assassination of Julius Caesar with what Borges describes as an “uncanny symmetry.” From Borges’s conclusion that “fate takes pleasure in repetitions, variants, and symmetries,” the exhibition proposes that history is not a linear chronicle but rather a lattice of recurring motifs.
In RE.IMAGINATION, the participating artists treat the past not as a fixed archive, but as raw material to be reconstructed and recontextualized. Through their distinct artistic practices, they examine themes such as race, religion, gender, nature, memory, and migration—producing a composite portrait of both the present and the future.
Spanning references from prehistory to the cyber age, these reimaginings collapse multiple epochs into a single field of vision. Past and present do not merely coexist; they resonate, revealing history as an ongoing cycle of repetition and transformation.
Curator Dr. Ross Karlan envisions the exhibition space as one in which artists inhabit this “lattice” of history. By navigating diverse geographies and narratives, the works illuminate how matter and storytelling can simultaneously hold traces of inheritance and renewal.
Participating Artists
- Cássio Markowski
- Fernanda Froes
- Heloisa Maia
- John Brendan Guinan
- Liene Bosquê
- Maria Lira Marques
- Nino Cais
- Pedro Delgado
- Rafael RG
- Yelaine Rodriguez
About The55Project Art Foundation
Founded in 2018, The55Project Art Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Brazilian visual artists and cultural initiatives in the United States. Through exhibitions, programs, and institutional collaborations, the foundation fosters cultural exchange and expands the visibility of Brazilian art internationally.
The55Project provides artists with opportunities to engage new networks of academics, curators, and diverse audiences beyond their home countries. This international exposure encourages cross-cultural dialogue and broadens artistic research and practice.
About Fundación Pablo Atchugarry
In December 2018, Fundación Pablo Atchugarry opened its second location in Miami, Florida, adjacent to the Piero Atchugarry Gallery in the Little Haiti neighborhood, near the Design District.
With the goal of expanding its mission to North America, the foundation continues to contribute to the development of visual arts and art historical knowledge. Its exhibition program bridges contemporary and modern art, offering fresh perspectives on how artistic movements influence one another across time and geography.
Information
Maria Fulfaro
[email protected]
www.the55project.com
