FLAG Project
FLAG PROJECT
Francisco Pinto, Egungun, 2025
Curated by william cordova
Ongoing
ABOUT
Bridge Red Studios announces the FLAG PROJECT curated by william cordova. Flags will be designed and created by artists and will be displayed on the Flagpole of the North West corner of the Bridge Red building. Coinciding with the exhibition programs at BRS/PS and Under the Bridge, each flag will be exhibited for the duration of the shows for a period of 6 to 8 weeks.
"The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of a flag: A piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling. An object intended to give public notice or warning. To direct or notify by a movement or gesture."
Most flags no matter how abstract. colorful, formal, or geometric often prompt emotional reactions, bring up memories, and provoke dialogue. The concept of a flag is similar in many ways, to that of any and all visual art. The Flag Project explores and illuminates the effective use of visual tools by inviting South Florida artists to design flags as a way to engage society in a public space. Possibly bridging closer the way we define abstraction, meaning, and conceptualism.
- william cordova
EGUNGUN
Bridge Red Studios/under the bridge art space presents, Egungun, by Venezuelan based artist, Francisco Pinto. Egungun is a geometric gesture that follows a pattern in spatial squaring, composed of colorful modules with an intentionally improvised, pixelated, and unfinished aesthetic. It is contextualized within a source of inspiration that includes color, music, dance, ritual, and history. This is artist, Francisco Pinto's first public work, in which he explores abstraction. The Egungun Flag is a tribute to the popular and religious Caribbean performances of the Dancing Devils in Naiguatá, a coastal town in north-central Venezuela, on the shores of the Caribbean Sea.
Francisco Pinto was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Recent exhibitions include A Secret Place, Shadows in the Forest. Afro-American Art Museum of Caracas (2020), Freeman: Catch me if you can, Alejandro Otero Museum (2018), other institutions include, La Carnicería Arte Actual, Artepuy, and Templarios Galeria Taller, Venezuela.