TRANSFORMER tonight and tomorrow!

[Nicki P.]

Transformer launches its 7th exhibition season
September 12 & 13, 2008 with:

ID-entity


Featuring work by ten emerging Mexico City based artists, ID-entity
will be presented at Transformer
and the Mexican Cultural Institute

September 12 - October 18, 2008

Seeking to further international contemporary art dialogue, build
alliances for artists, and promote cultural exchange, Transformer is
thrilled to be partnering with the Mexican Cultural Institute in
presenting the comprehensive, two-site, ID-entity exhibition.

Presenting work that reflects issues of living within a capital city,
urban life, as well as larger issues of identity both national and
personal - Domestic Fine Arts, Gilberto Esparza, Saúl Gómez, Ricardo
Harispuru, Mauricio Limón, Edith Pons, Xavier Rodríguez, Marco
Rountree Cruz, Amaranta Sánchez and Joaquín Segura, several of whom
will be exhibiting in the US and/or DC for the first time - present
photography, video, painting, drawing, and mixed-media work in site-
specific and site-responsive installations at Transformer and
throughout the Mexican Cultural Institute.

ID-entity is co-curated by Transformer's Executive & Artistic Director
Victoria Reis and Mexico City based independent curator Giovanna
Esposito Yussif.

Schedule of openings & programs:


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 – TRANSFORMER, 1404 P Street, NW,
Washington, DC.
6 – 9 PM - Opening Reception – Please join us in celebrating the
installation of new work by Saúl Gómez.


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 – MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE, 2829 16th
St. NW, Washington, DC
3:30 PM – Discussion of work between ID-entity artists and Ryan Hill,
Manager of Interpretive Programs and Curatorial Research Associate,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

5 – 8 PM - Opening Reception – Please join us in celebrating the
installations of work by ID-entity artists throughout the Mexican
Cultural Institute.


EXHIBITION HOURS – TRANSFORMER: Wednesday – Saturday, 1–7 pm & by
appointment
EXHIBITION HOURS – MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE: Monday - Friday, 10 am
– 1 pm and 3 – 6pm


ID-entity is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts, The Mexican Cultural Institute, The Mexican Foreign Ministry,
Fundación/Colección Jumex, The Boden Group, The DC Commission on the
Arts & Humanities/NEA, The Visionary Friends of Transformer and the
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center.

The Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, D.C. is one of the most
important artistic and cultural centers established outside Mexico.
Its primary mission is to promote and disseminate among the local
community, the vast and rich traditions of Mexico's cultural past and
present. Situated in a magnificent mansion on 16th Street, N.W., the
Institute has become an important meeting place for the intellectual
and artistic minds on both sides of the border. It has developed a
close relationship with key cultural and academic institutions of the
nation's capital aiming at increasing the mutual understanding between
our countries, while supporting and promoting the rich manifestations
of the human spirit. www.instituteofmexicodc.org

TRANSFORMER is a Washington, D.C. based 501(c) 3 non-profit, artist-
centered visual arts organization that connects and promotes emerging
artists locally, nationally and internationally. Partnering with
artists, curators, art spaces and other cultural entities, Transformer
serves as a catalyst and advocate for emergent expression in the
visual arts. Transformer's 2007/2008 exhibition series is supported
by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The DC Commission
on the Arts and Humanities/NEA, the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz
Foundation, The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, and The
Visionary Friends of Transformer.

www.transformergallery.org