Carrie
Bencardino
The Unburying
of the Devil
07/12—10/13/25

In her first institutional exhibition, Carrie Bencardino (Buenos Aires, 1993) presents a series of previously unseen works in Gallery 1 at Malba. Since the beginning of her career, Bencardino has explored different modes of projection, with a practice marked by narrative construction influenced by visual discourses from the underground and collective countercultural spaces. The concept of fluidity is a constant in her work—both in her non-binary identity and in her handling of pictorial matter, where she avoids precise details in favor of a light material presence energized by gestural strokes.

The Unburying of the Devil, curated by Carlos Gutiérrez, stems from the recognition of a possible crisis of imagination, driven by political instability and the rise of a type of thinking that tends to erode interpersonal connections. Primarily composed of paintings, the exhibition aims to transform the gallery into a hybrid space: part bar, part cinema, part club. The paintings operate in a similar way, depicting situations that could take place anywhere—real or imaginary. For Bencardino, the urgency lies in generating new tools to build alternative worlds.

The exhibition also features a video piece—a monologue reflecting on the influence of various artists, surrealism, and magical thinking in shaping Bencardino’s imagination. The show highlights the connections between imagination—or more precisely, the capacity to imagine—and politics, engaging with the production of images and recovering past traces that may help challenge totalizing narratives of the collective story. This project, then, seeks to reclaim spaces where shared ideas and the desire for a common horizon have not yet been fully exhausted.

Curated by: Carlos Gutiérrez.