Wendy Cabrera Rubio solo presentation in Paris will review the role that eugenics played in the world fairs of the late 19th century, and amateur genetics during the 20th century. Her research looks to the scientific, cultural, and political figures like José Vasconcelos, Muriel Howorth and Luther Burbank. The proposal seeks to question contemporary notions of inheritance as well as the link between agriculture and pedagogy.

At a formal level, her work incorporates performance closely linked to the tradition and aesthetics of didactic theater and educational television, with a special emphasis on the use of textiles and puppets. Wendy Cabrera Rubio’s work explores the relationships between aesthetics and ideology, interested in the processes of reinterpreting specialized knowledge as well as the impact of applied sciences on the popular imagination, and the role of art within society.

Wendy Cabrera Rubio was born in 1993 in Mexico City, Mexico. Exhibitions of Cabrera Rubio’s work have taken place at the Museo Jumex; kurimanzutto; PEANA; anonymous gallery; Nordenhake; Lodos; General Expenses; and Museo del Chopo. She has upcoming institutional exhibitions at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO).

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