Jill Magid: The Proposal

About the hidden archive of the famous Mexican architect Luis Barragán

11.05.23

M Leuven

Jill Magid's film 'The Proposal' (2018) was showered with awards in the United States, her home country. The award-winning film about the hidden legacy of Mexican architect Luis Barragán has already been shown at the Tate Modern in London and Centre Pompidou in Paris, where it was also added to the collection. Valerie Verhack - curator of Jill Magid's solo exhibition - will provide an introduction to the film.

An extraordinary proposal

Known as “the artist among architects”, Luis Barragán is among the world’s most celebrated architects of the 20th century. Upon his death in 1988, much of his work was locked away in a Swiss bunker, hidden from the world’s view. In an attempt to resurrect Barragán's life and art, boundary redefining artist Jill Magid creates a daring proposition that becomes a fascinating artwork in itself - a high-wire act of negotiation that explores how far an artist will go to democratize access to art.

About Jill Magid

Jill Magid (USA, 1973) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

She has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions at museums and institutions including the Tate Modern (USA), Whitney Museum (USA), The Modern Art Museum Fort Worth (USA), Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico), The Renaissance Society (USA), Magasin III Museum of Contemporary Art (Sweden), and the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands.

Magid is a recent awardee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Fellowship and VIA Art Fund, and The Calder Prize. Her award-winning feature film ‘The Proposal’ (2018) premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and was released in theaters internationally.

Her work is in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Whitney Museum, Fundacion Jumex, Walker Art Center, and the United States Mint, among others.