Erick Beltrán’s work is a constant investigation into and reflection on the mechanisms of thought systems, particularly the power relations unfolding between editing processes and ways of knowledge production. From diagrams, information gathering, archives, and insertions into the media, it approaches the way in which images are defined, valued, ordered, classified, selected, reproduced, and distributed to create political, economic, and cultural discourses in contemporary society. Beltrán experiments with the link between public art and diverse graphic languages investigating the museum, library, and the archive as forms of visualizations. Beltrán has exhibited at El Eco Museum and Muac – University Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City; Liverpool Biennial; Galeria Labor, Mexico City; Halfhouse, Barcelona; Volt, Bergen (NO); La Tallera, Cuernavaca (MX); Cuenca Bienal; Kadist Foundation, Paris; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; Sao Paulo Bienal; TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna; Taipei Bienal; MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.
Erick Beltrán’s work is a constant investigation into and reflection on the mechanisms of thought systems, particularly the power relations unfolding between editing processes and ways of knowledge production. From diagrams, information gathering, archives, and insertions into the media, it approaches the way in which images are defined, valued, ordered, classified, selected, reproduced, and distributed to create political, economic, and cultural discourses in contemporary society. Beltrán experiments with the link between public art and diverse graphic languages investigating the museum, library, and the archive as forms of visualizations. Beltrán has exhibited at El Eco Museum and Muac – University Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City; Liverpool Biennial; Galeria Labor, Mexico City; Halfhouse, Barcelona; Volt, Bergen (NO); La Tallera, Cuernavaca (MX); Cuenca Bienal; Kadist Foundation, Paris; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; Sao Paulo Bienal; TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna; Taipei Bienal; MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.