In anglo-american common law breaking and entering is historically defined as a criminal offense distinct from burglary. While burglary refers to entering with the intent of criminal offences inside the structure, breaking and entering criminalizes the act of entering itself. Upon closer examination this act seems to be split into two individual parts:
1.the dismanteling of a barrier (breaking).
2.the actual decision to cross (entering).
This constitutes a space protected and defined on a physical (1) as well as a psychological (2) level. Rubén Ezequiel Löwy’s installations inhabit the two showrooms of AG18 Gallery and further examine these two spatial constitutions. By interrogating objects as they operate within regimes of mechanical reproduction, the exhibition reveals a paradoxical constellation of security, authenticity, and ambiguous legal status.
Rubén Ezequiel Löwy’s conceptual and spatial practice explores hidden structures of historical manifestation, delusions of everyday life and systematic rules as new artistic material.