Situations, a recreation of the installation by Sigfredo Chacón (Caracas, 1950) originally presented in the Ateneo de Caracas in 1972. When Chacón was first emerging in the Caracas art scene, Kinetic Art, or cinetismo, was the prevailing style of the moment, with most young artists gravitating towards this visual language and most government funds financing exhibitions of this kind of work. Challenging the omnipresence of Kinetic Art, Situations would be an ironic statement opposing the formality and rigidity of artistic presentation by responding directly to the exhibition space in the Ateneo and utilizing crude materials, which included raw canvas and rope, and referencing the work coming out of the Arte Povera movement in Italy and Postminimalism in the United States. In 1972 the word "installation" had not yet been coined as a term to describe large-scale sculptural endeavors, but rather "ambientación", or ambience, was used. The work was installed throughout the space without any information, wall text or names made available to viewers, who made their way through the exhibition by experiencing different visual "situations" and forming their own associations and opinions based on the abstract forms that hung from the ceiling, draped over pedestals and laid on the floor. In addition to re-producing the sculptural elements, Situations will also feature Chacón's preparatory drawings and blueprints as well as archival material from the 1972 exhibition. 

Sigfredo Chacón (Caracas, 1950) studied fine art at Escuela Cristóbal Rojas for a brief period of time before receiving a degree in graphic design from the Instituto de Diseño de Caracas. Even before graduating, Chacón had a solo show at Galería Gamma, Caracas and was featured in group shows at el Salón Círculo Pez Dorado, el Salón de la Joven Pintura, el II Festival de Zapato Roto, la Galería El Muro, Galería Estudio Actual and the XXVIII Salón Arturo Michelena, all in Venezuela. In 1971, Chacón furthered his studies in London where he participated in a special graphic deisgn course at the Chelsea School of Art and studied typographic design at the London College of Printing. In 1977, he became a professor at his alma mater, Instituto de Diseño.