CONRAD RUIZ: PURA VIDA

CONRAD RUIZ

PURA VIDA

NOVEMBER 29, 2024 – JANUARY 11, 2025

GALERIE DROSTE

BIRKENSTR. 104

40233 DÜSSELDORF

Pura Vida: Conrad Ruiz’s Plea for the Earth

Nearly 500 years ago, the Danza de los Voladores, a ritualistic dance originating from the indigenous peoples of Central Mexico, emerged as an aerial plea for rain. With dancers spiraling from a towering 100-foot pole in costumes representing earth, wind, fire and water, the ceremony served as a celebration of—and meditation on—abundance and scarcity. But for Conrad Ruiz (*1983, US), this ancient tradition is not just cultural history, it’s also a metaphorical framework for Pura Vida, his latest exhibition at Galerie Droste, Düsseldorf.