DUET Exhibition Artist Conversation w/ Sam Pace and Skira Martinez
“DUET: Composition of Rhythm, Harmony, and Form” at Cielo Galleries and Studios from September 20th - October 11th, 2025, featuring a collection of works by Los Angeles-based contemporary artists Skira Martinez (@Skira.Cielo) and Sam Pace (@sam.pace.7) This exhibition is curated by Badir McCleary of ArtAboveReality.
"Duet,” a two-person exhibition featuring Los Angeles–based artists Skira Martinez and Sam Pace, draws on the rich textures and histories of musical instruments and electronic detritus. “Duet” invites visitors to explore how sound and materiality intertwine to shape contemporary culture.
The exhibition takes its title from the collaborative spirit of music-making: two distinct voices in dialogue, resonance and counterpoint.
Through sculptural assemblages, painted surfaces and found-object reliefs, Martinez and Pace repurpose brass and string components from radios, pianos and other instruments—alongside plastics, wood and e-waste—to compose visual symphonies that riff on memory, improvisation and cultural legacy. Visitors will encounter works that both reference the physicality of jazz, blues and Black American music, and reimagine the afterlives of discarded, “silent” objects.
Find these artists on Social Media: Skira Martinez (@Skira.Cielo) and Sam Pace (@sam.pace.7).
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