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Catalina Schliebener Muñoz BARRO NY is pleased to present “Manifesto of Immature Abstraction,” an exhibition featuring the works of Ad Minoliti and Catalina Schliebener Muñoz. This show explores queer approaches to abstraction through the use of colors and shapes that articulate non-binary narratives which counter the coloniality of gender, sexuality, age, and interspecies life. The gallery space transforms into an abstract dialogue between queer representations of the animal that reinvent their forms by dismantling colonial imaginaries of the childish, immature, and naive. This deconstruction and critique allows the artists to challenge traditional narratives that intervene in the subjectivation of children, disorganizing and transcending through fantasy. Ad Minoliti Ad Minoliti’s vibrant abstract compositions radiate a spectrum of hues, using geometric shapes to implicitly suggest faces and animal figures. These works invite viewers into a speculative universe where childhood becomes the tool from whicht