The revolution requires not more but less energy than everyday. — Boris Groys, Philosophy of Care
The amount of energy sent by the Sun can be thought of as a gift to the earth, one that should be reciprocated. Humanity is incapable of reciprocating our energy debt to the sun, and in Bataille’s theory of general economy, a gift that cannot be reciprocated is an act of agression between sovereign individuals, the accursed share. In the face of an indissoluble debt, we have another option: to reject work. The moon itself remains resolutely outside of the logic of productive exchange, returning only reflected light in excess, another gift incinerated in space.
A Moon Poem is a temporary action that short circuits any attempt to formulate a cohesive economic theory within the context of nonproductive natural energies; an object which refuses the capacity to produce meaning. We write about the moon because it is there; we paint the moon to capture this eternal thing anew in the present. To withhold meaning is the most generous form of teaching.
I want to be be like those poets who
care about
The moon
— Noor Hindi
Oscar Tuazon’s new exhibition in Spain is on view through the first week of February. And in Los Angeles, as part of the Monuments exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art and The Brick, Tuazon will give a gallery talk about Kara Walker’s Unmanned Drone.
See info and links below for details.
OSCAR TUAZON — MOON POEM
Through February 7
Cibrián
Jose Maria Soroa Kalea 12, Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain
cibrian.eu/exposiciones/moon-poem/
ARTISTS ON ARTWORKS — OSCAR TUAZON ON KARA WALKER’S UNMANNED DRONE
Sunday, February 1, at noon
The Brick
518 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles
brick.squarespace.com/artists-on-artwork-tuazon
brick.squarespace.com/monuments
Introductory text courtesy and © Oscar Tuazon, Cibrián, Boris Groys, and Noor Hindi.
Oscar Tuazon, Moon Poem, Cibrián, Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain, November 21, 2025–February 7, 2026, from top: Know What You Do Before You Do What You Know, 2025, enamel on carved and charred western red cedar; (foreground, from left) Space Frame (Marfil Crema), 2025, Ivory Cream Marble, and Space Frame (Macael), 2025, Macael Marble, (background) Harvest Moon, 2025, acrylic and enamel on canvas; Moon Poem, 2025, enamel and acrylic on carved and charred western red cedar; exhibition view with, in background, Torn Moon, 2025, enamel and acrylic on carved and charred western red cedar; The Boat, 2025, enameled glass, enamel on carved and charred western red cedar; (from left) Space Frame (Marquina Negro) 3, 2025, Black Marquina Marble, Space Frame (Marquina Negro) 1, 2025, Black Marquina Marble, Space Frame (Marquina Negro) 2, 2025, Black Marquina Marble, Space Frame (Crema Levante), 2025, Levante Cream Marble, Space Frame (Marfil Crema), and Space Frame (Macael).
Artworks and images courtesy and © Oscar Tuazon and Cibrián, Donostia-San Sebastián.
