📍 Zilberman Miami
🗓️ Sunday, February 23, 2025
🕖 11-4 pm

Zilberman Miami is pleased to present the durational performance ICE, ICE, BABY by Iván Sikic during the Progressive Art Brunch, in dialogue with the exhibition What Lies Beneath.

In the durational action ICE, ICE BABY, Iván Sikic questions the escalating immigration policies enforced under President Donald Trump's administration. For eight hours—the duration of a typical workday—Sikic inscribes phrases like 'yo hablo español' and 'I speak English' every 27 minutes, mirroring the rate at which ICE deported individuals during Trump's previous term: 27 deportations per hour. The work's title, 'ICE, ICE Baby', draws on both the name of the federal agency responsible for immigration enforcement, and the 1990 hit song by Vanilla Ice. By carrying out this action, Sikic offers a poignant commentary on the human impact of immigration policies, inviting viewers to reflect on the complexities of identity and belonging. Through this eight-hour endurance piece, the artist not only addresses the systematic deportation efforts but also echoes the labor, resilience, and perseverance inherent in the immigrant experience.

Iván Sikic (Lima, 1983) is a conceptual & perfomrance artist whose work has been exhibited at The 8th Floor (New York), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia & Sao Paulo), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn), Km 0.2 (San Juan, Mexico City), Luis Adelantado (Bogotá, Madrid, Valencia), La Cometa (Miami), ICPNA (Lima), NADA x Foreland (Catskills, NY), Essex Flowers (NY), Art in Odd Places (NY), Zilberman Gallery (Miami), NADA Miami, and MANA Contemporary (Miami & NJ), among others. In 2023 he received the Palm Foundation Award for his work Some Things Are Best Left Unsaid, presented at El Patio, Todos Santos, as part of Zona Maco. In 2025, he was invited to participate in the inaugural presentation of La Cuadra at Luis Barragán's Cuadra San Cristóbal in Mexico City, where he worked under the direction of Marina Abramović. He is currently based between Miami and NYC.