Hop to It

Although it might seem a lick late to hitch onto CiFo’s hay wagon, don’t let that stop you from joining the stampede. Here’s your last chance to catch “Jump Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art from the Colección Mercantil” at CiFo Art Space. It’s open from 10:00 to 4:00 today and offers a rambling, bleeding-edge ride. The barnburner examines the work of 30 artists born between 1946 and 1972 whose output reflects the runaway evolution and surprising diversity of contemporary Latin American art of the past three decades. It corrals a collection of paintings, drawings, photography, assemblage, sculpture, video, and installation that boldly bucks tradition.

The exhibit lassos its name from a cinematic editing technique practiced by Jean-Luc Goddard in which abrupt cuts from one shot to the next produce a sense of dislocation. Just as “jump cuts” separate contexts and relationships in film, the exhibition’s down-home mix tills the fertile creative soil of the region, shooting the lights out with a provocative and daring collection.

Sun., July 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.