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Grabs Back @ Being Here With You / Estando Aquí contigo - MCASD Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego 2019

Mely Barragán highlights daily life and popular cultures sites of contradiction in patriarchal and consumerist society. Often working with found images and materials that carry gendered associations, Barragan multiplies signifiers of femininity to scramble stereotypes. Barragán´s Grabs Back  is more pointed in its subject, offering a response to U.S. President Donald Trump´s boasting of sexual […]

CYCLICAL WARRIORS

CYCLICAL WARRIORS, 2018 Laser cut on painted plywood, rotating motor. Infinite clockwise motion piece that creates the permanent metaphor that opposition is always needed to become stronger. As in life, cycles reign supreme. However, sometimes a radical free agent changes the direction, prompting the other’s contemplation of their automated existence and eventual evolution. SHOWN AT: […]

ASSEMBLING DEEP BLUNT THOUGHTS by Mely Barragán

ASSEMBLING DEEP BLUNT THOUGHTS   Si las palabras son cuchillos, la obra de Mely Barragán (Tijuana, 1975), llena de palabras y cuchillos en igual cantidad, se descubre obsesiva en su intento por decirnos algo. Utilizando elementos gráficos e imágenes reapropiadas de medios masivos y cultura popular, Barragán aborda temas como la desigualdad de género y violencia […]

BACK TO BASICS @ THE FRONT

BACK TO BASICS  10TH ANNUAL DÍA DE LA MUJER EXHIBIT CURATOR- Norma Iglesias ¨The premise of Back To Basics suggests that the way out of many of our problems is to return to the origins, to the most basic formsof community interaction, to respect for nature and all living beings, to teamwork, to respect differences, […]

MEXICO:THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN (contemporary artists from Mexico)

Presentación de “Mexico: The Future is Unwritten. Contemporary Artists from Mexico”, el libro que reune más de 200 obras de artistas mexicanos que pertenecen a la Colección Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche. La presentación se realizará el miércoles 9 de diciembre en la Fundación Alumnos 47 a las 19:00 hrs. PROM DATE DISASTER, 2014 collage y […]

STRANGE NEW WORLD art and design from Tijuana / EXTRAÑO NUEVO MUNDO arte y diseño desde Tijuana @MCASD Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego 2006 / permanent collection

    http://www.emams.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:d5ecf7d2-3ebb-406b-9228-cea410b7b545/Patricia%20Bently%20Studer,%20Artists%20Facing%20Borders,%20Master%20Thesis%202015.pdf http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/apr/7/20060407-090611-2463r/ https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-158093844/strange-new-world-art-and-design-from-tijuana Also shown in Santa Monica Museum of Art, JAN 13- APR 7 2007 Strange New World: Art and Design from Tijuana/Extraño Nuevo Mundo: Arte y diseño desde Tijuana was the first major traveling exhibition to explore and celebrate the vibrant interdisciplinary art scene in Tijuana, Mexico, one of the world’s leading […]