Black Light – one of the artist´s most abstract works – is collaged with layers of lace and fabric and covered in black paint. A cluster of fabric ropes is piled onto one corner, looping across the surface like vines disappearing into a hole. (excerpt from Museum catalogue) painting and fabric assemblage on canvas, 136 […]
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: […]
Bittersweet Testosterone: marco antiguo de plata con 19 corbatas de mi padre. 168 X 32 cm. año 2018. Antique silver frame and 19 old ties from my dad. 168 X 32 cm. year 2018.
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 […]
THROUGH PAINTINGS, INSTALLATIONS, ASSEMBLAGES, AND SCULPTURES, AMONG OTHER DISCIPLINES; THE COLLECTION INTEGRATE A GREAT NUMBER OF PROPOSALS AND SKILLS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, EXPLORING THE WORK OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA AND THE ROLE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN OUR SOCIETY. The Elías-Fontes Collection. History and Story Exhibition REVIEWS: The Impossibility of the Present: Collection Elias-Fontes […]
EL VALOR DE LAS COSAS No hace mucho tiempo, accidentalmente termine viendo una página de internet que se enfoca en el fenómeno OVNI y llamó mi atención el encabezado: “Avistamientos en Beijing, China y Tijuana, México.” Luego más aún el hecho de tratarse de dos videos aparentemente filmados el 1 de enero del presente año. […]
The Museum Of Latin American Art PRESENTS: DANGER! 2012 SHALLOW WATER II, soft sculpture, fabric and chain, variable dimensions. POWER TO KILL, knife shape leather bags as soft sculpture, 17 X 29 x 15 in.
List of art work / lista de obra: double happiness for us , collage on plastic tablecloth, 15 x 15 cm, 2012 call me for tea, collage on plastic tablecloth, 15 x 15 cm, 2012 here I am, collage, ink and vynil on paper, 54 x 40 cm, 2012 let go, collage on mirror, 30 x 30 cm, […]
“La dicotomía dentro/fuera” [Abstract] Con esta nueva edición individual Mely Barragán muestra en Tijuana, tras su regreso de una residencia en China, una nueva serie de obra plástica en el conflictuado espacio de Arte Vía, uno de los pocos destinados al arte contemporáneo en la ciudad, creado apenas este año, y el cual en este […]
Is an art and fashion project, that uses hand bags in a shape of a gigantic kitchen knife with all the features of a typical bag to generate the sense of protection in a public space. soft sculpture, leather bags, fabric and studs, 80 x 25 x 10 cm, 2010 ______________________________ images as shown @ CROSSING […]
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Drawing The Line @MCASD Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego Drawing the Line presents works on paper, sculpture, and fabric pieces from the Museum’s collection that reveal new approaches to the integration of drawing techniques into media that have not been traditionally associated with these genres. The exhibition includes works in the MCASD collection by […]
soft sculpture, 18 x 25 cm, 2009
acrylic on tea cup, variable dimensions, 2009
HE MAN El papel de las mujeres dentro de los esquemas de poder que operan en la sociedad, las relaciones de género y el cuerpo femenino como objeto sexual son preocupaciones recurrentes en la obra de Mely Barragán. Sin embargo, en su última serie, titulada HE MAN, la artista cuestiona sus propias suposiciones sobre estos […]
10 años del grupo M ARTES En el marco de su 25 aniversario, el Centro Cultural Tijuana abrirá sus puertas para conmemorar diez años de la fundación del grupo M ARTES, con la exposición titulada MI TEMA, integrada por 15 instalaciones, una por cada integrante del colectivo, todas mujeres creadoras, artistas visuales de varias disciplinas: […]
BREAKING THROUGH THE STEREOTYPES: ART AND MEDIA ACTIVISM FROM TIJUANA By Armin Medosch, 31 May 2006 http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/breaking-through-stereotypes-art-and-media-activism-tijuana Tijuana Organic – a show that profiles contemporary artists and media activists from the Mexican border town made notorious by its maquiladoras, immigration struggles and crime – steers a course between depicting Tijuana’s harsh realities and avoiding a sensationalist treatment […]
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 […]