ORO TAPARRABOS / LOINCLOTH GOLD Mauricio Saenz will present his first solo exhibit 'ORO TAPARRABOS', a collection of 20 new paintings, installation, and video this Friday, March 28 at Galería Albertina (7th st. and Morelos) in Matamoros, Mexico @ 8:00 pm (US time).
Artist Statement:
Life as a theatre play and everyday characters as actors within a farse, both in a theatrical way and a moral one on the other hand. In life, just as in a play, there are human beings that walk along a stage and base their lives on appearances that make us believe that their “acting” is real and honest. The similarities with a play coincides with the idea that we are all actors at some point and that we appear to be something we are really not. In desiring to cover up the dark side we do not want to show, we make use of a mask for our hypocrisy to be invisible, just as using gold to make us shine and cover a false personality. Therefore, gold transforms itself into a symbolic mask that hides the obscure side that gives us away, and into a loincloth as well.
3 comments:
This will definately be a good one. History in the making. A must see.
I didn't know about this blog! It's good to see there are some other places on the web to stay in touch with what's going on around the border, especially if it deals with art. Good for you, people!
And about the exhibit, I had the opportunity to go and see it; really interesting. Even more when it comes from a youg person.
jumping through the mirror
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