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Alastair Philip Wiper Visits the Danish Crown Slaughterhouse
Right, I’m going to kick this off by saying that I am not a squeamish person. I love food, I love meat, and I particularly love pork. In an ideal world, we would all get our meat from the guy in our village whose family has lovingly cared for their animals over generations, […]
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TOCA/ Galería at Zona MACO
Exhibiting Mexican and international artists, this Mexican gallery focuses in the field of photography and painting showcasing emerging talent working in the contemporary language. TOCA/ Galería will be presenting Mexican painters Javier Areán, Javier Peláez and Ricardo Pinto and Spanish artist Rafael Uriegas, among others. All images ©TOCA/ Galería
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Betty Tompkins’ Blacks and Whites at Zona MACO
Betty Tompkin explores heterosexual sex in her series Pussy Paintings presented in Zona MACO‘s main sector by Boston based gallery Samsøn. Although first rejected by the art world due to the work’s crude nature, Tompkin is now embraced by first generation feminists who identify with her artistic philosophy. All images ©Samsøn
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Victoria Fu’s Works at Zona MACO
You can find visual artist Victoria Fu’s works in Zona MACO‘s main section. Boston based gallery Samsøn is presenting Fu’s drawings, video and photographic works. Featured video: Victoria Fu, Belle Captive II, digital video and audio, 6 min., ed. of 8, 2013 All images © Samsøn
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Carlos Jiménez Cahua at Zona MACO
His first solo exhibition with Samsøn, Neoplasms and Pleonasms, explores the spiritual practice and the sense of oneness that has been lost in modern society. In his artist’s statement, he concludes by quoting Russell Brand, “What it felt to me was like the dissolution of the idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I felt this tremendous sense of oneness. I find it odd. […]
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Zona MACO’s Main Section
Main Section Committee Member, Patricia Ortiz Monasterio Owner/co-Director of Galería OMR, Mexico City. With studies in Museology and Art History, Patricia worked for the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico as Chief of the Exhibitions Department, curator and coordinator in various public Contemporary Art spaces, before […]