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Gonzalo García
"Fragmento de memoria con berenjenas", tapestry, allegory, bouquets, figurative

2023

$920
£697.59
€805.71
CA$1,290.82
A$1,437.94
CHF 758.49
MX$17,435.47
NOK 9,649.10
SEK 8,988.75
DKK 6,016.55

About the Item

Enveloped by outstretched paintings, Gonzalo García reveals the ever-present ghosts of our past and present in a delicate swirl of color, light, and flesh. These deeply visceral displays of animals, bodies and mythological creatures come to life in his oil paintings' palette of soft tones. There is a struggle to find balance, a tension between fortitude and fragility, safety and vulnerability, masculinity and femininity, and even life and death. From his canvases to his wallpaper pieces, viewers have immersed in a temporal disruption as García shares an investigation into his relationship to memory, dissecting his familial ties, and the pursuit of identity. "Just as humanity is complex, so is human history. Garcia infuses Mexican historical elements into his work, fictionalizing aspects of the Mexican Movement of 1968 and other key milestones. There’s a subtle yet looming contrast between his current still-life paintings and the erotic, flesh-oriented paintings that shaped his early career. Where humanity was once the main focus, today the artist takes a more symbolic approach, painting plants and animals and infusing his works with the same sensuality and yet less explicitly. An underlying eroticism nonetheless permeates this exhibition and features vibrant, textured florals, birds and rabbits, horses, and centaurs. The works represent an abstract way to examine the human body and a new manner in which to explore masculinity, femininity, and homosexuality. Garcia’s work is delicate, albeit more surreal than it was early in his career. Inspired by the writings of Michel Foucault and Octavio Paz—particularly) Discipline and Punish (1975), The History of Sexuality (1976) and The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), respectively—the artist through his paintings strives to reconstruct his personality and examine the dangers of fallacious masculinity. Garcia elaborates on the flowers in this series, on the once-common practice of encouraging women artists to focus on this subject matter—but what makes flowers exclusively feminine? What was stopping women artists from embracing their masculine side? Garcia poses these types of questions through his soft, erotic works. Lithographic and vibrant, the artist appreciates the challenge of refreshing the past—of playing even a small role in helping to update culture mores. “It’s a very political and historical theme to see [flowers] as a female relevance to art,” he says." - Charles Moore
  • Creator:
    Gonzalo García (1985, Mexican)
  • Creation Year:
    2023
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 51.18 in (130 cm)Width: 31.49 in (79.99 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Ciudad de México, MX
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2072212101442

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