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Hacer
Foxy

2023

About the Item

Born to teenage, Mexican-American gang members; I was abandoned at three months old and placed in a series of foster homes. Lost in a lifestyle of violence/drug abuse, I escaped by creating a playful world that evolved from origami cranes. In time my escape escaped me, I became the lifestyle with one reach: death. In its grasp, I found Calder’s massive, red-orange, Los Angeles sculpture, “The Four Arches”. He/it gave me a new reach: life. I decided I am not what happened to me, I am my response. I broke from the violence of my birth name “Gomez-Martinez” by choosing “Hacer” [Spanish verb: “To make”] and became a sculptor who designs/builds large-scale, metal, origami-inspired forms in bold, solid colors. It is the choice to be, as Calder and those like him, my part in a creative process that is bigger than me individually but impossible without the “me’s” collectively. As I learn to shape my work, afraid, I move forward through the familiar unknown and learn to re-shape myself, lessening the past’s grip. Like the dynamic, formative process hidden by my seemingly simple designs; my work’s simple existence aims to elicit a dynamic response about the viewer’s relationship to their formative process: childhood. Through this interaction, we [like I with Calder] can all begin anew. - Hacer
  • Creator:
    Hacer (1976, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2023
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)Depth: 28 in (71.12 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Denver, CO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU498312906002
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