Peana, a contemporary art gallery located in Monterrey, Mexico, has announced the launch Para Morelio, a group exhibit that intends to offer a re-reading of Julio Galán’s Neo-Mexican painting history.
Curated by Ana Pérez Escoto and Deslave (Mauricio Muñozand Andrew Roberts) the show features the work of several prominent Mexican artists including Rafa Esparza, Romeo Gómez López, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Ana Segovia, and Frieda Toranzo Jaeger.
All of the works share a common interest in articulating the "interchanging expressions of desire, humor, play and affection through the self-representation of non-normative sexes and genders." In doing so, each piece aligns with Galan's notion of gender as an artifice, while offering new and equally subversive takes on the topic.
As a whole, Para Morelio was conceived of as a "conversation" with the purpose of exploring diverse gender tensions in Mexico. Together, these six artists appear to reach a similar conclusion regarding identity construction -- that there isn't a singular way to conceive identity and dissident sexualities as these are factors formed by a complex network of relations that equally involve one's race, class, desire, home, objects, popular culture, and more.
Neo-Mexican Art Exhibits
Peana Introduces New Gender-Deconstructing Group Show, Para Morelio
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