2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel
2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel
2013/14 - LISTE 18 | The young art fair in Basel
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Gaga3/1/1Gaga F<strong>in</strong>e ArtsFernando MestaDurango 204MX-06700 Mexico CityT +52 55 55 25 <strong>14</strong> 35M +52 1 55 21 09 00 85hello@houseofgaga.comwww.houseofgaga.comShown at <strong>LISTE</strong>:José Rojas, 1978, MXEmily Sundblad, 1977, SEOther Artists of the Gallery:Diego Berruecos, MXJay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda, US & JPClaire Fonta<strong>in</strong>e, IT/UKJuan José Gurrola, MXKarl Holmqvist, SEAlex Hubbard, USN<strong>in</strong>a Könnemann, DEDanny McDonald, USRicardo Nicolayevsky, MXFernando Palma, MXCarissa Rodriguez, USGuillermo Santamar<strong>in</strong>a, MXJosef Strau, ATAntek Walczak, USEmily SundbladOrganic Still Life(from IllustrationsFor Liv<strong>in</strong>g Currencyseries), <strong>2013</strong>YSL eyel<strong>in</strong>er on clubstationary4.25 × 5.5 <strong>in</strong>José Rojaspreview / work <strong>in</strong>progress84 / 85For its second p<strong>art</strong>icipation <strong>in</strong> <strong>LISTE</strong>,Gaga is pleased to present new worksby Emily Sundblad and José Rojas.Both groups of work have never beenexhibited before and were done speciallyfor this occasion.In the case of Sundblad, a group of portraits,self portraits and still lifes will be presentedas p<strong>art</strong> of her ongo<strong>in</strong>g research onperformance as a place where ideasof gender and preconceptions of the <strong>art</strong>istand the <strong>art</strong>istic are deconstructed.Sundblad’s work usually aims to <strong>in</strong>habitmultiple personas: from a dealer withReena Spaul<strong>in</strong>gs F<strong>in</strong>e Art to the collectiveGrand Open<strong>in</strong>gs, the fictional <strong>art</strong>ist /faux personne Reena Spaul<strong>in</strong>gs or theperformer under her own name.Rojas’ works cont<strong>in</strong>ue his research for‘Ve<strong>in</strong>s, Verses and Fixed Action Patterns’,presented <strong>in</strong> the gallery <strong>in</strong> June 2012.<strong>The</strong> show gravitated around projection,archetypes, symbolism and externalstimuli through marble sculptures,glass surfaces, light and runn<strong>in</strong>g water.For this occasion the dep<strong>art</strong><strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>tbecomes the sk<strong>in</strong>, the oils secreted by thebody and the body’s transformationfrom three dimensions <strong>in</strong>to two creat<strong>in</strong>g aseries of soft four-dimensional collages.Both works will be gathered aroundideas concern<strong>in</strong>g the body: the <strong>art</strong>ist’s andspectator’s, the represented body <strong>in</strong>portraits and the body as measurement andreceptor of stimuli and the sk<strong>in</strong>as the boundary between be<strong>in</strong>g and world.
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