MOLAA’S INAUGURAL LIVE ART AUCTION

LOT #13EMILIO CHAPELA PÉREZ (Mexico, b. 1978)Capitalism is... Communism is... / Capitalismo es… Comunismo es..., 2009Inkjet archival print (diptych), ed. 2/3 + AP22 x 27 in. (55.9 x 68.6 cm) eachGift of the artist, courtesy of Henrique Faria Fine Art, New YorkEstimated price: $5,000-$7,000Emilio Chapela Pérez is a conceptual artist whose work relates to language, systematization and analysis ofinformation, including the particular bank information from the Internet, the phenomenon of search enginessuch as Google, and online translation tools like Yahoo! Babel Fish. Using these tools from the internet,Chapela deconstructs language until it becomes contradictory hoping to construct new meanings orinterpretation.Capitalism is... Communism is..., 2009, is a diptych from the series Ask Google, which was created by usingthe search engine’s suggestions, in order to show different stereotypes and prejudice on concepts (such asCapitalism or Communism) or even nationalities, reflected by the most popular searches by the public inGoogle. Chapela comments on his use of Google in this series: “I feel that this tool works as a very effectiveinsight to the web's collective unconsciousness.”Chapela Pérez earned a BA in mathematics from the Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM in Mexico in 1998, completeda graduate degree in photography and news media from the Centro de la Imagen, in Mexico in 2001, andlater studied communication sciences at the Universidad Iberoamericana of Mexico in 2002. Selectedexhibitions include A Measure for Something, Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York, 2011; One Foot Apart,Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009; According to Google..., EDS Galería, Mexico City, 2008; and PreferiríaNo Hacerlo, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 2001. Chapela lives and works in both Mexico City and Berlin.15