PARA MORELIO curated by Ana Perez Escoto and Deslave
Group Exhibition, PEANA, Monterrey MX, Oct 2021 - Jan 2022.
PEANA is pleased to present Para Morelio, a group show that originates from a re-reading of Julio Galán’s body of work and the Neo-Mexicanism painting history. Curated by Deslave (Mauricio Muñoz and Andrew Roberts) and Ana Pérez Escoto, the exhibition gathers the work of Rafa Esparza, Romeo Gómez López, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Ana Segovia, Frieda Toranzo Jaeger and Julio Galán through a queer perspective. The sculptures of Romeo Gómez López point to the artifacts as recipients and catalyzers of desire. His works, taking elements from popular culture, materialize in the shape of little dioramas, dolls and interactive pieces that make visible dynamics of sexual expression and oppression. The artist focuses on the objects’ libidinal value and explores with that their potency as generators of a queer sensibility.
-Deslave
Blue Balls, 2021
Fluorescent blue plexiglass, metal, silicone, hair, lightbulb
60 × 25 × 25 cm
La Reina Del Baile (Dancing Queen), 2021
Fluorescent blue plexiglass, silicone figure, wood, motor, metal embossing
20 × 30.5 × 21.5 cm
Hora de la Jotilencia, 2021.
Fluorescent blue plexiglass, resin, batteries, acrylic paint, cucú clock mechanism
59 × 29 × 12 cm / 23 1/5 × 11 2/5 × 4 7/10 in