Multiple readings of his work

the A proposal from the Mexican painter Julio Gallan (1958-2006) More valid than everand state Sharp Gallest Joseph was“Because all the questions he raised in his work, we discuss it now.”

he Specialized in contemporary art It refers to issues such as “ID policiesLooking for the other, look at the other, he Queer Art and LGBTNational issues and sexual liberation. “

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He comments in an interview that Gallan is like all this, “from an intimate and very rich place”, in the late eighties and early last century. “His proposal was a huge power. It could be a common place to say that he was progressing to his time, but it was.

The problem is that his work has been subscribed to Nomsikanis. It is a short and narrow way to read it. I think he wanted to escape from this concept. I think it is time to give multiple readings, not betting on certain readings. We raise this in this exhibition.

The cultural director talks about the sample called simply Julio GalenThe 36 works of Coahuilense, but since childhood it was established in Monterrey, in two exhibitions in New York. “This is the first important individual offer to work in the big apple in more than two decades.”

No Cormanzoto (516 West Street 20) and Lahling Augustine Chelsea (531 West 24 Street), One Mexican and another weSeparated by three blocks, They are reviewing the validity of Jallan’s work and The importance of your careerFocusing on his production in his studies in New York, where he moved in 1984 and then lived between this city and Montere.

The exhibition begins at Kurimanzutto with a piece in 1982. We make a small tour and shortening until 1985, when it arrives in New York.

We have the first business that is believed in New York; It is almost an altar, and it is a very intimate painting that talks about the trip. Then there are two basic paintings, Rome (Love, opposite), and Bed. And what he presented in his first showrooms, cut from his first exhibition in 1989, “separates.

After that, Corrie continues, “the exhibition jumps to the other exhibition, where the first years of Galen are displayed in New York until 1995, when he participated in every two years.

Kurimanzutto and Luhring Augustine Chelsea, they work together

The promoter highlights the The importance that Big Apple had to Galan. “It was a place to edit, learn, where he felt very free and exploring it all the time. Wealth is a street.

For this reason, he says, Both opponentsInterested in Mexican workand They agreed to work togetherInstead of competition. “The idea of ​​cooperation in New York is incredible, because there is such a competitive environment, and a lot of dizziness, so that there is no time for cooperation. But this achievement talks about what Gulio still causes, and joins the forces.”

“I was made in a set of methods and with the approach of reconciling culture, Gallan’s work combines references and influences ranging from Mexican folklore, religious images to surrealism, pop art and writings on the walls.”

In the words of the writer Ivan Movit: “The allocation of Mexican stereotypes and Platonic characters by Gallan reveals nationalism as a kind of joyful farce … undoubtedly, There is a lot Kitsch In his paintingsBut that Kitsch It is necessary for extremism. “

He concluded that “until today, it resonates with the wonderful energy, intelligence and theatrical to the work of Gallan, as well as the questions he explored about the relationship between individual identity and self -building, contrary to the concepts of huge culture and objectivity.”

Other elements exist in Galen’s work that it Vanityhe mockery and Interrogating biases social.

the A sample, which offers nine works for saleIt will open until April 19.

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