Mario Garcia Torres
dal 25/9/2007 al 29/11/2007
Segnalato da
Luisa Espino - Galeria Elba Benitez
25/9/2007
Mario Garcia Torres
Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid
Videos. The artist uses his works as a way of addressing, social and political issues. For example he works with topics that include the way we visit museums, the role of the artist in society, and even the way art history is construed.
Videos
lba Benítez Gallery opens the new Season 2007 2008 with a video show by
the artist Mario García Torres (Mexico, 1975). Garcia Torres is a member of
a younger generation of artists who see their work against the backdrop of
the history of conceptual art and use that history in an extremely
unfettered way as their starting-point. They use their works as a way of
addressing, for example, social and political issues. Garcia Torres works
with topics that include the way we visit museums, the role of the artist in
society, and even the way art history is construed.
The following videos will be on view:
A Brief History of Jimmie Johnson´s Legacy, 2006. Looped, colour and
around, 5 min 10 sec.
Abandoned and Forgotten Land Works That Are Not Necessarily Meant To
Be Seen As Art, 2004. Black and white, no sound, 8 min.
Garcia Torres work has been seen at the 52nd Venice Biennale (Robert Storr
selection). Hi has made solo shows at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam,) and
the Kadist Art Foundation (Paris) and group shows at the Reina Sofia Museum
in Madrid, the Tate Modern of London, De Appel at Amsterdam and Artists
Space in New York, among others.
Attached images: stills from Abandoned and Forgotten Land Works That Are Not
Necessarily Meant To Be Seen As Art, 2004.
High Res images available at
http://www.ingeniodedivertinajes.com/artemadrid/Elba_Benitez.html
Opening:September 26 at 8 p.m.
Iba Benítez Gallery
San Lorenzo, 11, Madrid
Free Admission