Gabriel de la Mora ā La Petite Mort
La Petite Mort engages with the attraction of surfaces of De la Moraās works and looks beyond them to the unconscious drives and desires that have been a consistent theme in the artistās practice.
His meticulous process of collecting, cataloguing, and assembling fragments redefines the boundaries between drawing, painting, and sculpture.
De la Mora has achieved significant international acclaim and is exhibited in leading institutions worldwide, including The Drawing Center (New York), Museo Jumex (Mexico City), and Perrotin (Paris, New York), his work is held in major collections such as MOCA Los Angeles and the MFA Houston.
Accompanying the exhibition āGabriel de la Mora: La Petite Mortā this edition includes an in depth reading of the artistās work by the curator, Tobias Ostrander, accompanied by newly commissioned essays by art historian Maria Minera, and the writer and poet Pablo Soler Frost; each reflect on aspects of death, eroticism and transformation in De la Moraās practice. This volume illustrates more than 80 works by the artist produced over the last 25 years. Numerous details show the precision and allure of his compositions which employ materials such as human hair, fragments of eggshells, butterfly wings and obsidian.
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Gabriel de la Mora ā La Petite Mort
La Petite Mort engages with the attraction of surfaces of De la Moraās works and looks beyond them to the unconscious drives and desires that have been a consistent theme in the artistās practice.
His meticulous process of collecting, cataloguing, and assembling fragments redefines the boundaries between drawing, painting, and sculpture.
De la Mora has achieved significant international acclaim and is exhibited in leading institutions worldwide, including The Drawing Center (New York), Museo Jumex (Mexico City), and Perrotin (Paris, New York), his work is held in major collections such as MOCA Los Angeles and the MFA Houston.
Accompanying the exhibition āGabriel de la Mora: La Petite Mortā this edition includes an in depth reading of the artistās work by the curator, Tobias Ostrander, accompanied by newly commissioned essays by art historian Maria Minera, and the writer and poet Pablo Soler Frost; each reflect on aspects of death, eroticism and transformation in De la Moraās practice. This volume illustrates more than 80 works by the artist produced over the last 25 years. Numerous details show the precision and allure of his compositions which employ materials such as human hair, fragments of eggshells, butterfly wings and obsidian.
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La Petite Mort engages with the attraction of surfaces of De la Moraās works and looks beyond them to the unconscious drives and desires that have been a consistent theme in the artistās practice.
His meticulous process of collecting, cataloguing, and assembling fragments redefines the boundaries between drawing, painting, and sculpture.
De la Mora has achieved significant international acclaim and is exhibited in leading institutions worldwide, including The Drawing Center (New York), Museo Jumex (Mexico City), and Perrotin (Paris, New York), his work is held in major collections such as MOCA Los Angeles and the MFA Houston.
Accompanying the exhibition āGabriel de la Mora: La Petite Mortā this edition includes an in depth reading of the artistās work by the curator, Tobias Ostrander, accompanied by newly commissioned essays by art historian Maria Minera, and the writer and poet Pablo Soler Frost; each reflect on aspects of death, eroticism and transformation in De la Moraās practice. This volume illustrates more than 80 works by the artist produced over the last 25 years. Numerous details show the precision and allure of his compositions which employ materials such as human hair, fragments of eggshells, butterfly wings and obsidian.
