ZⓈONAMACO will celebrate its 18th edition in Mexico City from February 9 to 13, 2022, welcoming more than 200 galleries and exhibitors from more than 25 countries around the world and bringing together its four fairs simultaneously: ZⓈONAMACO MÉXICO ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO, ZⓈONAMACO DISEÑO, ZⓈONAMACO SALÓN and ZⓈONAMACO FOTO.
Portas Vilaseca Galeria participates in this edition of the fair presenting the most recent production in painting by Brazilian artist Julia Debasse. The gallery is part of the ZⓈONAMACO SUR section, curated by Luíza Teixeira de Freitas. This segment of the fair brings together practices from the Global South that arise from the intersection of art, nature and imagination.
Our booth (ZMS9) is the result of a collaborative project with C Galeria, in dialogue with the production of its represented artist Ruan D’Ornellas.
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In her artistic practice, Debasse explores narratives that incorporate elements and references to “low” and “high culture.” Through paintings and drawings, she seeks to eliminate the spaces that supposedly exist between these realms.
One of the highlights of the gallery’s booth will be the panel The Things We Do for Love (365 paintings for Ulysses), taking up a 6-meter wall. Developed over a year, this work emerges from a collaboration between the artist and her eldest son, Ulisses, who would bring every day a theme for a painting. Characters from cartoons and games coexist with everyday objects, composing a mosaic of references and interests of a boy turning 10 years old. By placing herself in this position of listening and reproducing her son’s desires, Debasse reflects on the impositions of motherhood while at the same time inverts the power relations between adults and children.
To check this and other works selected for the fair, download here our exclusive PDF catalogue.
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INFO
PORTAS VILASECA GALERIA AT ZⓈONAMACO MEXICO 2022
Period: 09 – 13.02.2022
Visiting times: Wednesday, 9.02 (5 – 9 pm); Thursday to Saturday, 10 – 12.02 (12 – 9 pm); Sunday, 13.02 (11 am – 7 pm).
Section: ZⓈONAMACO SUR
Booth: ZMS9
Artist: Julia Debasse
Where: Centro Citibanamex – Av. Conscripto 311 – Lomas de Sotelo – Hipodrómo de las Américas – Miguel Hidalgo, 11200, Mexico City.
Supported by: ABACT and Latitude Brasil.