Image courtesy the artist and Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City © Jose Luis Rojas
Jose Luis Rojas
The Semblanze of Control
28 November 2012 – 24 February 2013
at Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City
With an ironic approach towards the many moods that are consumed in the globalized world, The Semblanze of Control is an exhibition that gathers sculptures by Mexican artist Jose Luis Rojas. Composed of boxes of medicine, needles, syringes, cigarette butts and debris, the works show a fascination with miniature objects and a cynical attitude towards the industries of controlled substances and war. Meanwhile, some of the pieces are fragile compositions that point the frantic disposition drug consumption. Rojas playfully exploits the dynamics of terrorism, while approaching the levels of economic, political and cultural fragmentation that lead to the contemporary social tensions.
The exhibition highlights a significant aspect of Rojas´work: the relationship between a personal condition and the collective pathology. The V Series (2011-2012) is a set of pieces that resemble war vehicles. These are made with utensils for medical remedies and drug use. An installation produced for this exhibition, Milcity (2012) forms an urban entity through the fragments of medicine boxes. Its title refers to the drug “Miltownâ€, the first successful drug use for the treatment of anxiety on a massive scale in 1955. [read the full text here]
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Image courtesy the artist and Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City © Jose Luis Rojas
Image courtesy the artist and Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City © Jose Luis Rojas
Image courtesy the artist and Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City © Jose Luis Rojas