Following meticulous and self-created methodologies, Gabriel de la Mora researches, collects, classifies, catalogs, and manipulates remarkably diverse materials. These materials are familiar, sourced from quotidian objects—his ongoing series The weight of thought, for example, repurposes leather and rubber shoe soles. de la Mora’s materials of choice are those often considered waste or residue: collected artifacts and antiques, obsolete mechanical and utilitarian objects, parts, corporeal matter, architectural scrap. Through these, the artist explores finitude and permanence, the passing of time, it’s bracketing, and the transformation of matter and energy alike. The formal outcome of these processes plays with pre-established notions of drawing, painting, and sculpture. Characterized by their visual potency, the resulting bodies of work complicate theoretical and historical art terms (the ready-made, the objet-trouvé, the monochrome, the peinture en plein air, among others). As such, they establish an ironic spin on the abstract and minimalist aesthetics and inquire about the ever-changing notion of painting as a phenomenon. Can painting originate itself with the passing of time and without any intervention from the artist’s hand? This apparent negation of painting and other ontological musings formulated by de la Mora’s oeuvre is extended to artistic practice at large: When is an artwork born and when does it reach its conclusion? What is the role of the artist within the creative act? Coupled with equally methodical and strict processes, Gabriel de la Mora has constituted a practice in which the role of the artist is not to create nor to destroy, but to transform.
Gabriel de la Mora was born on September 23, 1968 in Mexico City, where he lives and works. He earned an MFA in Painting (2001-03) from Pratt Institute, NY and a BFA in Architecture (1987-91) from Universidad Anáhuac del Norte, Mexico City. He has been a Fulbright García-Robles grant recipient, a grantee from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, and a member of the National System of Creators-FONCA (2013-15), Mexico.
His work is part of public and private collections in Mexico and abroad, among them: Fundación/Colección JUMEX, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo-MUAC, and Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art-MOCA, Los Angeles, CA; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; El Museo del Barrio, NYC, NY; Albright-Knox, Buffalo, NY; Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela; Colección Banco de la República and Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogotá; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano-MALBA, Buenos Aires.
He is represented by PROYECTOSMONCLOVA (Mexico City), Timothy Taylor (London), Sicardi Ayers Bacino (Houston) and PERROTIN (Paris, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong).
Meridians
Gabriel de la Mora
Booth M08 PROYECTOS MONCLOVA
08.12.2023 > 10.12.2023
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
IMAGEN/IMAGE:
Gabriel de la Mora 86,054 Ob. / 89,911 An. from the series Ígnea, 2021 Signed, titled and dated backwards Diptych of 86,054 hand carved obsidian fragments and 89,911 hand carved andesite fragments on wood
Overall dimensions: 79.25 x 178.19 x 1.77 in 201.3 x 452.6 x 4.5 cm
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH
DECEMBER 6 – 10
MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER
BOOTH A3
IMAGE:
Gabriel de la Mora 820 I Pa.Ga./ Mo.Di., 2023
Morpho didius / Papilio gambrisius butterfly wings fragments on museum cardboard
Image Dimensions: 11.81 x 11.81 x .79 inches
Framed Dimensions:13.78 x 13.78 x 2.36 inches
The butterfly wings used in this new Lepidoptera series come from butterflies raised in butterfly farms in Peru, Indonesia and Madagascar, dying naturally when released, they are collected by local communities.
Simões de Assis
Art Basel Miami Beach
Booth A31
06 -10 december, 2023
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
@simoesdeassis
Art Basel Miami
Georgina Gratrix, Hilda Palafox, Alejandra Venegas, Gabriel de la Mora, Eduardo Terrazas, Tercerunquinto, Germán Venegas
Booth B18
PRIVATE DAYS 06.11.2023 – 07.11.2023
PUBLIC OPENING DAYS 08.11.2023 – 10.11.2023
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
GABRIEL DE LA MORA @ BOOTH C03 TIMOTHY TAYLOR / ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH / DECEMBER 6 – 10 2023
Miami Beach Convention Center, 6 — 10 December 2023
Timothy Taylor is pleased to return to Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 with a booth focused on paintings by gallery artists as well as a curated selection of both modern and contemporary works. The presentation includes Daniel Crews-Chubb, Gabriel de la Mora, Jean Dubuffet, Jorge Eielson, Jonathan Lasker, Chris Martin, Josephine Meckseper, Richard Patterson, Hilary Pecis, Hayal Pozanti, Sean Scully, and Paul Anthony Smith, as well as work by newly represented artists Alicia Adamerovich, Michel Pérez Pollo, and Sean Landers.
Gabriel de la Mora @ Todo se vuelve más ligero
Curadora: Lisa Phillips
Décimo Aniversario del Museo JUMEX
18.11.2023 – 11.02.2024
https://www.fundacionjumex.
Colección Jumex: Todo se vuelve más ligero – Museo Jumex
Gabriel de la Mora: FRAGMENTXS
TIMOTHY TAYLOR LONDON
1-30 SEPTEMBER
JEAN-MARIE APPRIOU, IVÁN ARGOTE, DANIEL ARSHAM, RINA BANERJEE, SOPHIE CALLE, MATHILDE DENIZE, NICK DOYLE, OLI EPP, VIVIAN GREVEN, HENRY GUNDERSON, ZACH HARRIS, CHARLES HASCOËT, JOHN HENDERSON, LESLIE HEWITT, KARA JOSLYN, JR, IZUMI KATO, NIKKI MALOOF, GABRIEL DE LA MORA, MSCHF, TAKASHI MURAKAMI, DANIELLE ORCHARD, JEAN-MICHEL OTHONIEL, ZÉH PALITO, PAOLA PIVI, TAVARES STRACHAN, XIYAO WANG
MAY 17 – 21, 2023
NEW YORK
THE SHED
545 W 30TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10001
Perrotin is pleased to participate in the 2023 edition of Frieze New York.
The gallery’s booth will present a nested solo corner by Japanese artist Izumi Kato. The artist’s practice is deeply rooted in his unconventional approach to art making: he intuitively paints with his fingers in bold hues, and his pieces consequently embody a primal, universal form of humanity founded less on reason than on intuition. At the heart of Kato’s practice is the Shinto belief that everything, even objects like rocks and wood, contain a spirit. Materials, such as stones and textiles which evoke a historic precedent in Japanese folk art traditions, are sourced from Kato’s environment. At Frieze New York, Kato will present a series of stone sculptures, aluminum sculptures and new oil paintings, ahead of a solo exhibition at Perrotin Paris in June.
Additionally, our booth will highlight artists with concurrent or upcoming exhibitions in New York City. Currently on view, Rina Banerjee, Danielle Orchard and Henry Gunderson all recently debuted their first solo exhibitions at Perrotin New York. This July, Jean-Michel Othoniel will open a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, marking the artist’s largest US presentation since his 2012 retrospective at Brooklyn Museum. In November, Jean-Michel Othoniel will also open a solo exhibition at Perrotin New York.
Finally, central to the booth, Takashi Murakami will present a new painting of his Mr. DOB figure, a whimsical character that has been appearing in the artist’s work for over two decades. Mr. DOB’s name is lifted from the Japanese slang expression dobojite, which means “why?” The icon’s sharp teeth, cartoon eyes, and murine ears together exemplify Murakami’s inspiration drawn from youth culture, specifically anime and manga.
Perrotin’s booth will also feature new artwork by Jean-Marie Appriou, Iván Argote, Daniel Arsham, Sophie Calle, Mathilde Denize, Nick Doyle, Oli Epp, Vivian Greven, Zach Harris, Charles Hascoët, John Henderson, Leslie Hewitt, Kara Joslyn, JR, Nikki Maloof, Gabriel de la Mora, MSCHF, Zéh Palito, Paola Pivi, Tavares Strachan, and Xiyao Wang.
Proyectos Monclova
Dallas Art Fair
Booth F2
21.04.2023 – 23.04.2023
James Benjamin Franklin, Eduardo Terrazas,
Edgar Orlaineta, Gabriel de la Mora, Ángela Gurría,
Martín Soto Climent, Alejandra Venegas
1807 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
https://www.proyectosmonclova.com/
https://www.dallasartfair.com/
DALLAS ART FAIR
BOOTH G2
April 20 – 23, 2023
Jean-Marie Appriou
Iván Argote
Daniel Arsham
Sophie Calle
Mathilde Denize
Bernard Frize
Zach Harris
Hans Hartung
Charles Hascoët
Thilo Heinzmann
John Henderson
Leslie Hewitt
Gregor Hildebrandt
Gabriel de la Mora
Takashi Murakami
Sophia Narrett
Paola Pivi
Gabriel Rico
Josh Sperling
Kathia St. Hilaire
Tavares Strachan
Pieter Vermeersch
Image/Imagen:
Gabriel de la Mora
1,440 I Mo.Di., 2023
Alas de mariposa Morpho didius sobre cartulina de museo / Morpho didius butterfly wings on museum cardboard
Image Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 2 cm /11.81 x 11.81 x .79 inches
Framed Dimensions: 35 x 35 x 6 cm /13.78 x 13.78 x 2.36 inches
*Las alas de mariposa utilizadas en esta nueva serie Lepidóptera, provienen de mariposas criadas en mariposarios de Perú, Indonesia y Madagascar, al morir de forma natural al ser liberadas, son recolectadas por comunidades locales. / The butterfly wings used in this new Lepidoptera series come from butterflies raised in butterfly farms in Peru, Indonesia and Madagascar, dying naturally when released, they are collected by local communities.
