Inauguration of the exhibition “Rituales de despedida”

Next Thursday, August 2, 2018, at the Patricia Conde Gallery (General Juan Cano # 68, San Miguel Chapultepec), Marcela Lobo opens the “Rituales de despedida” exhibition, under the curatorship of Juan Antonio Molina. The sample includes a set of photographs intervened by the designer Jorge Ayala.
CURATORIAL TEXT
Girls games for adults
Farewell rituals
 
Games for girls for adults part of one of the common places in the history of photography: the attraction for the anthropomorphic object, represented as a double of the human body, but at the same time as an inert thing, which gives it a different meaning, a modern sense, to the concept of still life.

The core of the exhibition is a series of photographs of damaged and recycled dolls, placed in spaces that are also old and gloomy, in what seems to be a sad staging of the transition between different life experiences. The doll is a children’s toy, but in an adult space. This space is not only physical, but above all, mental and fantastic. The doll is represented here as an object of the unconscious that symbolizes lost innocence and mourning.

Complementing this series, Marcela Lobo exhibits a set of black and white photographs, intervened with texts by the designer Jorge Ayala. Originally they were either photographs of landscapes, or images of mannequins and shop windows, with which the theme of the doll moved towards the universe of fashion and design. The mannequin’s seductive function is interrupted by writing; an intimate and yet distant gesture, traversed by a kind of automatism that does not provide an emotional connection with the text.

With such technical and formal explorations, this exhibition shows the impact that the transition from painting to photography has on Marcela Lobo’s work, which can be seen in its emphasis on surfaces, as well as in its attachment to the setting in scene and the physical intervention of the photographic object.

Juan Antonio Molina

Inauguration of the exhibition “Travesías”

On Saturday May 19, 2018, at 5:00 p.m., at the “Jesús Reyes Heroles” House of Culture, inauguration of the photographic exhibition “Travesías”, in which the following participate: Rebeca Allende, Ma. Concepción Barajas P., Tania Córdova, María Elena García Márquez, Marcela Lobo and Claudia Serratos Z.

Casa de la Cultura Jesús Reyes Heroles
Francisco Sosa no. 202, Barrio Sta. Catarina, Coyoacán

Book SILENCIOS SINGULARES

Recently, the book Silencios Singulares [from Landscape to Image] was published, an editorial project about the landscape of the Canary Islands, in which I participated together with Marcelo Guangiroli, Kika Dávila, José Mª Mellado, Isabel Ruiz and Enrique Plata.

This edition consists of 135 numbered copies.

Credits:
Design, layout and editing care: José María Díaz-Maroto
Coordination: Beatríz Martín Bernal

Contrastes – miradas sobre Islandia 2017 Fotografía

 

“Contrastes: miradas sobre Islandia”, in the Vasconcelos Library, with the images resulting from the two trips he made, one in the summer and the other in the winter, to appreciate Iceland with its contrasting climates. The inauguration will take place on October 28, 2017.