We Are The Painters is the collaborative name of artists Nicolas Beaumelle and Aurélien Porte—a declaration as much as an identity. Since joining forces in 2004, the pair have cultivated a painting practice that resists categorization. Working in a seamless exchange of gestures, they build images together until authorship becomes indistinguishable. Recurring motifs anchor their visual language: women with near-identical faces and hair, as though suspended outside of time; the Mont Chauve hill near Nice, returned to again and again; inverted bistro chairs painted on both sides and arranged as sculptural objects; and cave-like openings that suggest hidden passages. Their creativity extends beyond the canvas into long-term projects, such as Paint for Ulma, a film chronicling the fantastical journey of a goat transformed into art and guided by nine muses toward its final home in a museum. Economical in technique yet rich in atmosphere, their paintings often consist of expansive planes of warm and cool colors—sometimes harmonious, sometimes deliberately at odds. The result is a body of work that feels timeless, elemental, and quietly mythic. ...
Founded by Pamela Echeverría in Mexico City, LABOR opened in 2009 working with artists whose creative processes are based on long term research. They have a strong commitment with the visions and concerns that their artists have towards the contemporary social/political context. They work with a mix of young and mid-career artists, both Mexican and international. With whom they work closely and assume an active role in the projects they develop. The work of these artists address topics such as value and exchange; economic systems and social structures; the exploitation of natural resources, the ethics of human behaviour, and the hidden political structures of society. ...
