This artwork depicts a natural form that appears to be the cocoon of a butterfly or moth. The composition focuses on the intricate, textured surface of the cocoon, which is rendered in a dark, muted palette. The overall shape is angular and asymmetric, creating a sense of dynamic tension. The artist has captured the delicate, organic nature of this natural structure through the use of close-up framing and a minimalist background. The work invites the viewer to closely examine the intricate details and patterns of this biological specimen, highlighting the beauty and complexity found in the natural world. ...
Tomás Díaz Cedeño (b. 1983, Mexico City) lives and works in Mexico City. His artistic production delves into the interplay between the natural and the artificial, resulting in unique syncretic and liminal encounters where landscape, materials, and the body converge. Diaz Cedeño utilizes natural and found pigments, clay, and metal in his creative process, often incorporating performative solo rituals and interaction with technology. This approach yields alternative representations of the body and organic structures found in nature.
Díaz Cedeño’s recent individual and group shows have taken place at Silke Lindner, New York, US; Museo MARCO, Monterrey, MX; Fundación Casa de México en España, Madrid, SP; François Ghebaly in Los Angeles, US; Galerie Nordenhake in CDMX, MX; Frieze London, UK; LISTE Basel, CH; Blain Southern in London, UK; Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, CDMX, MX; Museo del Chopo, CDMX, MX; and PEANA Monterrey, MX. He was part of the New Museum Triennial in 2021 in New York, US. Recent residency programs completed by the artist include LaCasaPark Artist Residency in New York, US; and Casa Wabi in Puerto Escondido, MX. ...
Since its opening in 2017, PEANA has served as a platform for multidisciplinary production and research of emerging Mexican contemporary art, with a strong emphasis on experimental practices. A recurring characteristic of the artists they support is the continuous evolution of the artistic lineage of conceptual rigorously expressions that are grounded in the plasticity of the artwork’s materiality. Through its off-site and group exhibitions PEANA is interested in the curatorial practice as cultural synthesis that bridges historicized art practices to emerging ones from Mexico and abroad. ...
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