Material

Art Fair

Material Art Fair

February 6 - 9 / 2025

February 6 - 9 / 2025

Ciudad de México, México

Ciudad de México, México

La Galería Rebelde presents a solo show by Guatemalan artist David Ramírez Cotón. For this exhibition, the artist recreates a paca from the outskirts of Guatemala within the booth of the fair, with the surprise that each item is an acrylic painting on canvas, life-size. There are ponchos, towels, pants, blankets, shirts, skirts, dresses, and blouses. Some are new and elegant, while others are absurd, reflecting the unique treasures of these businesses. The idea of literally transferring the paca and not abstracting it to the white cube liberates it from being a “gentrified” appropriation. Instead, it is the artist’s attempt to share, through his pictorial language, the daily life of his family and community.