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CATHARSIS
CURATED BY MEDVIN SOBIO
A tragedy, then, is the imitation of an action ...
with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of
such emotions.
- Aristotle
- Aristotle
Opening Saturday October
27, 2012, with a body of new work, New
Image Art is pleased to present “Catharsis,”
a new solo exhibition by Mexico City artist SANER, Curated by Medvin Sobio of 33third Los
Angeles/Mid-City Arts.
Catharsis in
the Poetics of Aristotle is defined as an emotional, corporal, mental &
spiritual purification. Through the
experience of compassion and fear, the spectators of the tragedy experience a
purgation of emotion, a purification of the soul, a reconfiguration of desires
and passions; a new revolutionary formation of desire.
Catharsis
represents the final act in a cycle of solo exhibitions Saner has been
developing, where each one has looked to generate an emotional change over the
spectator, guiding the viewer towards a path of rebirth, freedom &
purification.
In this, the final act,
the viewer is the element that gives life to the exhibition. Catharsis will be a space that will remain
wrapped in a psycho magical act of healing.
With an installation, performance piece, paintings, & works on
paper; this collective act of creation, of encounter & confrontation is
what will generate the liberation of the spectator.
ABOUT SANER
Edgar “Saner” Flores is an
urban artist, muralist, professor, illustrator & graphic designer. Raised by his parents in Mexico City and
surrounded by rich color and tradition, Saner developed an interest in drawing
and Mexican Muralism early on. “I
visited Oaxaca a lot when I was growing up because my mother is from there, and
certain traditions which they carried out there really caught my
attention.” He began expressing himself
on paper and through graffiti art, later going on to earn a degree in graphic
design from the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico.
His lively & humorous
images of masked characters on public walls, found objects and other canvases
are influenced by Mexican custom and folklore, color, mysticism, masks, and
skulls. A mix of these lifelong
interests and passions has led him to become the artist he is today. “The masks that I use are traditional masks
from Mexico.” The jaguars, coyotes,
skulls, and other recurrent characters appear in my work because that parallel
world is the real self, the real face. “
Saner’s work has been
featured in galleries in Mexico, the United States, London, Berlin and
Barcelona. Recent projects &
exhibitions include “Kidnap Express,” Mid-City Arts Los Angeles, “Nose Job,”
Eric Firestone Gallery East Hamptons NY, “The Bone yard Project,” Tucson
Arizona, “The Bone yard: Return Trip,” Pima Space & Air Museum, “The
Wynwood Walls,” Miami/Art Basel. He has
collaborated with Kidrobot, Vans, G-Shock, HQTR Canada, Pineda Covalin,
Persigna Store, Bacardi, Adidas Mexico, Televisa, and many others.
ABOUT MEDVIN SOBIO
One half of the visual
arts collective, Viejas Del Mercado, Medvin Sobio has Curated, produced, and
consulted on various large scale mural & public art projects. He currently serves as Art Director at
Mid-City Arts Gallery & 33third Los Angeles, the largest street art supply
retailer in the United States. In 2011,
he was selected as Co-Curator of Wynwood Walls, the outdoor street art museum
founded by Tony Goldman & Jeffrey Deitch.
Was Co-Producer & Co-Curator for The Boneyard Project & brought
on as a Consulting Producer on the HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD Docuseries which
explores the power of public art. A
significant component of his
advocacy is dedicated to multi-dimensional cultural awareness via art
exhibitions and events. He strives to encourage awareness of the
culture that the artists have emerged from and their relevance to various
stratums of American culture.
Saner in Miami, The Wynwood Walls
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