flor de mayo

The second episode of "An Involuntary Trail" arrives at Room A of La Casa Encendida until June 20. An exhibition which shows an artistic dialogue between the authors David Horvitz and Javier Cruz who compare and reflect on human and plant migratory flows.

The exhibition analyzes in detail the cycles of life, poses philosophical questions, and observes the perception of the world around us, the very existence of the human being. Flor de Mayo comes from the English name Mayflower. Name of the ship which transported the first Anglo-Saxon settlers established in Massachusetts in 1620. In addition to this word, two plants arise, such as the hawthorn and the flower found by the first English after this landing.

David Horvitz and Javier Cruz are the authors of the show. David Horvitz is a young Californian who has various exhibitions in museums such as the MoMMa in New York or the Art Metropole in Toronto. On the other hand, Javier Ruiz, is an artist from Madrid born in 1985 who has received scholarships to study at universities such as Granada or Oxford.

Toledo View

A monographic exhibition based on Francisco Toledo, a Mexican artist, which includes more than 600 of his pieces, is available at Casa de México from April 24 to September 19. The exhibition has to its credit pieces such as drawings, engravings, jewelery and various really curious objects.

One of the main focuses of attention of this event are the different jewelry items that have more than 200 of these. One of the other points of interest is the 140 kites that can be observed created by the author.

Francisco Toledo, author of this exhibition, is a plastic artist considered one of the greatest contemporary creators of his country. He is a draftsman, painter, writer and potter. An artist who bases his work on human and animal representations.

This event is organized by La Casa de México and the civil association Friends of the Graphic Arts Institute of Oaxaca and the Manuel Álvarez Bravo Photographic Center.

Isidro Blasco. There is no place like home

Until June 20 you can enjoy an exhibition by Isidro Blasco in which he reflects on how to observe and contextualize the different places that we can find in the streets.

Mainly the work has pieces which are based on unstable and wooden houses, which are usually painted and made from recycled elements. These structures make the viewer want to walk through the walls due to their polyhedral characteristics.

Isidro Blasco, a sculptor with a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid and winner of the Pollock Krasner Foundation scholarships in 1998 and 2010 and the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts, delves into issues such as utopian disorder, anarchic architecture and the criticism. This exhibition also has the peculiarity of having the factor of the viewer's subjectivity.