Damián Ortega

 
Damián Ortega (born 1967 in Mexico City, lives and works in Mexico City and Berlin) began his career as a political cartoonist and his art has the intellectual rigour and sense of playfulness often associated with his previous occupation. Ortega's sculptures, installations, videos and actions are inspired by a wide range of mundane objects, from pick-axes to bricks, rubbish bins and tortillas, all subjected to what has been described as Ortega's characteristically “mischievous process of transformation and dysfunction.” His work explores specific economic, aesthetic and cultural situations and, in particular, how regional culture affects commodity consumption. He has exhibited internationally including solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2002), Kunsthalle Basel (2004), Tate Modern, London and Museu da Arte Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2005), The Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, The Gallery at REDCAT, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2007), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2008), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2009), Barbican Curve Gallery, London (2010), The Freud Museum, London (2013) and the Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2014). Group exhibitions include the 50th Venice Biennale (2003), “Made in Mexico,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2003) and the São Paulo Biennial (2006).
 
Damián Ortega - Masks
2023
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Zolo Press
sold out
A series of one-hundred masks constructed of everyday materials by the Mexican artist, featuring texts by writer and poet Luigi Amara.
Damián Ortega - Casino
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Monograph / artist's book.
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