 Daniel Guzmán, This is where I belong, 2002 Drawing installation, mixed media Variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist and of Kurimanzutto
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Daniel Guzmán was born in 1964 and works and lives in Mexico City. He graduated from the Visual Arts School at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Guzmán's work has been extensively shown in solo shows such as the 3/4 Face Gallery in Lyon, France, Galeria Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City - and group exhibitions such as the Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, the Drawing Center in New York as well as at ART&IDEA, New York, Galeria KuriManzutto in Mexico City, at Fundación Banco Patricios in Buenos Aires, and at the VI Bienial de Cuenca, Ecuador.
He is represented by Kurimanzutto, Mexico City.
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Artistic Approach
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Project for the Biennale
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 Daniel Guzmán, This is where I belong, 2002 Drawing installation, mixed media Variable dimensions Courtesy of the artist and of Kurimanzutto
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Statement for This Is Where I Belong, work shown at the 3rd Biennale de Montréal 2002 by Daniel Guzmán
"In my last drawing installations I have tried to resume in concrete exhibition spaces, different series of drawings developed in very diverse moments and circumstances. They go from newspapers cut outs to the appropriation of images and texts from diverse sources, as music and literature.
It is how this new installation named This Is Where I Belong, takes many of these strategies and personal preoccupations in regards to the use of drawing and the extension of it, in its capacity to get involved with other people, spaces and ideas.
In this occasion I count with the participation of my nephews (Juan Carlos, Miguel Angel, Edgar y Omar), for the elaboration of the main part of this work, a kind of imaginary tree, in whose traces of branches we inhabit, to speak about what we live, want, see and imagine. The different ways of showing this place to where we belong.
This is how I see drawing, as a natural extension of my persona in my encounter with the world that surrounds me, playing with its different ways of expression.
Finally, but not less important, this drawing installation is a kind of personal and intimate homage (starting from the title of the work) to a rock band that I like very much and that I think shares with me this kind of fraternal love for the simple and everyday things of life, THE KINKS.
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Works Shown at the 3rd Biennale de Montréal
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Solo Exhibitions (selection)
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2001Hijo de tu puta madre (ya sé quien eres, te he estado observando), Galeria Kurimanzutto, Mexico, Mexico
2000 Golpe de suerte, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico
Exhibition in the International Studio Program, International Studio Program, New York, USA
Magical Mexican Beans, ART&IDEA, New York, USA
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Group Exhibitions (selection)
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2002La 3e Biennale de Montréal - 2002, Montréal (Québec), Canada
2001 Mutations, la vidéo mexicaine actuelle, Palais des Arts, Toulouse et Iconoscope, Montpellier, France
Stolen Byke, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA
c/o La ciudad, Saw Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada
Gabriel Orozco invite à la Galerie Chantal Crousel la Galeria Kurimanzutto, Paris, France
Permanencia voluntaria, Galeria Kurimanzutto, Mexico, Mexico
Cinémania, Plaza Loreto, Mexico, Mexico
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Daniel Guzmán on the Web
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