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The Mamey is one of the most textured and colorful fruits in Mexico, so rich and nutritious that it allows Mexicans to try it in different ways. The mamey belongs to the zapote family, which is why it is also called mamey zapote or colorado zapote; It is distinguished by being an oval-shaped fruit, with a thin skin with a rough texture, its pulp is reddish in color and the flavor is sweet; It measures from 8 to 20 cm and its seed is called pixtle. Its name in Nahuatl is tetzontzapotl, which means tezontle-colored sapote, named for its resemblance to the color of this stone. Mamey has various medicinal uses to treat eye and digestive problems. For its part, the seed transformed into oil has been used as a tonic to reduce muscle and rheumatic pain, it is also a fruit that gastronomically is very versatile, used to make ice cream, sweets and smoothies, as well as being an exotic touch in the preparation of desserts. My best childhood memories are from when I used to ran to the ice cream parlor and I always asked for mamey ice cream and later on as an adult I learned that many indigenous peoples use it for medicinal remedies and rituals. Mamey Zapote is diptych with a 220 cm MDF and wood panels and is inspired by such fruit similar to avocados but with a sweet flavor and which seemed frankly mysterious to me how such a bad-looking fruit could be so delicious. This piece is painted with natural pigments. Note: The colors shown in the artwork may vary depending on the device from which they are observed form.
Acrylic on Wood
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86.6 W x 86.6 H x 2 D in
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My approach to the arts began at the age of six with the study of piano and fine arts. As a teenager I got involved in theater and in that context I discovered scenography and stage production which ended up shaping the worldview of my “artist self.” I studied architecture and for a short time I worked as a set designer and later I found my passion for cultural management, an area in which I discovered my vocation as an administrator, maker, creator, executor, and organizer, which would ultimately serve as a foundation for structuring my career as artist. After years of resistance I returned to the plastic arts and immersed myself in the study of the popular arts of Mexico as well as the analysis of the uses and customs of various indigenous peoples, focusing my interest on the visual aesthetics of their crafts, clothing, as well as its spiritual worldview and its symbolism at the same time that my passion for modern architecture and industrial, textile, furniture and automotive design gave life to a peculiar way of seeing art. My work is the reflection of all the above, it is the encounter of possibilities, the consequence of my desire to amalgamate concepts and styles that are often antagonistic to each other and of my interest in everything that does not have to be explained but rather felt, it is the encounter of the indigenous with the modern, the ancestral and the present, the abstract imagination with spatial formality, they are the celebration of my own meaning of being myself.
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