Mauricio Galguera

Artist born on December 20th, 1958 in Mexico. Currently works and lives in Mexico City. Has worked in Paris, Barcelona, Hong Kong, London, New York and Tailand.I belive that painting is the essential element of art. Through my carreer I have specialized in both drawing and painting, but I have also worked with other techniques such as sculpture and installation, which I have been using recently in a more regular basis. I consider my work as a hybrid between drawing and painting. It starts off fundamentally as a drawing that becomes a receptor of quick ideas and then a tool for making paintings.
In my beginnings, drawing was a fundamental instrument for me, foremost, because of the usage of the line, the form and their qualities; then, the interpretation of the form and later to reach the essence of it: the synthesis, which has become a symbol for me, a concept, and the genesis of the oeuvre.

In some of my paintings a common element is the recycling of the canvases; I rework them on several occasions so they contain invisible traces of an internal search to find raw materials, which result in reinvention. I try to make these paintings a battleground, where through different scenes, a reconstruction of the imaginary takes place,...

SHORT BIO:1958 - Born in Mexico City1978-79 - Stuidied painting in "La Esmeralda" School Of Fine Arts1982-83 - Worked in Barcelona, Spain and Paris, FranceI have had 14 one-man shows as well as 20 collective shows internationally, including Art Cologne Art Fair and Zona Maco Art Fair.I have recieved 3 awards for my drawings, one international and two national.Series of graphic works for The British Petroleum Co. London, Editorial Everest, Barcelona Espaa, Polgrafa Ediciones etc., In 2010 I colaborate with Daniel Buren in the production of the pieces for his show IN SITU in the Hilario Galguera Gallery in Mexico City, and in te Hospicio Cabañas De un Patio a Otro works in situ Daniel Buren march 2015, 2016 Museo de la Cancillería, México City, Fundación de Artistas, Mérida, Yucatán.

Lost Archives, Museo de la Cancillería, México City.
Simulacros, Fundación de Artistas, Mérida, Yucatán.

Simulacros/Simulations the U-Spider series offers a selection of art pieces composed by a brigade of paintings and drawings that come from the exploration of the artist, relating the study of lines based in nature, and the interpretation of forms. With the U – Spider series, Mauricio Galguera opens a dialogue with artists that precede the abstract expressionism, specifically André Masson, Alexander Calder and Joan Miró.
Using the canvas as a synthesis element, Galguera creates structured organisms and geometric figures, which evoke the frailty of existence and oblivion, but at the same time construct infinite identities in which the spectator can feel lost and unprotected, but secure and safe regardless.
As a symbol for this paradox, Galguera traces many subtle lines, usually black, that prompt shapes that reference different mundane elements, which mix with a hazy background, sometimes with color. Between the expressive line and the gesture, a contrast is generated with the geometric figure and the color fields that leave the spectator adrift in a structure of scenes, where the emptiness prevails.
This sort of simulatio...