Gabriel de la Mora: La Petite Mort brings together two decades of production by the artist (Mexico City, 1968), whose practice is distinguished by the transformation of materials through processes that oscillate between the meticulous and the elemental. Through operations that evoke the alchemical—from delicate compositions using butterfly wings or human hair to the recovery of eroded architectural surfaces—De la Mora constructs objects of great formal subtlety and intense sensory charge.

The exhibition proposes a reading that begins with the seduction of surfaces and delves into the underlying impulses and desires within his work. The exhibition is organized into six sections—the body, erasure, heat, the edge of desire, touch, and the pleasure of the viewer—which reveal the fundamental tensions that run through the artist’s practice.

Curated by: Tobias Ostrander