Linea Actual Current Line group show of artists from Tijuana

Posted by: Avenue 50 Studio

Curated by Antonio Escalanta

ANA ANDRADE, CESÁR VAZQUEZ, GUADALUPE HERNANDEZ, HILDA VANESSA RAMOS, JONATHAN RUIZ DE LA PEÑA, RICHARD MENDTORR, TONI LARIOS

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, July 13th from 7-10 pm

Those of us living in Los Angeles have a limited knowledge of life across the border. We believe it's a life filled with drugs and gun violence, children thrown into the streets to beg, and that any kind of sexual pleasures are procured easily.  

This month the Avenue 50 Studio brings you an exhibition from young twenty-something emerging artists who expand our understanding of currently growing up in a border city.  We are not presented with blood, corrupt government, and violent imagery. Rather, an inward, questioning look at contemporary Mexican life - a society facing the same issues other multicultural, class-based societies face. A life where skin color and features reflect on class identity, and today's family structure is oppressive or farcical. These young artists, filled with youthful exuberance, hold a mirror to our collective face and question us about societal decisions - where the very seams that should hold a society together are called into question.
 
"'Linea Actual' is a collective art exhibit composed of seven young talented artists from Tijuana, Mexico.  The selection of works does not pursue a thematic line. Rather, we have opted to respect every participating artist's discourse, where the point of coincidence lies in the perception of the arts as a means of communicating ideas.  The curatorial work seeks to find that connection, starting with the dialogue, with the artist and the approach to his work. We counted on the participation of an invited curator not only with extensive knowledge in the works to be presented, but also in the contemporary artistic processes taking place in Mexico's northern border."           -- Antonio Escalante

Exhibits run July 13th – August 4th, 2013.

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