posted on 2021-03-20, 14:37authored byDexter Dalwood
The series of paintings by Dexter Dalwood that form An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico arose from a residency in Mexico in 2017, and discussions with the local community and secondary school students Oaxaca state. The paintings have been constructed in order to raise questions in the viewer’s mind: What is the history that is being depicted? Who does this history belong to? Is it possible for an artist that is not from one culture to make images that are specifically about another culture?
The original opening date for the solo show at CaSa (Centro de las Artes de San Agustín), San Agustín Etla, Oaxaca was November 2020. The exhibition was postponed due to Covid-19, and will now be open 5th June 2021 – 11th September 2021.
This item contains images of the paintings chosen to appear in the CaSa exhibition.
Please note that some paintings appear in both the MUNAL and the CaSa exhibitions.
Courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery
Photos: Ben Westoby
Used with permission.
List of paintings in the exhibition:
Wall, 2017
Oil on Canvas
130 x 97 cm (51 1/8 x 38 1/4 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico I, 2017
Oil and acrylic on canvas,
150 x 186 (59 x 73 1/2 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico III, 2018
Oil, acrylic and book pages on canvas
150 x 202 cm (59 1/8 x 79 1/2 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico IV, 2018
Book pages, acrylic and oil on canvas
150 x 202 cm (59 1/8 x 79 1/2 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico VI, 2018
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
00:43, 2018
Oil and chalk on canvas
124 x 101 cm (48 7/8 x 39 3/4 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico VII, 2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas
150 x 186 cm (59 x 73 1/2 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico VIII, 2019
Oil on canvas
162 x 130 cm (63 3/4 x 51 1/8 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico IX, 2020
Oil on canvas
230 x 350 cm (94 1/8 x 137 3/4 in.)
An Inadequate Painted History of Mexico XII, 2020
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Precaucion 2020
Oil on Canvas
45 x 61 cm (17 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
All Images:
Courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery
Photo: Ben Westoby
Used with permission.
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