ART PROJECT – E.S. Mayorga https://esmayorga.com Art & Video / Arte y Video Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:02:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://esmayorga.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-star-1-1-32x32.png ART PROJECT – E.S. Mayorga https://esmayorga.com 32 32 ARMY TALKING BOARD – SET (Welcome to Iraq) https://esmayorga.com/army-talking-board-set-welcome-to-iraq/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 09:21:01 +0000 http://esmayorga.com/?p=839

Army Talking Board-Set (Welcome to Iraq)
2003
Digital print on “woodland” styled camouflaged fabric, brass & steel
60 x 47 x 7 cm

 

  The “leaf“ or “woodland“ styled patterns printed on these talking-board appeared on the Iraqi armed forces during the late Saddam Hussein-era (2003). More recent military uniforms show true “woodland“ patterns, dessert patterns or digital patterns.

]]> THE FALL OF THE GOOD TASTE https://esmayorga.com/the-fall-of-the-good-taste/ Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:48:11 +0000 http://esmayorga.com/?p=677

Exhibition view at The Nunnery Gallery, London, 2009

The Fall of the Good Taste
2006
smoked miniatures, human hair, black onix and burned oil.
36 x 36 x 20 cm

M&M collection, Mexico City

]]> TOWARDS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GROTESQUE https://esmayorga.com/towards-the-understanding-of-the-grotesque/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:22:29 +0000 http://esmayorga.com/?p=639

Object #2
2004
rubber bushings, stainless steel and human bone.
11 x 28 x 16 cm

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When Witches go Hard Hell-raisers go Home
2017
video, engraved sledge hammers, and digital prints.
DV | color | no-sound | 5′ | aspect ratio 16:9

Part of the installation as presented at Kai Erdmann’s Galerie, Hamburg.  

 

 

 

 

 

Regan, Michaela and Alucarda are some of the female characters who underwent demonic possession in horror films.

]]> THE ROLE OF FEAR – SIMULACIÓN Y MUERTE https://esmayorga.com/the-role-of-fear-simulacion-y-muerte/ Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:06:55 +0000 http://esmayorga.com/?p=546

The Role Of Fear – Simulación y Muerte – Epilogue

2017 (work in progress)
documentary video-installation
Full HD | color | stereo | 15′ | aspect ratio 16:9

Con este discurso, E.S. Mayorga comparte su visión pesimista del futuro próximo de nuestra sociedad.

En el toca temas como: el arte, los alimentos, medios masivos de comunicación, el sistema bancario, la democracia y las guerras.

 

In this final speech E.S. Mayorga shares his vision of  the near future of our society.

The complete speech involves topics like the arts, food, mainstream media, banking system, democracy and war.

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