Flor Garduño At Paris Photo 2019

FLOR GARDUÑO

ESPACIOS DE REFLEXIÓN Y FANTASÍA Curated by Emma Cecilia García Krisnky

FLOR GARDUÑO Klein Turkey 2018 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Hoja elegante Mexico 2014 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO La otra Eva Mexico 2018 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Flor de cactus Mexico 2014 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO The stranded lovers Mexico 2008 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Vanitas Mexico 2018 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Visiones marinas Mexico 2018 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Wenceslao Mexico 2019 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Tres manzanas Mexico 2019 Carbon Print 20 x 24” Ed. 1/30

FLOR GARDUÑO Con corona Mexico 2000 Platinum Print 20 x 24” Ed 2/20

FLOR GARDUÑO Homenaje a Magritte Ukraine 2014 Gelatin Silver Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Arqueología de Duchamp Mexico 2014 Gelatin Silver Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Melancolia USA 2018 Gelatin Silver Print 16 x 20”

FLOR GARDUÑO Sol Negro Mexico 2013 Gelatin Silver Print 16 x 20”

Flor Garduño, Mexico, 1957.

She studied Visual Arts at the Old Academy of San Carlos (UNAM). She was especially interested in her teacher Kati Horna’s work throughout her course; Horna’s personality, together with the magical and expressive dimension of her photography, had a strong impact on the development of Flor’s work.

She perfected her photographic skills through a couple of different focuses: by delving into printing processes like palladium platinum and by printing her photographic portfolios in silver on gelatin, and by working as an assistant in Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s camera obscura. She worked for the Secretary of Public Education under the direction of Mariana Yampolsky; thus, she visited the most remote rural areas of Mexico to find appropriate topics for bilingual literacy books. This experience gave Flor the opportunity to get to know her country and the life of her indigenous peoples while simultaneously helping her develop her own style.

Photographer, passionate seeker and visionary of creativity, Flor Garduño is an outstanding representative of the richness and diversity of Mexican photography. Since her youth, she has developed her own style and sought the profound truth of the Mexican countryside, venturing into still life, the female nude, portraiture, and architecture, always in a perpetual search for the subtle boundaries of the imaginary; a portrait of the roots of magical cultures. The bridge between the present moment and the centuries that have passed lies in the eyes of those that have witnessed them--the water, trees, earth, and air. By incorporating these powerful natural elements in her photography, Flor evokes the presence of indigenous America’s horizons and suns. Flor makes her own rules, continually aiming to elicit some deep emotion. With the framework of her photography built, Flor perseveres in the task of taking photos that not only reveal but rather capture a place of revelation.

Collections · Her work belongs to multiple collections; some highlights are: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, TX, USA; The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, USA; The Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico; The National Library of France, Paris, France; The Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany; among many other public and private collections.

Specializing in contemporary photography since 2009 and incorporating the representation and exhibition of international photographers in 2012, Patricia Conde Gallery is currently the only Mexican gallery focused on promoting diverse photographic practices.

Patricia Conde GalerĂ­a has become a reference of Mexican photography around the world for its selection of represented artists, the solidity in its proposals and concepts, the originality in its creative development, as well as for keeping an important legacy of modern photographers capturing Mexican scene.

The Gallery opens a dialogue about technique, questioning its roots, limits and projections, emphasizing on the influence that modern Mexican photographers have had on contemporaries, using their sources of inspiration to express current concepts.

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