Material Study on Revolt #1, 2014

Pigment prints on cotton paper; Photographic polyptych portraying diverse materials used as projectiles by civilians in urban riots mainly associated with political instability, collected in disturbance scenarios in Mexico City throughout the recurrent protests of 2013

Polyptych (6) 18 x 27 inches each

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JOAQUIN SEGURA is a visual artist who lives and works in Mexico City. His artistic practice is centered around meditations on the phenomenology of history, power, and truth, engaging with notions such as sociopolitical microclimates, asymmetrical narratives and ideology. His recent works address the ontological meaning of political extremism, language, and radical thought, with a special emphasis on its materialities. Active since the early 2000s, Segura is widely recognized as one of the leading Mexican artists of his generation.

His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Segura is also a founding member and board advisor at SOMA, Mexico City and currently serves at the Board of Directors at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE.