Eduardo Sarabia Ceramics

History of the world la louver los angeles california 2006 eduardo sarabia i 20 gallery new york.

Eduardo sarabia ceramics.

He frequently works with the materials favored by local craftspeople using ceramic tiles hand woven textiles and glass to create sculptures and installations that address the complex exchanges social cultural and material that occur when this region and its history. Contemporary mexican ceramics norther clay center minneapolis minnesota campeonato en guadalajara 2015 travesía cuatro guadalajara. Benefit auction 2020 eduardo sarabia pair of history of the world ceramic plates history of the world and history of t. His vessels seamlessly integrate techniques and styles more commonly found in the folk crafts of northern mexico.

He now lives between guadalajara and berlin. Eduardo sarabia 2019. Sarabia plays with common forms but juxtaposes them with out of context painted images creating a tension between the known and the unexplored. Eduardo sarabia s work has been inspired by the independent economies and folk history of northern mexico.

His work explores mexican culture as well as a darker subculture through a variety of media. Nonetheless i was struck by loewy s ideas when i viewed sarabia s decorated ceramic plates and vases. Born in los angeles to mexican immigrants he has been based in guadalajara since 2003. He is best known for his series of hand painted ceramic vessels that at first glance are indistinguishable from the blue and white talavera vases that tourists buy as souvenirs.

1976 is a mexican american artist who grew up in los angeles and presently lives and works in guadalajara mexico. To mexican immigrants he relocated to his parents native country and has been based in guadalajara since. From joségarcía mx eduardo sarabia untitled ajedrez 2019 hand painted ceramic vase and wooden box 245 197 60 cm. In work that blurs fact and fiction eduardo sarabia explores the fraught u s mexican border zone mexican cultural stereotypes and his own identity as a mexican american.

However he is most well known for his ceramics. Available for sale from mad ball. I personally met him through his work with the mistake room in los angeles.