A combination of primitive expression and pop iconography
always alternating between photo- and typographic details
which – like an “empty container” – permit every signification and do not limit imagination
consumerism and graffiti
Damian Ortega: Masks product A combination of primitive expressionAMIDST QUARANTINES AND LOCKDOWNS, DAMIN ORTEGA (1967, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO) HOSTED A PARANORMAL MASQUERADE. INVITED WERE A PHILANTHROPIC OGRE, A SWEET RODENT, A FREAK BROTHER, FERTILITY GHOST, GIACOMETTI DUMPLING, ACUPUNCTURISTA, A TANGO SINGER, AND SELF EMPLOYED PIG, OTHERS TOO: A STRANGE GANG FASHIONED OF BOTTLE CAPS, TANGLES OF STRING, TORTILLAS, GOURD SHELLS, CACTUS LEAVES, AND COINSWHATEVER ORTEGA COULD FIND AROUND THE HOUSE. MASKS WELCOMES YOU TO