In February 2017, Gabriel Orozco opened a fully function­ing OXXO store in Mexico City’s kurimanzutto gallery. OXXO is the quintessential Mexican convenience store; it opened its first store in 1978 in Monterrey, and today has over 14,000 stores, the largest of its kind in Mexico.

All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins

Jordan Wolfson borrows from the language of the Internet, marketing, and technology to produce challenging and ultimately ambiguous narratives. Untitled is no exception, and the assemblage serves as a self-portrait.

The following essay was originally published in connection with the exhibition Aaron Siskind: Fifty Years, which opened at the Dallas Museum of Art in 1986. 

A biombo is a moveable folding screen comprising multiple painted panels. Developed in colonial Mexico, this innovative piece of furniture reflects the popularity of Japanese byobu, folding screens with paper or wooden panels.

The folding screen, or biombo, is a unique furniture form which developed as an adaptation of Japanese screens in colonial Mexico.

Displaying the dramatic dark blue head (kepala) in the center of this batik is possible because, when worn, the sarong retains its original tubular form.

Dense rows of geometric medallions containing abstract flower blossoms as seen from above are combined with banji motifs on the body (badan) of this batik.

Finely drawn stylized animals, plants, fruits, and abstract motifs form a lively procession on the multiple zigzag bands called lenkolenko.

Two flowering lotus trees associated with the tree of life decorate the body (badan) of this sarong. One is upside down, allowing the garment to be worn in either orientation. Birds, butterflies, and peacock couples fill the space.