The ''Biotá'' series is a project in which, once again, De la Garza makes use of alternative materials in opposition to the traditional to expose his speech. Landscapes and classic still-lifes, taken from the great representatives of art history, are reinterpreted and captured in oil on these alternative canvases
For still lifes: cans, packaging and various junk food products are what De la Garza uses as both a physical and conceptual support to achieve this. On the one hand, the criticism of the disposable art of our times sarcastically reproducing these iconic images of classical painting and, on the other, addressing the current ecological and nutritional problem where ironically nature sustains itself from “Garbage”.
Untitled #12, 2016
Untitled #12, 2016
From The Series Of Biotá.
Oil paint on a cardboard box.
Dimensions: 13 H x 7 W x 4 D in.
One of a Kind.
Born in the city of Monterrey Nuevo León in 1973, Armando de la Garza began his painting studies at a very young age. But it was not until 1995 that he finished studying architecture and began his professional career in the art world. He has exhibited in more than 40 group exhibitions in the USA, France, Austria, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Australia, Italy, Spain, and Mexico. Individually he has exhibited more than 25 times highlighting "anywhere this maybe" in Ginocchio Gallery in DF, "Once Upon a Time" at the Center for the Arts of the city of Monterrey, "ID" in Emma Molina Gallery, San Pedro Garza Garcia. "The Misfortunes of Virtue" Oblyon Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, "Horror Vacui" Gallery Isabel Croxatto, Santiago de Chile "Portraits of the court" eleventh alternative gallery or "Biota" in the space of Area Creative 42 in Rivarolo Italy among others. He has been awarded several awards such as the acquisition prize in the XVII Review of the plastic Nuevoleonesa and first place in the first biennial of the German Cultural Center as well as selections in the IX FEMSA Biennial and in different issues of the Review of plastic Nuevoleonesa, and the National Encounter of young art among others.
