Snake Hawk Press Pop-Up at Artpace

Cruz Ortiz

Exposición: Sep 10, 2015 – Ene 3, 2016


¿Cuál es tu enfoque hacia el grabado?

Siempre he estado interesado en el material impreso. Especialmente en la impresión que existe más allá de las paredes del museo. Hago un gran esfuerzo para permitir que la impresión se comporte bajo sus propios términos, presentada bajo el romance de las letras de canciones country/postpunk y comentarios político sociales.

¿Qué es Snake Hawk Press?

Snake Hawk Press es un proyecto especial que aporta un enfoque fresco y diferente hacia el diseño. Este proyecto pone mi obra a disposición para que el público la devore de una manera en que los museos no pueden. Es el arte popular a bordo de un tractor de arte folclórico arando a través del arte contemporáneo, o al menos esa es la idea, ja.

Artista

Cruz Ortiz

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Cruz Ortiz uses print, performance, and video to embrace issues relating to his experience growing up in the bicultural landscape of South Texas. Replacing classical icons with symbols of contemporary pop culture such as taco trucks, canned beans, and an alter ego named Spaztek, Ortiz’s work maintains a tense relationship with consumerism and his heritage. One is never sure whether he is selling an idea, a product, or a revolution.
While much of Ortiz’s work has focused on the idea and efficacy of protests in the post-Civil Rights era, a related strain explores the type of melancholic love sung about in Conjunto, Tejano, and Country music. Through videos and prints Spaztek futilely chases amor just as protestors long to create change. With a methodological approach that often forsakes institutional space for guerilla tactics and public outreach, Ortiz’s work is multi-layered, cross-cultural, and unconventionally charged.Born in Houston, TX in 1972, Cruz Ortiz lives in San Antonio, TX, where he received his BFA from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2000. Solo shows include Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, TX (2003) and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX (2001). Group exhibitions include ev+a, Limerick, Ireland (2005); San Juan Triennial, Puerto Rico (2004); and San Antonio Museum of Art, TX (2001).
Cruz Ortiz also participated in the Winter 2005 Hudson (Show)Room Exhibition Spanglish.

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