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Monster and the Artist
Who is she? The question is based on artists' self-scepticism in searching for the significance of ego and exploring a mysterious introspection via the reflected internal/ psychological mirror. Paz's alter egos are thus made up of a multitude of fragments, reconfiguring into crystalline, kaleidoscopic structures. These amorphous beings are projected onto her canvases, conducting a constant transformation within a self-identifying process. The protagonists of Paz's paintings often become creators in their own worlds where the self, the reflected self and reproduced multiple-selves appear. The paintings present a complex fusion of time and space cutting across various pop-culture influences, as well contemporary horror films and haute couture. The glamorous faces of the figures are painted cut outs from glossy magazines which draw the viewers' attention instantly and function as mystifying masks of profound beauty in contrast to the figures' monstrous bodies. |
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Alicia Paz (b. 1967 Mexico City) lives and works in London
Paz graduated from U.C. Berkeley, ENSB-A Paris, and Goldsmiths College, London. She participated in the exhibition Nous nous sommes tant aimés, ENSB-A, Paris (1999); Continental Shift, the Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany (2000), and East International 2004 in Norwich, England. She has had several solo exhibitions in France, Mexico, and Argentina, most recently at Ruth Benzacar Gallery in Buenos Aires (2005), and group exhibitions, such as Painting Unperfect at Houldsworth Gallery, London (2005) and Caution, Uneven Surfaces, at temporarycontemporary, London (2004). Her work has been the subject of various catalogues and publications and has been reviewed internationally (Art News, Art Press, Modern Painters, Art Forum, Beaux-Arts Magazine). She was short-listed for the John Moores Exhibition in Liverpool for 2006 and will present a solo show at Unit 2 Gallery, London Metropolitan University (2007). |
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