Miguel Calderon
Miguel Calderon
Turner Publishing
English/ Spanish
Hardcover
220 pages
170 x 220 mm
2007
ISBN 9788475067308
When Miguel Calderon’s grandfather died he left Calderon a box of unexplained images, photographs and newspaper cut-outs of a man with various women. Calderon’s republication of that material intermixes it with aphorisims from Mexican writer Guillermo Fadanelli and excerpts from Philip Roth’s Sabbath’s Theater. Without pre-tense or judgments, the artist presents the intimate, unsolved mystery of a loved one gone.
About the Artist
Miguel Calderón (b.1971) explores a broad range of themes, from violence and corruption in Mexico to youth and family dynamics to the supernatural. However, his work is unified by an ever-present sense of theatricality, questioning the fine line between reality and fiction. Frequently cast from the perspective of an outsider, he highlights the macabre complexity of man’s position in the universe deftly weaving together mockery, foolishness, social critique and sincerity of emotion. He creates works from a mashup of vernacular references, employing a variety of media, including video, photography, sculpture and painting.
About the Publisher
Turner Publishing
