GUELPH – The Art Gallery of Guelph has announced the launch and reception for Entrelazados, the first exhibition in Canada by Las Vegas-based artist Justin Favela, on Sept. 5, at 6pm.
The exhibition showcases the Guatemalan-Mexican-American artist’s exploration of identity, place, and authenticity through his dynamic reinterpretations of popular culture and the Latinx experience.
The opening reception is an opportunity to meet the artist and experience his thought-provoking work.
From life-size piñata-style lowriders and large-scale installations of dishes of Mexican food to wall murals created with layers of tissue paper inspired by José María Velasco’s landscape paintings, Favela often reimagines familiar images associated with Latinx identity.
Art Gallery of Guelph director and exhibition curator Shauna McCabe notes, “it is through this play with iconic imagery and symbols that Favela shifts the meaning of each work.”
Favela has exhibited his work internationally and across the United States, and his installations have been commissioned by the Denver Art Museum and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Organized by the Art Gallery of Guelph and Musagetes, Entrelazados: Justin Favela is presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council as well as the promotional assistance of the Embassy of Mexico in Canada and Mexican Consulate General in Toronto.
