In the history of contemporary art, many artists cannot avoid referencing earlier works, as if constructing an artistic DNA—a memory that moves backward and forward along the eternal path of artistic creation. The selection of works, chosen from the more than 2,500 pieces in the Ca.Sa Collection, is presented across the five zones of the magnificent interior architecture designed by Guillermo Hevia García in the vast warehouse housing the collection. The 34 chosen pieces reflect this phenomenon, with references to Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, Francis Bacon, German Expressionism, Pop Art, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Mimmo Rotella, Barbara Kruger, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Tarsila do Amaral, Ron Mueck, Nicanor Parra, comics, cinema, and classic children’s tales such as Hansel and Gretel and Pinocchio, as well as the Smurfs, vampire horror stories, superheroes, and erotica.
Another unifying element of the exhibited works is figuration, which appears in portraits, narrated stories, collages made with magazine clippings, references to comics, and landscapes featuring people and animals, objects, and nature—all blended together to construct the nonexistent. This is part of the magic artists possess to craft their narratives through painting, drawing, photographic collage, sculpture, and assemblage.
The gathering of these works speaks to the persistence of memory, the references to art, and this ongoing construction with the history of art.
Hernán Garfias, Curator
Ramón Sauma, Founder of the Ca.Sa Collection
Camila Colonelli, Collection Manager
Richard Bustos, Installation Manager
