Sal

Alejandro
Daz Tello
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Exhibibition at Hospico
Cabaas

By

Betsabe Romero

Who is Betsabe Romero?
Betsabe Romero (1963-Present) is a talented artist that can be recognized by her
award First prize in the 2006 Cairo Biennial. She has displayed her work all
around the world, this work has been included in respected collections in places
such as the Los Angeles County Museum; the Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston; the Daros Collection, Zurich: Switzerland; and the Jacques and Natasha
Gelman Collection, Mexico City. She is also recognized for numerous
monumental installations and interventions in urban communities including East
Los Angeles; Chicago; Mexico City; and Toulouse, France. She is mainly
specialized in creating a critic through her work in order to address the local
resemantization of everyday symbols and rites of the global consumer culture
such cars, tattoos, etc.
Sin Rodeos
Sin Rodeos in an exhibition currently displayed in the museum of Hospicio Cabaas in the heart of
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. For this exhibition, the artist created an introduction to the automotive
culture with a whole new perspective. Most of the materials used to create her art are parts from an
automobile. Here I am presenting 3 pieces of work that were attractive and interesting to me.

Espadas
(2012)

de

Doble

Filo

(Double-edged Swords)
(Linear shapes, aluminum, gray and
silver colors, 3-D, Made in Ernesto
Bonillas Workshop)
This work of art has very distinctive
and abstract meaning. As we can see,

swords are coming from the plan of Agave. Since the agave is the plant from which the tequila is made.
This work represents the consumerism of tequila within the society, and the double effect that this
alcoholic beverage can have over the human body. Tequila can create an effect of happiness or sadness
depending on the situation it is drunk. However, is possible that our intentions can come against us,
especially when we are under an alcoholic overdose. It is very interesting how the artist wants to point
out an everyday activity into something deeper related to feelings and the consequences of
consumerism. Personally speaking I could reflect the meaning of the piece of work to some personal
situation, which created a catharsis by which I was amused.

Ecos de Papel (2010)

(Paper Echoes)
(Paper chopped randomly to create beautiful figures,
colored Indian paper, and mongrel technique)
This was one of my favorite works of art in the exhibition.
The creations were hanging from the ceiling with a light
bulb behind them creating on the walls different shadows
that apparently can be interpreted in different ways
depending on the viewer. The artist wants to reflect how thin
and delicate, as the paper itself, the traditions and festivities
are in our culture. Colorful traditions that create happiness
among us, but as time passes, they start losing their color
and brightness. However, there is a possibility of
distinguishing those colors reflected on the walls, reflecting
the color and a different world that exist in the shadows in
which we exist but at the same time ignore.

This piece of art made me realize that in a world of

darkness, we can find color and start something from
scratch. I was really impressed of the elegance and
beauty that the author created to represent the fact that
some cultures are leaving their traditions behind. In
the picture displayed on the left, which I considered
my favorite shadow between a room full of these
figures, I could clearly see a pyramid with light on the
top, and a field of flowers all around it. I am not sure
if the author did this on purpose, but I was fascinated
with the results.

Last but not least, I would like to present this piece of art that was at the beginning of the exhibition,
which I personally haven not seen anything similar in my life.

Montaas de Ojos
Cerrados (2012)
(Closed Eyes Mountains)

(Heads

made of dough painted

with different colors, fabric, silicon
flowers, dirt, and candles. Made in
Antonio Herrera Workshop)
This is a very complex piece of art,
since the meaning can be a little
difficult to understand. The artist
created a portrait of nuns with
crowns, which are buried almost all
the way to the top of their heads. By
this the author represent the nun
culture in which they are materials
till they die, and even when they are
not dead, they seem to be, since they
do not have expressions, words, opinions, nor feelings. There is a subjection and oppression of humanity
in this situation, but no one ever knows, since they take everything to the graveyard. In general terms, the
artist presents the nuns as objects and not as human beings. I found this part of the exhibition very
interesting and with a powerful meaning that might represent the reality for many people.

Hospicio Cabaas
I have been living here in the city for more that 7 years, and for the first time I had the pleasure of
visiting this beautiful museum. I can look a little small from the outside, but from the inside is very big
and beautiful. There are several exhibitions of different artist from all around the world, and it was
impressive taking a tour around the place. This building is a symbol of the city, and it is very important,
for everyone who those who enjoy culture as a whole, to go an visit this wonderful piece of Mexican
history,