GORKA MOHAMED – HALL OF MIRRORS
2021-11-22In Hall of Mirrors Gorka Mohamed presents a series of portraits depicting abstract characters that are composed of recognisable and familiar features and objects, but, at the same time, give off a disquieting halo that instills a certain uneasiness. We could speak here of what Mark Fisher describes in The Weird and the Eerie, of why we find something unpleasant, even if it is framed within a certain familiarity, because it does not conform to our nature. However, although the characters may at first convey to us the virulence we might find on the margins of the society we currently inhabit, for Mohamed, these characters also show us how to appropriate what is toxic to us–in a social context–and how to transform it into a catalyst for its own remedy.
Opposite – The Firefox Wizard of Oz, 2021
Exhibition runs through to January 29th, 2022
Galería Marta Cervera
Calle Valencia 28
28012 Madrid
Spain
