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Darío Escobar

Darío Escobar

  • Selected works
  • Gallery exhibitions
  • External Exhibitions

  • Darío Escobar Born in Guatemala City, GT, 1971 Lives and works in Guatemala City, GT and Mexico City, MX Darío...
    Photo: Arenovski

    Darío Escobar

    Born in Guatemala City, GT, 1971 
    Lives and works in Guatemala City, GT and Mexico City, MX

     

    Darío Escobar’s practice is a formal and conceptual exploration of commonplace objects and their insertion into the fields of visual arts and art history. Meant to ignite a reflection in the viewer, to reconsider key relations in contemporary life, such as our bonds to mass culture, the elaboration of identity-based consumption, and the distinction between high and low culture. Escobar has since the early 90’s used ready-mades; a wide array of industrial and everyday consumption objects that range from McDonald’s paper cups to vulcanized tires and several types of sports gear to reflect upon our place within the social, political, and economic systems that sustain our existence.

     

    Escobar was in 2020 awarded the "Carlos Mérida”, the highest artistic distinction in Guatemala by the Ministry of Culture of Guatemala. In 2022 Escobar presented a solo exhibition at the Nacional de Arte MUNAL in Mexico City, where his works was placed in the museum’s permanent exhibition, thus engaging and bringing a new perspective to their collection, in celebration of its 40th anniversary. The show, titled La palabra es de plata, el silencio de oro, was accompanied by a richly illustrated catalog of the same name. His work has also been the subject of institutional solo exhibitions at MAC – Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago de Chile; SCAD – Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia; Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City; CCM – Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City; CCEG – Centro Cultural de España Guatemala, Guatemala City; and MADC – Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José.

     

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  • Selected works
    • Darío Escobar Board Games N° 04, 2023 Metal (Folding Table), Wood, Pigments and Gold
      Darío Escobar
      Board Games N° 04, 2023
      Metal (Folding Table), Wood, Pigments and Gold
    • Darío Escobar Composition Nº 111, 2018 Motor oil on paper in artist's frames (three parts)
      Darío Escobar
      Composition Nº 111, 2018
      Motor oil on paper in artist's frames (three parts)
    • Darío Escobar Variations about the same element Nº 06, 2018 Silkscreened wood, wood and steel.
      Darío Escobar
      Variations about the same element Nº 06, 2018
      Silkscreened wood, wood and steel.
    • Darío Escobar Square Nº 4, 2022 Silkscreened wood and gold
      Darío Escobar
      Square Nº 4, 2022
      Silkscreened wood and gold
    • Darío Escobar Mensajes Cifrados, 2024 Metal and gold
      Darío Escobar
      Mensajes Cifrados, 2024
      Metal and gold
    • Darío Escobar Construcción Geométrica Nº 5, 2014 Wood, iron and paint
      Darío Escobar
      Construcción Geométrica Nº 5, 2014
      Wood, iron and paint
    • Darío Escobar Quetzalcoatl VIII, 2017 Vulcanized rubber and stainless steel.
      Darío Escobar
      Quetzalcoatl VIII, 2017
      Vulcanized rubber and stainless steel.
    • Darío Escobar Obverse & Reverse LIX, 2023 Leather, nylon, polystyrene, aluminium, stainless steel
      Darío Escobar
      Obverse & Reverse LIX, 2023
      Leather, nylon, polystyrene, aluminium, stainless steel
    • Darío Escobar Mensajes Cifrados Nº 18, 2022 Metal, gold and pigments
      Darío Escobar
      Mensajes Cifrados Nº 18, 2022
      Metal, gold and pigments
  • Gallery exhibitions
    • Darío Escobar, The Weight of Memory
      Exhibitions

      Darío Escobar

      The Weight of Memory January 18 - February 22, 2025
    • Darío Escobar, Encrypted Messages
      Exhibitions

      Darío Escobar

      Encrypted Messages April 1 - May 28, 2022
    • Darío Escobar, Uncertainty Principle
      Exhibitions

      Darío Escobar

      Uncertainty Principle January 20 - March 24, 2018
    • Darío Escobar, Unions and Intersections
      Exhibitions

      Darío Escobar

      Unions and Intersections November 1 - December 20, 2014
  • External Exhibitions
    • Dario Escobar, Words are silver, silence is golden, Museo Nacional de Arte MUNAL
      Exhibitions

      Dario Escobar

      Words are silver, silence is golden, Museo Nacional de Arte MUNAL June 8, 2022 - June 18, 2023
    • Darío Escobar, Línea & Espacio, Artecentro Graciela Andrade de Paiz
      Exhibitions

      Darío Escobar

      Línea & Espacio, Artecentro Graciela Andrade de Paiz July 4 - September 14, 2013
    • Darío Escobar, Singular Plural, SCAD Museum of Art
      Exhibitions

      Darío Escobar

      Singular Plural, SCAD Museum of Art May 16 - September 16, 2012

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