Cosima von BoninThe RitzJanuaryJan 29th - AprilApr 1st, 2026Gaga Mexico City

How to write about Cosima von Bonin’s work? Or, rather, how not to write about Cosima von Bonin’s work?

I suspect that, first of all, I must not commit the misstep of asking what a lamppost standing upright inside an art gallery means. And, above all, under no circumstances, should I attempt to answer that glaringly inappropriate question.

Nor should I also refrain from writing anything about those stuffed dachshunds that so charmingly cross the gallery, or about those enormous bulldogs covered in leopard print?

Nothing.

For Cosima knows how to say nothing in her work.

But isn’t saying nothing already saying too much in these times when artworks basically say and say and say?

Perhaps if I had the modesty to simply try to describe Cosima’s work without falling into the traps of discourse and interpretation, I might be able to say something: to write, for example, that most of the artworks that make up The Ritz are made from fabrics of the most diverse origins, from Japanese fishing boat flags to luxurious Hermès towels, whose patterns, weaves, prints, and motifs function as strokes of a drawing foreign to their origin—for to say this is to say nothing.

But what a difference there is between not saying and not saying!

Cosima knows how not to say, just as that bison, drawn millennia ago on the walls of the cave, knows how not to say.

How not to write that entering The Ritz is like entering a cave painted by Paleolithic people thirty thousand years ago, but inside thirty thousand years from now, but now: insistent images of animals whose meaning has been lost over time and its catastrophes.

And yet, in their not saying, Cosima’s works articulate a language through the power of repetition, rhythm, references, insistence, and silence. If instead of Spanish I knew how to speak Octopus, read Leopard, write in Whale, perhaps I would have managed to bark something, moo something, cackle something, purr something true about it.

How, then, to write about Cosima von Bonin’s work. Or, rather, how not to write about Cosima von Bonin’s work. How to say and not say those plastic affections that resist words like the love of a dog.

The Ritz

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The Ritz 11 (Lightbulb Version)

2025

Lightbulbs, steel, wood, electric cables, acrylic

97.24 x 43.31 x 6.89 inches

247 x 110 x 17.5 cm

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Earl Swanigan

Look

Painting on wood

32 x 45 in
81.3 x 114.3 cm

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Privato

2010

Iron, lacquer

11.81 x 43.31 inches

30 x 110 cm

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The Daffy Formula (Daffy’s Sewing Pattern Version 1)

2025

Wrapping paper, wood, adhesive tape, wall paint, pencil, glue

59.45 x 48.03 inches

151 x 122 cm

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The Daffy Formula (Daffy’s Sewing Pattern Version 2)

2025

Wrapping paper, wood, adhesive tape, wall paint, pencil, glue

59.45 x 48.03 inches

151 x 122 cm

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The Daffy Formula (Daffy’s Sewing Pattern Version 3)

2025

Wrapping paper, wood, adhesive tape, wall paint, pencil, glue

59.45 x 48.03 inches

151 x 122 cm

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The Ritz 12 (Mexico City Pylon Version)

2025

Electric cables, wood

236.22 x 7.87 inches

600 x 20 cm

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The Ritz 7 (Silk Cheetah Bulldog with Box Version)

2025

Silk, polyfill, foam, wood, mirrors

Dog 53.15 x 51.57 x 21.26 inches

135 x 131 x 54 cm

Box 47.64 x 35.83 x 10.43 inches

121 x 91 x 26.5 cm

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The Ritz 3 (Dogs go to Heaven, Lucky Luke & Meth Version)

2025

Velvet, linen, fleece, acrylic, pencil, screen print

83.66 x 69.69 x 1.57 inches

212.5 x 177 x 4 cm

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The Ritz 8 (Cheetah Dachshund & Roller Skates Version)

2025

Silk-Velvet, polyfill, cotton wool, cardboard, rubber, steel

98.43 x 20.47 x 11.81 inches

250 x 52 x 30 cm

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The Ritz 9 (Black Velvet Dachshund & Rimowa Version)

2025

Velvet, polyfill, cotton wool, cardboard, aluminum

78.74 x 11.81 inches

250 x 50 x 23 cm

Briefcase 18.5 x 15.35 x 2.95 inches

47 x 39 x 7.5 cm

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The Sloth Conservation Society (Sloth Rabbit & Therapeutic Rhino Version)

2010-2026

Mohair, polyfill, cotton, therapeutic Rhino by Renate Müller 1967

Rabbit 62.99 x 60.63 x 23.62 inches

160 x 154 x 60 cm

Rhino 31.1 x 17.32 x 12.99 inches

79 x 44 x 33 cm

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The Ritz 2 (All Dogs go to Heaven Version)

2025

Linen, cotton, fleece, pencil, screen print

73.23 x 55.51 x 1.57 inches

186 x 141 x 4 cm

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The Ritz 4 (Cheetah & Daffy Duck Version)

2025

Velvet, linen, fleece, terry cloth

80.71 x 75.59 x 1.57 inches

205 x 192 x 4 cm

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The Ritz 6 (Grey Drunk-Mohair Bulldog with Box Version)

2025

Mohair, polyfill, foam, wood, acrylic

Dog 52.95 x 51.97 x 27.56 inches

134.5 x 132 x 70 cm

Box 47.83 x 36.22 x 10.43 inches

121.5 x 92 x 26.5 cm

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The Ritz 5 (All Dogs go to Heaven Silk Velvet Version)

2025

Silk velvet, velvet, fleece, cotton

80.31 x 61.81 x 1.57 inches

204 x 157 x 4 cm

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Drunk Octopus wants to fight

2025

Polish aluminum, wall painting

Octopus 23.62 x 25.59 x 12.6 inches

60 x 65 x 32 cm

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The Ritz 1 (Deputy Dawg’s Hat & Last Supper Version)

2025

Velvet, cotton, fleece

85.63 x 59.06 x 1.57 inches

217.5 x 150 x 4 cm

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The Ritz 10 (Whale with Violet Chair, Sausage & Whip Version)

2025

Velvet, linen, polyfill, cardboard, leather, sand, felt, wood, rubber, horse hair, silver, steel

chair 27.95 x 21.06 x 22.44 inches

71 x 53.5 x 57 cm

whale 33.46 x 27.56 x 25.2 inches

85 x 70 x 64 cm

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