Karl HolmqvistEntrevista Con El VampiroAprilApr 4th - MayMay 30th, 2009Gaga Mexico City
GaGa is proud to present ‘Entrevista Con El Vampiro’ the first Mexican One-Person exhibition by Swedish artist Karl Holmqvist. As indicated by the exhibition title, Karl Holmqvist looks to explore different forms of parasitic practices in a series of new works using a range of different media such as paintings and collages, and text in the form of an artist’s book, a new video, a small installation and an especially made “letterist” sculpture.
The works in the exhibition could be said to be ‘vampiric’ in the sense that they depend on works from other people, but also in many instances they deal with the symbolism surrounding vampires as society’s outcasts, moving between this worlds and other realms, as well as through photographic representations of the two lead actors, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt from the 1994 film that has given the exhibition its name. Mixing topics of various types of representation, occultism and pop culture.
Recent exhibitions from Karl Holmqvist include Westlondonprojects, London, Galerie Dependance in Brussels and Manifesta 7 in Trento, Italy. This summer he will participate in Art 40 Basel Art Premiere Section followed by a One-person exhibition at Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch in Berlin.
Installation
views
Works
Karl Holmqvist
Blablavatsky Painting, 2009
Digital Print On Canvas
59 x 69 + CD
Karl Holmqvist
El Vampiro de la Colonia Roma, 2009
Wall Drawing
180 x 120 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Imagine World Peace, 2009
Smoke Sign
80 cm diameter
Karl Holmqvist
GAGA Lettriste Sculpture, 2009
Wood and Aluminum Foil
72 x 72 x 120 cm
Karl Holmqvist
I’LL MAKE THE WORLD EXPLODE, 2009
DVD 27’’
Karl Holmqvist
One-Eyed Bat, 2009
Letraset On Window
40 x 12 cm
Karl Holmqvist
ONELOVEWORLD, 2008
Lamp, Book and reading table
(26 pdfs on CD)
Karl Holmqvist
Gaga/Vampire Time Capsule, 2009
Mixed Media Installation in Vitrine
130 x 90 x 50 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (World No.1), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Caballeros de la Noche), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Great Bear), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Living It Up), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Mundo Único), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Joyas Con Historia), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Golden Eyes), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Gender Pay Gap), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (It’s a Girl), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (BBS), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Uhmpire), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Penélope Cruz), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Christian Dior), 2009
Framed Collage
91 x 64 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Los Lost Highways), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (Crepúsculo), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (What Time Is Love?), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm
Karl Holmqvist
Untitled (The Gossip), 2009
Framed Collage
72 x 57 cm