MEXICO CITY — Welcome back to Spotted, your weekly resource for exciting finds in the worlds of contemporary ceramics and contemporary ceramic art. This week highlights some of our favorite contemporary ceramic art and contemporary art finds from ZsONAMACO (Mexico City, February 8 – 12, 2017), Latin America’s most important contemporary art fair which garners artists, collectors, specialists and galleries from all over of the world.
Above image: Los Carpinteros, Celosia poliédrica posada I 2015, Watercolor on paper, 82 1/2 x 96 x 2 1/4 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City.
Young artist Lucia Gonzalez‘s work was on display in the New Proposals section of this year’s art fair. The section showcased an emerging generation of artists to stimulate institutional behaviors and create work opportunities for young artists. Curator Humberto Moro’s strategy aimed to create an environment for both young and established galleries to consider the opportunity to work actively with new artists.

Lucia Gonzalez, The Living Room, 2015, Oil on canvas, 52 x 72 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image
The following works pieces were displayed in the general section of ZsonaMaco, which presented international leading galleries with pieces of the highest quality in painting, graphics, sculpture, installation, photography, video and new media, of the most representative contemporary artists from the global scene.

John Houck, First and Fifth, 2015, Archival pigment print, 32 x 24 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Miguel Fernández de Castro, 21,000 Lamidas, 2016, Spotted at ZsonaMarco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Diego Pérez, Los relojes de Heráclito, 2007-2008, Eroded bricks, wood, oil on canvas 39 2/5 × 31 1/2 × 19 7/10 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Germán Cueto, Untitled, S/F, 1960, Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Rebecca Morgan, Pajama Jug, 2015, Raku ware 6 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 5 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Rebecca Morgan, Toothsome Jug, 2015, Raku ware. 8 x 4 1/2 x 6 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Rebecca Morgan, assorted Raku ware. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image.

Betty Woodman, Classic Terra Sigillata Pillow Pitcher, ca. 1984, Earthenware, 19 × 27 × 14 1/2 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Santiago de Paoli, Between bottles and fruits, field and sky, Oil on jute, 19 7/10 × 15 7/10 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image

Juana Valdes, Untitled, (East/West View), 2014, Digital C-Print, 16 × 20 inches. Spotted at ZsonaMaco Art Fair, Mexico City. Click for larger image
Text (edited) from ZsonaMaco.
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