ANNOUNCING A NEW SCULPTURE BY YVETTE MAYORGA

ANNOUNCING A NEW SCULPTURE BY YVETTE MAYORGA
In support of Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Photo Courtesy of Javier Romero

ART FOR CHANGE is thrilled to partner with artist Yvette Mayorga on her first ever limited edition sculpture, launching March 31st. This is our second collaboration with Mayorga.

The Magic Tchotchke is a sculpture edition that riffs on antique tchotchkes from the Rococo era, inspired by the artist’s monumental installation Magic Grasshopper in Times Square. Mayorga has coined the term “Latinxoco” to describe her approach—an aesthetic language that merges Latinx identity with Rococo ornamentation as a way of interrogating lived-in, adorned domestic spaces.

Intended as an intimate version that can be collected and kept forever, the work features three figures aboard a carriage, dreamt by Mayorga as a fantastical vessel that pays tribute to the physical and personal journeys undertaken in pursuit of the American Dream.

A portion of proceeds from each work sold will be donated to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, an organization dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society.

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In the words of the artist, “I want the piece to feel as though it has lived within a domestic space, evoking nostalgic memories of the ceramic and plastic figurines that adorned our parents’ and grandparents’ homes.”

Photo Courtesy of Javier Romero

ABOUT YVETTE MAYORGA

Photo Courtesy of Javier Romero

Yvette Mayorga’s multidisciplinary practice casts visions of intricate worlds, by fusing Rococo iconography, contemporary images of militarization, confectionary aesthetics, and consumer objects. Shaped by her experience as a first-generation Latinx artist, the artist responds to utopian visions of immigration and belonging, while aiming to disrupt the art historical canon. In addition to being exhibited at notable institutions around the world, her work has been the subject of solo presentations at Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Mexico; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; and The Momentary, Bentonville, AR. Based in Chicago, Mayorga also has work in the permanent collections that include the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, M.A., among others.