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The Artists Space bought the sights and sounds of the barrio to New York's Soho this weekend as they presented an amazing array of art, photography and audiovisuals from South of the border. Radical Localism: Art, Video and Culture from Pueblo Nuevo's Mexicali Rose featured artistic endeavors from those involved in a project named Mexicali Rose - a self-professed 'grass roots communitarian organization' founded to provide readily available and free access to all areas of artistic media for the youth of Mexicali, a small town in Baja California hovering just across the US border.
The idea - founded by Mexicali-born filmmaker Marco Vera in 2007 - is a great one, and the artworks on display were a testament to the project and it's success. Covering a blanket of mediums including photography, murals, paintings and short films the exhibition transported you to Mexico, the barrios and beyond. Art lovers sipped on Coronas whilst surveying the works of Pablo Castaneda, Carlos Coronado and Julio Torres, photographs by Rafael Veytia and Odette Barajas and Zeta journalist Sergio Haro, and an original mural created by Fernando Corona.
Castaneda's works portrayed great female beauty and vulnerability in shades of black and white, painted with such care and detail some appeared as if they were photographs. Julio Torres explored the lighter and more inebriated side of barrio life with his candid public transport and house party shots, as well as the comedic 'Resultados de la Busqueda: Borrachos Besandose' ('Drunks Kissing'). Jose Miguel Salcido depicted the often grittier day-to-day life of the barrios with his photographs, present in works such as 'Policias Corruptos' ('Corrupt Police'). And the colorful murals done by Fernando Corona were the perfect backdrop for such intriguing and eye-catching pieces.
Mexicali Rose showed a side of Mexico that some might never see. The project gives youths the chance to express themselves and reflect their environment creatively and positively while giving the rest of the world insight into their culture, political climates and creativity. An all round success and a delight for all the senses Radical Localism is definitely worth a look in. The Artists Space is located on the 3rd floor at 38 Greene Street. Soho - for more details visit http://artistsspace.org/
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