MOCA Focus: Ana Segovia
In his luscious paintings, Ana Segovia (b. 1991, Mexico City, where he lives) twists assumptions of masculinity through a queer lens. Working with an aggressive palette of neon colors, daring compositions, and cinematographic framing and cropping, Segovia undermines the gendered basis of Mexican national identity built around male stereotypes standardized by film.
The artist often develops specific display strategies for his paintings, borrowing from the language of installation, theater, dance, and video art to effectively situate them in the exhibition space. MOCA Focus: Ana Segovia will feature a new painting commissioned for the exhibition plus two recent bodies of work, including I鈥檝e Been Meaning to Tell You (2023), a suite of eight paintings depicting film stills from a non-existent queer film the artist wished to have seen in his formative years. This presentation will be the second MOCA Focus exhibition since the relaunch of the series in 2023. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue. Publication support is provided by the Nimoy Fund for Emerging Artists.
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In his luscious paintings, Ana Segovia (b. 1991, Mexico City, where he lives) twists assumptions of masculinity through a queer lens. Working with an aggressive palette of neon colors, daring compositions, and cinematographic framing and cropping, Segovia undermines the gendered basis of Mexican national identity built around male stereotypes standardized by film.
The artist often develops specific display strategies for his paintings, borrowing from the language of installation, theater, dance, and video art to effectively situate them in the exhibition space. MOCA Focus: Ana Segovia will feature a new painting commissioned for the exhibition plus two recent bodies of work, including I鈥檝e Been Meaning to Tell You (2023), a suite of eight paintings depicting film stills from a non-existent queer film the artist wished to have seen in his formative years. This presentation will be the second MOCA Focus exhibition since the relaunch of the series in 2023. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue. Publication support is provided by the Nimoy Fund for Emerging Artists.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art is presenting MOCA Focus: Ana Segovia from November 23, 2024 through May 4, 2025 at MOCA Grand Avenue.
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