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The world of contemporary art, expressed through a variety of supports, is the main subject of Oscar Cueto’s work. With detailed paintings and animations, he criticizes the cult of the contemporary art world and its personalities. His work is imbued with a self-destructive humor and irony– frequently showing an analysis and fascination for the strange act of artistic inspiration. Cueto questions the importance that the world of art gives nowadays to its artists or curators of the moment, as well as the current onslaught of publications on the most influential artists at an international level, transforming this information into tools of death and destruction.
Cueto’s most relevant individual exhibitions have been: Teenager, nina menocal Gallery, 2008; Handicap, SAPS, Mexico City, 2007; Payasos, Casa Vecina, Mexico City, 2007; Versus, El Festival la Mar de Músicas, Cartagena, Spain, (in coordination with Galería T20, Murcia), 2007: Too much stress, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 2006; No Soy Un Monstruo, nina menocal Gallery, Mexico City, 2006. Collective exhibitions: Festival de video Strobe, Amposta, Spain, 2007; Bolso negro, Casa vecina, Mexico City, 2007; Close up, Pasagüero; Laboratorio de Arte Alameda, Mexico City, 2007; Pulse, Walter Maciel Gallery, NY, USA, 207; Usted está aqui: arte contemporáneo mexicano, Programa FICCO, Mexico City, 2007; artistas citados, nina menocal Gallery, Mexico City, 2006; Artistas emergentes, Hotel Condesa, Mexico City, 2006; XI Bienal Nacional Diego Rivera de Dibujo y Estampa, Casa de Cultura Celaya, Guanajuato, 2005; wunderkammer I, nina menocal Gallery, Mexico City, 2005; Premio Focus Abengoa, Sevilla, Spain, 2004; XXIV Encuentro National de Arte Joven, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 2004; Galería del Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, 2004. |
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