detritus

Silkscreens.
Edition of three silkscreens in 20–32 colours, printed on 300 gsm Fabriano paper.
Edition of 5.
Produced by Ediciones Axolotl, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Dimensions print: 120cm x 80cm. Dimensions paper: 140cm x 120cm

“Detritus (2011–2013) was based on the artist’s research on the media’s representation of violence and drug wars. The source of the research were two central Mexican newspapers (the issues from 2006–2012). The database consists of 15,585 logs. This type of work also illustrates a major connection between the artist’s research perspective and the effects of work by a specific group; in the case of Detritus, it is the professional journalistic environment. This time, however, the subject of an artistic analysis is the journalists’ work. Sánchez elicits and displays a shift in the media politics of the Mexican authorities towards violence, especially referring to drugs and kidnapping.”

Ryszard W. Kluszczyński