Artist: ektor garcia
Exhibition title: I’m here, I’m leaving
Venue: Prairie, Chicago, US
Date: October 24 – December 13, 2020
Photography: All images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Prairie, Chicago
In 2014, I dumped a giant teardrop in Lake Michigan.
I returned to Chicago two ago weeks. Since then I’ve gone through 300 lbs. of clay.
I did grafitti when I lived here. I recently biked past one of my La Llorona roller pieces. Its still up by the Chicago River near Ashland & Archer. La Llorona, the weeping woman, is a mexican folk legand who was condemned to cry for eternity for having drowned her children. Mexican children are warned that if they misbehave La Llorona will take them away.
I wrote this in Mexico before the pandemic:
chicago
October
back to square one
teen angst
daddy issues
boystown
grain fat
keramiks
intellekual teens
pilsen
punx & pizza
purgatory
community
love power respect
I’m here, I’m leaving
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, ‘lágrimas’ 2020. Glazed ceramic
ektor garcia, ‘lágrimas artificiales’ 2020. Glazed ceramic, crocheted leather doily
ektor garcia, ‘portal new orleans/chicago’ 2020. Crocheted leather, steel, wood
ektor garcia, ‘lágrimas artificiales’ 2020. Glazed ceramic, crocheted leather doily
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, ‘tear body’ 2020. Porcelain
ektor garcia, ‘white tears’ 2020. Porcelain
ektor garcia, ‘gota gotita gota’ 2020. Glazed ceramic, crocheted copper doily
ektor garcia, ‘cry me a river’ 2020. Glazed ceramic
ektor garcia, ‘yt tears’ 2020. Glazed ceramic
ektor garcia, ‘drip drip drip drip dropped’ 2020. Glazed ceramic, crocheted copper doily
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, ‘tearjerker’ 2020. Porcelain, bronze
ektor garcia, ‘reclining tears’ 2020. Porcelain.
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, ‘gotas de lluvia’ 2020. Crocheted cotton, bronze, glazed ceramic
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, ‘drops’ 2020. Glazed ceramic
ektor garcia, ‘llamas’ 2020. Glazed ceramic
ektor garcia, ‘llorona’ 2020. Porcelain
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, ‘teardrop’ 2020. Glazed ceramic
ektor garcia, ‘portal new orleans/chicago’ 2020. Crocheted leather, steel, wood
ektor garcia, I’m here, I’m leaving, 2020, exhibition view, Prairie, Chicago
ektor garcia, ‘flujo’ 2020. Glazed ceramic, bronze
ektor garcia, ‘white tears’ 2020. Porcelain
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