Eduardo Sarabia Ceramics

From joségarcía mx eduardo sarabia untitled ajedrez 2019 hand painted ceramic vase and wooden box 245 197 60 cm.

Eduardo sarabia ceramics.

Eduardo sarabia s work has been inspired by the independent economies and folk history of northern mexico. Benefit auction 2020 eduardo sarabia pair of history of the world ceramic plates history of the world and history of t. Available for sale from mad ball. Contemporary mexican ceramics norther clay center minneapolis minnesota campeonato en guadalajara 2015 travesía cuatro guadalajara.

His vessels seamlessly integrate techniques and styles more commonly found in the folk crafts of northern mexico. However he is most well known for his ceramics. He frequently works with the materials favored by local craftspeople using ceramic tiles hand woven textiles and glass to create sculptures and installations that address the complex exchanges social cultural and material that occur when this region and its history. Eduardo sarabia is an artist not a designer and his main goal isn t to sell things.

Sarabia plays with common forms but juxtaposes them with out of context painted images creating a tension between the known and the unexplored. Eduardo sarabia is of latino heritage but was born and raised in los angeles. Eduardo sarabia 2019. Born in los angeles to mexican immigrants he has been based in guadalajara since 2003.

Eduardo sarabia also draws on his own heritage to inform vases that confront the relationship between the united states and mexico. In work that blurs fact and fiction eduardo sarabia explores the fraught u s mexican border zone mexican cultural stereotypes and his own identity as a mexican american. 1976 is a mexican american artist who grew up in los angeles and presently lives and works in guadalajara mexico. He is best known for his series of hand painted ceramic vessels that at first glance are indistinguishable from the blue and white talavera vases that tourists buy as souvenirs.

I personally met him through his work with the mistake room in los angeles. His work explores mexican culture as well as a darker subculture through a variety of media. History of the world la louver los angeles california 2006 eduardo sarabia i 20 gallery new york.