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Artworks
Eduardo Terrazas
Tablas 2.61 (from the series 'Possibilities of a Structure', subseries of 'Cosmos'), 2015Wool yarn on four wooden boards covered with Campeche waxUnframed: each 90 x 90 x 4.5 cm (35 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 1 3/4 in)
Framed: each 97 x 97 x 6 cm (38 1/4 x 38 1/4 x 2 3/8 in)
Total dimensions: 200 x 200 cm (78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in) (variable)Further images
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A founding member of the contemporary art scene in Mexico, Eduardo Terrazas (b. 1936, Guadalajara) has built a career that spans architecture, design, museology, urban planning and visual arts. As...A founding member of the contemporary art scene in Mexico, Eduardo Terrazas (b. 1936, Guadalajara) has built a career that spans architecture, design, museology, urban planning and visual arts. As a young architect, Terrazas came to prominence as the co-designer of the logo and prevalent design elements for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. The logo, traced in concentric circles and inspired by Huichol artisan techniques from Jalisco, Durango, and Nayarit, set a precedent for the geometric forms that have come to define the artist’s visual language.
In the early 1970s, Terrazas worked closely with Santos Motoaapohua de la Torre de Santiago, a Huichol craftsman, and began to incorporate the folk art technique of embedding brightly coloured wool into Campeche beeswax poured over wooden panels to produce solid blocks of colour. The artist’s strict geometry is softened at the corners by the continuous winding thread, which constitutes its own second layer of patterning, demanding concentrated and meditative study. -
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