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#Erick Medel
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“Frutas Frescas (Pleasure parade 2023)” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 24 x 20 inches. Photographs by Yubo Dong. All photographs © Erick Medel, courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, shared with permission
Utilizing a stitching machine and thread, Los Angeles-based artist Erick Medel highlights the vitality of his dwelling metropolis. Influenced by the each day goings-on in his native Boyle Heights neighborhood, the artist focuses particularly on the immigrant group, capturing individuals at work, on walks, at festivals, or operating errands.
Gleaming daylight and shiny colours usually characterize Medel’s compositions, reflecting the regional local weather and barely staticky imagery as if recalled from reminiscence. He usually depicts individuals amid their common routines, like commuting to high school, portray homes, or promoting recent fruit, illuminating the complicated and vibrant collective story of immigrant histories, labor, and tradition within the metropolis.
At Charlie James Gallery, Medel’s present solo exhibition Vidas—Spanish for “lives”—celebrates the colourful interactions of his group and neighbors whereas additionally glimpsing his personal experiences as he traverses the realm, enjoys native meals, and greets passersby. The artist’s alternative of canvas—a deep blue, heavyweight denim—evokes guide labor and easy model, nodding to the outstanding enterprise of shifting to a brand new nation and the fabled laid-back way of life of California.
Vidas continues by way of August 31 in Los Angeles. Discover extra on the artist’s web site and Instagram.
“Pintor” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 35 x 46 inches
“Stroll across the block” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 14 x 11 inches
“Smiley (La Favorita Bakery)” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 11 x 14 inches
“Sonidero Evening” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 48 x 54 inches
“Mis Vecinos (stray cats)” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 11 x 14 inches
“Arreglo Floral (muchas rosas)” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 20 x 16 inches
“Maintain my hand” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 20 x 16 inches
“Younger Familia” (2024), polyester thread on denim, 20 x 16 inches
#embroidery
#Erick Medel
#immigration
#Los Angeles
#textiles
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