Juan Capistrán
Juan Capistrán (1976) trabaja con escultura, video, pintura, fotografía, dibujo, instalación, performance y sonido. Artista mexicano, crecido en una colonia predominantemente afroamericana en Los Angeles, Capistrán maniobra hábilmente temas que van desde movimientos políticos y sociales, la música punk, el arte minimal de los años sesenta, pasando por la cultura hip-hop y el anarquismo, mezclando medios, referencias y técnicas en críticas subversivas a la cultura americana.
Su obra ha sido mostrada en varias exposiciones individuales y colectivas en lugares como MOCA Detroit; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; ASU Art Museum, Phoenix; la Bienal de Istanbul; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Nueva York and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Además, su obra se encuentra en las siguientes colecciones públicas: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The New Museum, Nueva York and Kadist Foundation, San Francisco.
DESCARGA CV COMPLETO

Just take for instance A time of great depression (Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend), 2024

We cannot step beyond the everyday. 2023

It is the boredom of youth without a future. 2023

Here man's magnificent power over nature has left him alone with himself, powerless. 2023

Get Out, 2022

Hypnotized by productions, 2021

The Spectacle, 2021

Dreams spring from reality..., 2021

Violent Hierarchy (Ex Con), 2019

Violent Hierarchy (Rich Poo), 2019

Violent Hierarchy (Ex Con), Violent Hierarchy (Rich Poo), 2019 (installation view)

Dreams are free, motherfucker, 2018

Coup d'état (the most beautiful sculpture is a paving stone thrown at a cops head), 2017

...my hobby is throwing stones (foolishness can move mountains), 2014

Nevermind, 2015
I Have Conquered Happiness and Retained It in Death, 2013

Katabasis, 2013

Yesterday has already vanished among the shadows of the past, tomorrow has yet emerged from the future (Passion and feeling), 2012

Yesterday has already vanished among the shadows of the past, tomorrow has yet emerged from the future (Sorrow), 2012

Yesterday has already vanished among the shadows of the past, tomorrow has yet emerged from the future (Shame), 2012

From a Whisper to a Scream, 2012

This machine Kills Fascist Or Labor Sets You Free (Love is the message), 2010

Sympathy for the Devil (Eat the Rich) or 13 Point Program to Destroy America Step 1, 2009-2010

Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?, 2006

The Breaks, 2001