Carmen Argote in Her Forms of Other


24 September 2022
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Carmen Argote, Protector: No (2022). Figs, acrylic, gesso, gel medium, crayon, and iron powder on paper. 74 x 56 cm (unframed), 84 x 64 x 5 cm (framed). Courtesy the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles/Mexico City. Photo: Ian Byers-Gamber.
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Carmen Argote, Protector: Open (2022). Crayon, gel medium, and iron powder on paper. 71 x 55 cm (unframed), 84 x 64 x 5 cm (framed). Courtesy the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles/Mexico City. Photo: Ian Byers-Gamber.
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Carmen Argote, Protector: Surrender (2022). Figs, acrylic, gesso, gel medium, crayon, and iron powder on paper. 74 x 56 cm (unframed), 84 x 64 x 5 cm (framed). Courtesy the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles/Mexico City. Photo: Ian Byers-Gamber.

The works of Mexican-born, Los Angeles-based artist Carmen Argote were an Advisory favourite at Commonwealth and Council's booth in Frieze Seoul earlier this month.

Open now at Commonwealth and Council's Mexico City gallery is Argote's solo exhibition, Her Forms of Other (24 September–29 October 2022).

Featuring works from the artist's ongoing 'Mother' series, the presentation encapsulates Argote's visceral, tactile approach to art-making in seamlessly woven personal explorations.⁠⁠

Paintings and mixed media works are composed of assemblages of conventional media and found materials—with crayon, acrylic, iron powder, rubber bands, figs, and palm fronds recurring throughout.

Argote's standout 'Protector' drawings present evocative, abstracted portraits. With the artist's fingerprints almost tangible on the paper surface, these works illustrate uninhibited expression and a material intuition.

Carmen Argote's solo exhibition, Filtration System for a Process-based Practice, is currently on show at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego until 23 October 2022.


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