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MARTIN SOTO CLIMENT 
for Zona Maco Mexiko City, April 2013
presented by Karma International

all images courtesy the artist and Karma International, Zürich

In the context of the 10th edition of Zona Maco Mexico Arte Contemporaneo, taking place between April 10-14, New Proposals comes up as a new section curated by Swiss art historian and curator MIRJAM VARADINIS who selected twenty-two international galleries with the aim of showing solo presentations by artists under 35. Part of this new section, the Zurich-based gallery Karma International is presenting the work of MARTIN SOTO CLIMENT.

For the past ten or so years, Mexico City based artist MARTIN SOTO CLIMENT has made a successful career of repurposing, recontextualizing, juxtaposing and altering found objects in new constellations as sculptures or installations.

Here SOTO CLIMENT has chosen to work with large inner tubes, spraying them, bending them or assembling them. The tubes themselves are in constant tension with both the constraints they have been subjected to and their own skins, but this tension is not static. Over time, the tubes change their shape, resisting and accommodating the stresses imposed on them. Characterised by a powerful vein of energy, vitality and instinct, these sculpures, covered with paint, erase all existing realities and define their own unique embodied identities.

➝ The 10th edition of Zona Maco Mexico Arte Contemporaneo is running through Sunday April 14, 2013 in Mexico City.

➝➝ Additionally, MARTIN SOTO CLIMENT and curator CHRIS SHARP unveiled a few days ago their latest venture: a one-room project space entitled Lulu in Mexico City.

 *The artists and galleries are selected on the basis of a proposed solo presentation. A special focus and priority are given to artists either living and working in Latin America or dealing with issues related to the area. Participation in this section is determined through an open application and subsequent acceptance from its curator. The stands in this section are of 20 sq. m.



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