Art at NĀMAS

Descendant of a family linked to the tradition of art andpottery, Guisu - which in Zapoteco means Potter - is known for the use of smokein his pieces. The artist uses smoke to create images resulting in layers thatshine through, glimpsing portraits, scenes, landscapes. In addition, Sabinoexperiments with numerous materials such as honey, bees, mushrooms, wool, wood,silver, stone and even neon.

His work is a path that goes through the history of man,from the first vestiges printed with ashes over caves, to the use of ancientmaterials in the current exploration of new techniques for the production of anartistic object.

The work of Sabino Guisu, offers a vision oftransculturation and spiritual rupture that exists between the individual andhis environment, achieving a deep personal reflection. The geometric patternsfound in the ruins of Mexican pyramids, appear regularly in his work, death andchance are themes to which he always returns.

Like ChavelaVargas used to say: “A mexican is born wherever they want'', Emmanuel Picaultwas born in Normandy but became mexican a few years ago after falling in lovewith the country. He came to Mexico in the late 90s after working in Paris and LosAngeles alongside prestigious designers including Louboutin, David Cruz (ofBlackman Cruz), and Phillipe Stark. Design critics and mass market media haveapplauded Picault’s residential and commercial designs for their stylistic mixof Modernism, “sensitive” Brutalism, and Mid-Century Modern. He is the ownerand founder of the Chic by Accident gallery in Mexico City.

“I’m very attracted to pre-Hispanic influences in 20th-century Mexico. It began shortly after the Mexican Revolution of 1910 inopposition to the French influence during Porfirio Diaz’s 30-year rule. Although they had many other pressing worries, the search for Mexican rootsafter the Revolution can be found in literature, painting, architecture andother aspects of Mexican life.

For Emmanuel the artistic process is to enter in resonancewith the project and let go, not to give a presentation card that says“artist”. He has a fixation on detail and the conversation that’s generatedfrom the space with the user as a daily relationship.