Teresa Margolles (Culiacán, 1963) is a Mexican artist living and working between Mexico City and Madrid. Particularly prone to crude realism, her works bear witness to the complexities of contemporary society, weakened by an alarming violence that is tearing the world — and especially Mexico — into pieces. Winner of the 2012 Prince Claus Award, Teresa Margolles has represented Mexico at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009, and her works have been shown in several international museums, institutions and foundations.
Margolles’ 14 installations displayed at PAC feature a minimalistic, yet high-impact style, which is almost overbearing from a conceptual perspective. They explore thorny issues such as death, social injustice, gender hate, marginalisation and corruption, generating a constant tension between horror and beauty.
Milan, PAC, March - June 2018
Contents
ESSAYS
The Aesthetics of Terror
Diego Sileo
A.nibal. K.arla. A.dan. This Body Is Not Mine / This Body Is Not Me
Oscar Gardea Duarte / a.k.a. Rufián / a.k.a. Tâm Liêu Âm
WORKS
Water
Michy Marxuach
Blood
Ángel Moya Garcia
Memory
Gilbert Vicario
Word
Mario Canal
Journalism
Ferran Barenblit
Body
Eugenio Viola
Cement
Francesca Guerisoli
Absence
Raphael Gygax
Places
Antoine Henry Jonquères
Testimonies
Emanuela Borzacchiello
Action
Melissa Martin
Border
Tatiana Abellán
Pička
Alejandra Labastida
Biography and bibliography
Images in the catalogue
O amor se faz revolucionário
Exceptional Transport
Mea Culpa
L’apparenza di ciò che non si vede
