"Deshuesadero, el paraíso Zimatlán" / Edgardo Aragon

Deshuesadero, el paraíso Zimatlán, a project by Edgardo Aragón at Calle Dresde 2 in conjunction with American Gun, presented at Calle General Prim 30. Both exhibitions take place during Gallery Weekend Mexico City.Deshuesadero, el paraíso Zimatlán, involves an installation of a series of abstract paintings made of iron oxide. This pigment was made from scrap auto parts that the artist found in junkyards or auto-body shops located in the area known as "El Paraiso" in Zimatlán, Oaxaca.

These monochromatic paintings, whose format makes direct and formal reference to specific parts of cars - such as doors, windows or the hood - recreate an abstract representation of the landscape of “El Paraiso”. This is one of many places where cars have been left behind by mexican immigrants in the United States, who in search of the American Dream, invest their little savings on cars whose short life ends at this type…