ROCÍO SÁENZ: ORDEN SALVAJE
Mexican artist Rocío Sáenz presents "Orden salvaje" (Wild Order) at the Museo de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara (MUSA), an exhibition featuring over 60 works created over three years. Spanning painting, ceramics, photography, and drawing, the collection explores the tension between beauty and horror, specifically addressing the harrowing reality of forced disappearances in Mexico. The exhibition is designed as an open studio, showcasing the artist's creative process alongside finished pieces that utilize black humor and satire to navigate themes of death and reconstruction.
The exhibition serves as a critical artistic intervention into Mexico's contemporary social crisis, specifically the plight of "madres buscadoras" (searching mothers) and the search for missing persons. By transforming traumatic subjects into symbolic landscapes and material experiments, Sáenz provides a space for reflection on social stagnation and the resilience of the organic world. The show highlights the vital role of institutional support, such as the Sistema Nacional de Creadores, in fostering art that tackles urgent political and humanitarian issues.