Articles of ‘Damian Ortega’

Damián Ortega – Capital Less

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
September 17 - October 31, 2009

By Jeff Edwards

Long-sighted and quietly but insistently reflective, Damián Ortega sometimes seems like the passionate sage of political artists. Instead of ideological screeds, his best works often read like the musings of a world-weary philosopher compelled to question the value of our endless efforts to secure [...]



Damián Ortega, Espace 315 - Centre Pompidou, Paris

November 12, 2008 - February 2009
Born in Mexico City in 1967, Damián Ortega is the first Latin American artist  to show in Espace 315. With Abraham Cruzvillegas and Gabriel Kuri, he is one of the leading members of the rising artistic generation in Mexico, first coming to widespread attention at the 50th Venice Biennale in [...]