Eduardo Terrazas Possibilities of a Structure: Grid 1.4.12, 1974-2015, Wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. / 90 x 90 cm © Eduardo Terrazas, courtesy Timothy Taylor, London

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A founding member of the Mexican contemporary art scene, Eduardo Terrazas gets his first UK solo art exhibition at Timothy Taylor. Acclaimed Mexican artist Eduardo Terrazas fuses architectural formality and Mexican folk art to create exciting artworks.

Eduardo Terrazas, Possibilities of a Structure: Grid 1.1.91, 1970-1972, 47.64 x 47.64 x 1.97 in. / 121 x 121 x 5 cm, Wool yarn on wooden board covered with Campeche wax © Eduardo Terrazas, courtesy Timothy Taylor, London

LONDON.- The first solo exhibition in the UK by acclaimed Mexican artist Eduardo Terrazas runs from September 4 to October 3, 2015, at the Timothy Taylor Gallery. Terrazas navigates the disciplines of architecture, design, art, and curatorship in his work. One of  Eduardo Terrazas’s fundamental concerns throughout his longstanding career has been man’s relationship with the universe and its infinite possibilities.

Terrazas’s close examination of the relationship between man and the universe is evident in his artistic practice. An important example of Terrazas’s investigation of that relationship is obvious in the ongoing project, Possibilities of a Structure.  He transforms geometric structures into endless variations.

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The exhibition comprises four distinct series from this project, including Tablas series.  Tablas began as a collaboration with Santos Motoaaopohua de la Torre de Santiago, a Huichol craftsman who lived and worked with the artist for several years. Another is his Yarn series which have their corresponding drawings from the 1970s.

Artist Biography

Born in 1936 in Guadalajara, Mexico, Eduardo Terrazas lives and works in Mexico City. His works have featured in museum and gallery shows across the globe. Terrazas’s first solo exhibition was held in 1972 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico.

In 1973, he had several exhibitions at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, and at the Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia. A large-scale survey of his work was held in Segunda Naturaleza, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico (2015).

Eduardo Terrazas Artworks

As a young architect, Terrazas came to prominence as the co-designer of the logo and prevalent design elements for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. The logo – traced in concentric circles – set a precedent for the geometric forms that have come to define the artist’s visual language.

Terrazas is a founding member of the Mexican contemporary art scene. His work, based on architectural formality and Mexican folk art has shaped an oeuvre based on a confluence of contemporary and craft traditions. He uses the Huichol yarn technique, a craft technique practiced by the Huichol people of Mexico.

The technique involves arranging yarns on wax boards, creating a bold, bright, and highly colorful image on the surface. The process simultaneously implies the meditative approach required for such an absorbing and physically demanding process. In 2015, Terrazas will also present solo exhibitions of his work at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City. His works are in museums and private collections across the globe.  Below is a selection of  public and private collections  with Terrazas works:

Eduardo Terrazas Artworks in Public and Private Collections.

MUAC – Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile

Fundación-Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico

Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

MOMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

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