Zonamaco México Arte Contemporáneo 2018

Galerie Youn has an exciting programming for start of the year!

We are proud to announce that we will be showing the latest works of our artists Kit King and Brian Kenny at the Zona Maco México Arte Contemporáneo, Centro Citibanamex in Mexico City, Mexico, from February 7th to 11th, 2018!

Come celebrate the fifteenth edition of Mexico's International contemporary art fair, featuring the most exciting proposals of more than 150 exhibitors from 20 countries around the world!

Dates and Opening Hours

Official Opening: 
Wednesday February 7th, 2018: 4 PM – 9 PM

General Admission:
Thursday 8th, Friday 9th & Saturday 10th: 12 PM – 9 PM
Sunday February 11th: 12 PM – 8 PM

Tickets are available at zsonamaco.com and at the fair entrance.

Through the recycling of my old sports jerseys and apparel, I propose a new series of textile banners with simple, but provocative socio-political statements or titles that reflect my new (and shifting) perceptions and ideas about gender, sexuality and identity.
I chose to use my own rather large collection sports jerseys as the resource material in part because in my broader practice, I favor using existing, printed material as the starting ingredients for a new work of art. That is, creation through synthesis and re-interpretation.
As a gay man who has long fetishized athletic fashions, I'm attracted to using these bright, hypermasculine, perhaps even aggressive sports jerseys. And it's even more fun to then subvert these associations in the new artworks; for example, by turning a macho football jersey into a banner that boldly states 'Real Men are Real Women'. — Brian Kenny