Omar Fidel Garcia
b. 1993
Lives and works between Mexico and New York
2021 - 2023 MFA Yale School of Art
Coeval Estrangement, 2024
The title of the
exhibition is a term coined by the anthropologist Sophia Roosth to describe the
work that geologists undertake during research expeditions to compose and
interpret a fractured and dislocated time; a time that is spoken and present in
the multiple layers of sediment that constitute stones.
The artwork featured in the exhibition similarly aims to compose, study, and reflect on the discontinuous temporalities present in my human experience. Embodying the attitude of my inner stone, over the last 6 months of my return to Mexico, I have engaged in material research journeys to weave and reinterpret the numerous stories found in the physical archive that shapes the exhibition. In this amalgamation of works, each piece becomes a fragment of a larger puzzle, contributing to the construction of a collective narrative that mirrors the complexity and interconnectedness of the environment.
Room 01
Origins-Uprooted
Traffic lights, roots, quail egg, extention cord
Proofing
Telephone booth, bird's nest, 2 lizard eggs, 4pebbles, obsidian stone
Chaosmos-Guts
Engine hoses, chicken egg, water faucet
Room 02
Frozen Trajectory
Fuel canister, gourd, darts, plotter, bond paper
Eternal Palimpsest Ride
Stone engraving, seating frame, plotter, bond paper
Rhizome Brake
Archival ink on bond paper, text on wall