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YAUTEPEC invites you to celebrate its third anniversary with the opening of The Philosophy of Misery, the first individual exhibition in Mexico for Melbourne, Australia-based artist Tony Garifalakis (who also has the distinction of being the first artist exhibited at Yautepec to have been officially censored by the Vatican).

The Philosophy of Misery will be attended by a counterpart individual exhibition at Curro y Poncho gallery in Guadalajara called The Misery of Philosophy, a rhetorical reversal directly referencing the ideological skirmish between Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Karl Marx -- an important, early articulation of the fundamental conflict between the anarchist and Marxist strains of revolutionary thought.

The juxtaposition is appropriate for Garifalakis, whose work has been described by Australian art writer Ashley Crawford as "a palimpsest of contemporary culture and politics thrown in to a blender of apocalyptic resolve."

For Garifalakis, radical politics, conspiracies, power, extreme music, doomsday prophecies and memento mori become the visual and conceptual fodder for a darkly humorous defense of rationality.  Or -- if one's glass is half-empty -- of an abject, generalized state of misanthropy.

YAUTEPEC te invita a celebrar su tercer aniversario con la inauguración de The Philosophy of Misery, la primera muestra individual en México del artista originario de Melbourne, Australia Tony Garifalakis (quien también tiene la distinción de ser el primer artista en Yautepec oficialmente censurado por el Vaticano).

The Philosophy of Misery será complementada por otra exposición individual en la galería Curro y Poncho (GDL) titulada The Misery of Philosophy, una intercambio retórico que se refiere directamente a la batalla ideológica entre Pierre-Joseph Proudhon y Karl Marx -- importante tensión temprana del conflicto fundamentalista entre las corrientes de pensamiento revolucionario del Anarquismo y el Marxismo.

La yuxtaposición es apropiada para Garafalakis, quien en su trabajo ha sido descrito por la crítica de arte Australiana Ashley Crawford como “Un palimpsesto de cultura contemporánea y política mezclado dentro de una licuadora para partículas apocalípticas.”

Para Garifalakis, las políticas radicales, las conspiraciones, el poder, la música extrema, las profecías del juicio final y el memento mori se convierten en el follaje visual y conceptual para una defensa oscura y humorística de la racionalidad, o -- si tu vaso está medio vacío -- de un estado generalizado de misantropía.

  • The Filthy Few (UN). C Type print. 150 x 100 cm (unframed). Ed of 8 + 2 AP. 2010.
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  • The Filthy Few (EU). C Type print. 150 x 100 cm (unframed). Ed of 8 + 2 AP. 2010.
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  • Black Ops (Traitor). Black paint on offset print. 70 x 100 cm (unframed). 2010.
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  • Black Ops (Hell Ride). Black paint on offset print. 70 x 100 cm (unframed). 2010.
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  • Black Ops (Bauer). Black paint on offset print. 70 x 100 cm (unframed). 2010.
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  • Freedom Fighter. Black paint on Time magazine. 20 x 27 cm. 2010.
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  • Franchise. Wall drawings from VHS cassette tapes of Exorcist I, II, and III. Variable Dimensions. Edition of 3. 2010.
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  • Untitled (Noose). Christmas lights. Variable dimensions. 2006.
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  • Untitled. Latex. 60.5 x 17.5 x 4 cm. Edition of 2. 2010.
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Upcoming Exhibitions

Coming soon.

Past Exhibitions

Supremat

Anibal Catalan

01 Mar 2012 - 07 Apr 2012

YAUTEPEC

HEY MAN / AMEN

Txema Novelo

17 Nov 2011 - 04 Feb 2012

YAUTEPEC DF

Huele a Muerto

Alexis Mata ("Ciler")

03 Nov 2011 - 12 Nov 2011

COLIMA 174

shotgun and targets

Robert Lazzarini

08 Sep 2011 - 22 Oct 2011

YAUTEPEC DF

RAT PISS VIRUS GIVE IT TO ME

Justin Bochek, Rachel De Joode, Dosha Devastation, Cédric Fargues, Radamés “Juni” Figueroa, Parker Ito, Jeffrey Joyal, Martin Kohout, Duncan Malashock, Carlos Laszlo, Ilia Ovechkin, Artie Vierkant

21 Jul 2011 - 20 Aug 2011

YAUTEPEC DF

Pacific Theatre

Conrad Ruiz

19 May 2011 - 18 Jun 2011

YAUTEPEC DF

Replicant Memories

Alexis Mata (Ciler)

02 Apr 2011 - 30 Apr 2011

YAUTEPEC DF

The Philosophy of Misery

Tony Garifalakis

20 Jan 2011 - 26 Feb 2011

YAUTEPEC DF

Come Clean

Mallinali Rubalcaba

11 Nov 2010 - 11 Dec 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

God For Bid

Ximena Labra

30 Sep 2010 - 23 Oct 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

"X"

Gretel Joffroy

12 Aug 2010 - 11 Sep 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

Deep Cuts

Marion Sosa

01 Jul 2010 - 31 Jul 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

HYPER SHOW

Misael Torres

20 May 2010 - 19 Jun 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

Pickle and Purl

Daniela Edburg

08 Apr 2010 - 08 May 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

Deceive, Inveigle & Obfuscate

Joaquin Segura

27 Feb 2010 - 27 Mar 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

SHOOT

Thomas Jeppe, Jason Nocito, Ola Rindal, Paul Schiek

16 Jan 2010 - 13 Feb 2010

YAUTEPEC DF

Asesinos

Artemio, Ruben Gutierrez, Ximena Labra, Mark Powell, Joaquin Segura, Marion Sosa

11 Dec 2009 - 15 Jan 2010

Live With Animals Gallery
210 Kent Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Dysfunctional Fun

Abe Atri

05 Nov 2009 - 23 Jan 2010

E/S/P @ DRGN (Merida 109)

Inferno

Bijoux Altamirano, Artemio, Diann Bauer, Micah Ganske, Christopher Garrett, Evan Gruzis, Rubén Gutiérrez, Selena Kimball, Robert Lazzarini, Enrique Marty, Kembra Pfahler, Fay Ray, Colette Robbins

31 Oct 2009 - 19 Dec 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

The Gods We Are

Raul De Nieves, Cameron Michel, Rachel Nelson, Micki Pellerano, Vashti Windish, Eric Z

27 Aug 2009 - 26 Sep 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

Gesamtkunstwerk

Artemio

23 Jul 2009 - 15 Aug 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

CHPPDNSCRWD

Los Mediáticos, Joe DeNardo, Sam Ott, Leo Marz, Hazel Hill, Lázaro Valiente, Fat Mariachi, Daniel Habif, Taquitojocoque

18 Jun 2009 - 18 Jul 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

Glass Tower

Christopher Culver

16 May 2009 - 11 Jun 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

I Don't Do Crowds

Nini Blancq-Cazaux

23 Apr 2009 - 24 May 2009

E/S/P @ Gulie (Tamaulipas 45)

There's Nothing You Can Do That Can't Be Done

Ichiro Irie

09 Apr 2009 - 26 Apr 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

Home of the Brave

Mark Powell

26 Feb 2009 - 28 Mar 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

Noah Sheldon: Portrait Studio

Noah Sheldon

22 Jan 2009 - 14 Feb 2009

YAUTEPEC DF

Mummy Dearest

Marion Sosa

13 Nov 2008 - 13 Dec 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

Long Live the New Flesh

Ruben Gutierrez

18 Oct 2008

Videodromo (Monterrey, MX)

Death in the Open

Tatiana Musi

07 Oct 2008 - 01 Nov 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

To Crumble The Crust of This Damned Planet Earth

Rubén Gutierrez

03 Sep 2008 - 25 Sep 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

Candy

Moli Moli, Emily Ryan

31 Jul 2008 - 23 Aug 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

Tomorrow is a Highway, Fuck Your Sunset

Peter Hurley, Morgan Manduley

03 Jul 2008 - 24 Jul 2008

YAUTPEC DF

Stock Show

Metapong

28 May 2008 - 21 Jun 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

House as Speaking Organ

Daniel Perlin

08 May 2008 - 22 May 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

Lone Rider

Jorge Castellanos

17 Apr 2008 - 03 May 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

LIBR3

Colectivo E3

06 Mar 2008 - 05 Apr 2008

YAUTEPEC DF

Ashley Macomber

Ashley Macomber

17 Jan 2008 - 16 Feb 2008

YAUTEPEC DF