Ballroom Marfa’s New Group Show Probes Into Everyday Poetics

Summary

• Los Encuentros is opening at Ballroom Marfa on July 4.
• The exhibition features work by Ozzie Juarez, Justin Favela, Antonia Lechuga, Narsiso Martinez and Yvette Mayorga.
• The works unpack social realities through painting, sculpture and installation.

This summer, Ballroom Marfa will lift the veil on Los Encuentros, a group exhibition featuring newly commissioned works from five pioneering Latinx artists – Ozzie Juarez, Justin Favela, Antonio Lechuga, Narsiso Martinez and Yvette Mayorga – bound by the allure of everyday materials.

A commitment to community, collaboration and the expression of Latinx culture, threads throughout the showcase of painting, sculpture and installation, with Marfa’s proximity to Mexico adding a rich layer of context. Together, the artists confront colonial narratives, issues of accessibility and the intersection between lived experience and labor, all while remaining steadfast in the people and places they both depict and engage with.

“The artists’ welcoming and seductive materials create encounters that feel personal, inclusive and resonant with their own experiences while also challenging art world paradigms and delving into issues of class, borders and culture head on with humor, reverence and pathos,” the gallery wrote in a recent statement.

The exhibition will open on July 4 and remain on view through October 12.

Ballroom Marfa
108 E San Antonio St,
Marfa, TX 79843