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Lodos

Lodos was founded in 2013 in Mexico City by Francisco Cordero-Oceguera. Initially conceived as a project space, the gallery has been representing local and international artists since 2016. Lodos has continually championed diverse ways of exhibition making, continually advocating for risky propositions and presentations. The gallery maintains an international program with a focus on conceptual approaches and new modes of production.

Lodos, Mexico City
Turín 38 B
Colonia Juárez
Mexico City, Mexico, 06600

Anna-Sophie Berger | Gerardo Rocha

For Paris Internationale, Lodos is proud to present works by Anna-Sophie Berger and Gerardo Rocha.

Anna-Sophie Berger (b. 1989, Vienna) was trained in fashion and, in her work as an artist, has explored issues of protection and care as they might relate to clothing, housing, public space and law. She creates work that connects individual perception and intimate use with questions of material reality as part of socio- economic circulation and consumption. At Paris Internationale, Berger presents three sculptural works. Goddess Leaning on Her Elbow, (2024) is constructed from thread and a box of Big Babol chewing gum, referencing Salvador Dali’s painting of the same name and its concerns with bodily disjunction and fragmentation. Fedora 1 and Fedora 2 (both 2013) are made from four different hats cut into pieces and reassembled in a harlequin style. Berger is interested in the sociological component of the object. For the artist, objects are not to be seen as discrete entities, but rather as part of human life. This perspective allows the artist to explore the formal and functional properties of objects in ephemeral environments.

Gerardo Rocha (b. 1992, Mexico City) is an interdisciplinary artist working in various media. For Rocha, exploring the contemporary visual landscape of the city opens new windows for understanding and critiquing the complexities of globalized modernity and the poetics of the spaces we inhabit. At Paris Internationale, Rocha presents a new series of ten drawings entitled Desaliento (Discouragement), 2024. The drawings consist of depictions of massive image consumption and the consequent fatigue that comes from the task of looking. The delicate graphite and colored pencil drawings, some with elements of collage, are an analysis of an exhausting cycle of superficiality and transience, where meaning is lost in sensory saturation.

Fedora 1 - © Paris Internationale
Anna-Sophie Berger
Fedora 1, —2013

Rabbit fur and thread
31.5 x 28.5 x 15 cm
12 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 5 7/8 ins.

Fedora 2 - © Paris Internationale
Anna-Sophie Berger
Fedora 2, —2013

Rabbit fur and thread
31.5 x 28.5 x 15 cm
12 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 5 7/8 ins.

Desaliento I - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento I, —2024

Graphite, color pencil on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento II - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento II, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento III - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento III, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento IV - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento IV, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento V - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento V

Graphite, color pencil, ink and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento VI - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento VI, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, ink and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento VII - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento VII, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento VIII - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento VIII, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento IX - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento IX, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

Desaliento X - © Paris Internationale
Gerardo Rocha
Desaliento X, —2024

Graphite, color pencil, stickers and cutouts on paper
25 x 17.5 cm (9 7/8 x 6 7/8 ins.) Unframed
37 x 29.7 cm (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 ins.) Framed

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