Darzacq, Rosales, Trujillo /
Zona MACO Foto
CENTRO BANAMEX | MEXICO CITY |SEPTEMBER 24 - 27, 2015
De Soto Gallery presented works by Denis Darzacq, Ramona Rosales, and Joaquin Trujillo in a group exhibition marking the first presentation of Darzacq’s work in Mexico. Together, the three artists approached themes of identity, expression, and cultural inheritance through photography, narrative staging, and symbolic imagery.
Denis Darzacq captures the poetic expressionism of bodies in motion. His acclaimed 2006 series La Chute depicts suspended figures leaping, twisting, and floating in contorted poses through the streets of Paris. The images, which are not digitally manipulated, were created in collaboration with young hip-hop and street performers from the city’s outskirts. Inspired by the 2005 riots—when much of the unrest was blamed on immigrant youth—Darzacq sought to channel both the anxiety of the moment and the beauty and potential of dance. La Chute received international acclaim and earned him a World Press Photo Award in 2007.
Ramona Rosales constructs open-ended visual narratives animated by bold color and stylized staging. Her series Outside the Lines presents vignettes of domestic mishap, focused tightly on the body from just below the knee. These choreographed scenes unfold like stills from a sitcom in suspension, where every detail—costume, prop, palette—contributes to the visual language of the image. Like her earlier series Je Ne Suis Pas Seul Sans Toi, Rosales approaches each frame as a color experiment, drawing from the chromatic theories of Josef Albers and Henry Hensche. Selections from both series were featured in the exhibition.
Joaquin Trujillo’s Flores are lush, symbolic tributes to the people and memories that shaped him. Raised between Mexico and the United States, the artist draws on the floral traditions that filled his family’s homes—used as medicine, decoration, and offering. His carefully constructed arrangements echo the expressive codes of Victorian “talking bouquets,” while simultaneously tracing a personal lexicon of inheritance and hybridity. With saturated color and quiet intensity, Flores reflects Trujillo’s exploration of identity, longing, and cultural memory.
Denis Darzacq (b. 1961, Paris, France) has exhibited extensively across Europe and North America. His work is held in public and private collections including the Centre Pompidou, Musée Nicéphore Niépce, and Maison Européenne de la Photographie.
Ramona Rosales (b. 1978, Los Angeles) holds a BFA from Art Center College of Design. Her personal and commercial work has been widely exhibited and published, with regular features in Elle, GQ, Esquire, and New York Times Magazine.
Joaquin Trujillo (b. 1976, Los Angeles; raised in Zacatecas, Mexico) earned his BFA from Art Center College of Design. His work is in the collections of SF MoMA and the Amon Carter Museum.
