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Adrian Esparza , Emerging from Space

Adrian Esparza 

Emerging from Space

May 20 - June 17, 2023

Adrian Esparza , Emerging from Space

Adrian Esparza 

Emerging from Space

May 20 - June 17, 2023

Adrian Esparza , Emerging from Space

Adrian Esparza 

Emerging from Space

May 20 - June 17, 2023

Adrian Esparza , Emerging from Space

Adrian Esparza 

Emerging from Space

May 20 - June 17, 2023

Adrian Esparza , Emerging from Space

Adrian Esparza 

Emerging from Space

May 20 - June 17, 2023

Adrian Esparza , Emerging from Space

Adrian Esparza 

Emerging from Space

May 20 - June 17, 2023

Adrian Esparza , Emerging from Space

Adrian Esparza 

Emerging from Space

May 20 - June 17, 2023

Adrian Esparza, Community Camps, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Community Camps, 2023

pen on archival paper

22h x 22w in

Framed: 23h x 23w in

AE074

Adrian Esparza, Room to Grow, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Room to Grow, 2023

pen on archival paper

22h x 22w in

Framed: 23h x 23w in

AE076

Adrian Esparza, Made Models, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Made Models, 2023

pen on archival paper

22h x 22w in

Framed: 23h x 23w in

AE075

Adrian Esparza, Stray Star, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Stray Star, 2023

pen on archival paper

22h x 22w in

Framed: 23h x 23w in

AE077

Adrian Esparza, Out of No Where, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Out of No Where, 2023

pen on archival paper

22h x 22w in

Framed: 23h x 23w in

AE078

Adrian Esparza, Foreseen, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Foreseen, 2023

pen on archival paper

22h x 22w in

Framed: 23h x 23w in

AE079

Adrian Esparza, Satellite Garden, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Satellite Garden, 2023

acrylic and serape on wood panel

40h x 30w in

AE080

Adrian Esparza, Unicorn Corral, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Unicorn Corral, 2023

acrylic and serape on wood panel

40h x 30w in

AE082

Adrian Esparza, The Here and Now, 2022

Adrian Esparza

The Here and Now, 2022

pen on archival paper

18h x 24w in

Framed: 19h x 25w in

AE068

Adrian Esparza, Out of the Blue, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Out of the Blue, 2023

serape, wood, nails, enamel

126h x 164w in

AE084

Adrian Esparza, Which is Which, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Which is Which, 2023

acrylic and serape on wood panel

40h x 30w in

AE081

Adrian Esparza, Social Planning, 2023

Adrian Esparza

Social Planning, 2023

acrylic and serape on wood panel

40h x 30w in

AE083

Press Release

Cris Worley Fine Arts is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition of Adrian Esparza, Emerging from Space. The exhibition will open with an artist’s reception on Saturday, May 20th, from 5-8 pm, and will run through June 17th. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. The event is free and open to the public.

For more than 20 years the traditional Mexican sarape has served as the main ingredient in Adrian Esparza’s brightly colored, wall mounted constructions. Combining high and low aesthetics and utilizing the deconstructed yarn, these geometric forms are inspired by a variety of sources: landscape, architecture, object, individual. At the heart of each of these works, is an exquisite pen on paper drawing, rendered in full color on a ghostly grid.

Emerging From Space, is Esparza’s first exhibition at Cris Worley Fine Arts to include works in a variety of media: six works on paper, one monumental sarape construction, and the introduction of an entirely new body of work — sarape paintings. For several years, Esparza experimented with new modes of painting (in one iteration he rendered fields of geometry entirely of colored sand) but the sarape — the symbol of his cultural heritage, has emerged in a new way in the form of painting. Here, Esparza employs an interesting interplay of adductive and reductive techniques, first adding yarn to panel, but then obscuring it entirely with paint, only later to reveal the elusive, chromatic pattern by burnishing back the topcoat. The result is a satisfying combination of formal and conceptual concerns with a decidedly curious outcome.

Adrian Esparza (b. 1970, El Paso, TX) received his BFA from the University of Texas at El Paso and his MFA from California Institute of the Arts. Esparza’s textile pieces travel the globe through exhibitions in the following museums and galleries: Rufino Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, Mexico; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY; Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Esparza’s works reside in the permanent collections of multiple museums including the Dallas Museum of Art, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the Perez Miami Art Museum as well as in many prominent private and public collections including Al Shands, Fidelity Investments, UT Southwestern Medical School, Houston Airports, Microsoft, and Soho House.

Cris Worley Fine Arts is a Dallas, Texas-based contemporary art gallery located in the Dallas Design District. With over 20 years of experience, Cris Worley is dedicated to promoting innovative work by contemporary artists at various stages of their careers.

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