Danilo Filtrof

Galería Noyola Fernández presents Danilo Filtrof's Aturdido y con prisa (ó sobre como contarnos las propias mentiras).

The selection of work that makes up Aturdido y con prisa (ó sobre cómo contarnos las propias mentiras) by Danilo Filtrof (1987, San Miguel de Allende, MX) examines the collective and individual fictions that sustain our social narratives. With a critical and playful approach, the works included in this exhibition operate as a reflection of the “vices and voids of representation.” In a rather kitsch aesthetic, Filtrof unmasks the tensions inherent in phenomena such as gentrification, extractivism, and commodification. These works, deeply connected to social and economic dynamics in San Miguel de Allende, invite us to question how much we can put up with collectively and how the art industry participates in these dynamics.

The curatorial text is by Federico de la Puente, who describes the exhibition as “an essay about our very own lies, where art becomes a tool to explore the limits between fiction, experiment, and reality.” Daniel Filtrof is an architect by background with a master's degree in critical theory. Since 2002, he has established and directed spaces and independent management initiatives in the Bajío region of Mexico that have achieved resonance locally as well as in other latitudes. Of the now discontinued ones, it is worth mentioning EPPCI (2008-2011), La Expendeduría (2013-2016), El Colaboratorio (2013-2014), and GPNC (2014-2017). He is currently in charge of the direction of the Complejo Cultural Guadalupe, Trapo, Gallery, and Museo Insular.

Some of his participations as a cultural agent or artist include the Cuenca Biennial, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Lima, Impakto Gallery, Salon ACME, Alfredo Ginnochio Gallery, UNAM, Libertad Gallery, the National Biennial of Visual Arts of Yucatán, the Guanajuato International Film Festival, and the Cervantino International Festival. He has also taught in the undergraduate program in Visual Arts at the Instituto Allende (2018, 2020).

The exhibition opens on Wednesday, February 5, from 19:00 to 23:00 hrs, and will be open to the public from February 5 to February 9, from 11:00 to 18:00 hrs, at TABASCO 208 x NF, Tabasco 2028, Roma Nte, Cuauhtémoc, 06700, CDMX. Additionally, the exhibition is also on view at Fábrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

–Galería Noyola Fernández