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Breakfast Tacos at Tiffany's, Alejandro Diaz
Enchiladas at The Plaza, Alejandro Diaz
Ceci n'est pas une pipe, Alejandro Diaz
Does This Sign Make Me Look Fat?, Alejandro Diaz
Please Do Not Touch, Alejandro Diaz
I'm Exhausted, Alejandro Diaz
Jesus Cheeses, Alejandro Diaz
Make Tacos Not War, Alejandro Diaz
Marfa 1,600 Miles, Alejandro Diaz
No Shirt No Shoes You're Probably Rich, Alejandro Diaz
Lost Our Lease and Mexican Love Songs, Alejandro Diaz
Miracle Cans, Alejandro Diaz
Mexi-cans, Alejandro Diaz
Mothers and Sons, Alejandro Diaz
Untitled Floor Sculpture, Alejandro Diaz

Alejandro Diaz

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Statement

Alejandro Diaz is originally from San Antonio, where he developed a provocative and pertinent body of work exemplifying the complex and visually rich cultural milieu particular to South Texas and Mexico. He has lived in Mexico City, and is currently based in New York City.

Diaz is well-known for his conceptual, recurrent use of everyday materials; his humor infused politics; and his ongoing involvement with art as a form of entertainment, activism, public intervention, and free enterprise. He began making and selling his cardboard signs, “Mexican Wallpaper”, on the streets of Manhattan in the late 90s. More recently, he has translated them into a compelling series of colorful neon signs.  Some of Diaz’ recent projects include a commission to create large-scale outdoor sculptures for the Public Art Fund (2005), New York’s premier presenter of public art, now part of the permanent public art collection of the City of San Antonio, on display at the San Antonio International Airport, and  a public art commission for the Havana Biennial (2003). He is currently in a group exhibition at LACMA which will travel to Mexico City, San Antonio, New York, and Houston (2008-2010), and is currently in a solo exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2009).  Most recently, he received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award for excellence in the visual arts in 2008. Diaz has had numerous solo exhibitions, including his first at Jessica Murray Projects, NY. He has lectured on his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art and at the Drawing Center, NY.