Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lightning

The first book on artist, musician, and DJ Eamon Ore-Giron who mines the complex nature of Latinx identity, the history of the Americas, and the many legacies of abstraction in art.

Over the course of his career, Eamon Ore-Giron has examined the personal and historical ramifications of cultural hybridity. Raised in Tucson, Ore-Giron is inspired by his roots in the American Southwest, his visits to his father's hometown of Huancayo, Peru, and his time spent as a practicing artist in California and Mexico. This catalogue brings together for the first time three pivotal chapters in Ore-Giron's career: his Southwest and Peruvian-inspired figurative works from the 2000s; his paintings from the 2010s that engaged elements of both figuration and abstraction, including an ongoing series focused on Mesoamerican deities; and the sublime gold-based paintings from his recent "Infinite Regress" series.

Curator Miranda Lash, along with celebrated scholars C. Ondine Chavoya and Jace Clayton, explore Ore-Giron's approach to de-colonizing the medium of painting, his impact within in the Los Angeles art scene, and his seminal work as a DJ who highlights the intersections between North and South American sound.

Author: Miranda Lash, C. Ondine Chavoya, Jace Clayton
Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
Published: 02/15/2022
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.10lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.30w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780847871322
ISBN10: 0847871320
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Individual Artists | Monographs
- Art | History | Contemporary (1945- )
- Art | American | Hispanic & Latino