2020: Exhibition X

MUSEO DEL CAMPO

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EXHIBITION: X

In our Mirador neighborhood in Puerto Peñasco (aka Rocky Point), Sonora, Mexico, I met a nice young man named Porfirio. For reasons that make little sense, I've always referred to him as "X," pronouncing it in the English manner: Ecks. He does hundreds of "murals" --- more graffiti than well-designed compositions in a distinctive, spontaneous, and expressionistic style ---, all over the area, sometimes invited but most often not. How and when we met, I cannot tell you, but I have recently explored his ever-changing work, photographed it, invented a gallery/museum for it, and created a little book about all this.

Available in print from Lulu.com, "Exhibition: X"'s "author"/curator --- not mentioned on the cover --- is me, Becky Hendrick. The small profit from any sales will go directly to X.

The book has several chapters and themes: the exhibition, the individual pieces, the context of Puerto Peñasco and the Mirador, my meeting with X and his particular environment, and the original appearance of his ever-changing sculptural assemblages. A few examples appear below.

THE EXHIBITION

The Entry The Gallery The Exit

THE WORK

The Doll The Edifice The Fish

THE BIG PICTURE

Puerto Peñasco is known as Arizona's Beach, and --- as Rocky Point --- was developed by travelers from the near-northern USA as a place to fish. Home to thousands of permanent and temporary expats, it houses rich, poor, and many folks, both local and visiting, in between the extremes.