Episode No. 698 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Alex Da Corte and curator Mark Castro.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is presenting “Alex Da Corte: The Whale,” a survey of Da Corte’s relationship with painting. Featuring more than 40 works, the exhibition examines Da Corte’s interest in consumerism, persona, sex, invisible labor, taste, power, and desire. Curated by Alison Hearst, “Da Corte” will be on view through Sept. 7. A catalogue from MAMFW and DelMonico Books is forthcoming. Amazon and Bookshop offer it for $50-55.
Da Corte’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at MOCA Toronto, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art outside Copenhagen, MASS MoCA, North Adams, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Castro is the curator of “Oaxaca Central: Contemporary Mexican Printmaking” at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va. Across 100 works, the exhibition surveys recent printmaking practice in Oaxaca, home to a vibrant, activist printmaking community. Artists in the exhibition include Ricardo Pinto, Mercedes López, Dr. Lakra, Colectivo Subterráneos, and Emi Winter. “Oaxaca Central is on view through May 11.
Air date: March 20, 2025.
Alex Da Corte, The Pied Piper, 2019.
Installation view of “Alex Da Corte: The Whale,” with Alex Da Corte, Eclipse, 2021 (R) with Roy Lichtenstein, Mr. Bellamy, 1961.
Alex Da Corte, The Anvil, 2023.
Alex Da Corte, The Lightning Strike, 2024.
Colectivo Subterráneos, Untitled, from the Tianguis (Market) series, 2023.
Colectivo Subterráneos, Untitled, from the Los nadie (The Nobodies) series, 2022.
Mercedes López, The Memory of a Tree, 2018.
Mercedes López, Dream of Deep Waters, 2022.
Irving Herrera, Malú, 2018.
Fernando Sandoval, Volcano, 2023.
Fernando Sandoval, Chac mool, 2024.
Ricardo Pinto, Biombo Articulation, 2021.
Ricardo Pinto, Liquid Articulation, 2021.
Installation view, “Oaxaca Central.”
Installation view, “Oaxaca Central.”
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