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Adolfo Riestra
Cuerpo de Obra
CURADURÍA POR MAURICIO MARCIN
11 JULIO, 2024
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31 AGOSTO, 2024
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Adolfo Riestra

Este modesto esfuerzo de exhibir su Cuerpo de obra se declara parcial. No se intentó aquí una revisión exhaustiva, mucho menos definitiva. Estos signos se ofrecen separados, como un juego que permite reunir nuevamente otro cuerpo, reinventar otra forma y otra y otra. Esta exposición es una re-membranza.

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Adolfo Riestra
Suicidas de Jim Jones, 1981
Collage, gouache y tinta sobre papel
32 x 24 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Suicidas de Jim Jones, 1981
Collage, gouache y tinta sobre papel
32 x 24 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Suicidas de Jim Jones, 1981
Collage, gouache y tinta sobre papel
32 x 24 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Mujer, 1977
Tinta sobre papel
27.5 x 21 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Mujer, 1977
Cera sobre papel
30.5 x 23 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Bailarina, ca. 1970
Acrílico y lápiz graso sobre papel
31.5 x 23 cm
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Sus dibujos están poblados de cuerpos proscritos, son una somateca revolucionaria —para su época, los ochenta, y para la nuestra— porque reclaman una desidentificación. Sus seres se niegan a la construcción de un ego estable, a las identificaciones identitarias, huyen de la fijación a través de la contradicción: son tintas inmóviles que persiguen la ligereza y la mutabilidad del viento.  

Esa somateca* está plagada de invenciones monstruosas y hermosas, brazos que se alargan hasta la defectuosidad, torsos que se tuercen, muslos inflamados, pitos hinchados, tetas en esteroides, caídas, culos infraleves, criaturas hermafroditas. Todo en sus dibujos es defecto, deseo abyecto, formas caprichosas. Sus dibujos no se oponen a la belleza, sino que la implantan con otros cánones: su canto es el de un pájaro que pocos entienden. 

Extracto de texto curatorial para Cuerpo de Obra, Mauricio Marcin.

* La "somateca", acuñada por Paul B. Preciado, describe cómo los cuerpos son archivos vivientes moldeados por discursos, prácticas y tecnologías de poder, transformando la identidad y subjetividad.

Adolfo Riestra
Calavera en bacinica, 1970
Pastel sobre papel
45.5 x 61 cm
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Hombre, 1977
Tinta sobre papel
27.5 x 21 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Sin título, 1980
Tinta sobre papel
25 x 16.5 cm
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A Adolfo le compete el reconocimiento —junto a muchxs otrxs— de esa operación política y estética. La obra, el cuerpo de obra de Adolfo, es un grito en el medio de un cráter, un cráter que deviene playa, un placer que deviene muerte, una espiral.

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Adolfo Riestra
La muerte, ca. 1980
Tinta, lápiz y acuarela sobre papel
15 1/2 x 12 3/8 in
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Adolfo Riestra
Niño gritando, 1984
Acrílico sobre tela
70 7/8 x 47 1/4 x 1 1/8 in
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Adolfo Riestra
Bañista, 1989
Acrylic on Canvas
63 x 55 1/8 in
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En el momento en que Adolfo lograba dominar algún estilo pictórico, lo dejaba, rechazando su dominio, pues lo controlable y previsible cesa de ofrecerle un espectro de posibilidades, como si el deseo estuviese satisfecho. 

Extracto de texto curatorial para Cuerpo de Obra, Mauricio Marcin.

Adolfo Riestra
Celuta y el caimán, 1989
Acrílico, carboncillo y óleo sobre tela
140 x 170 x 2.8 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Mujer en amarillo, 1984
Acrílico y óleo sobre tela
100 x 80 x 3 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Los aplicadores, 1988
Óleo sobre tela
180 x 140 x 2.8 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Sin título (Pies con zapatos), s.f.
Barro cocido
28 x 14.5 x 24.5 cm c/u
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Adolfo Riestra
Sin título (Brazos azules), s.f.
Barro cocido
48.5 x 10 x 7 cm c/u
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Adolfo Riestra
Pies blancos separados con calentadores, s.f.
Barro cocido
17.5 x 19 x 13 cm
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"El trabajo en barro - tradición antigua tanto en el occidente como en el oriente de México -desde hace tempo despertó mi curiosidad y provocó mi interés, mi deseo de penetrar en la entraña de figuras fantásticas que iban emergiendo de la pasta húmeda, de la tierra moldeable. Hueco como un guaje, el barro se le amasa y moldea dejando siempre espacios para respirar, espacios rodeados de una superficie tan delgada como hojaldre. Al mismo tiempo su construcción es arquitectura que require de muros y bóvedas, túneles, amplios salones donde ventanales, chimeneas y pórticos comunican con el exterior”. 

Adolfo Riestra

Adolfo Riestra
Bañista, 1989
Bronce
82.5 x 34 x 46 cm
Adolfo Riestra
Torso esgrafiado con niños, 1989
Bronce
85.5 x 55 x 30.5 cm
Adolfo fue un personaje absolutamente pasional. Todo en su mundo tenía un significado extremo y no había lugar para medias tintas o tibiezas. De ésta manera vivía, amaba, cocinaba, comía, dibujaba, pintaba y esculpía. Contra viento y marea nos gustara, lo comprendiéramos o no. De ésta manera también trabajaba, intensamente, sin cesar.

Adolfo Riestra, Galería OMR, Ciudad de México, 1994.

Adolfo Riestra
Sin título (Brazo) , s.f.
Barro cocido
23.5 x 9.5 x 36.5 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Sin título (Manos con granada), s.f.
Barro cocido
15 x 30 x 41.5 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Sin título (Piernas), s.f.
Barro cocido
44 x 12.5 x 22 cm c/u
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Con barro se puede tapar un rubí... El trabajo en barro -tradición antigua tanto en el occidente como en el oriente de México- desde hace tiempo despertó mi curiosidad y provocó mi interés, mi deseo de penetrar en la entraña de figuras fantásticas que iban emergiendo de la pasta húmeda, de la tierra modelable. Hueco como huaje, el barro se le amasa y moldea dejando siempre espacios para respirar; espacios rodeados de una superficie tan delgada como hojaldre. Al mismo tiempo su construcción es arquitectura que requiere de muros y bóvedas, túneles y pasillos, amplios salones donde ventanales, chimeneas y pórticos comunican con el exterior. 

La escultura en barro es un paseo al interior de cuerpos, una aventura por extensiones de magnitud infinita, un viaje a la profundidad donde se abandona la imaginación a sus propias evoluciones. Formas, volúmenes y gestos de individuos desconocidos van apareciendo. Rostros con narices largas y anchas, manos con dedos finos. A veces, misteriosas y toscas manazas que configuran caracteres dotados de una singular personalidad. 

— Vivir dentro de una figura es más fascinante que verla por fuera.

Adolfo Riestra “Con barro se puede tapar un rubí…”

Adolfo Riestra
Jarra antropomorfa, 1989
Bronce
57 x 50.5 x 42 cm
Adolfo Riestra
El vampiro, 1980
Tinta sobre papel
37 x 27 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
(Sangre), 1980
Tinta y acuarela sobre papel
37 x 27 cm
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Desde que tengo memoria, recuerdo a mi hermano dibujando o pintando y lo hacía con lo que tenía a la mano: experimentaba con humor en todo tipo de superficies, hacía cosas increíbles, como collages o mezclaba pinturas hasta con frijoles. Sus obras culminaban en imágenes que yo consideraba entonces obras maestras.

Jaime Riestra, OMR, 2019. Ed. Turner Libros.

Adolfo Riestra
Muscle woman, 1981
Collage, gouache y tinta sobre papel
24 x 16.5 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Contorsionista, 1981
Collage sobre papel
28.5 x 19 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Cantante de opera, 1988
Acrílico sobre tela
170 x 40 x 2.5 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
La niña del traje rojo, 1989
Tinta, laca y acuarela sobre papel
35 x 25 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Jugador de basketball, 1985
Acrílico, carboncillo y tinta sobre papel
70 x 50.5 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Muchacho en Zihuatanejo, 1989
Acuarela sobre papel
37 x 27 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Lechita pa' los gatos, ca. 1984
Acrílico sobre tela
145 x 114.5 x 3.5 cm
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Adolfo Riestra
Sin título, 1988
Óleo sobre tela
70.5 x 60 x 3.2 cm
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Adolfo tuvo que inventar en cada dibujo lo que deseaba que existiera en la realidad; en una operación simbólica-demiúrgica hizo que cada pintura prodigara consistencia al mundo y es que hacer arte es hacer brotar el espacio que se desea habitar.

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Defenderé la poesía (Poemas sobre ruinas) VII / I Will Defend Poetry (Poems on Ruins) VII, 2024
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Bañista, 1989
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Perro con lengüita, 1987
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Torso esgrafiado con niños, 1989
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Cara de luna, 1989
Bronze
61 3/8 x 18 1/4 x 15 3/8 in
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156 x 46.5 x 39 cm
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Calavera en bacinica, 1970
Pastel on paper
17 7/8 x 24 in
Pastel sobre papel
45.5 x 61 cm
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Masturbación, 1981
Ink on paper
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in
Tinta sobre papel
30 x 21 cm
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Sin título, 1980
Ink on paper
9 7/8 x 6 1/2 in
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25 x 16.5 cm
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Sin título, 1979
Ink on paper
14 5/8 x 10 5/8 in
Tinta sobre papel
37 x 27 cm
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Ella baila sola, 2024
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I touch myself, 2024
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Acuarela sobre papel algodón
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Summer Bliss, 2024
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Snake attack, 2022
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