Carlos Rosales-Silva | Flor Modernista

Booth P20

The Javits Center, New York, NY

September 7 – 10, 2023

Sargent’s Daughters is pleased to present Flor Modernista, a solo presentation of new works by  New York-based painter Carlos Rosales-Silva (b. 1982, El Paso, TX) at The Armory Show, New York.

Born on the border of the United States and Mexico, Rosales-Silva draws from histories of Mexican muralism and Latin American Modernism, as well as his family’s history of carpentry and welding trades.  His vibrant and highly textural compositions draw from both the vernacular culture of the American Southwest and the Western canon of art history, emphasizing their political and cultural connections, as well as the disparities between them.  

In this latest body of work, Rosales-Silva continues his ongoing exploration of midcentury design in Mexico with works whose geometries reference architectural forms and the visual language of Modernism.  A touchstone for is the work of Luis Barragán, whose home in Mexico City, built in 1948, is considered a masterpiece for its blend of traditional and Modernist elements. The iconic cantilever staircase from the office of Casa Barragán is quoted in silhouette on the rear wall of the booth. In a similar gesture, Rosales-Silva’s work simultaneously evokes and distorts Barragán’s clean lines and saturated colors, at once paying homage and offering a new perspective.  

Carlos Rosales-Silva (b. 1982, El Paso, TX) has exhibited throughout the United States and Mexico. He has been an artist-in-residence at Abrons Art Center in New York, NY (2021); Residency Unlimited in New York, NY (2020); Artpace in San Antonio, Texas (2018); and at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, NY (2017). Recent solo exhibitions include Sargent’s Daughters (Los Angeles, CA) and Ruiz Healy Art (New York, NY), The School of Visual Arts (New York, NY), Sadie Halie Projects (Minneapolis, MN), amongst others. Rosales-Silva has participated in group shows at Sargent’s Daughters (Los Angeles, CA), North Loop (Williamstown, MA), Seasons LA (Los Angeles, CA), Latinx Project at NYU (New York, NY), White Columns (New York, NY), Ruiz Healy Art (San Antonio, TX), Beverly’s (New York, NY), and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (Omaha, NE), amongst others. His work has been reviewed by ARTnews, Artnet News, Artspace, Hyperallergic, Glasstire, Whitehot Magazine, amongst others.  He is represented by Ruiz Healy Art in Texas and Sargent’s Daughters in Los Angeles and New York.

Press

Whitewall | September 8, 2023

Brooklyn Magazine | September 8, 2023