Adiós para siempre / 2014
Extinct Plants
Extinct birds
extinct mammals
suicidal women
suicidal men
Aircraft disaster
Adiós para siempre presents a series of drawings that recall the cataloging of objects, plants or animals via taxonomic criteria. Typical of illustration and consequently of the encyclopedic, the draftsman brings to mind extinct animals and plants, and women and men who proved transcendent to culture for having chosen suicide. We encounter the pets of friends and acquaintances who are no longer with us, ships that are memorable for their shipwrecks,
crashed or fallen planes, and car accidents made famous for the celebrities who died as a result.
The atmosphere is complemented by the sound of songs from popular music that sing of loss and saying farewell. We also find a songbook that includes drawn portraits of the singers: Chavela Vargas, Las Hermanitas Calle, Bola de Nieve and Genaro Salinas, whose song Adiós para siempre gives the show its name. All of the characters are present and speak once again fro the pain of a memory that generates something that will never return.
Oscar Roldán
Publication:
Published by Jardín Publicaciones15 sheets
33.5 x 48.5 cm
200 copies
2014