Armando Guadalupe Cortés
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (MFA Yale School of Art 2021, BA UCLA 2012) was born in Urequío, Michoacán, México and raised in Wilmington, California. He is number 6 in a lineup of 7 children. His family hence encompasses multiple generations in one: farmers, migrants, manufacturers, office professionals, professors, artists, and more.
Growing up in two worlds, sharply contrasted yet running parallel, leads Cortés to a fantastical take on the quotidian. Within the everyday of the rural and the industrial lie subtleties that inform his work, that build stories, propagate myth, and create room for histories, magical, and otherwise. This myth-making challenges notions of spectacle and viewership while raising the question of myth as antonym to history. In questioning this dichotomy, Cortés seeks to upend the idea of myth and lore as fiction.
Aún los Gallos Lloran (Even Roosters Cry), 2021. Performance still. Image courtesy of artist.
¿Y La Gente? (And The People?), 2020. Performance still. Image courtesy of artist.
Reverberante (Reverberant), 2019. Installation. clay, stoneware, fire, smoke, water, plants, soil, wood, color pencil on paper. Photo courtesy of artist.
El Descanso En La Gloria, (Rest when I am Dead), 2017. Performance still. Image courtesy of artist.
Pata Rajada, 2021. Installation. Cedar construction with various objects of various materials and sizes. Photo courtesy of artist.
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