{"id":6683,"date":"2012-05-17T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2012-07-19T11:29:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T18:29:06","slug":"enrique-limon-on-art-fist-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2012\/05\/17\/enrique-limon-on-art-fist-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrique Lim\u00f3n on Art Fist Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavy Handed: Art Fist, Your Mom<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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By Katherine Sweetman<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE ART FIST COLLECTIVE<\/a> — a\u00a0curatorial team that’s breaking the rules and making shit happen…<\/h2>\n

YOUR MOM<\/strong> is up now through May 25th. Closing reception on Friday, May 25th, 6-10pm at Zepf Alt<\/a>.<\/strong>
\nThe Art Fist Collective (Jim Garry, Leanne Garry and Enrique Lim\u00f3n) have put together their 5th, kick-ass exhibition. The meticulously curated show, titled YOUR MOM features mother-themed works that range from traditional-style<\/em> portraits to giant spray paint cans to videos to performances and everything in between. Come see Zepf Alt transformed into a work of maternal curatorial art.<\/p>\n

I got to ask one of the members, Enrique Lim\u00f3n,\u00a0 a little about the show and a little about the collective. Included here are image from the opening of YOUR MOM.<\/p>\n

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A Family Friendly -ish Show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Interview with Enrique Lim\u00f3n E.L interviewer K.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n

K.S.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Enrique, tell me about Art Fist Collective. What’s the real mission behind this collective?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E. L.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art Fist is a curatorial experiment with three people at its core whose mission, as stated in our website, is to give the local art scene a much needed enema.
\nWe certainly didn\u2019t invent the scene, but we are staunch supporters of it.<\/p>\n

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Brandon Roth, Whispring Nuns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K.S<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You have a show that’s up now at Zepf Alt, that went up the Friday before Mother’s Day, a show Friday, titled, \u201cYour Mom.\u201d\u00a0 How did this idea come about, and what are some highlights of the show?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E. L.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was my fellow Collective member Leanne Garry\u2019s idea. It started with the name and the general concept, and soon evolved to a group show almost forty strong. The idea behind our exhibits is to allow up-and-commers to show alongside established local legends\u2014like say master muralists Mario Torero or Victor Ochoa, and also to give attendees a different, memorable experience that hopefully encourages them to start their own personal art collection.<\/p>\n

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Neko, My Mom Thinks I'm a Great Catch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K.S<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>You have had 5, so far that were curated by Art Fist Collective, right? Which was your favorite?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E. L.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s going to sound so clich\u00e9, but being that we\u2019ve never half-assed a show, they all have a special place in the pedestal. We started with \u201cB-Side\u201d which featured visual art by musical tastemakers; had a great coup with our B.Y.O.A. (Bring Your Own Art) show, broke new ground with our all Latino\/all Virgin of Guadalupe show, and of course, our Pony show that helped the Save Our Heritage Organisation\u2019s efforts to save downtown\u2019s historic Caliente racetrack mural.<\/p>\n

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Granny Pearl -- who performed later at the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

K.S<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Alright, tell me about the name, “Art Fist Collective”, it’s revolutionary in tone, but you have a few slogans that reference or allude to fisting (“…a sexual activity that involves inserting a hand into the rectum” — as Wikipedia informs me). Please explain, does the art world or San Diego art world in particular need this rectal awakening? And why do we need it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E. L.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leave it to Wikipedia to get my juices flowing! The name, along with our slogans have a clear tongue-in-cheek connotation, but to the best of my knowledge no actual fisting has ever occurred in any of our shows. Heavy petting sure, just no fisting.<\/p>\n

Historically, the clenched fist image is also a sign of protest, and in us forming Art Fist, we were protesting an array of boring, stale shows that were taking over and becoming the norm in our oh so conservative town. San Diego has a great edge to it, and a strong emerging art scene that not everybody is aware of.<\/p>\n

One thing you\u2019ll never see in one of our shows is a generic Shamu watercolor; unless, of course, someone wants to get fisted atop of it, then we can kill two birds with one stone by calling it performance art and finally living up to our namesake.<\/p>\n

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Bd Dombrowsky, with his work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rum-Spiked Horchata, from a baby bottle -- an Art Fist Collective original<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Andrew Estrada, with his work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jason Gould, with his work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sean Brannan, with his work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Granny Pearl -- performing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The beautiful Erin Zepf Estrada -- posing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

—<\/p>\n

* I (Katherine Sweetman) should mention that I am in this group show. But I won’t mention it until the end of the interview with a little asterisk.
\nIf you want to see the video I put in the show, with plastic rats dancing to Danzig’s “Mother”, you can see it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Katherine Sweetman, Rat Dance "Mother"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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