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Yautepec Gallery is pleased to present "Come Clean," its first individual exposition for Mexico City-based artist, Mallinali Rubalcaba (b. Mexico City, 1983).

Through a production process of focused abandon involving psychedelic drugs, Rubalcaba has created a new body of collage and sculptural work that excavates the internalized, unconscious, and repressed, reconstructing his own identity in piecemeal within a contemporary surrealistic language.

As "Come Clean" is a command expecting a confession in return, the introspective, emotional nature of Rubalcaba's work attempts to shed the distancing protection of irony in pursuit of some still undefined (and perhaps unobtainable) existential truth. This vulnerability sometimes risks sentimentalism or a sense of oversharing but speaks to a clear generational desire—or even need—to project publicly what was heretofore private. It represents a craving for connectedness—between the artist and his friends, family, lovers, and unrequited loves—with a tacit acknowledgment that the always-on condition of contemporary social interaction only increases the pang to connect and the pleasure of the return signal.

Yautepec Galería se enorgullece en presentar “Come Clean” la primera exposición individual del artista capitalino Mallinali Rubalcaba (México D.F., 1983).
 
A través de un proceso de producción de abandono enfocado, asistido por consumo de drogas psicodélicas, Rubalcaba ha creado un nuevo cuerpo de trabajo compuesto por collage y escultura mismo que excava lo sentimientos internos, inconscientes y reprimidos, reconstruyendo su propia identidad poco a poco dentro del lenguaje surrealista contemporáneo.
 
Así como “Come Clean” es una orden que espera una confesión a cambio, la introspectiva y emocional naturaleza del trabajo de Rubalcaba intenta deshacerse de la distante protección de la ironía en pos de una verdad existencial indefinida (y quizá inalcanzable). Esta vulnerabilidad a veces arriesga sentimentalismos o compartir demasiado pero habla sobre un deseo generacional muy claro –y quizá necesario- de proyectar públicamente lo que hasta ahora era privado. Representa un deseo por generar lazos – entre el artista y sus amigos, familia, amantes y amores no correspondidos- con un tácito reconocimiento de la condición de estar siempre presente en las interacciones sociales contemporáneas incrementando la punzada de conectar y el placer del recibir una señal de contestación.

  • One Way (from the series “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 50 x 69.5 x 11.5 cm approx. 2010.
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  • This Is It. Collage. 51 x 36 cm. 2010.
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  • Passion for Sweets. Collage. 28 x 21.5 cm. 2010.
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  • True Belongings. Collage. 90 x 58 cm. 2010.
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  • Cinderella Story. Collage. 27 x 14.5 cm. 2010.
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  • What Obsesses You is Repeated. Collage. 72 x 69 cm. 2010.
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  • Mejor Mallicia. Collage. 18 x 25 cm. 2010.
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  • Communicating is Expensive. Collage. 82 x 43 cm. 2010.
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  • Solid Madness. Collage. 70 x 33.5 cm. 2010.
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  • When You Know You’re Beautiful. Collage. 28 x 22.5 cm. 2010.
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  • Even Among Equals, They All Want to Be Her. Collage. 92 x 42 cm. 2010.
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  • Underneath the Surface, There’s a Melting Head (from “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 28 x 41 x 16.5 cm approx. 2010.
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  • It’s All In Your Head (from “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 17 x 17 x 6 cm approx. 2010.
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  • What I’ve Come Across as True (from “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 24 x 14 x 4 cm approx. 2010.
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  • Tribute to Pop (from “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 25 x 10 x 3.5 cm approx. 2010.
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  • Decadence Isn’t a Rose (from “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 20.5 x 42.5 x 18 cm approx. 2010.
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  • Not an Easy Buck (from “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 14 x 24.5 x 12 cm approx. 2010.
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  • Crooked Branch (from “Frozen Calamities”). Mixed media. 73.5 x 33 x 8 cm approx. 2010.
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