
Untitled, 2020
concrete, boulders and epoxy paint
37 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 30 1/2 inches (95.5 x 55 x 77.5 cm)
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
JDa-20.57
Untitled, 2020
glass and boulders
58 7/8 x 175 1/16 x 58 7/8 inches (149.5 x 444.7 x 149.5 cm)
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
JDa-20.13
Untitled (Les Ménines), 2020
archival pigment print
overall: 80 7/8 x 100 7/8 x 3 1/8 inches (205.5 x 256.2 x 8 cm)
edition of 4 with 1 AP
signed by artist on label, verso with accompanying signed certificate of authenticity
JDa-20.90
Untitled (Femme d'Alger) IV, 2016
archival pigment print
paper: 68 1/8 x 59 1/16 inches (173 x 150 cm)
framed: 70 1/16 x 61 x 2 3/4 inches (178 x 154.9 x 7 cm)
edition of 1 with 1 AP
JDa-16.174
Untitled (Interior with Bathroom Painting), 2020
archival pigment print
framed: 60 13/16 x 76 1/2 x 3 3/16 inches (154.5 x 194.3 x 8 cm)
edition of 4 with 1 AP
Untitled (Spray), 2020
archival pigment print
framed: 74 13/16 x 59 1/16 x 3 3/8 inches (190 x 150 x 8.5 cm)
edition of 4 with 1 AP
signed by artist on label, verso with accompanying signed certificate of authenticity
JDa-20.52
Untitled, 2020
vinyl paint on loomstate linen in two parts
overall: 90 9/16 x 135 7/16 x 2 3/8 inches (230 x 344 x 6 cm)
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
JDa-20.07a,b
Joint Effort, 2019. Photo by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze.
Joint Effort, 2019. Photo by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of Timothy Schenck/Frieze.
Installation view of Los Límites de lo Posible at Escenario Líquido (Detrás del Muro, XIII Bienal de La Habana), 2019. Courtesy of the Artist and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo: María Rincón.
Jose Dávila. Los Límites de lo Posible III, 2019. Recinto stone volume and boulder, 258 x 75 x 75 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo: María Rincón.
Orden Discontinuo LI, 2019
silkscreen print on cardboard
framed: 20 7/8 x 17 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches (53 x 45 x 4.5 cm)
signed by artist on label, verso with accompanying signed certificate of authenticity
JDa-19.95
Homage to the Square, 2019
polished stainless steel and epoxy paint
35 7/16 x 35 7/16 x 2 inches (90 x 90 x 5 cm)
JDa-19.62
Jose Dávila was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1974. For over a decade, Dávila’s practice has explored spatial occupation and the transitory nature of physical structures. Drawing on his formal training as an architect, Dávila creates sculptural installations and photographic works that simultaneously emulate, critique, and pay homage to 20th century avant-garde art and architecture. Referencing artists and architects from Luis Barragán and Mathias Goeritz to Donald Judd, Dávila’s work investigates how the modernist movement has been translated, appropriated, and reinvented.
Dávila’s work is in the permanent collection of numerous institutions including, the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City, Mexico; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil; Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York; the Zabludowicz Collection, London, Great Britain; and the Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg. Dávila was the winner of the 2014 EFG ArtNexus Latin America Art Award, has been the recipient of support from the Andy Warhol Foundation, a Kunstwerke residency in Berlin, and the National Grant for young artists by the Mexican Arts Council (FONCA) in 2000. The Getty Foundation has recently awarded the Los Angeles Nomadic Division a grant to develop a mid-career survey of Dávila’s work.
Jose Dávila lives and works in Guadalajara, Mexico.
SCAD President Paula Wallace Interviews Artist Jose Dávila, Savannah College of Art and Design, March 3, 2017
"The Stranger, The Stranger and The Stranger" by Jose Dávila, Nowness, May 27, 2014