Artist Daniel Lezama, Mexico’s provocateur
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Reed Johnson of the Los Angeles Times pays a visit to a solo art exhibition in Mexico City by painter Daniel Lezama. He writes:
Which adjective best fits the work of painter Daniel Lezama? Alluring? Repellent? Classical? Irreverent? Misunderstood? While critics extol his daring and originality, Lezama, 40, makes certain gallery owners squeamish and collectors nervous. His typically large-scale works are imposing in their size and complexity, startling in their frank depictions of frequently nude, mainly working-class Mexicans (including children) engaged in activities that are simultaneously violent and sordid, touching and tender.
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City