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Demián Flores Cortés (Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca; 1971) is a contemporary Mexican artist who works in multiple media. He has worked in graphic arts, painting, serigraphy and more producing work which often mixes images from his rural childhood home of Juchitán with those related to modern Mexico City. It also often including the mixture of pop culture images with those iconic of Mexico’s past. Much of Flores’ work has been associated with two artists’ workshops he founded in Oaxaca called La Curtiduría and the Taller Gráfica Actual. This work has included events related to the 2006 uprising in Oaxaca and the restoration of an 18th-century church. His work has been exhibited in Mexico City, Europe, Guatemala and Cuba. ==Life== Demián Flores Cortés was born in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca in 1971. He is from a commercial family, with his grandfather owning a large department store in the town’s main square. He spent most of his childhood at this store, fascinated by the images on catalogs.〔 As a young child he was very serious, quiet and observant, keeping so much to himself that his parents once took him to a doctor because they thought there was something wrong. His fascination with images led him to drawing and found himself occupied with this for hours.〔 When he was thirteen his family moved to Mexico City, living at first in the Colonia Navarte neighborhood, later in Villa Coapa.〔 Juchitán is a regional commercial center but culturally very distinct from Mexico City, with its matriarchal society (women hold most of the social and economic power) and its acceptance of gays and transgender people.〔 He calls himself a “Juchilango” which is a combination of “Juchitan” and “chilango,” a slang term for someone from Mexico City. He says his sense of humor came later in his life as a way to deal with contradictions and ironies.〔 He received his bachelor’s in Visual Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, part of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Since then, he has received further training in workshops and residencies in Europe and the United States.〔 He currently resides in the city of Oaxaca, but also spends considerable time in Mexico City and maintains a studio in Juchitán.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Demián Flores」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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