Fundación Amparo y Manuel presents the exhibition Penny Goring: Unloving Love / El desamor del amor, curated by Laura Smith (London, United Kingdom), in collaboration with the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso.This is the first solo exhibition in Mexico of the artist Penny Goring (b. 1962, London, United Kingdom), who is part of the AMMA Collection.
Goring uses her art as a means to process personal trauma, experiences of violence, grief, fear, and helplessness. Her work focuses on exploring semi-autobiographical narratives that address austerity, misogyny, discrimination, and control, reflecting a contemporary condition in which violence is structural and commonplace.
The artist works freely across media such as painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture, using inexpensive materials like ballpoint pens, fabric, food coloring, and free programs such as Microsoft Paint. The main themes of her work revolve around the female form—often distorted and fragmented—and her life-size doll sculptures, which function as self-portraits. These pieces express extreme emotional states and offer protective qualities against the impact of everyday violence. Additionally, her work serves as an intimately honest record of the United Kingdom’s austerity policies and the cycle of despair produced by systemic neglect.
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