GROWING INWARDS AND OUTWARDS WITHOUT A CLEAR PATTERN BY AITOR GONZÁLEZ
GROWING INWARDS AND OUTWARDS WITHOUT A CLEAR PATTERN
by AITOR GONZÁLEZ
with an essay by ANASTASIIA FEDOROVA
£35.00
The book focuses on the medium of drawing which is integral to the artist’s practice. Drawings relate to our very first experiences of making art: the first childhood notebook, inks and pencils. Drawings rely both on collective memory and individual perception: the objects and creatures they depict grow into many forms and awaken different things in different viewers. Across the series of drawings, shared emotions arise: joy, sadness, longing. We are used to seeing these as something simple, the primary colours of existence – yet each carries a complex imprint of who we are. The drawings in the book reflect on the experience of growing up as a queer person of colour in a predominantly white environment and explore the themes of family, memory, belonging, immigration, queerness, desire, non-linear narratives and hybrid identities.
Aitor González is a London-based artist of Quechua and Spanish descent. Growing up in Valencia in the southeast of Spain, he was exposed to the duality of cultures from an early age: Quechua Peruvian on his mother’s side, and Spanish on his father’s. Existing as a queer person of colour in a predominantly white, Catholic environment had a powerful impact on González’s artistic perspective. A sense of alienation and difference has played a big part in his work, as much as the intricacies of cultural heritage not always visible to the Western gaze.
Published in June 2022
First Edition
Format: Softback
Illustrations: 35 colour illustrations
Pages: 88 pages
Dimensions: 16×22 cm
ISBN: 978-1-9163310-4-4
GROWING INWARDS AND OUTWARDS WITHOUT A CLEAR PATTERN
by AITOR GONZÁLEZ
with an essay by ANASTASIIA FEDOROVA
£35.00
The book focuses on the medium of drawing which is integral to the artist’s practice. Drawings relate to our very first experiences of making art: the first childhood notebook, inks and pencils. Drawings rely both on collective memory and individual perception: the objects and creatures they depict grow into many forms and awaken different things in different viewers. Across the series of drawings, shared emotions arise: joy, sadness, longing. We are used to seeing these as something simple, the primary colours of existence – yet each carries a complex imprint of who we are. The drawings in the book reflect on the experience of growing up as a queer person of colour in a predominantly white environment and explore the themes of family, memory, belonging, immigration, queerness, desire, non-linear narratives and hybrid identities.
Aitor González is a London-based artist of Quechua and Spanish descent. Growing up in Valencia in the southeast of Spain, he was exposed to the duality of cultures from an early age: Quechua Peruvian on his mother’s side, and Spanish on his father’s. Existing as a queer person of colour in a predominantly white, Catholic environment had a powerful impact on González’s artistic perspective. A sense of alienation and difference has played a big part in his work, as much as the intricacies of cultural heritage not always visible to the Western gaze.
Published in June 2022
First Edition
Format: Softback
Illustrations: 35 colour illustrations
Pages: 88 pages
Dimensions: 16×22 cm
ISBN: 978-1-9163310-4-4
GROWING INWARDS AND OUTWARDS WITHOUT A CLEAR PATTERN
by AITOR GONZÁLEZ
with an essay by ANASTASIIA FEDOROVA
£35.00
The book focuses on the medium of drawing which is integral to the artist’s practice. Drawings relate to our very first experiences of making art: the first childhood notebook, inks and pencils. Drawings rely both on collective memory and individual perception: the objects and creatures they depict grow into many forms and awaken different things in different viewers. Across the series of drawings, shared emotions arise: joy, sadness, longing. We are used to seeing these as something simple, the primary colours of existence – yet each carries a complex imprint of who we are. The drawings in the book reflect on the experience of growing up as a queer person of colour in a predominantly white environment and explore the themes of family, memory, belonging, immigration, queerness, desire, non-linear narratives and hybrid identities.
Aitor González is a London-based artist of Quechua and Spanish descent. Growing up in Valencia in the southeast of Spain, he was exposed to the duality of cultures from an early age: Quechua Peruvian on his mother’s side, and Spanish on his father’s. Existing as a queer person of colour in a predominantly white, Catholic environment had a powerful impact on González’s artistic perspective. A sense of alienation and difference has played a big part in his work, as much as the intricacies of cultural heritage not always visible to the Western gaze.
Published in June 2022
First Edition
Format: Softback
Illustrations: 35 colour illustrations
Pages: 88 pages
Dimensions: 16×22 cm
ISBN: 978-1-9163310-4-4