Zénith-Nadir

2017
JESUS CASTRO ROSAS

This poster was part of the exhibition Mémoire de l’avenir (2022): an urban poster exhibition representing the works of established and emerging artists. 

This project was born from a desire to create connections between different generations of Quebec artists.

The exhibition, curated by Caroline Douville, was made up of 3 pairs, each comprising an emerging artist and an established artist. These encounters allow us to immerse ourselves in Quebec art, in our everyday lives, and to reflect on the progression of certain themes in today's artistic imagination.             

From July to September 2022, these posters were exhibited in the streets of Montréal · Tiohtià:ke on Publicité Sauvage’s palisades

The zenith is the highest point above our head and the nadir is the lowest below our feet; hence the title of the sculpture by Jesus Castro Rosas, Zénith-Nadir. In this work, we can observe a form of humanoid head, placed on the ground, facing the sky, a bit like at the intersection of the zenith and the nadir. That’s precisely why the artist has focused on the alloy between several materials, sometimes delicate, sometimes raw. This work is the result of a mixture of clay, recycled metals, plaster and water: a complex amalgam designed somewhat at random. This experimentation reflects the artist's questions on the divergence between ways of thinking and visions of the world. Having lived in Mexico until he immigrated to Quebec in his mid-twenties, Jesus draws his inspiration mainly from his paradoxical life between the south and the north. 

Poster dimensions: 24 × 36”. Paper: matte, 189 g/m², acid-free.
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