“Chris’s personal history with the brand dates back to his childhood when he’d see them on his father, who played for the Nicaragua national football team. The senior Mendoza, a close friend of Pele, defined hip for the young artist with his Wayfarers. And nothing much has changed”.

Thanks to Cool Hunting for the info.

Ray-Ban x Chris Mendoza Wayfarer is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Damon Soule – Amused Loon: ”…Soule depicts details from fantastic realms or geometrically abstract environments. Like screen “grabs” from a video game, these small views into otherworldly spaces explode with pattern, virtuosic manipulations of perspective, and lively colors. The carefully cropped details hint at larger dimensions and drama beyond the picture plane, heightening the feeling of optical tension. They also suggest a parallel with “virtual space” and the collective sensation in the Internet Age of worlds just beyond our fingertips.”

Chris Mendoza – Daily Habits: “Comprised of twenty ink-on-handmade paper and carving-on-Masonite works, Daily Habits showcases Mendoza’s signature drawing practice, which builds up intricate images from fine mark-making. Evocative of both Mesoamerican hieroglyphs and Middle-Eastern calligraphy, Mendoza’s compositions have two registers—from a distance, they appear as delicate, lace-like landscapes; up close, they are an astonishing tangle of doodled shapes that resemble medical instruments, precision parts, space ships, radio towers, futuristic automobiles, and other assorted odds and ends of machined technology.”

Thanks to The Art Collectors, who were on hand at the opening for the info.

Damon Soule and Chris Mendoza at Joshua Liner Gallery is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

In the 1980’s his family moved to the Bronx, where Mendoza began to develop a style that combining architectural draftsmanship he learned from his father with the new inspirations of letters, faces, and forms that then covered the subways of New York City. At a young age, he learned drafting and about architecture from his father. This inspiration brought Mendoza to the study of Mayan, Central and Native American Cultures, hieroglyphs, petroglyphs, calligraphies, and alphabets from both ancient and modern cultures which also inform his work. With great dedication he continued his study of world alphabets, color, and movement as well as the work of Matta, Kandinsky,Miro, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Mendoza returned to New York in 2000, where he now lives and works in a range of styles that culminate all the influences of his early development.

Strongly rooted in architectural drawings, machines, and Central and North American Indian art, Mendoza has developed a unique language of spiky, angular symbols that blend the natural and mystical folklore of his childhood with the density and chaos of urban life. His paintings are grounded with descriptive line work that creates a sense of movement and energy. A visual manifestation of the sonic combinations found in early Hip-Hop mix tapes and performances emanate from his surfaces.

Chris Mendoza’s “Daily Habits” Exhibition is a post from: SLAMXHYPE