Franco Mondini-Ruiz
Country of Origin: Mexico/Italy
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Baby Mojado, 2007
Found, altered materials
NFS
Courtesy of Frederieke Taylor gallery
Ms Butterworth, 2009
Found and altered materials
NFS
Courtesy of Kati Fishbein
Muffin Man, 2008
Found and altered materials
NFS
Courtesy of Frederieke Taylor gallery
Desde que abandonó una carrera como un abogado exitoso en San Antonio, Franco Mondini Ruiz se ha dedicado completamente al hacer del arte. Reconociendo su identificación como un latino asimilado y manteniendo conexiones a través de fronteras étnicas Mondini Ruiz—por sus colecciones de figurillas y viandas—crea objetos culturalmente ricos que comparten narrativas históricas, étnicas, sexuales y religiosas y establecen una confluencia de mundos que reflejan el uno al otro para siempre.
Since abandoning a career as a successful lawyer in San Antonio, Franco Mondini Ruiz has devoted himself full-time to the making of art. Acknowledging his identification as an assimilated Latino and maintaining connections across ethnic boundaries Mondini Ruiz—through his assemblages of figurines and victuals—creates culturally rich objects sharing historical, ethnic, sexual, and religious narratives and setting up a confluence of worlds mirroring one another into infinity.
Miss Muffin, 2008
Found and altered materials
NFS
Courtesy of Frederieke Taylor gallery
Photo: Courtesy of Frederieke Taylor Gallery