“ . . .b ronze is a mest i zo meta l , a resu l t o f the a l ignment o f copper and t in . I t i s not by chance that Jorge Mar ín takes i t , works i t as the meta l

o f our race, o f our count r y. We were ca l led “ the Race o fBronze” before. Jorge Mar ín ’s a r t o f bronze does not lose th is

Mex ican mean ing, even though he surpasses i t ”    

Carlos Fuentes

Internat ional proposalI n words o f Jorge Mar ín “ In te ract ion is the fundamenta l act ion as an approach to my ar t ” , and loya l to th is idea, Wings o f Mex ico has been the proof o f that b ind ing between ar t and pub l ic , becoming one o f Mex ico C i ty ’s most symbol ic venues. Stand ing fo r the des i re o f the body to f l y , i t represents the capab i l i t y o f f l y ing w i th our mind, go ing beyond one ’s phys ica l capab i l i t ies and inv i t ing us to t ranscend our own l im i ts : a way to escape our phys ica l bound-ar ies. P lay ing w i th pub l ic-space, Wings o f Méx ico have generated an area o f un i ty and mot i -va t ion between ar t and pub l ic .

Winged f igures occupy an impor tant p lace in our symbol ica l un iverse, s tand ing as symbols, not on ly o f the idea o f f l igh t i tse l f , but o f un ion, s t rength, i l l uminat ion and ba lance. The a l le-gor ica l f l igh t o f the human-s ized bronze w ings, as they roam through the wor ld w i l l seem as a w indow that opens in to the b inds that t ie count r ies and peop le, together , reassured by the set t lement o f the w ings on pub l ic spaces.

Star t ing the i r f l igh t on 2015 th is symbol ic p iece nowadays soars th rough As ian sk ies, f i rs t land ing on S ingapore ’s Chang i A i rpor t on Ju ly 1º , the p iece was then housed at Shangha i ’s Long Museum, then depar ted to Hong Kong, where they s tand in the Sta tue Square Gar-dens schedu led to fo l low on Tha i land and Ind ia ; though they are permanent l y exh ib i ted in Ber l in , Te l -Av iv , S ingapore, Los Ange les and, sure ly , Mex ico C i ty . Th is t ranscont inenta l i te ra t ion is owed to the sk i l l fu l co l labora t ion works o f both pub l ic and pr i va te sector , a im ing to create f ra te rna l bounds us ing ar t as a med ium.

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ConceptF l ight is the most common des i re o f mank ind and thus s tands as no surpr ise the genera l revere and awe that w ings and winged f igures insp i re in us: cu l tu ra l para l le l i sms are com-monly found throughout the symbol ic h is tory o f human i ty : f rom winged so la r de i t ies in an-c ient Baby lon to the re l ig ious cu l t o f feathers in Preh ispan ic Mesoamer ica, hav ing o f course a broader impact w i th the Roman-Catho l ic natura l i za t ion o f Ange ls . Desp i te these d i f fe rent representa t ions, w ings share the symbol o f un ion w i th the d iv ine. Wings o fMex ico iso la te the pure symbol o f the w ings denot ing the t ranscu l tu ra l symbol ism of w ings. Par t ing f rom the nahuat l unders tand ing o f w ings and feathers as prec ious, together w i th the i r ma in ar t is t ic concept o f t ranscend ing our own l im i ts , the i r depth o f mean ing broadens as they parade the wor ld. The unders tand ing o f w ings, as a symbol ica l ent i t y is spec ia l l y mean-ing fu l , fo r the pro ject as fo r the ar t is t . They are somet imes regarded as par t o f a dua l i t y , in a baroque representa t ion o f oppos i tes, embody ing the l ink between heaven and ear th, a lso s t rong ly unders tood as symbols o f c reat ion, par t l y due to the human ly-unreachab le he ights where w inged f igures res ide: watch ing the wor ld, v ig i lan tes, vesse ls o f d iv in i t y .

Wings wave as archetypa l dream f igures o f men’s greatest des i re: f l igh t . So le t us dream wi th th is Wings, le t our imag inat ion touch the d iv ine.

Ber l in Permanent installation

Houston Tx. USAIterating exhibit

Mexico Ci tyPermanent installation

Dal las Tx. USAIterating exhibit

I N D E X

It is estimated that Changi International Airport welcomes 54.1 million pas-sengers per year, which motivates to think in the experience of having wings for a moment will go beyond the imaginable borders, adding more people who seeks to be part of this story.

Changi A i rport S ingaporePermanent installation

Long museum at ShanghaiIterating exhibit

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The Art ist

Jorge Mar ín (Mex ico, 1963) . Wi th over 25 years o f a r t is t ic work, he has become one of Mex ico ’s most impor tant contempora ry figura t i ve ar t is ts .

The scu lp tures o f Jorge Mar ín reflect in bronze the in t r ins ic s t rength and force that emanates f rom i ts creat ion and permi ts h im to const ruct dynamic bod ies, fu l l o f movement, wh ich cha l lenge grav i t y and rota te in a space suppor ted on one po in t .

H is work represents the s t rugg le between the co ldness o f bronze and the d iverse emot ions that h is sub ject ’s evoke: the per fect ion o f the equ i l ib r is ts and h is w inged figures has become h is par t icu la r sea l .

Another notab le t ra i t in h is work is the mask, an a t tempt to depersona l i ze h is scu lp tures and thus become another med ium of express ion o f a body that conta ins un iversa l symbols in i tse l f .

Jorge Mar in has par t ic ipated in over 200 exh ib i t ions in Mex ico and around the wor ld, inc lud ing the Un i ted Sta tes, Un i ted K ingdom, Lat in Amer ica and Europe.

He has par t ic ipated in over 200 group and ind iv idua l exh ib i t ions, h is work has been exh ib i ted in ga l le r ies and museums in F rance, Spa in, Por tuga l , Turkey, Germany, Be lg ium, Hungar y, Roman ia, Costa R ica, Panama, E l Sa lvador, Guatemala, Canada, Un i ted Sta tes, Eng land, Russ ia , Be lg ium and Ch ina. Cur rent l y has begun roaming the As ian cont inent that w i l l cu lminate in 2015.

H is Wings, or ig ina l l y d isp layed on Paseo de la Refo rma in Mex ico C i ty, a re par t o f the pro ject ca l led e ight c i t ies e ight cu l tu res; hav ing a l ready ins ta l led as par t o f th is , monumenta l scu lp tures in pub l ic roads in the c i t ies o f : Mex ico, DF , Be r l in , Germany and Te l -Av iv, Is rae l , becoming icon ic re fe rence of h is work.