Jorge A. Jiménez Jr: Por la Mano
Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building B3, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tomorrow, September 6 at 4:00 PM 6:00 PM
Ends Oct 4, 2025
A consummate maker and first generation Mexican-American, Jorge A. Jiménez Jr. creates dynamic ceramic installations that function as open-ended self-portraits exploring individual identity and systems of belonging. In his debut solo exhibition at Craig Krull Gallery, Jiménez Jr. makes visceral offerings: his clay likeness holds flowers; an anatomical heart blooms with a marigold; and a pair of lungs seems to grow roses. Bodies seem to have turned inside-out, revealing their delicate pieces and tender interiors. All together, these modular portraits are ofrendas, fluid altars to selves past, present, and future.