About

Swivel Gallery is thrilled to present Alejandro García Contreras’s first major solo exhibition in the United States, Frágil : El Misterio De Los Seres Sensibles. Mixing contemporary pop culture with Mexican folklore, ancient myths, occultism and religion, Contreras stages a syncretic continuum of cultures and traditions across time and space, as part of his quest to grasp the mystery of the genesis of the Universe, a perpetual catechism that encapsulates all humans throughout their journey.

Born in Chiapas, Mexico, Contreras’s practice is informed by a multilayered narrative, simultaneously …