Juxtapoz Magazine – Sofia Enriquez “MUCHO” @ Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles + Obey Clothing Collection

Subliminal Assignments is pleased to existing MUCHO, by Mexican-American visible artist and vogue designer Sofia Enriquez. The exhibition showcases the breadth of Enriquez’s follow together with wonderful artwork, sculpture, bespoke hand-produced installations, and clothes. In partnership with Obey Outfits and in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, the artist will release a new limited T-shirt and a sequence of choose hand-painted merchandise from the Obey Garments line, displayed in a pop-up MUCHO X OBEY shop inside of the exhibition.

Enriquez’s operate investigates her intercultural identity by means of the use of lively distinct symbolism, generating an car- biographical legend that weaves themes of Mexican-catholic iconography, indigenous homage, Spanglish text, fashionable pop-lifestyle references, and female energy. This distinctive fashion has garnered her collaborations with the Coachella and Phase Mentor audio festivals, a customized confined Dickies collection, and a solo exhibition at the Hawaii Condition Artwork Museum, as effectively as several mural projects all over Southern California.

Stemming from a passing comment by her mom, “Mija, porque haces mucho?” (translation: “Mija, why are you undertaking so a great deal?”) the phrase “mucho” resonated and described Enriquez’s insatiable drive to build. As a final result, MUCHO turned a muse, a tag, and a moniker for her upcycled outfits line. The exhibition serves as a survey of MUCHO as a brand and visible expression of Enriquez’s private practical experience as a feminine artist coming from a doing the job-course immigrant household, and what it suggests to obtain accomplishment in the backdrop of checking out her own cultural id.