KIRK HOPPER FINE ART

KIRK HOPPER FINE ART // MAY 11 // 7-10PM

Kirk Hopper Fine Art
3008 Commerce Street
Dallas, Texas 75226
214.760.9230
www.kirkhopperfineart.com

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Sergio Garcia
Social
May 11- June 9

Sergio Garcia’ solo exhibition is titled Social which includes Heat, his new series of silk-screen
paints. Garcia uses unorthodox materials such as gunpowder as one of his mediums due
to the word’s connotation in American hip-hop culture -Heat is a street term meaning
“unusual pairs of tennis shoes” as well as real guns. Garcia turns a deadly component
into an artistic part of his creative process.

Sergio's work toys with the viewer’s structural expectations while stimulating curiosity and
recollections. He provides a visual commentary, revealing a world of subjective morality
he challenges and embraces.

In December 2011, the artist had his first solo exhibition in New York City, New York at Frosch
and Portman Gallery. In 2010, four of his pieces were selected to participate in a public
art project organized by the Cannes Film Festival at Cannes, France. Included in the
project was his celebrated U-shaped tricycle, which greeted visitors in the Nice, Cote
D'Azur Airport. Sergio was awarded first prize at the exhibition “Celebrate Texas Art 2010”
in Houston, Texas. John Zarobell, assistant curator of painting and sculpture at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, juried the exhibition.

Garcia states: "I wanted to do an iconic image of my generation. For that, I chose the
Retro Air Jordan shoes. I'm a huge fan and I wore them since I was younger. I still wear
them to this day".