Special Lot | Mezcalera al Cielo #5 by De la Torre Brothers
Special Lot supporting the Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Curatorial Fund
This piece has been donated by the artist in support of the Tomás Ybarra-Frausto Curatorial Fund which supports exhibitions and the professionalization of curators in the field.
Starting Price: $2,000
De la Torre Brothers
Mezcalera al Cielo #5, 2025
12 x 7 x 6 in.
Blown glass work
About the Work
Signed underneath, 'de la Torre 2025' this glass work is an original mezcal bottle/sculpture.
About the Artist
Collaborating brothers, Einar and Jamex De La Torre were born in Guadalajara, México, 1963, & 1960. In a sudden family move, the brothers moved to the United States in 1972, going from a traditional Catholic school to a small California beach town. They both attended California State University at Long Beach. Jamex received a BFA in Sculpture in 1983 while Einar decided against the utility of an art degree. Currently the brothers live and work on both sides of the border, the Guadalupe Valley in Baja California, México, and San Diego, California. The complexities of the immigrant experience and contradicting bicultural identities, as well as their current life and practice on both sides of the border, inform their narrative and aesthetics.