Daniel Guzmán & Mónica de la Torre

A conversation about how their work responds to art, writing and popular culture at large.

Our guest, Mónica de la Torre is the author of six books of poetry. Her most recent publication, Repetition Nineteen, centers on experimental translation. She has published several books in Mexico, including Taller de Taquimecanografía, written in conjunction with the eponymous artists' collective she co-founded. She writes about art, and has translated works primarily from Spanish to English. She teaches at Brooklyn College.

Daniel Guzmán is a voracious reader and incurable music lover. He digests, absorbs and recombines musical and literary references at his own discretion. His work is marked by an almost autobiographical sincerity. Comics and cartoons, song lyrics, Pre-Hispanic iconography and sensational press clippings –residues of the artist’s daily life in Mexico City and, more recently, in Guadalajara– combine and reconfigure as part of his visual vocabulary. 

FUTURE DIALOGUES, a series of conversations between artists and creatives organized and hosted by kurimanzutto and supported by Casa Dragones.