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Threading Glass

Current exhibition
April 9 - May 31, 2025 San Antonio
Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Nopalero, 2023
Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Nopalero, 2023
Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Nopalero, 2023

Einar and Jamex de la Torre

Nopalero, 2023
Blown glass and mixed media
12 x 9 x 9 in
30.5 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Virgen Nopalera, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Virgen Nopalera, 2023
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Virgen Nopalera, 2023
In conjunction with the imagery of the Latin Exoskeleton series, Nopalero is a glass-blown sculpture made to represent a luchador constructed from a nopal cactus. The brothers describe this Nopalero...
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In conjunction with the imagery of the Latin Exoskeleton series, Nopalero is a glass-blown sculpture made to represent a luchador constructed from a nopal cactus. The brothers describe this Nopalero as possibly being “a rudo (rude), rather than a técnico (technical),” fighter, referencing luchador terms describing the trope of a ‘villain’ versus the ‘good’ wrestler. This Nopalero is seen with flowers growing from his battered body, contrasting to his ‘tough guy’ façade, standing upon a large resin casting of plastic lemons.
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Exhibitions

Threading Glass: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX, 2025
Upward Mobility, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; curators: René Paul Barilleaux, and Lauren Thompson, 2024

Literature

Fauerso, Neil, “A Strange Nightmare: the de la Torre Brothers’ Upward Mobility.” Glasstire, May 11, 2024 (illustrated)
Romo, Ricardo, “The de la Torre Brothers Exhibition Upward Mobility Breaks New Creative Ground.” Substack, March 6, 2024 (illustrated)
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