Bernadette Corporation and Milagros Rojas explore 'blob' aesthetics in Mexico City exhibitions

Two exhibitions in Mexico City during early 2021 explored the concept of 'blobs' as alternatives to traditional language and form. Bernadette Corporation presented 'I Accept' at House of Gaga from February 25 to April 3, featuring posters with photographs of model Meetka Otto alongside cryptic text. The show referenced the collective's history of identity dissolution through works like the 2002 film 'Get Rid of Yourself' and the 2004 novel 'Reena Spaulings'. Milagros Rojas exhibited 'Que el día se convierta en noche' at Salón Silicón from March 11 to April 3, displaying tie-dyed fabric canvases with stitched black blobs she described as a 'mutant alphabet'. Both artists engaged with poststructuralist critiques of language, referencing thinkers like Jacques Derrida and Rosalind Krauss. The exhibitions emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, which the article suggests intensified atomization through digital communication bubbles. Bernadette Corporation's posters included deliberately omitted words like 'quarantine', 'COVID', and '5G', while presenting Otto as an embodiment of the blob concept. Rojas, an Argentinian-born artist based in Mexico City, created more defined blob shapes she considered attempts at new material communication. The article positions these works against decades of discourse-oriented political art in Mexican contemporary art, suggesting a generational shift toward wariness of language as material.