The Game of the Ideal

In “The Game of the Ideal” by César Aragón, the most subtle physical differences uphold an androgynous dialogue which is a sexual complement to the face of the other. Without her, he isn’t quite himself and without him, she is a hollow image, with no reflection. In this game of dualities and dependencies, the footprint of the other is a mirror that’s as metaphysical as it is sarcastic, reflecting a parasitic ideal. Each face has a thoughtful expression in which the gaze plays with looking at the spectator but is engrossed in the opacity of its own iris, absorbed in the utter darkness of looking within. The sobriety and coldness of that gesture drastically contrasts with the archaic innocence of each stroke. Representing the paradigm of the ideal happy, heterosexual couple with irony, César Aragón delivers, through his drawings, a delicate slap in the face to the oppressive archetype of Adam and Eve.

Foward by Alejandra Toledo

By César Aragón
Submitted 5.15.09