A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
"...garcia’s work is shaped by a rich and eclectic array of influences, from Mexican handcraft traditions passed down by his grandmother to a DIY sensibility shaped by his Bay Area upbringing. His practice also incorporates techniques learned through YouTube tutorials and global travel. He often weaves in symbols from Mexican folktales and colloquialisms, queer subcultures, and transitional architectural forms like portals, windows, and curtains. Through this layered approach, garcia challenges social and cultural hierarchies, particularly those tied to gendered and racialized labor, while rejecting fixed definitions of existence or identity.
His material vocabulary is unconventional. It includes copper wire, cast metals, glass, clay, horsehair, seashells, leather, onyx, volcanic rock, and in one instance, even a dried pig’s ear, which are crocheted, knotted, woven, or cast into works that are simultaneously vulnerable and resistant, soft and hard, pliable and immobile..."
