MARION FRIEDMANN GALLERY CO-LAUNCHES ‘FACTORÍA DE NADA’ IN MEXICO CITY, together with Galeria Errante and Al Ratito Studio.
4-15 February 2025 / & extended untIl mid May 2025
FACTORÍA DE NADA / FACTORY OF NOTHING
‘Where the void gives place to imagination’
Prepare to step into the unexpected. FACTORÍA DE NADA, a new art and design showcase lauhcned during art week 2025 in Mexico City, invites you to explore the paradoxes of creation, consumption, and meaning. this exhibition brought together an eclectic lineup of around 50 artists, designers and performers, who turned “nothing” into something extraordinary.
A SPACE FOR EVERYTHING AND NOTHING:
Curated and presented by Galería Errante (Mexico City), Al Ratito Studio (Mexico City, Los Angeles) and Marion Friedmann Gallery (London, Mexico City), FACTORÍA DE NADA is more than an exhibition; it’s a conversation about what matters in art and design. The title itself—“Factory of Nothing”—is a playful critique of overproduction and materialism, highlighting the beauty of imperfection, the power of absurdity, and the elegance of the unnecessary. All this within the walls of a vast industrial factory that gave home to our creative line-up.
’FACTORÍA DE NADA’ took over an old textile factory (ZANYA) in the historic Azcapozalco district of Mexico City and transformed this historic and charming location into an art and design spectacle.
FACTORÍA DE NADA invites you into a space of creative potential, where the absence of purpose and material production becomes a canvas for imagination. Once a textile factory—an emblem of industry and repetition—this space now transforms into a site of unbridled exploration. Here, ‘nothingness’ is not a void to be feared but a fertile ground for reinvention. The artworks in this exhibition draw from this wellspring of possibility, challenging us to embrace the unknown and reimagine our own notions of meaning and creation.
THE SHOW 2025 - SNAPSHOTS FROM OUR FIRST EDITION
SEE YOU THERE IN 2026 for our second edition during Mexico City Art Week
Pieces by MARION FRIEDMANN GALLERY
BRONZE SCULPTURE by EMILIO FLORES, Mexico
TÚNEL ONDULADO
SIZE: 20 x 20 x 20 cm
MATERIAL: bronze, lost-wax casting, red patina finish
EDITION: 5 + 2AP
MONTAÑA HUECA
SIZE: 20 x 20 x 20 cm
MATERIAL: bronze, lost-wax casting, gold patina finish
EDITION: 5 + 2AP
AVE DE PRESA
SIZE: 40 x 40 x 40 cm / 16x16x16 in, 30 kg
MATERIAL: bronze, lost-wax casting, green patina finish
EDITION: 5 + 2AP
TÚNEL DE PARED PARALELA
SIZE: 20 x 20 x 20 cm
MATERIAL: bronze, lost-wax casting, black/green patina finish
EDITION: 5 + 2AP
ESTRELA DE TÚNEL
SIZE: 20 x 20 x 20 cm
MATERIAL: bronze, lost-wax casting, green patina finish
EDITION: 5 + 2AP
ABERTURA DE QUATRO PICOS
SIZE: 20 x 20 x 20 cm
MATERIAL: bronze, lost-wax casting, green patina finish
EDITION: 5 + 2AP
LIGHTS by THIERRY JEANNOT, 2025
WHITE CRESCENTIA
SIZE: L: 200 cm ( 124cm to top of shades) X W: 118 // L: 78.74 in x (48.82 in to the top of the shades) x W: 46.46 in
MATERIAL: 10 articulated lights, handcrafted patinated bronze connexions, painted coated aluminum shades
SATELITE SCONCES
SCONCES: SIZES: H: 45-65 cm x W: 14-17 cm D: 9 cm // H: 17.71” - 25.59” x W: 5.51” - 6.69” x D: 3.54”
MATERIAL: re-cycled plastic bottles, perspex, aluminium, steel
RETABLO - WALL MURAL - LIGHT INSTALLATION
SIZE (as in image): 160 x 160 x 20 cm // 63” x 63” x 7.87”
MATERIALS: bent stainless steel, PET plastic, aluminium, perspex, vintage glass, led-lights
DISTORTION CHANDELIER
SIZE: 90 x 50 x 50 cm // 35.43” x 19.68” x 19.68”
MATERIALS: recycled, repurposed, up-cycled PET plastic bottle waste, perspex, metals
UNIQUE PIECE
TEOTL - TABLE LAMP
SIZE: H: 43 cm x W: 40 cm x D: 40 cm // H: 16.92” x W: 15.74” x D: 15.74”
MATERIAL: recycled, repurposed, up-cycled PET plastic bottles, perspex, metals
JULIO MARTíNEZ BARNETCHE - FURNITURE
‘CUMULAR(IA)’ -
by LUISA RESTREPO, Mexico, 2024
SIZE: 70 x 160 x 4cm //27.56 in x 62.99 in x 1.57 in
MATERIAL: Fused, water jet cut and sandblasted glass
UNIQUE PIECES
CUMULAR(IA), is a wall installation made of recycled glass, repurposed from the remnants of another artwork creation by Columbian-Mexican glass artist Luisa Restrepo. She transformes these discarded leftovers into a beautiful piece, giving new life to what was once considered waste.
By lifting debris from past into future possibilities, the work is a journey through memory and material development, in a parallel story, that connects the act of making the first (principal) piece with the surprise and wonder of another artwork emerging.
WORK BY LAS ÁNIMAS, Spain
ANACRONOS - WALL LIGHT SCULPTURE
SIZE: 95 x 45 x 25 cm // 37.4" x 17.71" x 9.84"
MATERIAL: epoxy resin, handmolded, lost mold technique
INVO MASKS - WALL pieces
SIZES approx:: L: 53 cm W: 53 cm H: 2.5 cm // L: 20.8" W: 20.8" H: 1”
MATERIAL: handtufted acrylic wool, wood backing. Signed
UNIQUE PIECES
ECCO
SIZE: 142 x 85 x 2.5 cm // 55.9" x 33.46" x 0.98"
MATERIAL: hand-tufted acrylic wool, wood
ALESSANDRA PASQUA, MOONWALK VASES & MOONCRATER TABLE
SIZE: 19.5 x 7 x H: 25 // 7.67” x 2.75” x H: 9.84”
MATERIAL:
MW01 & MW02 - Cast aluminium (100% recycled)
MW 03 - MW06 - Cast bronze (80% recycled)
WEIGHT: Aluminum Vases - 1,5 kg // Bronze Vases - 4 kg
EDITION: open numbered edition, signed
‘SEDA/SILK’ - WALLPIECE by NOEMi KISS
‘TORO G10’ TABLE, by Pedro Cerisola
SIZE: L: 340 cm W: 237 cm // L: 13.85" W: 93.3"
MATERIAL: overpainted, salvaged, oriental-style rug, hand-knotted. The original rug is a ‘Kerman’ / ‘Kirman’, in Louis XVI style french design, approximately from the 1930ies.
SIZE: D 130 x H 35 cm // D 51 x H 13.8 in
MATERIAL: Tzalam wood