Parallel Oaxaca presents a selection of works by Nahum B Zenil. Nahum´s imaginery draws a constant reiteration of desire in an intimate conversation with the viewer; his works arise from the tradition of portraiture and are rooted in Mexican popular art.

Nahum ́s social realism comment on a natural-rural queer identities ́ pulse and representation; combining contexts and symbols of his devotional interconnection with mexican rurality, his figuration, the human body and self-portrait act as a substantial axis that guides social, cultural and political wanderings and the identification of homo erotic desire - fluctuating and rooted as a current within the politics of representation.

Nahum B Zenil (1947, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Mexico) Lives and works in Tenango del Aire, Mexico. He graduated in 1964 as a teacher and in 1972 from “La Esmeralda”Academy Mexico City. Together with his partner Gerardo Vilchis they are founders of Tecomate Cultural Centre where more than 60 exhibitions and poetry encounters have been motivated. Solo exhibition include José María Velasco Gallery, Mexico City; Carrillo Gil Museum; the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Marie Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York; The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California; Fine Art Gallery. University of Southern Colorado, among others.