Tierra y Que is pleased to announce Todo el tiempo que sea necesario, a solo exhibition by Joaquín Segura, curated by Atomic Culture. Segura is one of our represented artists and is widely recognized as one of the leading Mexican artists of his generation. This exhibition draws its title from a poignant moment in a 1987 speech by Fidel Castro, where Castro’s response to an unscripted question—“We might need to work for some time”—was met with the resolute affirmation, “as long as it takes / todo el tiempo que sea necesario.”
Segura’s work delves into the fragility of materiality and its relationship with ideological systems, particularly radical politics. The exhibition features paintings from a recent series, a site-specific iteration of Segura’s renowned bullet works, and an unseen body of work specifically conceived for the show.
Joaquin Segura is a visual artist who lives and works in Mexico City. His artistic practice is centered on meditations on the phenomenology of history, power, and truth, engaging with notions such as sociopolitical microclimates, asymmetrical narratives, and ideology. His recent works address the ontological meaning of political extremism, language, and radical thought, emphasizing its materialities.
He is currently working on his first artist monograph, a bilingual survey of over twenty years of uninterrupted artistic practice featuring commissioned texts from renowned international authors. It is expected to be published within the first quarter of 2026.
This project was supported by Pequod Con (Mexico City) and Cerámica Suro (Guadalajara).
Joaquín Segura is a fellow at Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte - SNCA / SACPC (Mexico).
September 13, 2024
