Débora Delmar

LIBERTY & SECURITY, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX, 2024-25

Museo Jumex

Installation view, Photography by Ramiro Chaves.

Installation view

Gate for Jumex, 2024
Brief: A gate with two lockable doors is to be installed lengthwise across the widest expanse of the gallery space and commissioned from a metal fabrication company previously contracted by the museum. The gate is to be constructed from steel PTR tubular bars, based on a standard design commonly used to secure points of entry in commercial and private properties throughout Mexico City. Following the closing of the exhibition, the gates are to be repurposed by the gallery.

OPEN/CLOSED, 2024
Brief: The gate’s doors are to be opened and closed by museum security guards according to time slots determined by the artist and the museum’s curators, restricting visitor access to sections of the exhibition during designated hours.

Gate for Jumex, 2024
Brief: A gate with two lockable doors is to be installed lengthwise across the widest expanse of the gallery space and commissioned from a metal fabrication company previously contracted by the museum. The gate is to be constructed from steel PTR tubular bars, based on a standard design commonly used to secure points of entry in commercial and private properties throughout Mexico City. Following the closing of the exhibition, the gates are to be repurposed by the gallery.

OPEN/CLOSED, 2024
Brief: The gate’s doors are to be opened and closed by museum security guards according to time slots determined by the artist and the museum’s curators, restricting visitor access to sections of the exhibition during designated hours.

KEYS/ GUARDS, 2024
Two sets of keys to open the gate doors are to be stored in a secure box, remaining locked when not in use. The museum guards are to be
provided with a set of keys for the safety box to open the gate doors during opening times.

OPEN/CLOSED, 2024
Brief: The gate’s doors are to be opened and closed by museum security guards according to time slots determined by the artist and the museum’s curators, restricting visitor access to sections of the exhibition during designated hours.

KEYS (detail), 2024
Brief: Three sets of keys with keychains were purchased by the artist within the premises of Plaza Carso, where the museum is located. Two sets to remain locked inside the security box when not in use. The third is to be given to museum guards to open and lock the gate doors during opening and closing times.

KEYS/ GUARDS, 2024 (detail)
Brief: Three sets of keys with keychains were purchased by the artist within the premises of Plaza Carso, where the museum is located. Two sets to remain locked inside the security box when not in use. The third is to be given to museum guards to open and lock the gate doors during opening and closing times.

Liberty Roses (Black and White), 2024
Brief: A group of Mexican sign painters (rotulista) was commissioned to reproduce an image sourced from Liberty London’s website, featuring Liberty
Fabrics Carline Rose Crepe de Chine in black and white. The six identically painted aluminium panels mounted on PTR frames to be hung
on the largest wall inside the enclosed gallery space.

Liberty Roses (black &white), 2025 (detail)

Guarded View, 2024
Brief: Two full dome security mirrors purchased from one of the Museum's suppliers are to be hung at standard hanging height on opposite walls of the gallery space enclosed by the gate. The mirrors reflecting the exhibition space containing Martin Creed’s Work No: 1051, 2010, composed of thin slabs of different types of marble from around the world, installed permanently as the floor of the basement level of the museum, as well as other works in the exhibition, museum visitors and exhibition guards.

SAFETY, 2024
Brief: A safety box including two sets of keys to open the gate's doors to be hung on the wall opposite Gate for Jumex. Copies of the keys to the safety box were given exclusively to the museum guards; these are to be recognised by a Hello Kitty keychain.

SAFETY, 2024 (detail)
Brief: A safety box including two sets of keys to open the gate's doors to be hung on the wall opposite Gate for Jumex. Copies of the keys to the safety box were given exclusively to the museum guards; these are to be recognised by a Hello Kitty keychain.

SAFETY, 2024 (detail)
Brief: A safety box including two sets of keys to open the gate's doors to be hung on the wall opposite Gate for Jumex. Copies of the keys to the safety box were given exclusively to the museum guards; these are to be recognised by a Hello Kitty keychain.