1st Pre-Order
• Shipments begin: November 2025.
As a child I laughed at seeing a man cry.
As a child I dreamed of destroying the sun.
Mexican artist Haniel Fonseca presents his first international book with The Guide Artists. This powerful and provocative volume compiles his pictorial work from the first ten years of his career. It reveals a deeply conceptual and emotionally raw body of painting, offering a vision of art as a migratory body and a tool for social and political reflection.
With a self-taught background marked by institutional rejection and erratic learning, Fonseca turns error into method, collaboration with strangers into performative action, and oil painting into a critical mirror of a complex society. His work blends rawness, irony, and philosophical thought within a striking and emotionally charged aesthetic.
This collector’s edition includes the key series from his career:
México Bárbaro: A critique of gore capitalism in the Mexican context
Castigo de Dios: The abolition of labor as a pictorial concept
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A reflection on the maternal relationship and a phobia of white foods
Vapor de Cleveland: Direct and symbolic representations of our own waste
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: A decadent portrait of privileged classes
No One Knows What a Body That Cannot Can Do: An exploration of the posthuman body
The Sun Came Out Last Night and Sang to Me: The UFO as a symbol of fear toward the foreign body
Fonseca reflects with irony that this book, like his paintings, may have more opportunities than he does to travel, to cross borders, to migrate. Yet on every page, there is a deep desire to transcend physical, emotional, and conceptual boundaries.
Book specifications
9,7 x 12,2 INCH (24.64 x 31.24 CM)
HARDCOVER IMAGEWRAP 224 PAGES HARDCOVER MATT LAMINATION 160 GR Art Paper COVERFLAPS 200 GR HIGH QUALITY, BRIGHT WHITE DUST JACKET (157 GSM)
Shipping
*Orders when outside of the initial Pre Order are printed on demand within 10 to 15 working days.
*Our shipments are safe, with tracking and arrive at destination within 3 to 6 days working days.
Publishing Brand
The Guide Artists ® is a registered trademark
All content is copyright with all rights reserved.
Editor in Chief and Design: Ramón A. Olivares
Published by The Guide Artists © Copyright 2025
Reproduction in whole or in part without the express written permission of the director is prohibited.
Haniel Fonseca© All rights reserved
1st Pre-Order
• Shipments begin: November 2025.
As a child I laughed at seeing a man cry.
As a child I dreamed of destroying the sun.
Mexican artist Haniel Fonseca presents his first international book with The Guide Artists. This powerful and provocative volume compiles his pictorial work from the first ten years of his career. It reveals a deeply conceptual and emotionally raw body of painting, offering a vision of art as a migratory body and a tool for social and political reflection.
With a self-taught background marked by institutional rejection and erratic learning, Fonseca turns error into method, collaboration with strangers into performative action, and oil painting into a critical mirror of a complex society. His work blends rawness, irony, and philosophical thought within a striking and emotionally charged aesthetic.
This collector’s edition includes the key series from his career:
México Bárbaro: A critique of gore capitalism in the Mexican context
Castigo de Dios: The abolition of labor as a pictorial concept
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A reflection on the maternal relationship and a phobia of white foods
Vapor de Cleveland: Direct and symbolic representations of our own waste
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: A decadent portrait of privileged classes
No One Knows What a Body That Cannot Can Do: An exploration of the posthuman body
The Sun Came Out Last Night and Sang to Me: The UFO as a symbol of fear toward the foreign body
Fonseca reflects with irony that this book, like his paintings, may have more opportunities than he does to travel, to cross borders, to migrate. Yet on every page, there is a deep desire to transcend physical, emotional, and conceptual boundaries.
Book specifications
9,7 x 12,2 INCH (24.64 x 31.24 CM)
HARDCOVER IMAGEWRAP 224 PAGES HARDCOVER MATT LAMINATION 160 GR Art Paper COVERFLAPS 200 GR HIGH QUALITY, BRIGHT WHITE DUST JACKET (157 GSM)
Shipping
*Orders when outside of the initial Pre Order are printed on demand within 10 to 15 working days.
*Our shipments are safe, with tracking and arrive at destination within 3 to 6 days working days.
Publishing Brand
The Guide Artists ® is a registered trademark
All content is copyright with all rights reserved.
Editor in Chief and Design: Ramón A. Olivares
Published by The Guide Artists © Copyright 2025
Reproduction in whole or in part without the express written permission of the director is prohibited.
Haniel Fonseca© All rights reserved
