Francisco Diaz + Deb Young: The Lost Boys

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Francisco Diaz and Deb Young, "Lost Boys," 2018

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Artist Reception: Thursday, March 16th, 2018. 6 PM – 8 PM

The International Collaboration Project Artists Francisco Diaz and Deb Young are pleased to announce representation by Z Gallery Arts, Vancouver British Columbia. Vancouver B.C. gallery is home base for founder Zohra Bonnis who notes “The International Collaboration Project Artists Francisco Diaz and Deb Young will be represented by Z Gallery Arts. I love their work because it is an exquisite example of conceptual artists telling a story by “painting” with photography. The Artists build their ‘canvas’ with random photographs they shoot and then combine them to create a story from an initial concept sprinkled with symbols, mystery and insight. The result is magical!. The work is striking, incredibly beautiful and provocative at the same time. Z Gallery will have exclusive rights to sell The Lost Boys series which will have its first worldwide showing during the Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver BC from March 16th, 2018 through April 2018. 

Artist Francisco Diaz and Deb Young comment, “We’re very excited to be working with Zohra Bonnis and Z Gallery Arts. Zohra will be the first to exhibit our Lost Boys series. We’ve been working on this photomontage series for some time and it continues our interest in how childhood speaks so profoundly on who we are as adults. Just as our Playground Series explores the interaction of childhood play in a metaphorical fashion, The Lost Boys explores childhood and adolescent clustering where the group behaves as a single system in order to improve their performance and changes in their environment. It is a metaphorical look at collectivism vs. individualism.”

About The Lost Boys:

Set within an unknown time, The Lost Boys series presents an undercurrent of tension in a seemingly unruly world that is juxtaposed with signs of confidence and curiosity. Looking through the multi-layered dynamics of what it means to be an adolescent in a group, this series is also a metaphor for that inner/ outer journey of humankind experiencing transition. What becomes clear is that the journey into new territory can ignite primitive instincts when we’re pushed to the edge. The artists imbue this series with the importance of transformation through self-reliance.

Diaz + Young believe that art is about conceptualizing an idea that can influence viewers and help raise the level of their understanding. Through these narrative photomontages, they present fiction as really creating a visual dialogue that encourages both internal investigation and social discussion.