Sabado Gigante and Pintores de Aztlán: Group Chicano Exhibitions
Patricia Correia Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave., E-2
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Dates: June 28- August 20, 2008
Patricia Correia Gallery is proud to present Sábado Gigante and Pintores de Aztlán, two group exhibitions featuring Chicano & Chicana artists.
These two exhibitions are a culmination of a five-year project were Patricia Correia Gallery focused on working exclusively with Chicano & Chicana artists. Many of the artists represented by the gallery during this project participated in the founding of the Chicano Art Movement which has been evolving over the last 40 years. These visual artists have participated in public artworks, grants, art biennials, gallery and museum exhibitions, and are part of museum collections, both nationally and internationally.
PINTORES DE AZTLÁN
The original Pintores de Aztlán exhibition, held in La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain in 2007 and curated by Mireia Sentis, comprised of over 50 artworks from Frank Romero, Carlos Álmaraz, Wayne Healy, Chaz Bojórquez, John Váladez, Patssi Valdez, Adán Hernández, George Yepes, and David Flury. La Casa Encendida, along with Patricia Correia Gallery, worked on the project for over two years, with the goal of introducing the Chicano Art Movement to Europe. Patricia Correia Gallery will be displaying an abridged adaptation of the initial exhibit.
SÁBADO GIGANTE
Like its namesake, a Spanish-language variety show broadcasted throughout Latin America, Sábado Gigante brings together an eclectic mix of artists, whose works range from conceptual to traditional painting. Sábado Gigante showcases works by the following artists: Connie Arismendi • Judy Baca • David Botello • Bárbara Carrasco • Roberto Gutierrez • Ester Hernández • Robert Hernández • Pola López • José Lozano • César Martinez • Delilah Montoya • José Orozco • Chuy Rangel • Isis Rodriguez • Leigh Salgado • Eloy Torrez • Consuelo J. Underwood • Linda Vallejo • Kathy Vargas • Antonio Vigil
As of September 2008, Patricia Correia Gallery will refocus on working full time with contemporary artists while retaining selected Chicano artists.
For more information contact Gabriela M. Corchado @ 310.264.1760 or e-mail correia@earthlink.net.
"Black Mirror/Espejo Negro: A Museum Installation" by Pedro Lasch
Nasher Museum of Art
Duke University Central Campus
2001 Campus Dr
Durham, NC 27705
Dates: May 22, 2008- January 19, 200
This large-scale installation by artist Pedro Lasch incorporates his sculpture with more than a dozen works from the Nasher Museum's permanent collection. The museum commissioned the work to accompany "El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III" and also in anticipation of the upcoming exhibition "Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City" in spring of 2009. With "Black Mirror/Espejo Negro" Lasch brings his own poetic and aesthetic reflections to the museum's pre-Columbian collection, one of the most important of its kind in the world.
Lasch teaches art and art theory in Duke's Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies. He was born and raised in Mexico City and has been based in New York and North Carolina since 1994.
For more information, contact 919-684-5135.
Lecture/Interview: David Zamora Casas
San Antonio Museum of Art
200 West Jones Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78215
Date: July 29, 2008, 6:30pm
For Contemporary Art Month, the Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art David S. Rubin will once again interview artists from the collection before an audience.
The conversations will take place in the SAMA auditorium on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm throughout July. Admission is free every Tuesday from 4 to 9 pm as part of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation Free Tuesdays program.
The schedule is:
July 8 – Bettie Ward (following this conversation, a book signing for the recently published Art at Our Doorstep will take place)
July 15 – Vernon Fisher
July 22 – Andrew Young
July 29 – David Zamora Casas
For additional information, visit www.samuseum.org/about/newsdetail.php?id=34.
A Declaration of Immigration
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St.
Chicago, IL 60608
Exhibition Dates: June 4- Sept. 7, 2008
Hours: Tues-Sun 10am-5pm
A Declaration of Immigration is an exhibition that depicts many of the experiences and viewpoints within U.S. immigrant communities. The works of over 70 artists will help visitors increase their understanding of this complex issue by providing immigrant perspectives that are seldom included in the national debate. As a vital part of the democratic process, artists and community-based institutions play a critical role in any civic dialogue and struggle for social justice. Immigration is indisputably the foundation upon which this country was built. The National Museum of Mexican Art has a responsibility to take a proactive stance, and provide a platform from which many immigrants can speak out - especially at a time in our history, when once again, countless immigrants are being scapegoated and blamed for many of the nation's problems. This exhibition will launch the Museum's three-year commitment to immigrant-centered programs.
For additional information, visit www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org.
7th Annual Pilsen Together Chamber of Commerce Art Festival
Harrison Park
18th Street and Wood
Chicago, IL 60608
Dates: July 19 - 20, 2008, 11am-7pm
For the past 7 years the Pilsen Together Chamber of Commerce has organized an art auction and art fair to help make exhibiting and buying artwork more accessible to artists and art enthusiasts alike. They continue their tradition with the 7th Annual Pilsen Together Chamber of Commerce Art Festival. In the past the PTCC has brought together artists from the community and around the world. The Pilsen Together Chamber of Commerce Art Festival is a three day event. The festival is kicked off with the art silent auction/gala which is held at the National Museum of Mexican fine Arts (located at 1852 West 19th Street, Chicago, IL). It is then followed by at two day art fair held in Harrison Park (18th and Wood). All of the events are free to the public and are also provided free to the participating artists.
Participating Artists: Chris Campagna, Rosy Torres, Diana Arrieta, Salvador Jimenez, Jorge G. Quintero, Mabel Vilner and many others.
For additional information, contact eo86@yahoo.com.
Rebel Legacy: The Abstract in Latino Art
Pharmaka
101 West 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Exhibition Dates: June 12- July 31, 2008
Reception: June 12, 6-9pm
A show curated by Kathy Gallegos, Director of Avenue 50 Gallery. Participating artists: Linda Arreola, Magda Audifred, Sam Baray, Roberto Delgado, Val Echavarria, CiCi Segura González, Lorenzo Hurtado, Zelman Lara Medina, Ramon Ramírez, Oscar Sanabria.
For additional information, visit www.pharmaka-art.org.
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90036
Dates: April 6 - Sept. 1, 2008
Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement is the largest exhibition of cutting-edge Chicano art ever presented at LACMA. Chicano art, traditionally described as work created by Americans of Mexican descent, was established as a politically and culturally inspired movement during the counterculture revolutions of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This exhibition explores the more experimental tendencies within the Chicano art movement—ones oriented less toward painting and declarative polemical assertion than toward conceptual art, performance, film, photo- and media-based art, and "stealthy" artistic interventions in urban spaces. The exhibition includes approximately 125 works in all media, including painting and sculpture as well as installation, conceptual, video, performance art, and intermedia works that incorporate film, digital, and sound art. Artists featured are photographer Christina Fernández, who documents the poetic and "phantom" in the urban landscape; Mario Ybarra Jr., who creates performances, site-specific installations and intermedia works; the “intermedia synaesthesia” of the seminal conceptual art group Asco; and the New York-based artist Nicola López, who creates dramatic installations with drawings that extend from the wall into the gallery.
For additional information, visit www.lacma.org.
Chupacabras! Artists Reinterpret the Myth
The National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Dates: January 25 - July 20, 2008
The legend of the Chupacabras has penetrated the Latino and American myth/reality landscape for almost two decades. In this exhibition, Chicago artists re-explore the lasting impact that the Chupacabra sightings have had on the Latin American and North American psyche.
Participating Artists: Judithe Hernández, Luis de la Torre, Patricia Acosta, Cirilo Esquivel, Ricardo Gonzales, Salvador Jiménez, Miguel Cortez, Juan Compean, Ricardo Compean, and Antonio Pazaran
For additional information, contact judithe@jhnartestudio.com.
Con La Tinta de Mi Sangre: Arthur López
Parks Gallery
127 Bent Street
Taos, NM-87571
Exhibition Dates : June 14 - July 07 2008
Opening Reception: June 14, 2008, 5pm
The young Santa Fe santero has created new ways to depict traditional saints and holy figures. His bultos include nontraditional images that address contemporary issues and explore Hispanic folklore.
For more information contact Steve Parks at 505.751.0343.