Dec 9, 2005 by M. A. Bello
Francisco Goya: La Tauromaquia
Casa Santo Domingo, La Antigua Guatemala
December 2005 – March 2006
There has been quite a bit of publicity recently in the local press about a discovery of sorts at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (ENAP) in Guatemala City. A set of prints by the famous Spanish painter-engraver Francisco Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) has [...]
Dec 7, 2001 by M. A. Bello
Devoción del Pueblo: Religious Folk Art of Guatemala
American Bible Society, 1865 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
5 October – 29 December 2001
The Gallery at the headquarters of the American Bible Society in New York seems an unlikely venue for an exhibition of santos from Guatemala. Its major objective is to showcase art with biblical inspiration, [...]
Jul 13, 2001 by M. A. Bello
María José Alvarez and Claudia Gordillo
Instituto Guatemalteco de Cultura Hispánica
Edificio Galerías España, 7a. Avenida 11-63, Zona 9, Guatemala City
5-19 July 2001
Estampas del Caribe Nicaragüense.
María José Alvarez & Claudia Gordillo. Text by María Dolores G. Torres.
Managua: Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua. y Centroamérica, 2000. 159 pages.
ISBN: 99924-0051-X.
The photographs currently on view at the Instituto [...]
Jun 1, 2001 by M. A. Bello
Carlos Valenti: Colección Dr. Manuel Morales
Casa M.I.M.A., 8a. Avenida 14-12, Zona 1, Guatemala City
23 April – 16 June 2001
Carlos Valenti, obra y vida.
Rosina Cazali, General Editor.
Guatemala: Ediciones Dr. Manuel Morales, 2000. 60 pages.
ISBN: none.
Carlos Valenti (1888-1912) is a figure of great mythic proportions in Guatemala. The painter’s friendship with Carlos Mérida and his [...]
Apr 6, 2001 by M. A. Bello
José Carlos Flores: Zonas Adyacentes
Sol del Río, 5ta. Avenida 10-40, Zona 9 and 14 Calle 2-51, Zona 10, Guatemala City
16-31 March 2001
The recent opening of Zonas Adyacentes at Sol del Río’s two locations was in itself an art performance — and certainly the first of its kind in Guatemala. A school bus transported gallery [...]
Nov 24, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Ramón Avila: Una revisión de su presencia artística en Guatemala, 1963-2000
Compañía de Jesús, La Antigua Guatemala
6 October – 31 December 2000
It is difficult to enjoy the current show of Ramón Avila’s work at the Compañía de Jesús in La Antigua. There is simply too much on view.
Avila is well known in Guatemala as a [...]
Oct 13, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Distant Voices IV: Images of the Other America
The Puffin Room, 435 Broome St., New York, NY 10013
10 September – 15 October 2000
Again, there is a show in New York of photographs from Guatemala, and these pictures are not of the pretty kind. Vince Heptig’s images of massacre sites and military personnel document a sad [...]
Aug 3, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Rae Leeth: Bronce y mármol en armonía
El Attico, 4ta. Avenida 15-45, Zona 14, Guatemala City
2 August – 5 September 2000
To the art community in Guatemala City and La Antigua, Rae Leeth may be known affectionately as la escultora americana, but the label can be a somewhat misleading one. Leeth, like Leonora Carrington in Mexico, [...]
Jul 13, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Pietro Casonato: Guatemala ‘98
UMA Gallery, 30 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019
18 May – 14 July 2000
Since the beginning of the year, it has been a good season in New York for photography from Guatemala. Pictures from the archives at CIRMA in La Antigua have been showcased at the Americas Society, and some [...]
Mar 1, 2000 by M. A. Bello
Latin American Still Life: Reflections of Time and Place
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029
10 February – 21 May 2000
Still life painting is certainly nothing new in Western art. Flowers, fruits, books, and musical instruments are commonplace objects in masterpieces by Dutch and Italian artists from the Baroque period. [...]