May 1, 2008 by M. A. Bello
The current show is a departure for Martin Naarmann (Germany, b. 1946). With these latest prints, he takes on a whole new direction. Gone are the familiar subjects of the last few years — the landscapes, the animals and people of his peculiar world, the still lifes, the social commentaries. [...]
Topics Exhibitions, Naarmann, Martin, arteBELLO onOct 8, 2007 by M. A. Bello
Alfred Hentze: Ceramic Art Tiles and Plates
Alfred Hentze is an emerging artist from Guatemala. He is not really a potter or ceramist in the strict sense of the word, and he has no formal training or background in ceramics. Technically, he is a decorative painter whose canvas happens to be either terra cotta [...]
Oct 1, 2007 by M. A. Bello
PLATOS CHAPINES: RECETAS DE LA COCINA GUATEMALTECA. Dirck Arévalo. Photographs by M. A. Bello. La Antigua Guatemala: crissan45, 2007. 40 pages.
ISBN: none
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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 [...]
Jan 14, 2005 by M. A. Bello
La Antigua Guatemala. Text by M. A. Bello. Watercolor illustrations by N. Clement.
Northampton, MA: arteBELLO, 2005. 32 pages.
ISBN: none
The city of La Antigua Guatemala is many things to different people. To Antigüeños, it is home. The cobblestone streets and architectural ruins are their birthright. They inherit a place semi-frozen [...]
Oct 15, 2003 by M. A. Bello
Roberto González Goyri.
Dennis Leder, Bélgica Rodríguez, William Latham, Ana Lucía González and Miguel A. Bello.
Guatemala City: Editorial Antigua, 2003. 103 pages.
ISBN: 99922-722-2-8.
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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, [...]
Nov 1, 2001 by M. A. Bello
Blanca de Fanjul: Santos
Casa Santo Domingo, La Antigua Guatemala
3-18 November 2001
Blanca de Fanjul is a self-taught mid-career artist from Guatemala. She does not, as a rule, participate in gallery shows, and she paints without any regard to the art market. Many of her works are in private collections, but the general public, for [...]
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 [...]