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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Jan 1, 1998 by M. A. Bello
Museo de Arte Colonial, La Antigua Guatemala
Since its completion in 1768, the University of San Carlos in La Antigua has been in continuous use. Throughout the years, it has served as a church, an elementary school, a municipal theater, an exhibition hall, and as the venue for national and international conferences. It has survived [...]
Sep 1, 1997 by M. A. Bello
J. T. Black: Photographs from the Series Nuevos caminos
J. T. Black is a commercial and fine art photographer who has lived and worked in Central America since 1990. Drawn to the area by his interest in indigenous people, he has extensively photographed the Maya of Guatemala and the Garífuna of Honduras. Black, however, [...]
Jul 1, 1997 by M. A. Bello
Marie-Noëlle Fontan: Textiles de la serie Caminos de Hormigas
La Alianza Francesa, La Antigua Guatemala
julio 1997
El arte textil de Marie-Noëlle Fontan es el resultado de largos paseos por el campo. Las materias primas de su trabajo — semillas, vainas, tallos, hojas, raices, cortezas, plumas de pajaro, chiles — las encuentra a la vuelta de cualquier camino. [...]
Jun 1, 1997 by M. A. Bello
Alfredo García Gil: Paintings from the Series Consumidores
Alfredo García Gil is well known for his beautiful landscapes of La Antigua. However, for some time, he has also painted borrachos (drunks) and consumidores (consumers). He merges these two types in his most recent series of paintings, and he records the daily activities of their [...]