Octavio Paz. ¿Accesible, o enigmático?…
Octavio Paz. ¿Accesible, o enigmático?…
Lecture
Between conversations and silences, / tongues of rag and ash, / between the reverences, delays, / the infinite hierarchies, / the seats of tedium, / you are born, delight, high serenity. “Delight”. Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz would often contemplate with the intellect’s eye, but also with the heart’s. His fascinating journey through the sea of poetry and essay writing helped unfold in him a type of personality rarely seen, even among those disciples and erudite friends closest to him. From among the various facets of this great poet, stand out his passion for philosophical reflection, his anthropological approaches to understanding “the true nature of things”, the intertextual conversations which took him to absorb from, as well as to enrich, an aesthetic movement as vital as Surrealism was during a great part of the XX Century; and yet…Do we remain with a Paz who allows himself to be caressed in the body and soul of his poems, or with the one who philosophizes enigmatically?
The lecture will be conducted in Spanish
May 14, 2009
Insituto Cervantes
31 W Ohio
Flamenco Class
Flamenco Classes with Edna Uribe
Two Times Per Week
(6 students minimum)
1.5 hours per class. 15 hours – 10 sessions
Mondays and Wednesdays $260
May 4th – June 8th
5.30 – 7pm – Intermediate Flamenco
7.15 – 8.45pm – Initial Flamenco
Instituto Cervantes
31 W. Ohio
312 335 1996
Art Exhibit by Joan Abelló
Art Exhibit by Joan Abelló
The Cervantes Institute of Chicago presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to become acquainted with the pictorial trajectory of painter Joan Abelló, Spain’s most important expressionistic colorist of the 20th century. The importance of Abelló’s achievements, including his masterful and distinguished painting career, his founding of various museums and foundations, and his long term presidency of the Royal Circle of Art of Barcelona, was publicly acknowledged in 2003, when Abelló was awarded the Catalan Government’s medal of highest distinction. This anthological exhibition comprises paintings of all periods, movements and iconographies. It is presented in homage to the artist, who died this past Christmas Day, one day before his 86th birthday. Do not miss it!
5/1 – 7/15
Opening Reception
May 1, 6:00PM
Instituto Cervantes
31 W. Ohio St.
312 335 1996
Validated Parking Available.
SAIC Graduate Exhibition
Sullivan Galleries
May 2-15
Opening reception: Friday, May 1, 8-11pm
SAIC’s Graduate Exhibition features work by the next generation of artists and designers. More than 120 students completing master’s degrees exhibit their work in art and technology studies; ceramics; fiber and material studies; interior architecture; painting and drawing; performance; photography; printmaking; sculpture; and visual communications.
image © Aspen Mays
Sullivan Galleries
SAIC, 33 S State St, 7th FL.
312-629-6635
Tue-Sat 11 am-6 pm
Mexican & Latino Book Fair 2009
“Cultural Diversity in the Americas”
Literature, Art, Education, Culture and Community.
ESCRITORES / Writers
Ana Castillo, Roman Gubern, Margarita Robleda, Leticia Luna, Tere Estrada, Bill Santiago, Michele Serros, Immanuel Ness, Roberto Renteria, Luis Humberto Valadez…
ARTISTAS / Artists
Soid Pastrana, Diana Solis, Hector Duarte, Roberto Ferreyra, Antonio Turok, Olmeca, Tere Estrada, Santiago Behm, Vanessa Garcia Blanca, Laura Crotte y la Molecula Artistica, Aguijon Theatre…
May 13 – 17
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N St. Louis
Free Admission
Book Sales 9am – 7pm
For more information please call 312-563.7254 or 773-823.9901
Call for Art: A Question of Vida y Muerte
Call for Artists 2009 – Harris Gallery
Deadline EXTENDED: September 18, 2009
Exhibition Dates: October 24 – December 18, 2009
Reception: November 6, 2009
Take Down: TBA
Title: A Question of Vida y Muerte
Arte y Vida Chicago and Old Town of School of Folk Music invite Chicago visual artists to submit original work for display in the Harris Gallery at 4544 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL. Exhibit will be curated by Amor Montes de Oca and Alicia Manson.
We are looking for original work that celebrates life, death, and continuum. Of special interest is work that also integrates ideas of family, community, and cultural diversity.
Submission guidelines:
Original work must not exceed 40 inches. Artists working in all traditional and non-traditional genre and media, including drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, mixed media. (Sorry, no video or installation).
Please submit your artwork on our Flickr GROUP Arte y Vida Chicago for review. Submissions must be in jpg format. LIMIT 3 PIECES. Please name your jpgs using your first initial, last name and a number, starting with 1 (i.e. jsmith1.jpg, jsmith2.jpg etc). Please include the title of the piece, dimensions and medium.
Submission fee: $5 per piece. Paypal payment request will be sent upon receiving your submission.
Submission does not ensure that your work will be accepted for inclusion.
Please Note: The artist assumes all risks and responsibilities for damages to the work or to the presentation of materials holding and/or displaying the work.
Eric Garcia Art on Armitage
Eric J. Garcia
May 3 – 30, 2009
WINDOW INSTALLATION:
Eric J. Garcia’s political art has struck Art ON Armitage! The famous window gallery has been transformed into a storefront where window shoppers can see the latest in United States propaganda technology: “Uncle Sam’s White Wash.” Don’t be fooled by the perfectly stacked pyramid of paint cans, this political pigment is the scary reason why the United States is still a world power.
Other works by Eric Garcia can be seen at southvalleyart.com
A R T O N A R M I T A G E
a w i n d o w g a l l e r y
4125 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago 60639
www.artonarmitage.com
Chicago Figurativo
Chicago Figurativo: Prints Selected from the NMMA Permanent Collection
January 18 – May 24, 2009
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 10 to 5 pm
Reception: March 28, 6 – 8 pm
Experience a variety of figurative works by twelve Mexican American artists who have made Chicago their home. The prints chosen represent the inextricable link of identity to the problematic spaces in which these artists live, create and explore. Curated by Andrew Rebatta.
Artists: Rene Arceo, Tomas Bringas, Carlos Cortez, Luis de la Torre, Hector Duarte, Esperanza Gama, Jeff Abbey Maldonado, Eufemio Pulido, Alejandro Romero, Maria Evangelina Soliz, Salvador Vega & Carlos Villanueva.
Image: Rene Hugo Arceo, Local Artists in Purgatory, 1999 National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th Street
Sueños en Relieve:
Prints by Rene Arceo
March 25 – June 6
Wednesday – Sunday 12 to 5 pm
Receptions: March 26, 5 – 8 pm and March 28, 5 – 10 pm
Arceo explores ideas related to dreams and dreamlike scenes through these relief prints. These prints freely and naturally emanate from his subconscious into lose lines, and progressively evolve into more defined forms. These forms construct a free-flowing composition, which seems to facilitate the telling of a story in a dreamlike atmosphere. Arceo gives preference to figurative narratives that include stylized human and humanlike characters. His upbringing and experiences in Mexico continue to inform his art production. Arceo, a printmaker who has called Chicago home since 1979, graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1985.
Prospectus Art Gallery
1210 W. 18th Street
Image: Rene Arceo, El Poeta, 2008
Miradas
Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection is a unique survey of one of the most extensive private collections in the U.S. and Mexico and takes a close look at the paintings, prints, and photographs created over the past 80 years. The exhibition examines and celebrates work by artists on both sides of the U.S. – Mexico border, to reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution.
Friday, January 23 – Sunday August 30
9-5 Tues-Sun
FREE
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th Street
(312) 738-1503
