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Past Exhibits at Indigo Arts Gallery
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 The Passage of the Ghedes in the Cemetery
Frantz Zephirin (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Acrylic on canvas (20 x 16), c.2010
Tet Mawon (Marron Head)
Frantz Zephirin (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Acrylic, mixed media on canvas (30 x 24), c.2010
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Frantz Zephirin
Art and Resilience
Indigo Arts Gallery and art dealer Frank Giannetta are pleased to present the first US exhibit by Haitian master painter Frantz Zephirin since the January 12th, 2010 earthquake.
Frantz Zephirin is one of the leading contemporary artists working in Haiti today. A self-taught artist born in Cap Haitien in 1968, Zephirin has variously been described as a visionary, a surrealist, a visual satirist and an “historic animalist”. His work has been featured in museums and galleries around the world.
After a very close call with the earthquake Zephirin immediately went back to work recording his visions of a violently transformed world. His painting, “The Resurrection of the Dead “ was the arresting image chosen for the January 25th cover of the New Yorker magazine. Since the earthquake Zephirin has been featured in stories in the New York Times, Le Monde, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Times of London, the Guardian and the BBC - website and broadcast. During March through May, 2010, Zephirin has been exhibiting his work in the exhibit Haiti Art Naif: Memories of Paradise? at the art center Denkmalschmiede Hofgen in Gimma, Saxony, Germany. A portion of the sales of Zephirin’s work will be donated to Haitian earthquake relief.
For a June 3rd, 2010 article about Frantz Zephirin and this exhibit click here.
For a June 6th, 2010 review of this exhibit click here.
Artist and critic Andre Juste has also written Frantz Zéphirin’s Paradise of the Mind, a perceptive critical piece on Frantz Zephirin for the June 11th, 2010 issue of Haiti Liberté.
Exhibit dates: Thursday, May 13 through Saturday, June 19, 2010
Opening reception: Second Thursdays, May 13, 6 to 9pm.
Reception for the Artist: Saturday, May 15, 2 to 6pm.
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 Perro Jugueton
Enrique Flores (Oaxaca, Mexico),
Woodcut, #1/20 ( x ), 2010
Luz de Luna
Fernando Olivera (Oaxaca, Mexico),
Aquatint (19 1/4" x 12 3/4"), #26/40, 2009
Bozo Vessel
Mali,
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Grabados de Oaxaca
Graphic Works from Oaxaca, Mexico
The distinguished history of printmaking in Mexico is best represented today in the vibrant art center of Oaxaca. Grabados de Oaxaca includes works by Fernando Andriacci, Enrique Flores, Abelardo Lopez, Eddie Martinez, Leovigildo Martinez, Felipe Morales, Rodolfo Morales, Fernando Olivera, Shinzaburo Takeda, Crispin Valladares & others.
An Independent project of the city-wide celebration of print-making, Philagrafika 2010
Show dates: Thursday, March 11 through Saturday, May 8, 2010
Opening receptions: Second Thursdays, March 11 and April 8th, 6 to 9pm.
Also:
African Vessels
Traditional Ceramic Vessels from Africa. Works from Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and South Africa by Bamana, Bozo, Lobi, Nupe and Zulu artists.
African Vessels is an independent exhibition in support of NCECA 44, the 44th National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts conference, coordinated by the Clay Studio.
Show dates: Thursday, March 11 through Saturday, May 8
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 12 to 6pm.
Location: Indigo Arts Gallery
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La Sirene vodou flag by Marie Evelyne Sanon
Haiti
Grand Rue artist "Evens" with his mixed media portrait of Pere Noel
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
( Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 2009).
"La Famille" Magda Magloire, Haiti.
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New Works from Haiti
and Around the World
Sculptor Jacques Eugene
at his studio in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti)
( Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher 2009).
Artwork just brought back from Haiti, as well as a large selection of art and crafts from Mexico, Peru, Cuba, South Africa, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and many other countries.
Haiti's artists continue to amaze with their vision and creativity, in many media - paintings, papier maché sculpture and masks, beaded and sequinned flags and mixed media sculpture made from an astounding variety of found materials.
There is new work by painters Magda Magloire, Fritzner Chery, flag artists Roudy Azor, George Valris, Mireille Delice and Marie Evelyne Sanon, sculptors Serge Jolimeau, Jacques Eugene and the celebrated artists of the Grand Rue, and the papier maché carnival mask-makers of Jacmel.
The show continued through January and February, along with the exhibit Mascaras: A World of Masks. Selected pieces are still on view in the gallery.
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Bamum Mask
Bamum people, Cameroon
Kil'Kinchu - Armadillo Mask
Dance of Diablada - Bolivia.
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Mascaras: A World of Masks
A Collection of Masks from Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific.
Devil Mask
Anonymous artist (Jacmel, Haiti)
Fall is a season of transition and transformation. In the spirit of Halloween and Los Dias de los Muertos, the Days of the Dead, Indigo Arts presents a collection of masks from Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Pacific. The exhibit includes dance, festival and ritual masks from many countries, including Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, New Guinea and Nigeria.
The exhibit opened on October 8th, 2009.
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El Arbol de Vida
Joel Jover Llenderosas (Camaguey, Cuba), 2005
Gallo del Monte I
José Garcia Montebravo (Cuba), 2008
Untitled
Alejandro Lazo (Cuba), 2004
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Marking ten years of exhibiting Cuban art in Philadelphia, Indigo Arts presented Visiones 2: New Art from Cuba. Coinciding with both the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution and the inauguration of a new American president, one hopes it may also mark a new beginning in relations, cultural as well as political, between the United States and Cuba.
The exhibit included both self-taught artists, such as Javier Gonzalez Gallosa, José Garcia Montebravo, Abel Perez Mainegra, Luis Rodriguez Arias, Roberto Torres Lameda, Alejandro Lazo, and Wayacon and such trained artists as Joel Jover, Alicia Leal and Manuel Mendive.
The exhibit opened on March 12th, 2009. The Philadelphia Bulletin published an artcle about the exhibition and Indigo Arts Gallery, "A Second Look at Cuba".
Also opening March 12th in the Crane Building's Icebox Project Space: Dialogo 365, an exhibition of work by 39 artists from Latin America and the US, presented by Casa de Venezuela.
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El Rapto, Fernando Olivera, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2007.
Virgin of Guadalupe by Georges Valris (Haiti).
Beaded Horse from Capetown, South Africa
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International Art Show
Paintings, prints, sculpture and folk art from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Swaziland and other countries.
This season Indigo Arts offers a collection of affordable artwork from around the world in our new gallery in the Crane Arts Building. The collection includes sequinned vodou banners and recycled oil-drum sculptures from Haiti; wood and clay sculptures and fine art prints from Oaxaca, Mexico; paintings by self-taught artists in Cuba and Nicaragua; Huichol Indian yarn-paintings from Mexico; retablos from Peru; beaded animals and dolls from South Africa; beaded Samburu baskets from Kenya; sisal baskets from Swaziland; telephone-wire baskets from South Africa; woodcut prints from Brazil; and toy cars, bikes and bugs made from recycled tin cans in Burkina Faso.
Show continued through February, 2009.
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La Sirene vodou flag by Evelyn Alcide, 2007.
Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti.
Nancy Josephson
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Drapo Vodou:
Haitian Vodou Flags
Works by the Finest Sequin Artists in Haiti.
Artists include Evelyn Alcide, Roudy Azor, Clotaire Bazile, Myrlande Constant, Lherison Debrice, Sylva Joseph, Eviland Lalanne, Antoine Oleyant Maxon Scylla, Amina Simeon, Yves Telemak, George Valris and others.
A portion of the sales in this exhibit are being donated to hurricane relief in Haiti.
Show dates: Thursday, October 9 through Saturday, November 29, 2008.
Opening: Second Thursday, October 9, 2008, 5 to 9pm.
Special Event - Lecture and Book-signing by Nancy Josephson - artist, student of vodou, and author of Spirits in Sequins: Vodou Flags of Haiti: Saturday, October 25, 3pm.
Go to our Haitian Gallery to see more of the Haitian Vodou flags in this exhibit.
Haitian vodou flags in the new gallery.
Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher
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Paisaje de Lapas Nicaraguenses
José Ignacio Fletes Cruz
Leon, Nicaragua, 2006
Nicaraguan painter Ignacio Fletes Cruz
at Indigo Arts. February 2nd, 2007
(Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher)
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Ignacio Fletes Cruz:
Nicaraguan Primitivista Painter
Noted Nicaraguan Primitivista artist, José Ignacio Fletes Cruz returned to Indigo Arts Gallery during the months of February and March,2007. Fletes Cruz was on hand for a reception at Indigo Arts Gallery on First Friday, February 2nd, from 5 to 9:30pm and at the gallery on saturday afternoon, February 3rd , to demonstrate and discuss his work. While the show ended on March 31st, a small selection of his work remains on display at Indigo Arts.
While in Pennsylvania, Fletes Cruz was also commissioned to paint two murals, at the Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Nicaraguan painter Ignacio Fletes Cruz instructs a young artist at Indigo Arts. February 2nd, 2007
(Photograph © Anthony Hart Fisher)
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Gallo con Platano
José Garcia Montebravo
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2003
Una Tarde de Mayo
Fernando Olivera
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2005
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José Garcia Montebravo:
Cuban Self-Taught Painter
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Prints from Oaxaca:
Masters of the Mexican Tradition
Marking its 20th year of exhibiting international folk and contemporary art in Philadelphia, Indigo Arts Gallery offered two shows featuring the arts of Latin America: José Garcia Montebravo: Cuban Self-taught Painter and Prints from Oaxaca: Masters of the Mexican Tradition.
The first exhibit focused on the visionary work of self-taught Cuban artist José Garcia Montebravo.
The second includes aquatints, lithographs, serigraphs, woodcuts and linoprints by artists from Oaxaca, Mexico, including Modesto Bernardo, Enrique Flores, Abelardo Lopez, Eddie Martinez, Leovigildo Martinez, Lorena Montes, Felipe Morales, Fernando Olivera, and the late master, Rodolfo Morales.
Indigo Arts was a community partner for the two fall shows at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tesoros/Treasures/Tesouros: The Arts of Latin America, 1492-1820, and Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950.
The exhibit opened with a reception on First Friday, October 6th, from 5:00 to 9:30 pm. It continued on display through the month of January, 2007.
See our full selection of José Garcia Montebravo andArt from Oaxaca in our Oaxaca Gallery.
Note: At this writing Oaxaca appears to emerging from the turmoil it has been in since May 2006. It has been very painful to see such conflict in a place we have come to know and love over the last twenty years. We hope for the safety for our many friends there, for wisdom for both the government and its opponents, and a quick return to peace and reconciliation for Oaxaca. |
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Untitled (La Luna)
Fernando Olivera
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2005
Claro de Luna
Lorena Montes
Oaxaca, Mexico, 2002
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De la Tierra de los Sueños
From the Land of Dreams:
Art from Oaxaca, Mexico
Prints and Paintings by Modesto Bernardo, Enrique Flores, Abelardo Lopez, Eddie Martinez, Leovigildo Martinez, Lorena Montes, Felipe Morales, Rodolfo Morales, Fernando Olivera, Filemon Santiago & others.
The exhibition includes paintings and prints by Modesto Bernardo, Enrique Flores, Abelardo Lopez, Eddie Martinez, Leovigildo Martinez, Lorena Montes, Felipe Morales, Fernando Olivera, Filemon Santiago, and Oaxaca’s late master, Rodolfo Morales.
The exhibit opened with a reception on First Friday, May 5th, from 5:00 to 9:30 pm. It continued on display through September, 2006.
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The Wheel of Life
Tibetan Thangka painting
Karma Tsering Lama
Nepal
Dragon Village
Binod Moktan
Nepal
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Sky Above and Earth Below:
Tibetan Landscapes and Thangka paintings by Karma Tsering Lama, Nima Gyamcho Lama & Binod Moktan
Sky Above and Earth Below, which opened at Indigo Arts Gallery on December 2nd, 2005, features the work of three Tibetan artists. Karma Tsering Lama and Nima Gyamcho Lama are masters of the intricate Tibetan Buddhist devotional paintings known as Thangkas. Binod Moktan, also skilled a painter of thangkas, applies his talents to painting the Himalayan landscape of his memory.
The exhibit opened with a reception on First Friday, December 2nd, from 5:00 to 9:30 pm. It continues on display through the month of April, 2006.
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The Gods Give Life to the Sacred Places of the Earth - Huichol Yarn-Painting
by José Benitez Sanchez, Nayarit, Mexico
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Visions to Heal the World:
Huichol Art by José Benitez Sanchez, Maximino Renteria de la Cruz & others
Visionary yarn-paintings from Mexico's Sierra Madre
The exhibition which opened at Indigo Arts Gallery on October 7th, 2005 featured a collection of visionary artworks from the Huichol Indians of Mexico’s remote Sierra Madre Occidental region. It centered on the nierika yarn paintings by the celebrated shaman/artist, José Benitez Sanchez, as well as other Huichol artists. Benitez was the subject of Mythic Visions: Yarn Paintings of a Huichol Shaman, the dazzling 2003 show at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The paintings reflect the visions of the Huichol shamans - their religious stories and mythology, their peyote-enhanced visions and their determination to heal themselves and their world through communication with the deities.
The exhibit continued through November 27th, 2005. We also hosted a lecture at Indigo Arts on October 15th (3 to 5pm) by Michele Belluomini, who has studied with the Huichol for nearly twenty years.
Click here for our Huichol Art Gallery.
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"Milagre" Ex-voto Head
Ceará, Brazil
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"A Mulher Que Botou O Diabo Na Garrafa (The Woman who put the Devil in a Bottle)"
José Francisco Borges
Bezerros, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Mysteries and Miracles:
Folk Art from Brazil's Northeast
The exhibition which opened at Indigo Arts Gallery on April 1st featured two distinct folk arts from Brazil’s Northeast: the folheto tradition of wood-cut prints, represented by the work of José Francisco Borges and others, and the carved wooden ex-votos called milagrés.
We have greatly expanded our collection of Brazilian Folk Art, with the acquisitiuon of many more wood-cut prints by the "Master of the Brazilian Backlands", José Francisco Borges. Described by the New York Times as "one of Latin America's most celebrated folk artists", his work has been exhibited at the Louvre and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe. Living in the village of Bezerros, Pernambuco state, in Northeastern Brazil, Borges chronicles the life and legends of rural Brazil with empathy and humor. To his work we have added a selection of the other many talented Brazilian wood-cut artists, including other members of the Borges family: Amaro Francisco Borges, Ivan Borges and José Miguel da Silva.. The New York Times recently carried an excellent article on the cordel tradition, featuring Borges and others, "The Traveling Troubadors of Brazil's Backlands" (June 14, 2005).
To balance this view of Brazilian life we have also been fortunate to acquire a significant collection of hand-carved wooden milagre (miracle) ex-votos from the states of Ceará and Pernambuco. Don't miss this unusual folk art!
Click here for the Brazilian Folk Art Gallery.
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"Millenium Tresse & Tissage"
Hairdresser's Sign by Lawa
(Lomé, Togo
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African Visions
In honor of the opening of the African Art African Voices exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Indigo Arts gallery presents African Visions, a celebration of the African genius and the African eye. Drawing upon our our wide-ranging collection of African art, the exhibition includes sculpture, masks, textiles, contemporary paintings and, yes, barbershop signs. The exhibition opened on First Friday, November 5th, 2004, with a reception from 5:30 to 9:00pm and continued through April, 2005.
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"Le Royaume de la Mer"
Gerard Valcin
(Haiti, 1923-1988)
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Masters of Haitian Art
In commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of Haiti’s independence, Indigo Arts Gallery is honored to present Masters of Haitian Art. The exhibition opened on First Friday, May 7th, 2004, and was on display through the month of September.
In a time of political turmoil and terrible deprivation in Haiti, we pay tribute to the incredibly rich cultural and artistic heritage of the Black Republic, with an exhibition of some of Haiti’s greatest artists of the last fifty years. Artists represented include painters Montas Antoine, Wilson Bigaud, Gelin Buteau, G.E. Ducassse, Gerard Fortune, Alexandre Gregoire, Dieuseul Paul, Gerard Paul, Andre Pierre, Micius Stephane, Gerard Valcin, Pierre-Joseph Valcin, sculptors Gabriel Bien-Aimé and Serge Jolimeau, and vodou banner artists Myrlande Constant, Eviland Lalanne, Yves Telemac, and George Valris.
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"Tantra"
Susan Rodriguez
(Philadelphia,PA)
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Susan Rodriguez:_Stealing Water from the Moon
How to steal water from the moon? Artist and University of the Arts professor Susan Rodriguez attempts this artistic feat in a one-woman show at Indigo Arts. The exhibition of pastel collages, prints, scrolls and ceramic works opened on First Friday, October 1st, 2004, and continued through the month.
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"Amanecer"
Ignacio Fletes Cruz
(Leon, Nicaragua)
Ignacio Fletes Cruz
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Ignacio Fletes Cruz:
Nicaraguan Primitivista Painter
In March through April 2004, renowned Nicaraguan Primitivista artist, José Ignacio Fletes Cruz exhibits his lush landscapes and scenes of peasant life at Indigo Arts Gallery. Fletes Cruz is a veteran of the celebrated Primitivista painting movement which arose during the upheaval of the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, and has continued to flourish ever since. Largely self-taught, these painters work in a naive style featuring scenes of community life, lush flora and fauna, and history and folklore, executed in bright colors and intricate detail.
Fletes Cruz was on hand for the opening reception at Indigo Arts gallery on First Friday, March 5th, from 5 to 9pm and a painting workshop on Saturday afternoon, March 6th (2-6pm). The work is on display through May 2nd. In addition to the show in Philadelphia, Ignacio has been commissioned to paint two murals in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, at the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary and at Gettysburg High School.
An interview about Ignacio Fletes Cruz and this exhibition with Indigo Arts Gallery co-owner Tony Fisher aired in the Philadelphia area on the program Puerto Rican Panorama on April 4th and 5th, 2004. It aired on ABC affiliate Channel 6 (WPVI) at 6:00 AM on Sunday April 4th, and at about 3:20 AM on Monday, April 5th. No. its not exactly prime time.
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"Infanta con Gallo"
José Garcia Montebravo
(Cienfuegos, Cuba)
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Cuban Visions at
El Festival Cubano 2003
In October 2003 through January 2004, despite an ever more difficult diplomatic climate, we joined in celebrating El Festival Cubano , Philadelphia's third annual celebration of Cuban art and culture. Indigo Arts presents Cuban Visions, an exhibit of paintings by both trained and self-taught Cuban artists.
The exhibit featured new work by favorites such as José Garcia Montebravo, Jorge Sanfiel and Luis El Estudiante Rodriguez. But we are particularly pleased to show work by renowned Havana painter and ceramic artist José Fuster. We had hoped that José Fuster would join us at our opening reception on First Friday, October 3rd, but he was not issued a visa to enter the United States.
El Festival Cubano once again included a rich variety of performances, exhibitions and cultural events. Unfortunately none of the Cuban artists were issued visas to attend the festival. Please support the restoration of our right to travel! For information go to: http://www.lawg.org/cubatravelbillaction.htm
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"Tigerl"
Montu Chitrakar
(West Bengal, India)
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Folk Painting from India
We have just received a wonderful collection of traditional folk paintings from India, which we are exhibiting at Indigo Arts Gallery in June through September 2003. The exhibition includes Mithila Paintings by artists Pushpa Kumari, Mahasundari Devi, Mala Karn, Pradyumna Kumar and others from the Madhubani region of Bihar, Paintings and Scrolls by Montu Chitrakar from West Bengal, and antique Jadupatua scroll paintings from the Santhal people of West Bengal.
Show opened on First Friday, June 6, 5:00 to 9:30 PM
You can read a review of the show in Philadelphia Weekly.
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"El Rey del Grifal"
Luis Joaquin Rodriguez Arias
(Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)
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El Festival Cubano 2002
In October through November 2002 we once again participated in El Festival Cubano a festival of performances, exhibitions and cultural events in Philadelphia. Indigo Arts hosted Por un Mundo Mejor/For a Better World, a show opening on October 4, 2002 of work by the Grupo Bayate collective of seven self-taught artists from Santiago de Cuba. Participating artists included Luis "El Estudiante" Rodriquez and Roberto Torres Lameda, both of whom were present at the opening reception. Click here for more information and a sampling of the artwork in the exhibition.
The festival opened on First Friday, October 4th, 2002, with the opening of Por un Mundo Mejor. We were pleased once again to host a lecture on the Grupo Bayate by art historian Joan C. Pearlman of New York's New School University. The lecture, which will included a discussion with artists Rodriguez and Lameda, was on Saturday, Oct. 19th, at 5pm. The festival concluded with brilliant performances by the Ballet Folklorico Cutumba of Santiago de Cuba.
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"Hasta Encontrarlos"
Fernando Olivera
(Oaxaca, Mexico)
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El Festival Cubano 2001
In October through December 2001 we were participants in a festival of performances, exhibitions and cultural events in Philadelphia called El Festival Cubano. Indigo Arts' contribution was an exhibition of work by Self- Taught Cuban Artists, which opened October 5th, 2001. We plan to participate in El Festival Cubano 2002, with Por un Mundo Mejor, a show opening in October 2002 of work by the Grupo Bayate group of self-taught artists from Santiago de Cuba.
On Saturday, October 13th (5PM) we were pleased to host a gallery talk by art historian Joan C. Pearlman of New York's New School University. Ms. Pearlman has written extensively on the self-taught artists of Cuba, most recently about José Montebravo, in the Folk Art Messenger (Winter/Spring 2001).
Other participants in El Festival Cubano included the Ballet Folklorico Cutumba of Santiago de Cuba, Taller Puertorriqueno, Photo West Gallery and photographers Laurence Salzmann and Susan Bank. Click here for more information on El Festival Cubano
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Rodolfo Morales
(Oaxaca, Mexico) at Indigo Arts, 1997
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June through September 2001 we hosted a memorial exhibition of the work of Rodolfo Morales, who passed away in January 2001(see below). Rodolfo Morales: The Legacy of a Oaxaca Master includes collages, lithographs and serigraphs by the Mexican artist loaned by Philadelphia collections as well as our own inventory.
Spring, 2001 we exhibited a selection of works by Self-taught Artists from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua. To see some of this work click on the Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua sections of the website highlighted above and below.
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"African Style: Down to the Details"
Sharne Algotsson
Publication date: Oct.24, 2000
$32.50 hardcover
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In November and December, 2000 we exhibited selections of our collection of fine African sculpture, masks, textiles and furniture as we celebrate the publication of the new book African Style: Down to the Details by Philadelphia designer, stylist and writer Sharne Algottson. Following on the success of her first book, Spirit of African Design written with Denys Davis, Sharne now offers a gorgeous, hands-on guide to decorating any home with the richness of Africa. "Today more and more of us are striving to bring personal meaning and beauty into our lives and homes. African style is the perfect way to express that joy in living, whether your look is formal, traditional, minimal, casual country, or eclectic."
If you weren't able to join us and Sharne Algotsson on First Friday, November 3rd, 2000 for the Philadelphia book-signing, you can still order either book directly from us, too (just phone or e-mail us). Signed copies of both books may still be available. |
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In July through September 2000 we exhibited the work of an exciting group of Cuban Self-taught Artists, which Tony brought back from his trip in March. While we include work from all over the country, we emphasize the work of artists from the southern Cuban city of Cienfuegos, including "Fito" (Adolfo Flores Gonzalez), Jose Garcia Montebravo, Jorge Sanfiel and Wayacon (Julian Espinosa). See Cuba Vive! below and our Cuba Gallery section for more on Cuba and Cuban art.
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"Catedral de Leon y
Calle Real Colonial"
Alejandro Benito Cabrera
(Nicaragua)
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In May and June 2000 (May 5 - July 2, 2000) we showed Nicaraguan Self-Taught, a new collection of paintings by self-taught artists from Nicaragua. The artists, Alejandro Cabrera, Santiago Crespin and Rosa Delia Lopez, are members of a group of self-taught artists in the community of Sutiava, outside the city of Leon. Alejandro Cabrera and Rosa Delia Lopez, are already familiar to many of you, as they were included in our 1998 show, Primitivistas. Santiago Crespin,while new to Indigo Arts, has been exhibiting his paintings for several years. As in 1998, the work is brought to us with the assistance of Project Gettysburg/Leon. For more information on this work and these artists see our Nicaragua Gallery section.
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"Mudman with Bird"
Yhanna Coffin (USA)
$750
29k
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April 2000 we exhibited the work of New York artist Yhanna Coffin, with a show entitled Mud Women/Mud Men. The show included paintings in oil as well as the Mud Women/Mud Men series of works painted in the medium of mud on paper. The work was completed over the last year at the Shalom Mountain Retreat and Study Center in Livingstone Manor, New York.
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"Mi Caballo"
Mario Mesa
(Cuba)
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In Summer 1999 Indigo Arts presented Cuba • Belize • Mexico, including paintings by self-taught Cuban artists Mario Mesa and Jose Garcia Montebravo, prints by artists from Oaxaca, Mexico, and paintings Tony collected on his February 1999 trip to the Central American nation of Belize. In Belize Tony sought out Benjamin Nicholas, one of Belize's leading artists and one-man chronicler of the history and culture of the Afro-Caribbean Garifuna Indians. The paintings which surround Mr. Nicholas in his small house on the Caribbean shore depict both the events of Garifuna history and the ceremonies and activities of their lives - from fishing and farming to Punta dance parties, Dugu healing ceremonies.
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Michael Gordon
(Belize)
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In Belize City Tony discovered the pantings of Michael Gordon, a self-taught street artist, who was until recently homeless. Working with found materials - cardboard, cloth and even broken glass - Gordon portrays the landscape of his daily life, his memory and his imagination.
In Spring 1999 we showed a collection of Asian Textiles: India and Uzbekistan, as well as Sculpture from New Guinea.
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