Exhibitions at Indigo Arts

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Exhibitions at Indigo Arts

Por un Mundo Mejor / For a Better World

October 4, 2002 to November 30, 2002

Paintings by Cuba’s Grupo Bayate
Celebrating El Festival Cubano 2002

Artists: Roberto Torres Lameda, Luis “El Estudiante” Rodriguez, Luis Joaquin Rodriguez, Luis Alberto Villalon Rades, Richard Bruff Bruff & Angel Llopiz Martinez

Opening Reception: First Friday, October 4, 5:00 to 9:30 PM
Artists Luis “El Estudiante” Rodriguez Ricardo and Roberto Torres Lameda will be present at the reception.

New Art from Oaxaca

June 7, 2002 to September 27, 2002

From June 7th through September 27, 2002 we exhibited a new collection of work from Oaxaca, Mexico which Tony brought back in March.

El Festival Cubano 2001

October 1, 2001 to December 31, 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.

Rodolfo Morales: The Legacy of a Oaxaca Master

June 1, 2001 to September 1, 2001

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.

Self-taught Artists from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua

April 1, 2001 to May 31, 2001

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.

African Style: Down to the Details

November 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000

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.

Cuban Self-taught Artists

July 1, 2000 to September 30, 2000

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).

Nicaraguan Self-Taught

May 5, 2000 to July 2, 2000

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.

Mud Women/Mud Men

April 1, 2000 to April 30, 2000

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.

Cuba • Belize • Mexico

May 1, 1999 to September 1, 1999

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.