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Carlos Barberena: BAC Second Prize Winner

5/28/2021

9TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION
Carlos Barberena: BAC Second Prize Winner

"ESSENTIAL" - For Your Colonizer Comfort - (Detail) Linocut by Carlos Barberena

"SECOND PRIZE WINNER"
- "9TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION" Curated by Yaoundé Olu & Jeff HIRST
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MAY 21ST, 8:00PM - 10:00PM
ON VIEW:
MAY 21 – JULY 2, 2021
BRIDGEPORT ART CENTER
1200 W 35th St. Chicago, IL 60609

Second Prize Winner - BAC Art Competition

I am very excited to share with you this great news, I won the Second Prize in the "9th Annual Art Competition" at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. Jurors Dr. Yaoundé Olu & Jeffrey Hirst selected my linocut print "ESSENTIAL" to receive this Award. I would like to thanks to the Bridgeport Art Center and its staff for putting together this great show and congrats to all the participants.
Exhibition is open to Public from May 21-July 2, 2021
- Mask required -
Take care, stay healthy and be kind
Carlos Barberena

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Solo un poco aqui: Day of the Dead

9/15/2020

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"Sólo un poco aquí: DAY OF THE DEAD"

"ESSENTIAL" - For Your Colonizer Comfort - (Detail) Linocut by Carlos Barberena

"Sólo un poco aquí: DAY OF THE DEAD" Curated by Dolores Mercado
VIRTUAL OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
ON VIEW (Virtually):
SEPTEMBER 18 – DECEMBER 13, 2020
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART
1852 W 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608

This year’s exhibition pays tribute to and remembers the numerous individuals from our community, Mexico, the U.S. and the entire world that have died from COVID-19. Join us to see new installations, paintings, and prints created by local artists for this, the 34thannual Day of the Dead exhibition. In addition there will be works of art in various media from the growing National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection. These works created by Mexican artists from both sides of the border reveal their interest in preserving and participating in one of the most influential living celebrations from Mexico, which over time has transcended borders.

Este año la exposición rinde homenaje y recuerda a todas las personas de nuestra comunidad, de México, los Estados Unidos y del mundo entero que han muerto por el COVID-19. Acompáñenos a ver instalaciones, grabados y pinturas creadas por artistas locales para ésta, la 34ª exposición de Día de muertos. Así mismo, obras en diferentes técnicas de la creciente colección permanente del Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano serán también parte de esta exposición. Este conjunto de obras creadas por artistas mexicanos de los dos lados de la frontera manifiesta el interés de ellos por preservar y participar en una de las celebraciones vivas más importantes de México, la cual, a través del tiempo, ha trascendido fronteras.
Curated by Dolores Mercado
Curatorial Assistant, Marilyn Lara Corral

INSTALLATIONS
Atlan Arceo-Witzl, Carlos Barberena, Gabriela Leyva, Hector Duarte, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Sam Kirk, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Elsa Muñoz, Mark Nelson, Yollocalli Youth Council.

ARTISTS
Herman Aguirre, Rene H. Arceo, Antonia Felipe Calendario, Veronica Cardoso Nagel, Alfonso Castillo Orta (1944-2009), Castillo Orta Family, Almendra Castillo Valderrama, Carmen Chami, Javier Chavira, Álvaro de la Cruz López, José Antonio de la Cruz, Francisco Flores, Esperanza Gama, Demetrio García Aguilar, Sergio Gómez, Gronk, Ester Hernández, Pedro Hernández, Celeste Jaime, Carmen Lomas Garza, Mario López Torres, Isabel Martínez, Ann Murdy, Alejandro Nava (1956-2014), Rodrigo Oñate Roco, Ignacio Peralta Soledad, Benito Rivera Soteno, Michael Roman (1956-2016), Alfonso Alejandro Rosas Zapién, Shuta Ruelas, Ricardo X. Serment, José Alfonso Soteno Fernández, Juan José Soteno Elias, Oscar Soteno Elias, Francisco Toledo (1940-2019), Maria Tomasula, Kathy Vargas, Angélica Vásquez-Cruz

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Immigrants Songs

2/28/2020

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"IMMIGRANTS SONGS: Five Contemporary Immigrant Artists"

"IMMIGRANTS SONGS: Five Immigrant Artists"
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, 6:00PM - 8:30PM.
ON VIEW:
MARCH 5 – APRIL 4, 2020.
FREDERICK HOLMES - GALLERY OF MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART
309 Occidental Ave S (in Occidental Square) Seattle, WA. 98104

ARTISTS:
Filmon Adelehey / Eritrea: Seattle-Based, Self-Taught Palette Knife Painter
Carlos Barberena / Nicaragua: Chicago-Based, Internationally Recognized Master Printmaker
Lou Beach (nee “Lubicz) / Poland: Los Angeles-Based, Nationally Recognized Collage Artist
Ashkon Hadari / Iran: Chicago-Based, Emerging Artist
Yulia Kusnetsova / Russia: Chicago-Based, Emerging Artist

"Riding the Beast" Linocut by Carlos Barberena

2020 is a critical election year, one made deeply personal for those whose personal narratives include the immigration from their home countries. Their concern for the future of immigration is for many an existential one; for others, an empathetic concern for those who reside in America, uncertain of their status, and for those who’ve yet to make the journey.

In the minds of most of us, there’s no question about the immense contributions made by those willing to risk everything in pursuit of freedom, opportunity, personal safety, or a future for their children. The same courage, determination, idealism, and even moral virtue required to leave everything you know and love, in order to start over in a new country, with little to nothing, not speaking or understanding your new country’s language, are the very building blocks of the foundation we revere as “American character”.

While it might go without saying that we are a “nation of immigrants”, much of America’s history is replete with anti-immigration fervor, discrimination, and violence; particularly in the last several years. And while much of the current concern is for those south of the US border, the gallery invited five artists from around the world. Because America's polarized, discriminatory history of immigration didn't begin with our southern borders, nor will it likely end there.

This show highlights and celebrates the recent work, created or selected specifically for this important exhibition, of five artists whose lives began in other lands and who are now interweaving the cultural songs of their origins into the diverse and ever changing chorus of American culture.

Each of these five remarkable artists have their own immigration stories, ranging from post-WWII Europe to violent civil strife or oppression in their birthplaces, precipitating the need to escape and find refuge in America. The show will present their paintings, drawings, prints, & collage, accompanied by a written narrative of their personal perspectives as immigrants.

Please join us in this celebration of art as a universal language; one which transcends borders, nationality, ethnicity, politics, or faith.

The gallery will also be hosting another in our bi-monthly performance series, HOT JAZZ AT THE GALLERY on Friday April 3rd, featuring the nationally acclaimed vocalist and recording artist, GRETA MATASSA & THE GRETA MATASSA QUINTET, 7:00-9:30 pm.
For details and ticket information, please contact the gallery info@frederickholmesandcompany.com

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NY Latin American Art Triennial Print Salon

11/19/2019

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***"Progressive Transition"* - PRINT SALON - *Latin American Art Triennial***

"Salao" Woodcut by Carlos Barberena

"Progressive Transition" - PRINT SALON - Latin American Art Triennial
Curated by Alexis Mendoza & Luis Stephenberg
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
ON VIEW:
NOVEMBER 22, 2019 – JANUARY 22, 2020
BORICUA COLLEGE ART GALLERY, BORICUA COLLEGE, BRONX, NY
Bronx Campus 890 Washington Ave.Bronx, NY 10451

Artists:
Coco144, Liliana Avalos, Elie Angles, Carolina Bazo, Carlos Barberena, Eliezer Berrios, Betty BP Cole, Luis Cordero, Pepe Coronado, Ada Pilar Cruz, James Cuebas, Elsie Deliz, Marcos Dimas, Carlos Jesús Martínez Dominguez, Alex Fernández, Linda Fernández, Reynaldo García Pantaleón, José Gómez, Emma González, Diana-Gitesha Hernández, Rafael Lanfranco, Miguel Lescano, Rejin Leys, Vidho Lorville, George Malave, Carlos Pamparana, Lynn Ratner, Yelaine Rodríguez, Moses Ros, Fernando Ruíz Lorenzo,Roger Santiváñez, Gonzalo Salas, Juan Sánchez,René de los Santos, Minerva González Suvidad, Nicolás Tarnawiecki, Nitza Tufiño, Paola Paula, Palen Obesa, Susan Olivera, Patricia Orbegoso and Jorge Zavala.

Progressive Transition
PRINT SALON
Latin American Art Triennial
Fall 2019

The Boricua College Art Gallery is pleased to present Progressive Transition, part of the 2019 Latin American Art Triennial organized by the Bronx Hispanic Festival Inc.
This exhibition is in collaboration with El Taller Boricua de Grabado (The Boricua Printshop), Taller Cono Norte and Pepe Coronado Print Studio.

The broad range of Triennial artists includes representation from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. The project will create awareness of the rich international network with Latin American artists, many with strong links to New York City.

Progressive Transition explores the action and effect of moving from one state to another. More broadly, the project shows the drive towards transformation in the arts. The artists’ need to “feel part of something” that can likewise be recognized and defined by others will be explored within the exhibition. The work on view represents the artistic transition seen against a landscape of societal progress. The project highlights cultural exchange and, at its core, examines the implications of transition on an evolving Latin American culture.

"The Jungle" (after Lam)

Linocut by Carlos Barberena, 2010

In a globalized setting, Progressive Transition seeks to understand the particular need for affirmation in search of healing with regards to the spaces left behind within the sphere of immigration. Transition moves forward both for society and on a personal level.
The flowering of change —of transition — is to be seen everywhere in the field of creativity. Just as muralism in Mexico marks a reflection of national content, newly emerging cross-cultures expand into multiple, sometimes competing identities. New terms used in the United States such as Newyorican, Chicano, Dominica-ish or Latinx, all impact the artistic and personal sense of identity.
The inability to continue relying on traditional identities encourages an interest in emerging new identities. The artists represented in Progressive Transition belong to a variety of different generations. They have found motivation as regards to notions of immigration, religion, social justice, history and environmental awareness-raising, examining problems relevant to them, and underscoring that Latin American art has its roots in the sociopolitical.
Latin American art benefits from the recent increase in the number of artists— – linked by language— who live and work all over the world. They circulate internationally and influence the rising generation, making ever more types of communication possible in a world of ever-expanding, transitioning identities.

Progressive Transition is organized by Alexis Mendoza, New York Latin American Art Triennial Chief Curator, and Luis Stephenberg, New York Latin American Art Triennial Director.

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The Petty Biennial 2

11/6/2019

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The Petty Biennial.2

"Exodus" Linocut by Carlos Barberena. 2019

"THE PETTY BIENNIAL.2" Curated by Courtney Cintron, Sabrina Greig, and Adia Sykes

OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 5:00PM - 7:00PM
ON VIEW: NOVEMBER 7, 2019 – FEBRUARY 14, 2020
GLASS CURTAIN GALLERY, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO
Gallery Hours: Monday-Wednesday, and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

With more than 100 biennials and triennials around the world, the large-scale international events have been a valued mode of artistic display in contemporary exhibition practices that have fueled the mass production and consumption of contemporary art. Used as a means to flex global status and distinction, the hegemonic format is a frequent topic of debate and critique. The Petty Biennial.2 is an exhibition project that seeks to challenge and reimagine dominant biennial culture by centering multiple cultural diasporas as a nexus of local exchange and dialogue for marginalized and queer communities.

The Petty Biennial.2 engages with pettiness as an act of seizing agency within the telling of one’s own story. Pettiness is a claiming of space. Pettiness creates a space where one asserts themselves unapologetically, confronting a society that values and privileges whiteness above all, while finding solidarity from a community of peers. Pettiness is therefore a performative gesture that seeks liberation through exposing, and finding humor in oppressive social systems.

The Glass Curtain Gallery will serve as the project’s anchor site, with two satellite locations at Heaven Gallery in Wicker Park and NYCH Gallery in Pilsen. The exhibition will feature the work of sixteen participating artists across the disciplines of painting, drawing, printmaking, performance, photography, sculpture, installation, and video.

Participating Artists include: D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem, Alexandria Eregbu, Liz Gomez, Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero, Jesus Hilario, Jennifer Ligaya, Damon Locks, Zakkiyyah Najeebah, Carlos Barberena de la Rocha, Amina Ross, Luis A. Sahagun, Edra Soto, Yasmin Spiro, Raelis Vasquez, Rhonda Wheatley, and Santiago X

The Petty Biennial.2
Glass Curtain Gallery – Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
November 7, 2019-February 14, 2020
Opening Reception: November 7, 2019 5-7 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Wednesday, and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Thursday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Satellite Exhibitions

Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
December 6, 2019-January 19, 2020
Opening Reception: December 6, 7-11 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Friday & Saturday 1-6 p.m.
Sunday 1-5 p.m. or by appointment

NYCH Gallery
2025 S Laflin St, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Reception: January 10, 6-10 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

About The Petty Biennial

The Petty Biennial, co-founded by La Keisha Leek and Sadie Woods, is not a biennial itself, but a curatorial investigation towards queering the canon of traditional biennials. Every two years, the founders pass the curation of the project on to a new team. This exhibition project that complicates dominant narratives of contemporary cultural, social, political norms. Inspired by digital media, this project embodies “petty” or “clapback” culture as a disruption in respectability politics and a performative assertion in the contemporary art world. It is a response to classist views towards communities of color and peripheral art practices. At the intersection of race, gender and sexuality, featured artists showcase a range of regional and national perspectives unique to North and Central America and the Caribbean. In 2017, Leek and Woods worked with academics, cultural producers, and curators to select artists for the inaugural Petty Biennial. The project selected seventeen artists for its exhibition produced Arts + Public Life of the University of Chicago along with an additional nine artists for ancillary programming produced in partnership with The Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Black Cinema House, and OpenTV.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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Graphic Resistance at Pilsen Outpost

11/5/2019

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Graphic Resistance at Pilsen Outpost Gallery

ON VIEW:
November 1st – December 1st, 2019
Pilsen Outpost Gallery
Artist Talk and Printmaking Demo: Thursday, November 14th, 6-9PM

Pilsen Outpost cordially invites you to an outstanding exhibition, titled:
"Graphic Resistance"
Relief Prints by Carlos Barberena

Artist Talk & Printmaking Demo: Thursday, November 14th, 6-9PM

Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan self-taught Printmaker based in Chicago, where he runs the printmaking projects: Bandolero Press & La Calaca Press. He is also a member of the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago.

Barberena is known for his satirical relief prints and the use of images from pop culture, as well as from political and cultural tragedies. He has exhibited individually in Costa Rica, Estonia, France, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain and The United States of America. His work also has been shown in Art Biennials, Museums, Galleries and Cultural Centers around the world.

He has received various awards including: SPARK’s Grant, Chicago Artists Coalition & the Joyce foundation; the “National Printmaking Award 2012” given by the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture in Managua, Nicaragua; “Parchemin d’Honneur”, 8 Triennale Mondial de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale, AMAC, Chamalieres, Auvergne, France and the award- poster for the Ecology and Human Rights in Banana Plantations in Costa Rica, given by GEBANA in Berlin, Germany.

He has been in such residencies as the Taller de Formación y Producción Gráfica, Antiguo Colegio Jesuita, Patzcuaro, México and Cross Currents: Cultural Exchange, Chicago-Havana.
Barberena’s work is included in various public and private collections.

"Madre de Ayotzinapa"

Exhibition runs from November 1st through December 1st, 2019

Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St. Chicago, IL 60608

More info about the Artist:
www.bandoleropress.com
www.carlosbarberena.com

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Graphic Resistance at Minthorne Gallery

10/8/2019

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"Graphic Resistance"
Relief Prints by Carlos Barberena

ON VIEW:
SEPTEMBER 16 – OCTOBER. 25, 2019
MINTHORNE GALLERY, GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY

"FUCK YOUR WALL"

OREGON ARTSWATCH
Oregon's Arts & Culture News
By David Bates

MINTHORNE GALLERY AT GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY in Newberg has an extraordinary exhibition of breathtaking relief prints that passionately and angrily capture and protest the American zeitgeist – not only the reactionary political theater in Washington, but also the corporate-consumerist culture in which it plays out. A piece titled Fuck Your Wall displays those exact words in huge letters. Another features Trump, Twitter machine in hand and sporting a swastika armband. Graphic Resistance is the kind of show you’d expect to see in Portland. But it’s here, mounted in a small gallery on the lush, tree-shaded grounds of a private Christian school.

George Fox is the oldest Christian university in the state, with Quaker roots that go back more than 125 years ago. The show, which opened earlier this month in the Minthorne (a lovely, sunlit space in the Hoover Building, just a couple of blocks off Oregon 99W), is by Chicago artist Carlos Barberena. A native of Nicaragua, he is known for incorporating images from pop culture, even including political and cultural tragedies, of which there are plentiful examples regardless of where one looks in the world. He has exhibited in Costa Rica, Estonia, France, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, and the United States.

"E PLURIBUS UNUM"

I was curious to know how his work landed in Newberg, of all places. Jennifer Salzman, director of exhibitions and collections at the university, was happy to explain.
“Our printmaking professor, Jillian Sokso, knew of Carlos Barberena and was a fan of his work,” she said. “She asked me last year if I could try to get an exhibition with him. I contacted Carlos … and he was thrilled to accept.”
“It is a true pleasure to host Carlos,” she added. “His work and experiences have really inspired our students and faculty alike.”

For any artist, Trump is obviously an easy target. In Barberena’s E PLURIBUS UNUM, he takes a direct, individualized hit. But the piece (which is also the largest in the show) places him in a broader context, both socially and historically: He is flanked by two skeletons attired to represent the Catholic church and the U.S. military. Look closely at the President’s own attire and you see more than the swastika. There’s also the corporate logo for Shell, the atomic symbol, and a dollar sign. Behind them is the Confederate flag.

"McShitter"

Familiar images abound. The atomic symbol, mushroom clouds, and corporate logos for Fox News, Apple, and McDonald’s are sprinkled throughout these vistas of American madness. The quintessence of that madness is captured in a piece titled McShitter. It shows a man taking care of business on the toilet as he taps away on a laptop with one hand and shovels in a Big Mac with the other. Behind him is a bumper sticker for Obama’s “Hope.”

"The Refugees"

No exhibition wrestling with this political moment would be complete without dealing with immigration, and Barberena does so in a variety of ways, both in terms of content and style. One piece features a youth looking mournfully at the blue sky, out of reach behind a towering wall. Another depicts immigrants in a small boat, rowing toward McDonald’s golden arches. I do not know if it was intentional, but it’s striking that in a room filled with dozens of faces, Trump’s is the only white one. Surrounded by the faces of Latinos, African-Americans, Muslims, and indigenous people, the WASP stands alone.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibition runs through Oct. 25 and admission is free.

ARTS JOURNAL: Spent a couple of evenings bouncing between LeRoi Jones’ Blues People and Samuel Charters’ The Legacy of the Blues. I mentioned on my Facebook page that I was looking at the blues more methodically, and within a few hours, one friend offered me a record player, and another said I could borrow her vinyl collection. Who says Facebook is all bad?
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This story is supported in part by a grant from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition, Oregon Cultural Trust, and Oregon Community Foundation.
By David Bates

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Graphic Resistance at George Fox University

9/16/2019

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"GRAPHIC RESISTANCE" at George Fox University

Tonight: an Artist talk at the Chehalem Cultural Center at 6:00PM & a Solo Exhibit at the Minthorne Gallery, at 7:00PM in the George Fox University

NEWBERG, Ore. – A free art exhibit featuring the work of a Chicago-based printmaker, Carlos Barberena, will be on display in George Fox University’s Minthorne Gallery beginning Monday, Sept. 16, through Friday, Oct. 25. The gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The exhibit, titled “Graphic Resistance,” features relief prints by Barberena, a native of Nicaragua who runs two printmaking projects, Bandolero Press and La Calaca Press. The event begins with an artist talk on Monday, Sept. 16, at the nearby Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St., from 6 to 7 p.m. A reception follows in George Fox’s Hoover Academic Building from 7 to 8 p.m.
Barberena is known for his satirical relief prints and the use of images from pop culture, as well as from political and cultural tragedies. He has exhibited individually in Costa Rica, Estonia, France, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain and the U.S., and his work has been shown in art biennials, museums, galleries and cultural centers around the world.
“In my art, I have consistently reflected on the cycles of repression and resistance and its relationship to the diaspora in which I have lived, throughout dictatorship, revolution, erasure, renewal, hope, dictatorship and repression,” Barberena said of his work. “I create to counteract the great silence around repression occurring globally, believing we are all intimately connected to it. I seek to demystify the ‘foreign’ experience, to bridge the distances that life across the border or wall produces, but also, the difference in the content of these experiences.”
More information on the exhibit is available by contacting Jennifer Salzman, university director of exhibitions and collections, at 503-554-2634.

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Resistencia Grafica

8/8/2019

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Resistencia Gráfica: The Prints of Carlos Barberena

Saturday, August 10, 2019
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Museum of Latin American Art

Resistencia Gráfica: The Prints of Carlos Barberena
Viva Events Center
Artist printmaker Carlos Barberena will discuss his development as a self-taught artist as well as his involvement with a number of artist collectives and studio workshops, including Instituto Gráfico de Chicago. Barberena's print, Mater Dolorosa, is featured in MOLAA’s current exhibition, Gráfica América and depicts the mother Álvaro Conrado, a student killed at a protest against Nicaragua’s repressive government. A printmaking demonstration and opportunity to create a print with the artist will follow the presentation.
Free with paid museum admission / Members Free
Gráfica América workshops are sponsored in part by the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts.
About the artist: Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan-American printmaker currently based out of Chicago, Illinois. He is founder of Bandolero Press, La Calaca Press, and co-founder and member of Instituto Gráfico de Chicago. His works examine the effects of historic and contemporary political events throughout the Americas, particularly on his homeland of Nicaragua.

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CROSS CURRENTS

7/10/2019

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CROSS CURRENTS / INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL

OPENIG RECEPTION:
JULY 11 – 5PM-8PM
ON VIEW: JULY 11 – AUGUST 18, 2019
SMART MUSEUM OF ART, CHICAGO
More info HERE

This exhibition explores how issues of Latin American and Latino/a identity and place are manifest in the practices of artists working in Chicago and Havana at a moment of social change and strained political relations between the United States and Cuba.

Above: Visiting Celia González’s home/studio in the Playa neighborhood, May 2017. Left to right are: Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Carlos Barberena, Harold Mendez, Dianna Frid, Alberto Aguilar, and Celia González.

Cross Currents is the result of an artist exchange organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art. Six Chicago-based artists visited Havana in spring 2017 and six Cuban artists visited Chicago in fall 2017 and summer 2018. The work on view reflects the artists’ experiences and observations as they interacted with each other, curators, cultural spaces, and neighborhoods during their trips. The project aims to open pathways of communication and understanding between the two cities and peer artists while also reflecting on their own artistic practices at this moment in time.

Carlos Barberena visiting with a fellow printmaker Julio César Peña at the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de la Habana, May 2017.

ARTISTS:
Based in Chicago:

Alberto Aguilar (b. 1974, Chicago)
Carlos Barberena (b. 1972, Nicaragua)
Dianna Frid (Mexican, Canadian, and American)
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas (b. 1981, Toluca, Mexico)
Harold Mendez (b. 1977, Chicago)
Edra Soto (b. 1971, San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Based in Havana:

Humberto Diaz (b. 1975, Cuba)
Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo (b. 1984, Cuba)
Douglas Pérez (b. 1972, Cuba)
Alejandro González (b. 1974, Cuba)
Celia-Yunior (Celia Gonzalez [b. 1985, Cuba] & Yunior Aguiar [b. 1984, Cuba])
Requer (Renier Quer Figueredo, b. 1983, Cuba)

Artists and curators on a tour of the Smart Museum in fall of 2017.

TOUR:
A version of the exhibition will travel to El Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana, Cuba in January 2020.

Visiting Requer’s studio in Old Havana, May 2017. Left to right are: Requer, Alberto Aguilar, Carlos Barberena, Alison Fraunhar, Dianna Frid, and Rodrigo Lara.

The Chicago artists explore el Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales where the exhibition will be displayed in January 2020. The 18th century home in Old Havana is now one of the best-known Cuban spaces for contemporary and experimental art.

ABOUT
Cross Currents is organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art. The exhibition is co-curated by Alison Fraunhar, independent curator and Associate Professor of Art and Design at St. Xavier University, Cesáreo Moreno, Director of Visual Arts & Chief Curator at the National Museum of Mexican Art, and Raquel Carrera, an art historian and curator based in Havana, Cuba, in consultation with Michael Christiano, Deputy Director and Curator of Public Practice at the Smart Museum.

Behind-the-scenes, installation of Cross Currents at the Smart Museum of Art in Chicago.

Behind-the-scenes
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look of artists installing their work for "Cross Currents/Intercambio Cultural" at the Smart Museum of Art.

Alberto Aguilar (b. 1974, Chicago)

Edra Soto (b. 1971, San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Dianna Frid (Mexican, Canadian, and American)

Rodrigo Lara Zendejas (b. 1981, Toluca, Mexico)

SUPPORT
Support for the artist exchange and exhibition has been provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Southwest Airlines, and Maria Bechily and Scott Hodes.

Humberto Diaz (b. 1975, Cuba)

Requer (Renier Quer Figueredo, b. 1983, Cuba)

Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo (b. 1984, Cuba)

Presented in the Richard and Mary L. Gray Gallery and the Elisabeth and William M. Landes Gallery.

Carlos Barberena (b. 1972, Nicaragua)

"CROSS CURRENTS / INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL"
OPENIG RECEPTION:
JULY 11 – 5PM-8PM
ON VIEW: JULY 11 – AUGUST 18, 2019
SMART MUSEUM OF ART
The University of Chicago 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60637
More info HERE

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9TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITIONCarlos Barberena: BAC Second Prize Winner

"Sólo un poco aquí: DAY OF THE DEAD"

"IMMIGRANTS SONGS: Five Contemporary Immigrant Artists"

"Progressive Transition" - PRINT SALON - Latin American Art Triennial

The Petty Biennial.2

Graphic Resistance at Pilsen Outpost Gallery

"Graphic Resistance" Relief Prints by Carlos Barberena

"FUCK YOUR WALL"

"E PLURIBUS UNUM"

"McShitter"

"The Refugees"

"GRAPHIC RESISTANCE" at George Fox University

Resistencia Gráfica: The Prints of Carlos Barberena

CROSS CURRENTS / INTERCAMBIO CULTURAL

​BANDOLERO PRESS​PROPAGANDA

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9TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION
Carlos Barberena: BAC Second Prize Winner

***"Progressive Transition"* - PRINT SALON - *Latin American Art Triennial***

"Graphic Resistance"
Relief Prints by Carlos Barberena

BANDOLERO PRESS
PROPAGANDA