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ESSENTIAL - For Your Colonizer Comfort -
"ESSENTIAL — FOR YOUR COLONIZER COMFORT"
de Carlos Barberena
Mientras mi pulgar se desliza dócilmente sobre la pantalla de mi esmartfon, comienza a brotar la ilustración de un trabajador esencial excepcionalmente grabado. La figura es reconocible; la conforman millones y millones de puntos cromáticos que se proyectan en la pantalla de cristal líquido y trazan un trabajador del campo estadounidense en esta nueva era de Acuario y de Covid-19. La forma prodigiosa y el contenido punzante hacen de una propuesta conceptual una obra maestra del grabador Carlos Barberena.
El Maestro Barberena lleva por lo menos tres décadas trabajando con el tema de la migración, lo hizo en Costa Rica cuando emigró de Nicaragua, 1986, y lo ha hecho en Estados Unidos desde que emigró a Washington en 2008. Ya en Chicago realizó tres grabados memorables sobre el mismo tema: Los refugiados (2010), Santo Pollero (2011) y Riding the Beast (2011).
Le arrebata a “los nobles” los atributos simbólicos del retrato de los poderosos: la aristocracia y el clero, y se lo otorga a los trabajadores más expuestos al abuso y a la esclavitud moderna: el trabajador agrícola, el empacador, el estibador. Con motivos floripondiosos y barrocos honra a estos nuevos personajes esenciales en cualquier campo de cultivo, en cualquier punto del orbe.
A través de estas magníficas impresiones en bolsas para el mandado elaboradas con papel de grabado, BFK Rives, el artista nos invita a deconstruir el concepto esencial y descolonizar nuestro pensamiento para en verdad observar, reconocer y respetar el trabajo y la vida de aquellas trabajadoras y trabajadores que con su labor hacen posible que en nuestra mesa no falte un alimento digno esta noche.
POSADA: The Godfather of Latin American Printmaking
Via Zoom at Eiteljorg Museum
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"POSADA: The Godfather of Latin American Printmaking"
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) was a Mexican Printmaker and illustrator known for his satirical and socio-political prints and cartoons. His more critical work shows us the social injustices and inequality during the Porfiriato (1876-1911) but also he illustrated with mastery the spirit and everyday life of the Mexican People. One of his well-known satirical prints is “La Calavera Garbancera or La Catrina”, a print that has become an icon during the celebration of el Día de Muertos / Day of the Dead.
In this presentation Barberena will be talking about Posada’s legacy and how his social-political work has influenced artists in Mexico and Latin America until this day.
About the Artist:
Carlos Barberena (b.1972) is a contemporary Nicaraguan self-taught Printmaker best known for his satirical relief prints and the use of images from pop culture, as well as from political and cultural tragedies. His work has been shown nationally and internationally in Art Biennials, Museums, Galleries, Universities and Cultural Centers.
He has received various awards, most notably the “National Printmaking Award 2012” given by the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture. Barberena’s work is included in numerous public and private collections. Currently Barberena lives and works in Chicago.
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Contemporary Printmaking project founded by the Infamous Printmaker Carlos Barberena with the purpose to promote printmaking and create connection with printmakers around the world.
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