Mercedes Gertz and Esau Andrade reinterpret fairy tales
with photographs by Elizabeth Beristain
Opening
Night Reception: Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 7-10 pm
The Avenue 50 Studio is proud to present “Cuentos de Hadas” (Fairy
Tales), an exhibition of works by two contemporary Mexican artists. Through
a narrative language, Gertz and Andrade portray the female vs. male versions
of fairy tales. The exhibit opens with an artists’ reception on Saturday
evening, March 13, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m. and closes on Sunday, April 4,
2010.
Mercedes
Gertz. Using humor and sensuality, Gertz’s fairy tale series
asks us to consider where women are in the 21st century. Her heroines are
unapologetic symbols of female confidence. We sense in them a comfort with
the body, with play and decoration. They confidently own the sensual, and
relish in being a woman in charge.
These … fairy or folk tales … recur over and over through
millennia in the guise of innocent stories telling us time and again that
the docile, young body gets the prince, that the girl brave enough to venture
into the woods—the space of men--meets her fate at the
hands of the big bad wolf. Peter Pan lives forever as a boy,
Wendy must grow up--it is her calling, her duty, her essential
nature. -- Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue, Art Critic, Essayist,
Poet
Esau Andrade. Following in the footsteps of
the Latin American surrealists, Esau Andrade twists reality,
creating canvases bursting with color that are pop in nature.
He instills a childlike exuberance into his delightful paintings.
Andrade comes from a folk art background, as both his mother
Guadalupe Valencia and brother Raymundo Andrade are also
artists. He is mainly a self-taught painter, although attended
La Escuela de Artes Plasticas de la Universidad de Guadalajara.
Unlike
the candy colored confections of his more stylized folk art paintings,
these other works by Andrade place him firmly in the surrealist tradition
shared by many Latin masters. He retains a naiveté and originality
with quirky images that are both charming and serious, and also
remain indebted to his rich culture for visual symbols that are vivid
and intense. -- Kathy Zimmerer, Artscene 11/2004
Elizabeth Beristain. Elizabeth was born in Mexico City. A graduate of the
Escuela Activa de Fotografia and staff photographer for “El Reforma,” one
of the top national daily newspapers in Mexico, she moved to Los Angeles
as a freelance photographer and later became Photography Editor for the
cultural publication Latino Weekly Review. A product of her Mexican mother’s
artistic sensitivity and her Portuguese father’s decidedly more adventurous
side, this subtle mixture of Old and the New World influences are germinal
elements of Elizabeth’s artistry. Additionally, in devising the art
direction of her own work, a wider range of crucial creative features shine
through, from the world of opera, painting, music, and cinema, in a vision
where a unique sense of artistry never intrudes with a boundless appreciation
of our common humanity. Elizabeth has participated in various collective
and solo shows, both in Mexico and Los Angeles, where she lives with her
husband, cinematographer Gabriel Beristain ASC, BSC, and their two children
Max and Victoria. She is currently at work on her new series, entitled
Crowned Nuns.
March 13, 2010 through April 4, 2010
____________________________________________________________________________________ And the Annex Presents:
A Prayer For Juarez, A Curse On The Killers
Hijas
de Juarez - Alfonso Aceves
Alfonso Aceves
Ismael de Anda
Antonio Escalante
Judithe Hernandez
Cindy Suriyani
vincentmayakovsky
Angela Briggs
Laura Blanco "La China"
With poetic interpretations
by Abel Salas, Gloria Enedina Alvarez
Opening Night Reception: Saturday, March 13, 2010 from 7-10 pm
March 13 through April 4, 2010
The Avenue 50 Studio is participating in a world-wide call to attention.
As part of A Prayer for Juarez, a network of companion exhibits will take
place in March. Below is the update on places that will be part of this art
protest dialogue.
A Sculptural Installation, Albuquerque, NM Contact djgavel@gmail.com
Honoring the Women of Juarez and the West Mesa Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala
Contact: Renata Luna E-mail: lumartica@yahoo.com
Fort Worth, Texas Producing group: Sound Culture
Contact: Tammy M. Gomez Email: sound_culture@hotmail.com
Phone: 817.924.9188
Juarez City No More Femicide
At the International Women's Day Rally at the Sydney Town Hall
Sydney, Australia (March 13, 2010 from 10 am to 3 pm
Sydney Action for Juarez Concert Contact: Liliana E Correa Email: lilianaec_27@yahoo.com.au
Priéres de femmes pour Juarez
Biblioteque du mile-end,
l'exposition dÌmages de femmes
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Montréal Longueuil, Québec, Canada
dans le dadre de Contact: Claudia Cortés Email: claudiacortes1@hotmail.com
A Prayer for Juarez
Casa 0101- Los Angeles, California
Contact: Josefina Lopez & Victoria Delgadillo
Email: aprayerforjuarez@gmail.com www.aprayerforjuarez.org <http://www.aprayerforjuarez.org>
Femicide
March 12th – April 10th 2010 – Opening March 12th 7:00 – 10:00pm
Contact: Mia Roman, curator (artbymamamia@yahoo.com)
Abrazo Interno Gallery: Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street , New York , NY 10002
Citizan Divas: Women, Art and Social Justice
A Panel in celebration of International Women's Day
MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Auditorium
250 So. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Free of Charge, open to the public
Organized by Nancy Buchanan, Christine Wertheim and students from CalArts
ID 517
This symposium focuses on social, geographical and conceptual arenas where
the power of women to speak on behalf of themselves and their peers is strongly,
radically asserted through works of art and activism.
12.00-12.30 - Introduction by artist Andrea Bowers
12.30- 2.30 - Lourdes Portillo will discuss the making of her film, Senorita
Extraviada, Missing Young Woman, a documentary examining the mystery of the
hundreds of young women murdered in Juarez, Mexico. For further information:
buchanan@calarts.edu, wertheim@calarts.edu
Barcelona, España
Contact: Susana García Medrano Email: susana@equidad.org.mx
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contact: Sandra Román
Mexico City, DF Contact: Pilar Aranda Email: unaoracionporjuarez@gmail.com
