Viviana Blanco (Argentina) / Mayra Barraza (El Salvador) / Eloísa Ibarra (Uruguay) / Ronald Morán (El Salvador) / David Guzmán (Ecuador) / José David Herrera (El Salvador) / Yukie Hori (Brasil) / Walterio Iraheta (El Salvador).
Jan 19-23
The LAAS features thousands of works of art from around the world and from a range of periods including Old Master works, Impressionist, Modern, and Contemporary art. The 150,000 square foot venue which will be the home of LAAS 2011 will also include an important Guest Country Exhibition, special exhibition spaces showcasing Southern California top museums and a high profile lecture program.
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Booth# G182
LA CONVENTION CENTER
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MBarraza: "Velasquez come again"
From "Invisible Man" series
Oil paint on canvas
40 x 40 cm / 2009
Caput Mortuum Suite
Galery Pfeister
Jan- Feb 2011
“Capita Mortua* Suite” is the rare contradiction in terms of a coded protest against human disgrace and poverty in the gang land controlled Salvadorian suburbs; how commercial exploitation and a corrupted genealogy restrain a vast majority of people in a deprived status qua and claim everyday casualties and numerous of deaths: It is where the Baroque turns claire-obscure; where centuries of crafted artistic tradition meets current concepts of free expression and the finest of the classics and the modern merge into a contemporary Barraza.
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Mayra Barraza: A visual transformation of "luxurious violence"
