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Title: Contemporary Nacimientos - Paintings, Sculpture, N
START DATE: 12/9/2006
START TIME: 7:00 PM
Duration: 3 Hours
Location: downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
Event Topic: immigration
Event Type: art event
Contact Name: Kathy Gallegos
Contact Email: ave50studio@sbcglobal.net
Contact Phone: 323/258-1435
DESCRIPTION:
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cristo_ya__nacio_3.jpg, image/jpeg, 151x278 Avenue 50 Studio in Highland Park presents its new exhibit, ?Contemporary Nacimientos? featuring art interpreting and reinterpreting the nativity story. The artists invited to participate bring to the nativity story their personal and political perspectives be they traditional, contemporary or impious.



Participating artists: Linda Arreola, David Botello, Barbara Carrasco, Carol Colin & Ted Waltz, Raoul De la Sota, Heather Hoggan, Pola Lopez, Jos? Lozano, Poli Marichal, Isabel Martinez, Andr?s Montoya, Suzanne Siegel, Annie Sperling

The following is a brief description of a few of our key pieces:



Raoul De la Sota: "Nacimiento to Nezahuacoyotl - 1402-72". The great poet-king of Texcoco, Nezahualcoyotl is honored in my nativity. His birth and reign left its immeasurable mark as one of the first identified poet-artists of Mesoamerica.



Poli Marichal: ?Border Nativity?. I am reinterpreting the nativity having to do with migration. Mary, Jesus and Joseph are the undocumented attempting to cross the border. A helicopter symbolizes the star of Bethlehem.



Linda Arreola: "Pinto Being?. The piece I have created for the Nacimiento Exhibit is a representation of the birth of an idealized being (as in baby Jesus). It is a way of compromising the indoctrination of the indigenous people of the Americas with Christianity by creating the birth of a new idealized form based on the melding of two cultures and on the core gastronomical delight found in the "frijol?.



Isabel Martinez: ?Cristo ya Naci??. Referring to the idea that indigenous people have lived the darkest period of time, my piece gives homage to the family as being the core to a rebirth. It also speaks to the contemporary family where single mothers are raising children on their own.



Andr?s Montoya: ?Exodus?. My work for the Nativity Exhibit deals mainly with the issue of Exodus. Exodus - not in a religious sense but rather the contemporary issues of social, political, and economic displacement. The Exodus of immigrants, people without a country, the poor, the voiceless citizens of third world countries are at the heart of my thinking. The figures in my work, coupled with the surreal landscape are an attempt to bring to the forefront of our conscience the reality of the world around us, especially at this time of the year.



Pola Lopez: ?Second Coming?. This painting speaks to single mothers in a society where a large number of women are raising children on their own. It also addresses symbolically the idea of the second coming of the Christ. Would we recognize him/her today? The child being placed in the center of the circle, in which all things are sacred, reminds us that children are the hope in this time of struggle. The orb is surrounded by darkness and symbols that represent transcendence, such as ladders, hands, seedlings, etc. The child is representative of the light within that darkness and the doves are the peace that supports it.



Annie Sperling: ?Madonna of the Golden Clouds?. My work is a look at motherhood magnifying the achievement of giving birth as an event of miracle. The mother figure adorned with gems and vibrant chrysanthemums sits on a moon. The moon representing time and eternity frames the loving pair encasing them with warmth. Mariachis float around the duo serenading mother and child.



Barbara Carrasco: ?Modern Day Nativity?. I?m dealing with the issue of immigration in my piece. Families are torn apart because of deportations. Doors of opportunities are being closed in their face. I speak of these issues in my painting.



When: Saturday, December 9, 2006 7-11 pm

Where: Avenue 50 Studio, 131 No. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042

Contact: (323) 258-1435



Duration: December 9, 2006 through January 7, 2007
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