Monday, February 17, 2014

PINTURA : PALABRA -- DC: photo galleries

PINTURA: PALABRA, a project in ekphrasis

L to R standing: 
E. Carmen Ramos, Juan J. Morales, Valerie Martínez, 
Carmen Calatayud, Maritza Rivera, Samuel Miranda, 
Yvette Neisser Moreno, John Chávez, Emma Trelles, 
Elizabeth Acevedo

front row: 
Brenda Cárdenas, Carlos Parada Ayala,  
Francisco Aragón, Dan Vera

taken at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art
Washington, D.C.
February 16, 2014

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WORKSHOP, Day 1: February 15, 2014

E. Carmen Ramos welcomes workshop participants







Workshop, Day 1: February 15, 2014

Samuel Miranda
&
"West Side Story Upside Down, Backwards,
Sideways and Out of Focus
(La Maleta de Futriaco Martínez)"
by ADÁL
2002, suitcase, flat-screen LCD monitor,
digital video.
Valerie Martínez
&
"Placa/Rollcall"
by Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez
1980, acrylic on canvas
Brenda Cárdenas
&
"Erased Lynchings"
by Ken Gonzales Day
2006, fifteen ink jet prints
Carmen Calatayud
&
"Pariah"
by Marcos Dimas
1971-72, oil on canvas
Yvette Neisser Moreno
&
"Death of Ruben Salazar"
by Frank Romero
1986, oil on canvas
Elizabeth Acevedo
&
"The Domincan York"
&
"Santo Trujillo is Dead"
both from the series Island of Many Gods
by Scherezade Garcia
2006, acrylic, charcoal, ink, 
and sequins on paper
Emma Trelles
&
"Decoy Gang War Victim"
by Asco
(photographer: Henry Gamboa, Jr.)
1974, printed 2010, chromogenic print
&
"A la Mode"
by Asco
(photographer: Henry Gamboa, Jr.)
1976, printed 2010, chromogenic print
John Chávez
&
"Erased Lynchings"
by Ken Gonzales Day
2006, fifteen ink jet prints

Juan J. Morales
&
"Illegal Alien's Guide to the Concept 
of Relative Surplus Value"
by Enrique Chagoya
2009, lithograph on amate paper
Maritza Rivera
&
"El altar de mi bisabuelo/My Great Grandfather's altar"
&
"Peregrino/Pilgrim"
both from the series
Santos y sombras/Saints and shadows

DINNER INTERLUDE 
@
OYAMEL


el menu, 
with signatures

WORKSHOP, Day 2: February 16, 2014




el grupo

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"SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE"
@
Busboys and Poets
February 16, 2014






Full House
Sarah Browning 
welcomes us

Ekphrastic Poetry Reading w/projected art

Brenda Cárdenas
John Chávez
Emma Trelles
Elizabeth Acevedo
Carmen Calatayud
Carlos Parada Ayala
Dan Vera
Maritza Rivera
Yvette Neisser Moreno
Samuel Miranda
Juan J. Morales
Valerie Martínez
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POST READING


L to R standing:
Emma Trelles, Brenda Cárdenas, Carmen Calatayud,
Yvette Neisser Moreno, Valerie Martínez, Martitza Rivera,
Samuel Miranda, John Chávez, Carlos Parada Ayala
front row:
Francisco Aragón, Dan Vera, Juan J. Morales

missing:
Elizabeth Acevedo

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"PINTURA : PALABRA,
a project in ekphrasis"
in Washington, D.C.
was made possible, in part,
by the Weissberg Foundation













2 comments:

Yvette Neisser Moreno said...

What a fabulous set of photos!! Gracias, Francisco.

Yvette Neisser Moreno said...

What a fabulous set of photos! Gracias, Francisco.