The National Museum of the History of Azerbaijan

 

The National Museum of the History of Azerbaijan is proud to host the exhibition “CORAZÓN MIGRANTE” — a powerful collection of works by Mexican and Mexican-American artists.

 

This exhibition, previously showcased in major cities across Mexico and the U.S. (including Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, and New York), now arrives in Baku for the first time! 

 

"CORAZÓN MIGRANTE" features 45 pieces by 26 talented artists, bringing vibrant voices from the Mexican diaspora to Azerbaijan's art scene. The exhibition highlights the dynamic and diverse stories of migration, culture, and identity, and is set to spark new conversations and strengthen intercultural dialogue. 

 

Touring Artists:

This exhibit originated from the 2021 Binational Artist Conference in Mexico City and showcases the works of Mexican and Mexican-American artists living in the U.S.

 

Participating Artists / Artistas Participantes:

Vicky Lowe

Karla Osete

Laura Lesllo

Mónica Gisel

Ulises Villa Jr.

Julieta Aguilar

Maricruz Sibaja

Mauricio Zuñiga

Laura Turón Moya

Sergio Nates Maya

Salvador Rodríguez

Ruben Briseño Reveles

Gabriela Santos Ramos

José Luis Fitch Jiménez

Marco Antonio Sánchez

Raymundo López Gómez

Rafael Perea de la Cabada

María Magdalena Hoyos Barría

Mario Alberto Martínez Méndez

Claudia Gabriela Jiménez Marván

María de Lourdes Valverde Galindo

Jessica Rodriguez

Julieta Zavala

 

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Book Launch: THE MOON SHALL NOT GIVE HER LIGHT

 

Book Launch: THE MOON SHALL NOT GIVE HER LIGHT

 

Poems by David Starkey

Drawings by Rafael Perea de la Cabada

 

Date: March 6, 2025 | 6:30 PM

Location: VOICE Magazine Gallery, La Cumbre Mall, Santa Barbara 

 

Join us for an evening celebrating the launch of The Moon Shall Not Give Her Light. The event will feature a conversation with the artist about the collaborative process, followed by a reading by the poet of each of the 12 poems to which the artist responded.

 

Copies of the book and original Conté crayon drawings will be available for purchase.

 

About the Book

"In Starkey’s poems, the miraculous walks arm in arm with the mundane, in language that, at turns, carries notes of liturgical grandeur and captures the music of the colloquial."

— Todd Copeland

 

This event is sponsored by Brian K. O'Connor, Trial Attorney.

 

Artist: Rafael Perea de la Cabada

Title: Supper in the House of Simon

Date: 2024

Medium: Conté crayon

Size: 12 x 9 inches

 

 

 

 

 

In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA

July 21, 2024 – March 9, 2025

Relevance is a common word these days for museums as they work to catch up with their audiences and the ever-changing world we live in, and one sure way to stay relevant is to acquire and display work by contemporary artists who are pushing the envelope with their ingenuity. Art keeps transforming. New artists arrive to claim a place. Artists from marginalized backgrounds are being given greater prominence.

Nearly a century ago, Gertrude Stein is reported to have said that “You can be a museum, or you can be modern, but you can’t be both.” If you can admit that a contemporary collection can only ever be “in the making,” then the problem is not so hard. Think of this exhibition as a snapshot of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s efforts to stay contemporary, while also being a museum.

 

 

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

We’re excited to highlight the work of artist Rafael Perea de la Cabada and his captivating piece “Agua Bendita (Holy Water).” This remarkable work, created in 2000, features acrylic and mixed media on canvas, plastic bottles, cloth, and metal and is currently on view in the exhibition “In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA.”

In “Agua Bendita (Holy Water),” Perea de la Cabada, addresses the blurring of religious and pop culture symbols in present-day Mexico. The central images include the eagle, the serpent, and the cactus—symbols foundational to Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica empire. Additionally, there is an ambiguous shape that suggests both a Coca-Cola bottle and the Virgin of Guadalupe.

The 71 Coke bottles framing the work reference the number of years the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) held power in Mexico, ending with Vicente Fox Quesada's election to the presidency in 2000. (Fox was formerly the CEO of Coca-Cola Mexico.) This painting-assemblage not only implies the powerful presence of transnational corporations in Mexico but also, through its title, “Holy Water,” refers to the untouchable and unchangeable presence of brands and religious symbols assimilated into the culture.

 

Visit us to experience this unique work and explore the dynamic range of contemporary art.

 

Credit:

Rafael Perea de la Cabada, “Agua Bendita (Holy Water),” 2000. Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, plastic bottles, cloth, and metal. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by the 20th Century Art Acquisition Fund. © Rafael Perea de la Cabada

The Art Full Life of POOCH (Keith Julius Puccinelli)

 

POOCH: The Art Full Life of Keith Julius Puccinelli

Event Date:

Saturday, September 7, 2024 - 12:00pm to Sunday, December 15, 2024 - 5:00pm

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 2024, 4–6pm

AD&A Museum 

 

This exhibition features the work of graphic designer and fine artist Keith Puccinelli, AKA Pooch, alongside selections of work from the folk and contemporary art collection he and his wife, Frances Garvin Puccinelli, built over their 33-artful-years together. Pooch was a long-time Santa Barbara resident who began his artistic career as an award-wining graphic designer with his studio Puccinelli Design (1983-1996). In 1998, after surviving cancer and at the urging of his wife, he began working full-time as a fine artist and became an active and recognized contributor to the Southern California art scene. This exhibition investigates how humor, tragedy, and wit animated Puccinelli’s art and design. Furthermore, the exhibition situates Puccinelli’s career within the constellation of his local and regional contemporaries including Dane Goodman, Hugh Margerum, Hilary Brace, Joan Tanner, Richard Ross, Lily Guild as well as artists like Claes Oldenberg, Philip Guston, Annie Toliver, Wayne Thiebaud, Chip Kidd and many others who influenced his practice more broadly. POOCH celebrates the extraordinary gift of more than 600 original works of art and the full artist's archive including design and documentary materials.

 

Keith Julius Puccinelli (b. United States, 1950-2017) received his Bachelor of Fine Art from San Jose State University in 1973. As a fine artist and self-taught graphic designer, he founded Puccinelli Design in 1983 in downtown Santa Barbara and ran a successful studio until 1995 when he closed the business to pursue other creative interests. For more than 40 years, Pooch has exhibited artworks in numerous solo and group exhibitions at galleries, museums, and contemporary art spaces. His work is included in private and public collections such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Wilding Museum of Art & Nature, Weatherspoon Museum of Art, and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum. 

 

The exhibition includes drawings, sculptures, sketches, and designs by Keith Puccinelli alongside artworks and objects by:

Todd Anderson, Sandow Birk, Jeff Brouws, Ginny Brush Wendy Burton, Hilary Brace, Nell Campbell Robbie Conal, Bob Debris, Ann Diener Linda Ekstrom, David Gilhooly, Howard Finster, Julia Ford, Colin Fraser Gray Rollin Fortier, Marlin Garien, Dane Goodman Penelope Gottlieb Lily Guild, Philip Guston, Nathan Hayden, Mary Heebner the Huichol people, Patricia Hedrick, Neal Izumi, James Harold Jennings, Susan Jorgensen, Philip Koplin, Dan LeVin Art, Holly Mackay, Hugh Margerum Penny Mast McCall, Wayne McCall, Virginia McCracken, Barbara Parmet Jens Pedersen, Rafael Perea de la Cabada Gail Pine, Fran Puccinelli, Harry Reese& Sandra Liddell Reese, Richard Ross, Alison Saar, Marie Schoeff Judith Scott, Tom Stanley Nicole Strasburg, Joan Tanner, Masami Teraoka, Wayne Thiebaud, Susan Tibbles Richard Tullis, Dug Uyesaka Beatrice Wood, Seyburn Zorthian

 

POOCH: The Art Full Life of Keith Julius Puccinelli is organized by the Art, Design & Architecture Museum and is curated by Meg Linton The exhibition is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Keith and Frances Puccinelli Trust. 

 

Image: Keith Puccinelli, Hot Rod Ambush, 2014. Blacklight ink and pen on paper, diptych. Gift of the Estate of Frances Garvin and Keith Julius Puccinelli. 2018.001.440 (Photo: Wayne McCall) 

 

https://www.museum.ucsb.edu/news/feature/1128

Trienal de Tijuana: 2. Internacional Pictorica

 

 

 

Trienal de Tijuana: 2. Internacional Pictórica

Centro Cultural Tijuana- CECUT 

Julio 2024- Febrero 2025

El Cubo, Salas1,2,3

Sala Martha Palau- Sala Planta Baja

Artist: Rafael Perea de la Cabada

Title: Sol Cuadrado/Square Sun

Technique: Mixed media on canvas

Materials: Acrylic, Rope, Metal Grommets, Wood, Fired Clay

Size: 229.87 cm x 213.36 cm

Year: 2023

 

 

Square Sun

 

We are one and all, always divided. Perpetually crossing the line that first crossed us.

Born with the innate craving to soar high, reenergized again and again by falling. Rebounding and reborn, eagerly, in an endless ladder of cruel, neighborly embraces.

Branded by hopes of discovery, bitten by abandonment and loss, giving more than we can take—our very lives—a heavy price to pay for renewal.

We say and do all that we can think or imagine. Sometimes we understand, but we let invisibility cover us with silence.

We are the ones who left: “Los Héroes Migrantes.” And even if we return, we will always remain here. Bright and immutable. Firm and timeless... like a square sun.

 

(Dedicated to my father who worked in the United States for a long time before he was able to return to our Mexico).

 

Sol Cuadrado

 

Somos uno y todos, siempre divididos. Cruzando perpetuamente la línea, aquella que primero nos cruzó. Nacidos con el anhelo innato de elevarnos alto, revitalizados una y otra vez al caer. Rebotando y renaciendo con entusiasmo en una interminable escalera de abrazos vecinales crueles. Marcados por las esperanzas del descubrimiento, mordidos por el abandono y la pérdida, dando más de lo que podemos tomar: nuestras propias vidas, un precio elevado por la renovación. Decimos y hacemos todo lo que podemos pensar o imaginar. A veces entendemos, pero dejamos que la invisibilidad nos cubra con silencio. Somos los que se fueron: “Los héroes migrantes”. Y aunque regresemos, siempre permaneceremos aquí. Brillantes e inmutables. Firmes y atemporales… como un sol cuadrado.

 

(Dedicado a mi padre que trabajó en los Estados Unidos durante mucho tiempo antes de poder regresar a nuestro México).

Trienal de Tijuana: 2. Internacional Pictórica

       

I have been selected to participate in the Trienal de Tijuana: 2.

Internacional Pictórica

Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT)

July 2024 – February 2025

Mexico.

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Corazon Migrante/ Complejo Cultural Los Pinos

 

 

After a long journey through the various consulates of Mexico in the United States, finally the exhibition of “ Corazón Migrante" arrives in #CDMX. Don't miss the closing ceremony this December 7 at 12pm from @cc_lospinos @sremx @imesremx

Después de un largo recorrido por los diversos consulados de México en Estados Unidos, finalmente la exposición de “Corazón Migrante” llega a #CDMX. No te pierdas la ceremonia de clausura este 7 de Diciembre a las 12 pm desde el @cc_lospinos @sremx @imesremx

TOUR CORAZÓN MIGRANTE is an art exhibit formed by a collective of 23 artists of Mexican descent residing throughout the U.S. which resulted from their participation in the binational artist conference in Mexico City in 2021.

http://rpcrafaelperea.blogspot.com/
https://corazonmigrante.org/

Participating Artists/ Artistas participantes (Tour Binacional 2023):
Vicky Lowe
Karla Osete
Laura Lesllo
Mónica Gisel
Ulises Villa Jr.
Julieta Aguilar
Maricruz Sibaja
Mauricio Zuñiga
Laura Turón Moya
Sergio Nates Maya
Salvador Rodríguez
Ruben Briseño Reveles
Gabriela Santos Ramos
José Luis Fitch Jiménez
Marco Antonio Sánchez
Raymundo López Gómez
Rafael Perea de la Cabada
María Magdalena Hoyos Barría
Mario Alberto Martínez Méndez
Claudia Gabriela Jiménez Marván
María de Lourdes Valverde Galindo
Jessica Rodriguez
Julieta Zavala

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