72. FRANCISCO TOLEDO

72. FRANCISCO TOLEDO

SAPO Y GRILLO RECOSTADO RECLINING FROG AND CRICKET Gouache, Copper and Pastel on Paper 34.5 x 85 cm       2006

EL PERRO DE OLGA Gouache on Paper 57 X 77 cm      1976

COCODRILO ROJO RED CROCODILE Thick Paper Cut, Gouache, Pastel and Gesso on Paper 80 x 120 cm      2009

BIO & STEPS

Born:  

                  In 1940 in Juchitán, Oaxaca (México)

Studies: 

         He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca and the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, where he studied graphic arts with Guillermo Silva Santamaria.

Themes and style: 

         His social and cultural concerns about his home state led to his participation in the establishment of an art library at the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO),[2] as well as his involvement in the founding of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), the Patronato Pro-Defensa y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural de Oaxaca, a library for the blind, a photographic center, and the Eduardo Mata Music Library.

Techniques:      

         Toledo works in various media, including pottery, sculpture, weaving, graphic arts, and paintings.

Exhibitions

He has had exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Japan, Sweden, the United States, as well as other countries.

Awards:

Mexican National Prize (1998)

The Prince Claus Award (2000)

The Right Livelihood Award (2005).

In his own words:

“With the engravings, I’m reflecting my mood. If they contain something humorous, it’s because that’s how I am. But it was not my intention to make it easier for people to gain access to the work. It’s good for people to laugh, but first I laugh and then the rest can come.”

Representative Galleries:

Whitechapel

Leon Tovar

For more Information:

http://www.artnet.com/artists/julio-gal%C3%A1n/biography

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/31/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries

http://www.franciscotoledo.net/

http://bombmagazine.org/article/2275/francisco-toledo

71. SYLVIA SLEIGH

71. SYLVIA SLEIGH

Working at Home, 1969
Oil on Canvas, 56” x 32”

At The Turkish Bath, 1976 Oil on Canvas 76” x 100”

Group Portrait, 1977-78, Oil on Canvas 76” x 82”

BIO & STEPS

 

Born:  

In  1916 in Llandudno, Wales

Died 2010, New York, NY

Education:

        

She studied at the Brighton Schol of Art and  had her first solo exhibition in 1953 at the Kensington Art Gallery. After her graduation, she worked as a dresser in a dress shop and later opened her own shop in Brighton.

Themes and style: 

         She painted a series of works reversing stereotypical artistic themes by featuring nude men in poses that were traditionally associated with women. Some directly alluded to existing works, such as her gender-reversed version of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres's, The Turkish Bath (1973), which depicts a group of art critics, including her husband Lawrence Alloway (reclining at the lower right). Philip Golub Reclining (1971) similarly appropriates the pose of the Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez. This work also presents a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern typical of the Western canon and is reflective of research into the position of women throughout the history of art as model, mistress, and muse, but rarely as artist−genius.

Techniques:      

         Her work is developed in paintings.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013    Sylvia Sleigh: Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England

2013    Sylvia Sleigh: CAPC Musee d’art Contemporian de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

2012     Sylvia Sleigh: Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

2012     Sylvia Sleigh: Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Noway

2011    Sylvia Sleigh: Invitation to a Voyage: The Hudson River at Fishkill, 1979-99, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

2010    Sylvia Sleigh: Working at Home, Freymond-Guth & Co. Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland

2009    Sylvia Sleigh, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY

2007    Sylvia Sleigh, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY

2006    Sylvia Sleigh: Invitation to a Voyage, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

2005    Sylvia Sleigh: Portraits and Group Portraits, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, , Staten Island, NY

2004    Sylvia Sleigh: New Work and Portraits of Critics, SOHO20 Chelsea, New York, NY

2001    “  An Unnerving Romanticism:” The Art of Sylvia Sleigh and Lawrence Alloway, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1999    Sylvia Sleigh: Invitation to a Voyage, Deven Golden Fine Art, New York, NY

1995        Invitation to a Voyage and Other Works, Sonia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994        Sylvia Sleigh: New Paintings, Stiebel Modern, New York, NY

1992        Sylvia Sleigh: Paintings from the 1970s, Stiebel Modern, New York, NY

1990        Sylvia Sleigh: Invitation to a Voyage and Other Works, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1985        Sylvia Sleigh: Drawings, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY

Invitation to a Voyage: The Hudson River at Fishkill, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY

              Sylvia Sleigh: Nudes and Portraits, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL

1983       Sylvia Sleigh Paints Lawrence Alloway, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY

1982        Sylvia Sleigh: Portraits at the New School, The New School Associates, New York, NY

1981        Sylvia Sleigh, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO

1980        Sylvia Sleigh, Gallery 609, Denver, CO

              Sylvia Sleigh, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL

             Sylvia Sleigh: Paintings 1970-79, Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH; Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN; Hiestand Gallery, Miami University,                                    Oxford, OH

                Sylvia Sleigh: Recent Paintings, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY

               Sylvia Sleigh: Stones and Flowers: Paintings and Watercolors, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY

1979           Sylvia Sleigh: Portraits, Lowenstein Library Gallery, Fordham University, New York, NY

1978           Sylvia Sleigh: Portraits, Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT

              Sylvia Sleigh, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1977         Sylvia Sleigh: Exhibition of Paintings, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN; Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

             Sylvia Sleigh: Stones and Flowers, Paul Klapper Library, Queens College, City University, Flushing, NY

1976         Sylvia Sleigh, Hopkins Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

            Sylvia Sleigh, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY; Cortland College, State University of New York, Cortland,     NY

           Sylvia Sleigh, MATRIX 23, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

            Sylvia Sleigh, Deson-Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL

             Sylvia Sleigh, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

1975         Sylvia Sleigh: Paintings, The New School Associates, , New York, NY

1974         Sylvia Sleigh: Portraits and Nudes, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY

             Sylvia Sleigh (Women Artists Series, Year 4), The Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

                  Sylvia Sleigh, Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

        Sylvia Sleigh, Jacobs Ladder Gallery, Washington, DC

1973       Sylvia Sleigh, SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY

1972        Sylvia Sleigh: New Paintings, Lerner-Misrachi Gallery, New York, NY

1971        Sylvia Sleigh: The Investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales, 1969, Hemingway Galleries, New York, NY

1969        Sylvia Sleigh, Hemingway Galleries, New York, NY

1968        Sylvia Sleigh, Hemingway Galleries, New York, NY

1965        Sylvia Sleigh, Byron Gallery, New York, NY

1963        Paintings by Sylvia Sleigh, New Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

1962        Statues in the Crystal Palace Gardens: Paintings by Sylvia Sleigh, The Trafford Gallery, London, England

1953        Sylvia Sleigh, Kensington Art Gallery, London, England

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

National Portrait Gallery, London

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

Mills College, Oakland, CA

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ

The David and Alfred Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT

Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award, Women’s Caucus for Art, 2011

Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement, College Art Association, 2008

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 1985

National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship, 1982

In his own words:

“I wanted to give my perspective, portraying both sexes with dignity and humanism. It was very necessary to do this because women had often been painted as objects of desire in humiliating poses. I don’t mind the ‘desire’ part, it’s the ‘object’ that’s not very nice.”

Representative Galleries:

A.I.R Gallery

For more Information:

http://www.sylviasleigh.com/sylviasleigh/Sylvia.html

http://airgallery.org/artists/sylvia-sleigh/#0_1

http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/sylvia-sleigh

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/design/26sleigh.html?_r=2