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Artist Statement:
The Art of Cultural Idealism
Icons, symbols and objects,
established or reinvented
permit us to define our
relationship with the
surroundings in which we are
born, live, play, work and die
in. They are the means to look
intently at reality. In my own
work I use them to try and
come up with understandings by
crossing the borders between
popular culture and the moral
values embedded in it. . For
me, juxtaposing familiar pop
art icons against one another
helps fortify fascination (and
repulsion) with many of the
empty idealisms in today’s
world.
In this way my canvases become
the narrative of us. The icons
and objects in my work are
part of a larger
internalization, also exposing
what is evident and
unpredictable. The paintings
also demonstrate how art is
capable of revealing to us the
ironies that we are
encompassed in.
Even though I explore
distinctive themes, the bases
for all the work is elaborated
with elements, symbols and
icons that we recognize
consciously or intuitively,
recognizable icons of
societies and cultures across
the globe. They are a chain of
popular images that identifies
“culture.” Human history is a
common story and because of
this we share the ...
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Artist Galleries:
Ethra Galeria
www.galeriaethra.com
Melissa Morgan Fine Art
www.melissamorganfineart.com
Traeger & Pinto Arte
Contemporáneo
www.traeger-pinto.com...
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Artist Reviews:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Barry Wolfryd at the Beyond
the Border International
Contemporary Art Fair in San
Diego
Mexico City, August 25, 2009.
The American – Mexican painter
Barry Wolfryd will be one of
the artists whose work will
mark the first edition of the
Beyond the Border
International Contemporary Art
Fair (...
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Collections:
Hilton Corporation, Mexico
City, Mexico
Museo Casa Diego Rivera,
Guanajuato, México
Press Club Santiago, Santiago,
Chile
Housatonic Museum of Art,
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Bramsen Institute París,
Francia .
APD Corporation, Mexico City,
Mexico
Taller de Gráfica Soruco,
Oaxaca México
DeBas Corporation, Mexico
City, Mexico
Galería Renata, ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Barry Wolfryd:
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Individual Exhibitions:
2008: “Equations for A Life Style” The Conference Room
Los Angeles,Ca., USA
2007: “Between Two Worlds” Public Arts Department
Palm Desert, Ca., USA
2003: “Recent Works” Gallery Soho Creative, New York City, NY, USA
2002: “Borders” Gallery Soho Creative, New York City, NY, USA
2000: “Animal Crackers” Duo Duo Gallery
San Miguel Allende, Gto,Mexico
“Recent Works” Gallery Soho Creative, NYC, NY, USA
1998: “Crazy Still Lives and Landscapes” Talent Gallery
Mexico City, Mexico “Adventure of The Icons”
Cultural Institute of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
“Baby Limbo” Gallery One -Two-Seven , Mexico City, Mexico
1997: “Recent Work” Marek Fine Art, Los Angeles, Ca. USA
1996: “A Decade of Work on Paper” MCA Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico 1994: “New Jersey – Aztec” Salon Azteca Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
“Californa – Aztec” Robert´s Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
1992: “Mambo Rojo” Museum Home of Diego Rivera
Guanajuato,Gto., Mexico
“Red Mambo and Its Conflicts” Galeria Talento
Mexico City, Mexico.
1990: “Through Paradise” Exhibition Itinerary:
Hidalgo Cultural Center, Pachuca Hidalgo, Mexico
House of Culture, Morelia,Michoacan, Mexico
Francisco Gotilla Museum, Zacatecas, Zac. Mexico
The Regional Direction for The Investigation
and Formation of Culture, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
1989: “A Day in Marimbaland” Florencia Riestra Gallery
Mexico City, Mexico
1988: “South of The Border” Read Stremmell Gallery
San Antonio, Texas, USA
1987: “Saints and Sinners” Art Forum Gallery
Mexico City, Mexico
1986: “Life At Ground Zero” Los Talleres Gallery
Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
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