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Artist Exhibitions:
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” ...
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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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Artist Statement for Barry Wolfryd
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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 ability to interpret symbols or elements that represent aspects of life.
My work investigates and explores the human element, its relationship to others and the world around it. My interest in the human and cultural aspects of our lives is the corresponding idea that mirrors my intent as an artist and pictorial detective. By challenging the social norms of American and world cultures, I hope to bring to attention our complex natures, which are not necessarily “stacked” in favor of our humanity . . .
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