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Luis Gonzalez Palma

Luis Gonzalez Palma (Guatemala, 1957), architetto di formazione, è considerato uno dei più interessanti artisti dell’America Latina. La sua carriera nelle arti figurative è iniziata negli anni ’80 con gli ormai noti ritratti allegorici degli Indios guatemaltechi, discendenti dei Maya , nei quali miti e tradizioni culturali di questo antico popolo, oggi condannato dalla guerra civile all’apartheid, emergono con straordinaria forza espressiva da immagini iconiche e misteriose, brunite e rese uniche attraverso virtuose manipolazioni (graffiature, aggiunta di frammenti di tessuti , pergamene, pellicole,applicazione di foglia d’oro…) ed interventi pittorici che simulano la patina del tempo.
In sintesi, la sua opera “trascende spazio e tempo, suggerendo che misticismo, bellezza, dignità e dolore propri della condizione umana sono la vera materia della sua ricerca” (John Wood, Poems of Sorrow).

Leggi di più

PERSONAL

2009

“Jerarquías de Intimidad, la separación, junto a Graciela De Oliveira” – III Encuentro Internacional de Fotografía, Foto Museo, Bogotá, Colombia

Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN

“Jerarquías de Intimidad” – Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

“Tu/mi placer, junto a Graciela De Oliveira” – New York Photo festival, New York, NY

2008

“Jerarquías de Intimidad, la separación, junto a Graciela De Oliveira” – Museos MACRO y Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina

“La Anunciación” – Basilica de Santa María Vallicella, Roma, Italy

Shelldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE

Centro Cultural de España, El Salvador, San Salvador

2004

Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain

“Luis González Palma (Antológica)” – Museo de Santa Giulia. I Biennale di fotografia. Brescia. Italy

Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX

Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003

Taylor Museum Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL

Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA

Focus Gallery, London, England

Galeria Omar Alanso, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

2002

“The silence of the gaze” – Australian Centre for Photography. Paddington, Australia

Rockford College, Rockford, IL

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Mainsite Gallery, Norman, OK

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL

Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID

Colorado Springs Museum, Colorado Springs, CO

“Mundos Creados” – Noorderlicht, Netherlands

2001

Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY

Fetterman Photographic Works, Santa Monica, CA

The Olson, Gallery Bethel College, St. Paul, MN

Jane Jackson Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2000

Atrio di Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy

Mas de la fotografia de Merida, Mexico

Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Veracruz, Mexico

The University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton TX

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL

University of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

1999

Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Martin Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italia

“Foto España” – Centro Cultural La Villa (Grand Prize Winner).

“Festival de Invierno” – Ouro Preto, Brasil

The Galleries of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Sicardi Sanders Gallery, Houston, TX

Photo & Co. Gallery, Milan, Italy

El Ojo Ajeno, Lima, Peru

Mainsite Contemporary Art, OK

Arts and Humanities Council, Lake Charles, LA.

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1998

Schneider Gallery, Chicago,IL

Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, CA USA

Jane Jackson Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA USA

James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY USA

Photo & Co., Turin, Italy

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ USA

1997

Martin Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN USA

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA

MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA USA

Centro de Artes Visuales, Museo del Barro, Asuncion, Paraguay

Galeria Sergio Milliet, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Mes de la Fotografia – Sao Paulo, Brasil

Casa de las Americas, La Habana, Cuba

James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY USA

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ USA

Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA

1996

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA

Biuro-Wystaw-Artystycznych, Jelenia Gora, Osrodek Kultury, Wroclaw/Lodzki Dom Kultury, Lodz/Centrum Kultury, Katowice, Poland (Travelling Show in Poland).

V Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

Galeria Tomas Andreu, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico D.F., Mexico

Museo de Guadalajara, Mexico

Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin, Colombia

Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota Colombia

McClain & Co., Houston, TX USA

1995

Galeria Il Diaframma, Milan, Italy

The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, SK. Canada

Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL USA

Galeria Spectrum, Zaragoza, Spain

Mes de la Fotografia, Quito, Ecuador

Galeria Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona, Spain

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ USA

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA

Festival International de Fotografia, “Tarazona Foto”, “El Silencio de Dios” Spain

1994

Royal Festival Hall, London, England

Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela

25th Recontres de la Photographie, Arles, France

Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL USA

Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH USA

Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA

Galeria Visor, Valencia, Spain

1993

New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN USA

Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA USA

A.B. Galleries, Paris, France

Jane Jackson Gallery, Atlanta, GA USA

Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL USA

FotoFeis, International Festival of Photography, Scotland, Great Britain.

Scheinbaum and Russek, Santa Fe, NM USA

Moderna Museet, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

Musee de la Photographie de Charleroi, Belgium

Lowinsky Gallery, New York, NY USA

The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN USA

1992

“Persistence of Beauty, Persistence of Pain” – The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL USA

V Fotobienal de Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Galeria “Sol del Rio”, Guatemala City, Guatemala

“Nupcias de Soledad” – Fotofest, International Month of Photography, Houston TX

“Silencio de la Mirada” – Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago IL

Galleri Image, Arhus, Denmark

Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York, NY USA

1991

“Lugar Sin Reposo” (Place Without Rest) – El Cadejo Arte Contemporaneo, Antigua, Guatemala

“La Fidelidad del Dolor” (Persistence of Pain) – Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico

1990

“El Sueno Tiene Los Ojos Abiertos” (The Dream has its Eyes Open) – Fotogaleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1989

“Autoconfesion” – Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, NY USA

COLLECTIVE

2004

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO

University of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

2003

“Mapas Abiertos” – Contemporary Latin American Photography. Madrid, Spain and traveling throughout Europe for two years).

Palace of the Queen, Barcelona, Spain (and traveling through Latin America for two years).

2002

Sarah Morthland Gallery, New York, USA

Salinas Art Center, Salinas, KS

Daros Latin America Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

2001

“L’Aperto” – Biennale de Venezia, Venezia, Italia

St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO.

“Alternative Processes Exhibit” – The Art Institute of Boston, Boston , MA

1999

The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX

The Rockford Museum, Rockford, IL

Joliet Center for the Arts, Joliet, IL

10 Años de Centro Cultural UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil

Lisieres LatinoAmericaines, Strasbourg, France

“La Cita, Painting and Sculpture of Latin America” – Biarritz, France

“Contemporary Art from Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaruagua, and Costa Rica ” – Taipei Fine Art Museum , Taipei, Taiwan.

“Tracing Times, photogravures by eight Latin American photographers” – Trinity College, Hartford, CT

“I Bienal Internacional de fotografia” – Centro de la Imagen, México

1998

ARCO, Madrid, Spain

Center for Latino Art, San José, CA

Galería Nina Menocal, Mexico DF, Mexico

“1,254KM” – Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba

“Lumo triennial” – Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Finland

1997

ARCO, Madrid, Spain

VI Bienal de la Habana, Cuba.

Festivales de Arte de Lima, Peru

Festival Internacional de Arte de Medellin, Colombia

“New Realities, Hand Colored Photographs-1839 to the Present” – Wyoming Art Museum, Boise Art Museum

“Asi Esta la Cosa: Instalacion y Arte Objeto de America Latina” – Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico D.F., Mexico.

“Arqueologia del Silencio” – Museo de Arte Moderno, Guatemala

“Real Maravilloso” – Piazza dei Macelli, Prato, Italy

1996

Art Gallery of the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

ARCO, Madrid, Spain

Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brasil

“Relaciones” – Museo de Arte y Diseno, San Jose, Costa Rica

“Vision del Arte Contemporaneo en Guatemala” – Museo de Arte Moderno de Guatemala, Guatemala

“Image and Memory”, – Museo del Barrio, New York, NY USA

“Common Bonds” – Photogravure, Spectrum Gallery, New York, NY USA

“Photogravure, A Survey 1903-1996” – Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY USA

“Pushing Image Paradigms: Conceptual Maneuvers in Recent Photography” – Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR USA.

“Arqueologia del Silencio” – Museo del Chopo, Mexico D.F., Mexico

“Figuratively Speaking: 20th Century Paintings, Sculptures, and Works on Paper” – Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA USA.

“Cuerpo” – Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico D.F., Mexico

“Mesotica II” – Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica

Casa de America, Madrid, Spain

1995

“Traces: The Body in Contemporary Photography”, – The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY USA

“Image and Memory: Latin American Photography, 1880-1992” – Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA USA

“Meta-Physics” – De Pree Art Center, Hope College, Holland, MI USA

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL USA

Museo de Arte Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

“Triangular: Antigua, Guatemala, Mexico” – D.F., Stockholm, Swede

“Arte Contemporaneo Latinamericano” – Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

Cruzando Caminos: 6 Fotografos Latinamericanos – Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru

“Quest for the Moon – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX USA

1994

“Drawing Back the Curtain: Intimate Photographs of Human Grace” – Swanson-Cralle, Louisville, KY USA

V Bienal de la Habana, Cuba

“Ludwig Forum fur International Kunst” – Aachen, Germany

“Image & Memory: Latin American Photography, 1880-1992” – Akron Art Museum, Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX USA.

“Le Courage” – “, Chateaux Beychevelle, Bordeaux, France

“Indagaciones”, – Galeria Sol Del Rio, Guatemala

“Encuentro Interamericano de Artistas Plasticos” – Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico

“Tierra de Tempestades, Nuevo Arte de Guatemala, El Salvador y Nicaragua” – Harris Museum, travelling show in UK.

CATALOGS

“Luis González Palma – Poems of Sorrow” – Arena Editions, Santa Fe, New México – 1999
“Luis González Palma – Il Silenzio dei Maya” – Peliti Associati – Photo & Co., Verona – 1998
“Luis González Palma” – Photographic Editorial of Latin America, S.R.L, Buenos Aires – 1993

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