CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

FROM MANHATTAN TO OAXACA:
RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY

Exhibition Dates: September 27 - November 1, 2007

A 3-D photography Installation by:

Francisco Alvarado-Juárez

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 4:30 - 9:30 PM; Saturday, 2:00 - 9:30 PM;
Closed: Sunday & Monday

The exhibition consists of selections from two distinct series produced by Francisco Alvarado-Juárez over the past two years. "By the Shore of the Hudson: Manhattan" explores the Manhattan shoreline of the Hudson River between 96 Street and 125 Street. The artist selected small and distorted elements of driftwood that spontaneously appears, disappears and blends with the water and the New Jersey skyline leaving a monumental presence of figures resembling flora and fauna. The ephemeral nature of the artwork that inspired this series has been repeatedly photographed from different angles during different times of the day and seasons of the year.

The second series of works are inspired by events in Oaxaca, Mexico where the artists primarily resided for twenty months during 2005-2007, while on a scholarship by the Fulbright Foundation. This period coincided with several difficult and historic events in Mexico, including the controversial Presidential elections. Mr. Alvarado-Juárez undertook extensive video and photographic documentation of these events. It includes many aspects of daily life in Oaxaca, as well as the social and political conflicts of "El Movimiento", Day of the Dead celebrations, public concerts and the life of local artisans, among other activities.

In the year 2005-2006, Alvarado-Juárez was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship by the U.S. government to live in Oaxaca and conduct research on its highly varied and creative artisan community. While there, he mounted six highly successful individual exhibits of painting, photography, installation, video and sound in important museums and galleries throughout Mexico. His stay in Oaxaca, the first time he has lived in Latin America since his childhood, has had an enormous influence on his perception of life.

Born in Honduras, Alvarado-Juárez moved to New York City in 1965 as a young adolescent. He has received many fellowships throughout his career, including: the National Endowment for the Arts (1985, 1989), the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (1993, 1998), the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1990, 2000), the New York Foundation for the Arts (2000), the Gottlieb Foundation (2004) and Fundacion Valparaiso (2004). His work has been shownin numerous exhibitions, both individual and group, in important museums and galleries in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Spain, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico.

For more information about the artist, visit his website at www.franciscoalvarado.com

Support for this exhibition was also provided in part by the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs
and Council Member Domenic M. Recchia

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