Wednesday, October 24, 7pm
Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
North Building, Room 1527
New York, NY 10065
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www.latinamericanartathunter.org
Artist Jorge Pineda will present his body of work in the context of his current exhibition Jorge Pineda: Shadows and Other Fairy Tales, currently on view at the Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery.
Jorge Pineda belongs to the generation of Dominican installation artists who, toward the end of the 1980s and in the early ’90s, transformed the artistic scene in Santo Domingo by broadening the range of themes and mediums of expression in Dominican art. He experiments with a variety of media, but it is his signature combination of drawing and installation that has gained him recognition in Spain and throughout the Americas. Jorge Pineda: Shadows and Other Fairy Tales, currently on view at the Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery through December 28, is Pineda’s first U.S. solo exhibition. Featuring two major art installations, the exhibition illustrates how the artist explores the psychological shaping of individuals and society, the interaction of the conscious and unconscious, and the interplay of visibility and concealment involved in this process.
Pineda is based in Santo Domingo and Madrid. During the last two decades he has participated in numerous group exhibitions and biennials; his work has also been featured in key individual exhibitions in Gijón, Lima, Lyon, Madrid, and Santo Domingo. Pineda studied architecture at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo from 1978 to 1981, and lithography in the Bordas Studio in Paris in 1989. Since 2009 Pineda has also generated collaborative projects with artists Tony Capellán, Pascal Meccariello, Raquel Paiewonsky, and Belkis Ramírez as part of the collective Quintapata.
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Visiting Artists and Critics program brings key figures from Latin America to Hunter College to address topics and scholarship in contemporary art through talks with students and the New York community. In addition to this forum, Cisneros Visiting Artists and Critics conduct studio visits and seminar discussions with Hunter MFA and MA students during their residencies.
For more information about the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Visiting Artists and Critics Program at Hunter College, please go to: www.latinamericanartathunter.org
Jorge Pineda: Shadows and Other Fairy Tales
September 28–December 28, 2012
Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery
The Lois V. and Samuel J. Silberman School of Social Work Building
2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY 10035
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 1–6pm
This exhibition and its public programs are funded in part by the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
The Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery opened its doors in September of 2011 at the Silberman School of Social Work Building. The gallery is a space for initiating partnerships between different departments and academic disciplines. It presents exhibitions and public events that aim to foster academic collaboration at Hunter College while addressing subjects relevant to the East Harlem community, including those related to Latin America and the Caribbean. All exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public.
For more information about the exhibition and the Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery, please visit the website.