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West Kings Highway :  The Work of César A. Martínez

May 19 – October 15, 2017
An ad title for the exhibition; Featuring the exhibition title and César's art piece: El Rio (The Border).
César A. Martínez, El Rio (The Border), 2011, mixed media, incised images on metal.

West Kings Highway is the street in San Antonio where César A. Martínez (b.1944) has lived for almost 40 years. The range and scope of his artwork is highlighted in this one-person exhibition – not a retrospective in the traditional sense, but an overview of his continuing creative development. The exhibition is based upon Martinez’s creative restlessness over the last few decades; his desire to continue, to go further down the road and to see what other adventures lay ahead. The artwork will be presented in six sections: Bato Series, Mestizo Series, South Texas Series, Serape Series, Monotypes and Collages.

Participating Artists

César A. Martinez

Curator

Benito Huerta

Organizing Institution

National Museum of Mexican Art

Displayed at

National Museum of Mexican Art Rubin & Paula Torres Gallery

Exhibition Highlights

  • The introduction text alongside five hanging pieces of art. Two hanging art pieces on the wall to the right.
    1 / 10Opening Gallery to the West Kings Highway Exhibition.
  • Background, three pieces of art hang on the wall. Foreground on the right, the El Rio art piece.
    2 / 10(Background L-R): La Perla, 2016, Acrylic; Huizache Jaguar, 2011, Digital print ; Hombre Que Le Gustan las Mujeres, 1986, acrylic (Foreground): El Rio (The Border), 2011, mixed media.
  • Left: two artworks hang on a beige wall. Right: three artworks hang on a terra cotta wall.
    3 / 10(Visible L-R): Classical Gas: Nike #1, 1998, monotype on paper; Capote de Paseo Ambar, 2014, collage on paper; La Perla, 2016, acrylic on canvas; Huizache Jaguar, 2011, Digital Dimension print; Hombre Que Le Gustan las Mujeres, 1986, acrylic on canvas.
  • Artwork hangs on the walls in the gallery space.
    4 / 10Visible (L-R): Bato Con Sunglasses, 2003; Reinvented Icon for this Time and Place, 1990; Three Rivers Petroglyph, 2015; Three rivers petroglyph, 2016; Remolino y Víbora, 1990; Shorty, 2016.
  • An upclose shot of the 4 Tlaquilo Steles on display. Each one, a different color combination. Conbinations from left to right: blue red and black. green red and black. yellow red and black. red and black.
    5 / 10Tlaquilo Stele, 2013, acrylic on muslin, in order of the colors displayed, L-R: (in blue red and black ), (in green red and black); (in yellow red and black ); ( in red and black ).
  • Four artworks hang in the gallery. One, a lady in a black dress, red flower in hair, blue background. Two, A collection of 4 acrylic painted panels: all with circular emblems in center. Three, a man with a hat and moustache. Four, four rectangular shapes, each a different color, and each with horizontal lines running across in varying placements.
    6 / 10Background, Visible(L-R): La Chata, 2006, acrylic; Sol y Remolino, 2017, acrylic, mixed media (4 of these); Bato Rojo, 1988, linoleum print. Right Wall: Tlaquilo Stele, 2013, acrylic.
  • Four artworks hang in the gallery. One, a motif to the scream painting, consisting of a scream like figure with two hands in the center, with burning candles on each side. Two: women depicted as half human and half jaguar. Three: man depicted as half human half Bull. Four: person with the depictions of a Jaguar and a bull overlapping, all front facing.
    7 / 10Visible (L-R): The Scream in South Texas, 1992, mixed media; Las Américas, 2017, charcoal and colored pencil; Europa, 2017, charcoal and colored pencil; El Mestizo, 2017, charcoal and colored pencil.
  • Ten different art pieces hanging on a beige wall in the gallery space.
    8 / 10Gallery overview.
  • Seven artworks hang on a wall, one is created using lots of rectangular shapes, five are portraits of different men. The last, on the right, is a depiction of Holy Mary.
    9 / 10Visible (L-R): Colcha de los Finados, 1994; CHEVO study, 2005; Veterano, 2016; Bato con Pink and Black Shirt, 2009; El Pantalón Rosa, 1992; Bato Con Sunglasses, 2012; Mona Lupe, The epitome of Chicano Art, 2016.
  • Three artworks hanging on the wall.
    10 / 10Visible(L-R): El Rio (The Border), 2011, mixed media, incised images on metal; At Play in the Fields of Cesar Chavez, 2011, mixed media; Colcha de los Finados,1994, construction with wood and metal.

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