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
1 / 10Opening Gallery to the West Kings Highway Exhibition.
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.
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.
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.
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 ).
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.
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.
8 / 10Gallery overview.
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.
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.