The Dr. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies [Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez] at Universidad Ana G. Méndez-Gurabo invites you to the opening of the exhibition “Rastros” [Traces] featuring Eduardo Lalo, John Rivera-Pico, and Edna Román. The exhibition celebrates its opening tonight, July 16, 2024, at 7:00pm. This exhibition was curated by Mercedes Trelles Hernández.
In “Artists Eduardo Lalo, Edna Román and John Rivera-Pico join forces in the exhibition ‘Rastros,’” Francisco Javier Díaz reports for El Nuevo Día:
Typically, the creative process that an artist uses when constructing or conceiving a work of art depends on multiple factors and thoughts that pass through each person’s mind. These details are what make the artistic selections that may be seen daily in galleries or art museums unique and different.
In the case of the “Rastros” exhibition, which opens its doors on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in the main room of the Dr. Josefa Camacho de la Nuez Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies (MCEH) at Universidad Ana G. Méndez in Gurabo, is a unique proposal rarely seen on the island. In this case, three multidisciplinary artists—Eduardo Lalo, Edna Román, and John Rivera-Pico—joined their talents to make an exhibition that goes beyond a collective, but shows works that were elaborated individually, others created by two of the artists, and in some cases, by the three of them collaboratively.
“These three artists offer a complex sensory experience, since through drawings, photographs, objects and a video that are featured in the space, they challenge sight, touch, and hearing,” said Mercedes Trelles Hernández, curator of the exhibition, a reflection of the artists’ visit to places such as the abandoned structures of Central Aguirre in Salinas, the former leprosarium in Isla de Cabras, and several demolished urban spaces around the island.
In the case of Eduardo Lalo, an artist who has stood out for decades for his essays and novel, he shows an amalgamation of photographs, abstract drawings, and musical composition. Edna Román is an artist who works with rust-dyed textiles, as well as discarded objects such as iron and glass, among others, to give life to her display. They are joined by the young John Rivera-Pico who is a talented musician and composer of contemporary music, and photographer.
“The photographs on display show us the artistic eye reformulating the experience of everyday life in complex geometries. The objects and fabrics reveal the desire to use waste to generate new figurations with ancestral echoes. The abstract drawings manifest the play between the aesthetics of abstraction and the disorder and richness of the natural world,” added Trelles Hernández. “The video ‘Suite Aguirre,’ created by the three artists, renders testimony to the immensity of the ruins of some of our projects while revealing how they can be transformed into a symphony.”
For the MCEH, which opened its doors in 1982, this exhibition represents a step forward in their proposal to the community, as well as the direction they want to take in the future. “I am very satisfied, because this is an exhibition that is very different from what we have done here before, especially in that [specific] space,” highlighted Irene Esteves Amador, director of the MCEH. [. . .]
For full article, photos, and video, see https://www.uagm.edu/es/sobre-UAGM/calendario/apertura-exhibicion-rastros
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The Dr. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies [Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez] at Universidad Ana G. Méndez-Gurabo invites you to the opening of the exhibition “Rastros” [Traces] featuring Eduardo Lalo, John Rivera-Pico, and Edna Román. The exhibition celebrates its opening tonight, July
