LISTED MEXICAN JUAN ALCÁZAR (1955-2013) FINE ORIGINAL ETCHING

Description: LISTED MEXICAN JUAN ALCÁZAR (1955-2013) FINE ORIGINAL ETCHING For your consideration, this is a fine original Etching and Aquatints titled "Encuentro" by listed Mexican artist: Juan Alcazar (1955-2013) in very good condition. It is nicely wooden framed under glass. The piece is pencil-signed, dated 87, titled, and numbered 28/80 by the artist. It is very well executed with fine detail and beautiful colors. Juan Alcázar Méndez was born in 1955 in Oaxaca, Mexico. He attended the School of Fine Arts at the University of Benito Juárez in Oaxaca in 1968 where he later taught. He also studied printmaking with Fernando Vilchis and Leticia Tarragó in 1972, and mixography and lithography at the Mexican Graphics Workshop of Mexico City in 1978. He was a central figure for arts and culture in Oaxaca, not only as an artist but as an advocate of arts institutions. Alcázar was a founder and teacher at the Rufino Tamayo Workshop for the Visual Arts (Taller de Arts Plásticas Rufino Tamayo, TRT) in 1974. He also founded the Free Graphics Workshop of Oaxaca (Taller Libre de Gráfica Oaxaqueña) and founded and directed the Museum of Oaxaca Painters (Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños, MUPO). He participated in the creation of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, MACO) with Francisco Toledo. Alcázar passed away in 2013. He was born in 1956 in the municipality of Guadalupe Etla, in Oaxaca, and was to die there at the age of 57 after a brilliant career as an artist, cultural promoter, and teacher. He began his studies at the age of 13 at the School of Fine Arts at Benito Juárez University, where he was awarded several scholarships that enabled him to study engraving with Fernando Vilchis and Leticia Rarragó, as well as screen printing in Xalapa. Alongside his artistic facet, he is known for his decades of outstanding work in the educational and cultural context, promoting spaces and working with young artists from Oaxaca. He was a founding member of the Rufino Tamayo Plastic Arts Workshop in 1974, and its director from 1993 to 2004, where he also taught engraving classes to several generations of artists. This educational initiative was followed by many more, such as the founding of the Oaxaqueña Free Graphic Workshop (1983), the Juan Alcázar Engraving Workshop (1999) and the creation of community workshops. He was also the co-founder of the Oaxaca Museum of Contemporary Art (MACO), inaugurated in 1992, and in 2004 he founded and directed the Museum of Oaxacan Painters (MUPO). JUAN ALCÁZAR’S WORK Heir to the fantastic and mythological tradition of Oaxacan art initiated by Francisco Toledo, the themes and the colours in Alcázar’s works create magical environments between the earthly world and the world of fantasy. In spite of the indisputable mythological component, his themes are humanistic, focusing on the human figure and references to pre-Hispanic tradition. Juan Alcázar Méndez. Alcázar is known for his aquatints, etchings, and lithographs that explore the mythological relationships between humans, animals, interiors, and nature. Influenced by indigenous culture, the spirits of the nahual, folk art, and magical realism, he uses layered compositions, texture, and pattern to tell a vast story within a single image. His work often features empowered women, unencumbered and entangled with bulls, reptiles, and crustaceans in affection and in battle. Humans and animals merge and blur, as does gender, as does land, sky and sea. Alcázar’s mastery of techniques such as tusche washes and aquatint grounds is visible in the careful treatment of the texture of skin, the movement of water, the rich ceramic tiles and translucent fabrics. Thank you for looking and I hope you can see my other items too! LOW STARTING PRICE AND NO RESERVE Dimension: Frame: 12” x 15” Painting: 7-1/2” x 9-1/2” Some light/flash reflections are seen in our pictures however this Etching is in good condition. After receiving the payment your item will be shipped within 1 day. Payment should be made within 3 days of the auction ending. Shipping and Handling $25.00 Treasurecorner packs and ships professionally I will appreciate your positive feedback. After a buyer leaves me feedback, I will leave one too. I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS.

Price: 185 USD

Location: Nokesville, Virginia

End Time: 2024-12-11T03:30:48.000Z

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