Celia Álvarez Muñoz American, b. 1937
Petrocuatl, 1992
Cibachrome print
20 x 16 in
50.8 x 40.6 cm
50.8 x 40.6 cm
Edition of 5
Celia is a conceptual-based artist, and her work is partly informed by an ongoing interest in pre-Hispanic cultures.The work is iconic and is on the cover of the Houston Art...
Celia is a conceptual-based artist, and her work is partly informed by an ongoing interest in pre-Hispanic cultures.The work is iconic and is on the cover of the Houston Art League catalogue that was published for her solo show in 2021 https://www.artleaguehouston.org/exhibition-catalogs-alh-merch/celia-lvarez-muoz-obras
The technical bonus of its printing process is that it is a Cibachrome, which no longer exists. It’s a specialized process that involves the paper and the chemicals. It is not an emulsion type like the regular color prints. Painstaking process producing high brilliance. Especially with reds & warm colors.
The technical bonus of its printing process is that it is a Cibachrome, which no longer exists. It’s a specialized process that involves the paper and the chemicals. It is not an emulsion type like the regular color prints. Painstaking process producing high brilliance. Especially with reds & warm colors.
Exhibitions
Celia Alvarez Muñoz: Breaking the Binding, 2023, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA; curators: Kate Green and Isabel Casso (catalogue)Raphael Montañez Ortiz: A Contextual Retrospective 15 OCT 2022- 02 ABR 2023, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City;
curators: Rodrigo Moura and Julieta González
Obras, 2020, Art League Houston, Houston, TX; curator: Sarah Beth Wilson (catalogue)
Revelaciones/Revelations: Hispanic Art of Evanescence, 1993, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; curators: Chon Noriega and and José Piedra (catalogue)
Publications
Green, Kate. "Un Puro Cuento," in Celia Alvarez Muñoz: Breaking the Binding, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2023, p. 13-23.Casso, Isabel, et al. Celia Alvarez Muñoz: Breaking the Binding. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2023, p. 12, 36, 39, 41, 42 (illustrated).
Casso, Isabel, et al. "Petrocuatl" in Celia Alvarez Muñoz: Breaking the Binding. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2023, p. 38.
