Alchemy: Works on Paper
Ruiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Alchemy: Works on Paper. The exhibition will present works by Jesse Amado, Richard "Ricky" Armendariz, Cecilia Biagini, Gaby Collins-Fernandez, Margaret Craig, Andres Ferrandis, Pedro Friedeberg, Cisco Jiménez, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Leigh Anne Lester, César A. Martínez, Kanako Namura, Lina Puerta, and Ethel Shipton. Ruiz-Healy Art is proud to be one of only three dealers in the state of Texas that holds membership to the International Fine Print Dealers Association, an organization that maintains the highest standards for works on paper.
Alchemy: Works on Paper features Latinx, Latin American, and Texas-based artists who work in a range of mediums including collage, drawing, painting, and printmaking. The exhibition demonstrates the power of the artist’s hand and the seemingly magical process of transformation that occurs in the creation of an artwork. The flexible quality of paper, and its two-dimensional constraints, is manipulated in this way to blur the realms of reality and fantasy.
The immediacy of drawing, collage, and photograms find kinship with the multi-step techniques of printmaking and papermaking. In the case of Jesse Amado’s Machine, "simple" materials such as ink and graphite produce an elaborate three-dimensional drawing. A Bailar, meaning To Dance, by Cisco Jimenez playfully uses collage to deconstruct the human body. The serendipitous process that happens in a dark room to create Cecilia Biagini’s photograms pair well with the precision of Richard “Ricky” Armendariz’ woodcuts, both using negative space to create spellbinding terrain. Margaret Craig experiments with the medium itself, producing handmade paper with screenprint pulp.
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Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodMe, Myself, and I, 2022Silkscreen on Rives paper, ten runs, stitched with synthetic threads
Coronado Print Studio22 x 30 in
55.9 x 76.2 cmEdition of 34, 2 AP, 2 TP -
Ethel ShiptonTic Tac Toe (Listening to Berlin Series), 2019Screenprint30 x 22.5 in
76.2 x 57.1 cmEdition 1 of 10 -
César A. MartínezSra Rivas During the 1930's, 2014Acrylic on paper26 x 22.4 in
66 x 56.9 cm -
Pedro FriedebergAfinidades electivas, 2020Ink and acrylic on museum board18.5 x 18.5 in
47 x 47 cm -
Andrés FerrandisNTP, 2016Monoprint flat archival screenprint on handmade black Amate paper45.5 x 45.5 in
115.6 x 115.6 cmEdition 1 of 1 -
Cisco JiménezA Bailar, 2018Collage with drawing28.3 x 22.5 in
71.8 x 57.1 cm -
Pedro FriedebergJinete en Busca de Dios, 2015Ink and acrylic on paper13.5 x 11 in
34.3 x 27.9 cm -
Kanako Namura3725 Confetti After a Fiesta, 2016Mexican confetti with pen on paper (detail)35.6 x 59.4 in
90.4 x 150.9 cm -
Jesse AmadoMachine, 2003Ink, graphite on paper40 x 51 in
101.6 x 129.5 cm -
Jesse AmadoToss, Pick, Catch (ones*ies...) No. 2, 1997Concrete, ink, charcoal, and graphite on paper26 x 20 in
66 x 50.8 cm -
Andrés FerrandisDeep In Calm #1, 2023Acrylic painting, and digital archival print, on Fabriano 200 gr. watercolor paper27.5 x 20 in
70 x 50 cmU/P 1 of 1 -
César A. MartínezHombre Que Le Gustan Las Mujeres II, 1989Indian ink drawing30 x 26 in
76.2 x 66 cm -
Richard 'Ricky' ArmendarizIf You Can Keep Your Head, Anderson Ranch Residency, CO,, 2022Woodblock on Japanese paper20 x 20 in
50.8 x 50.8 cmEdition of 4 -
Richard 'Ricky' ArmendarizLucky (Suertudo) Anderson Ranch Residency, CO,, 2022Woodblock on Japanese paper20 x 20 in
50.8 x 50.8 cmEdition of 4 -
Richard 'Ricky' ArmendarizHide Fox and All After, 2022Woodblock print, Anderson Ranch, CO18 x 20 in
45.7 x 50.8 cmEdition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof -
Cecilia BiaginiTransparencia pura, 2011C-print photogram30 x 20 in
76.2 x 50.8 cmEdition 1 of 1 -
Leigh Anne LesterBlind Expansion #2, 2022Graphite, drafting film, acrylic paint, archival painted linen tape32 x 23 .5 x 4 in
81.3 x 59.7 x 10.2 cm -
Margaret CraigFound Here: Paint Cap, Small Goddess Figure, Broken Pipe, Edelstein's Lable, Fungus, 2023Handmade paper with screenprint pulp, vintage litho stone image, etching, chine collé, collage, and hand coloring18 x 18 in
45.7 x 45.7 cm -
Margaret CraigFound Here: Plastic Bottle, Broken Pipe, Fungus, 2023Handmade paper with screenprint pulp, etching, chine collé, collage, and hand coloring18 x 18 in
45.7 x 45.7 cm -
Margaret CraigFound Here: Roman Broach, Broken Arrowheads, Paint Cap, Fungus, 2023Handmade paper with screenprint pulp, etching, chine collé, collage, and hand coloring18 x 18 in
45.7 x 45.7 cm -
Ethel ShiptonThe Valley - RGV: Alice, 2021Archival print on Hahnemuehle-German etching matte paper24 x 36 in
61 x 91.4 cmEdition of 8 plus 1 artist's proof -
Lina PuertaBlack Grid on Sand with Green Band, 2015Etching and spit bite with chine collé, Lower East Side Printshop11 x 8 in paper size
27.9 x 20.3 cm paper size
Framed
15.5 x 12.5 x 1 in1 of 1 -
Lina PuertaSand, Green, Pink and Purple Tiles, 2015Etching and spit bite with chine collé, Lower East Side Printshop11 x 8 in paper size
27.9 x 20.3 cm paper size1 of 1 -
Gaby Collins-FernandezJiggle, 2022Crayons and digital photocollage on flocked paper19 x 13.5 in
48.3 x 34.3 cm
