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Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera: Recent Paintings

Past exhibition
May 21 - July 15, 2011 San Antonio
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Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Mandarinas, 2011 Oil on linen 19.5 x 19.5 in 49.5 x 49.5 cm
Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
Mandarinas, 2011
Oil on linen
19.5 x 19.5 in
49.5 x 49.5 cm

Ruiz-Healy Art is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera, his first in the United States. “Since it's a show for the United States, I wanted to repeat themes that were of interest to me,” Alvarado says.

 

Most of the works in the show are still-lifes of fruit — chirimoyas, mandarins, limes, star fruit, cactus pears — nestled in crinkled tissue paper the way they are displayed in Mexican markets, piled high in a basket (“Jitomates en canasta”), or painted against a dramatic black background (“Sandia”). “I think it's a very good way to meditate about form, shape,” Alvarado says of still-lifes. “It's a pretext to work with color, light, form. They could be abstract paintings.”

 

In other works, he explores the Mexican landscape, including rural vistas in paintings that shows the stark Mexican light, and others, where tentacle-like arms of magueys reach toward a cloudy sky. Because of the subject matter, these works, more than any others in the exhibit, call to mind the work of some of the giants of Mexican art, including, of course, his grandfather Diego Rivera.

 

“I made a series of still lifes — pumpkins with corn,” he says. “I was fascinated by it. And I thought, ‘Well, I'll keep on doing still lifes until I do something else.' But the thing is I've been doing it for 20 years.” He laughs. “It's an unending project.”

 

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Works
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Mandarinas, 2011 Oil on linen 19.5 x 19.5 in 49.5 x 49.5 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    Mandarinas, 2011
    Oil on linen
    19.5 x 19.5 in
    49.5 x 49.5 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Plátanos Machos, 2011 Oil on linen 46.8 x 70.3 in 118.7 x 178.4 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    Plátanos Machos, 2011
    Oil on linen
    46.8 x 70.3 in
    118.7 x 178.4 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Sandías, 2024 Oil on linen 47.3 x 70.9 in 120 x 180 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    Sandías, 2024
    Oil on linen
    47.3 x 70.9 in
    120 x 180 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Paisaje de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, 2011 Oil on canvas 23.3 x 55.1 in 58.9 x 140 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    Paisaje de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, 2011
    Oil on canvas
    23.3 x 55.1 in
    58.9 x 140 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera 3 Chirimoyas, 2011 Oil on linen 39.5 x 39.5 in 100.3 x 100.3 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    3 Chirimoyas, 2011
    Oil on linen
    39.5 x 39.5 in
    100.3 x 100.3 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Las Huellas de las Pencas, 2010 Oil on linen 37 x 55 in 94 x 140 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    Las Huellas de las Pencas, 2010
    Oil on linen
    37 x 55 in
    94 x 140 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Limones con Fondo Rojo, 2011 Oil on canvas 45 x 45 in 114.3 x 114.3 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    Limones con Fondo Rojo, 2011
    Oil on canvas
    45 x 45 in
    114.3 x 114.3 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera Tunas Rojas, 2010 Oil on linen 31.5 x 39 in 80 x 99.1 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    Tunas Rojas, 2010
    Oil on linen
    31.5 x 39 in
    80 x 99.1 cm
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera El Predicamento de San Gabriel, 2010 Oil on canvas 33.8 x 78.8 in 85.7 x 200 cm
    Pedro Diego Alvarado-Rivera
    El Predicamento de San Gabriel, 2010
    Oil on canvas
    33.8 x 78.8 in
    85.7 x 200 cm
Publications
  • Pedro Diego Alvarado: Recent Paintings I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Pedro Diego Alvarado: Recent Paintings I Ruiz-Healy Art

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