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Ismael Vargas: Echoes of Mexico

Past exhibition
October 15 - November 14, 2015 San Antonio
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Artwork: Sombreros, 2015 Oil on linen 47.25 × 59 in
Ismael Vargas, Sombreros, 2015, Oil on linen, 47.25 × 59", 120 x 149.8 cm

Ruiz-Healy Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by Ismael Vargas. Echoes of Mexico opens Thursday, October 15th.

 

Born in Jalisco, Mexico, Ismael Vargas is a self-taught painter associated with the NeoMexicanidad movement; he employs objects of the Mexican culture in repetition and subtle abstraction to fill brilliantly colored canvases of objects from everyday life.

Ismael Vargas’s works are a play of shapes and edges, pure quantities precisely rendered with a highly refined painterly craft. He takes intimately familiar pieces of the Mexican world and turns them into stories that can strike the viewer as elements of a profound human epic. The exhibit is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue and an essay written by John Philip Santos. 

 

Vargas’ work has been included in numerous exhibitions throughout Mexico and the United States. Among a few are the Americas Society of New York; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C.; The Tamaulipas Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico; and the San Antonio Museum of Art, TX; His art can be found in the permanent collections of the Princeton University Art Museum, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA; the Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO), Mexico; and the Panama Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama.

 

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Works
  • Ismael Vargas Sombreros, 2015 Oil on linen 47.3 x 59" 120 x 149.9 cm
    Ismael Vargas
    Sombreros, 2015
    Oil on linen
    47.3 x 59"
    120 x 149.9 cm
  • Ismael Vargas Sombreros II, 2014 Oil on linen 47.8 x 58.8" 121.3 x 149.2 cm
    Ismael Vargas
    Sombreros II, 2014
    Oil on linen
    47.8 x 58.8"
    121.3 x 149.2 cm
  • Ismael Vargas Mariposas, 2014 Oil on linen 63 x 102" 160 x 259.1 cm
    Ismael Vargas
    Mariposas, 2014
    Oil on linen
    63 x 102"
    160 x 259.1 cm
  • Ismael Vargas Mascaras II, 2015 Oil on linen 39 x 39" 99.1 x 99.1 cm
    Ismael Vargas
    Mascaras II, 2015
    Oil on linen
    39 x 39"
    99.1 x 99.1 cm
  • Ismael Vargas Nudo en VIII, 2014 Oil on linen 59 x 78" 149.9 x 198.1 cm
    Ismael Vargas
    Nudo en VIII, 2014
    Oil on linen
    59 x 78"
    149.9 x 198.1 cm
  • Ismael Vargas Sombreros y Rebozos, 2015 Oil on linen 47.3 x 59" 119.9 x 149.9 cm
    Ismael Vargas
    Sombreros y Rebozos, 2015
    Oil on linen
    47.3 x 59"
    119.9 x 149.9 cm
Installation Views
  • Vargas 1
  • Vargas
  • Vargas 2
  • Vargas1
Publications
  • Ismael Vargas: Echoes of Mexico I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Ismael Vargas: Echoes of Mexico I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Essay by John Phillip Santos 2015
    Hardcover 34 pages
    Publisher: Ruiz-Healy Art
    ISBN: 978-1364990732
    Dimensions: 10x8 in
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