Madonnas & Martyrs - Spanish Market Group Exhibition

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SPANISH MARKET EXHIBITION

OPENING FRIDAY, JULY 23, 10 AM-7 PM

Miguel Martinez - Arthur Lopez Featuring the Jewelry of Bernadette Marquez

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Sueños de San Juan Diego

14” x 8.5” x 7” handcarved & painted wood On December 9, 1531 Our Lady of Guadalupe first appeared to the peasant Juan Diego on the outskirts of Mexico City. Our Lady told Diego to have the local bishop build a church at this site, when the local Spanish bishop demanded proof of the apparition, it was on Juan Diego’s cloak that the Virgin of Guadalupe miraculously imprinted her image. I depicted San Juan Diego as a cholo holding a prison paño (handkerchief,) imprinted with images of Guadalupe and immigrant symbolism. Paño’s were first created by chicano prisoners in the 1930’s as a way to communicate messages. The paño incorporates images of Our Lady of Guadalupe also referred to as “Mother without borders” by migrant people because Our Lady of Guadalupe is a symbol of Mexican identity, faith, motherhood, feminism and social justice. By choosing to appear to the peasant Juan Diego she has always been looked to by the people the rest of the world rejects, such as the immigrants who are viewed by many as illegal criminals and subjecting them to imprisonment. She is invoked for safe travels, love, compassion and human dignity for all. The images on the paño show the hard traveled path taken for the dream of a better life. A descanso (grave marker) shows the lengths migrants are willing to take for that dream.

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Life’s Journey 23” x 29” oil

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Imagine

Handpainted 16g Sterling Silver with Chalcedony Bolo Tips, 8mm Bolo Cord

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James Dean

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Handcarved Wood Bolo with Sterling Silver

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Adele

12” x 12” oil

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Dracula Bela Lagosi

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1931 Bolo Handcarved Wood Bolo with Sterling Silver and Rosarita

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Bahama Girl 40” x 30” oil

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Essential Isidro

17.5” x 11.5” x 11” handcarved & painted wood San Isidro is widely venerated as the patron saint of farmers, peasants, day laborers and agriculture in general.

“Essential Isidro” pays tribute to all the essential migrant farm workers who selflessly worked to keep food on our tables during the pandemic and every day. Immigrant farmworkers make up an estimated 73% of agriculture in the United States, they work extremely long hours harvesting crops in all types of weather while risking injury and illness from farm equipment to exposure to pesticides. During the pandemic, this work only picked up as farmers and ranchers were deemed essential to ensure the United States food supply chain wouldn’t collapse. Even though going to work meant significant risks to their health, laborers showed up each day to support their families and sustain our food supply. The irony of being deemed essential and illegal at the same time and still showing up to do the work while living in fear of being deported. Sprouting from “San Isidro’s” hands is a plant symbolizing hope of new life and brighter future.

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Basilica de Carmel Mission 40” x 40” oil

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Frankenstein Boris Karloff Handcarved Wood Bolo with Sterling Silver

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St. Katerina Tekawitha

Handcarved and handpainted Sterling Silver Pendant with Garnet

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La Asuncion de Maria

Heart: 18” x 10” x 3.5” Hand: 14” x 10.5” x 8.5” Handcarved and handpainted wood

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Companions 40” x 30” oil

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Maria y su Sagrada Familia

54” x 14” x 11.25” handcarved & painted wood Maria y Su Sagrada Familia Is a lighthearted take on the image of the Holy Family. I depicted Mary as a proud Latina chola wearing a t-shirt with an image of Linda Carter Wonder Women. Like the Virgin Mary, Wonder Women is a symbol of beauty, empowerment, equality, justice and strength for many women and Linda Carter because of her own Latin roots. Graffitied on the wall is the image of San José and the Infant Jesus sporting their own cholo style. The infant Jesus holding a can of his Mothers Aqua Net hair spray that miraculously holds her hair up high.

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De Asombra (Wondering) 23” x 29” oil

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Guadalupe Cuff

Handpainted with Sterling Silver

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Que Viva! Mariachi Loco

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38” x 16” handcarved and handpainted wood

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Dolly

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Handpainted 16g Sterling Silver with faceted blue Moonstones on 10mm Bolo Cord

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Dios de Pasando (Days Gone By) 20” x 28” oil

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La Luna Nueva (The New Moon) 40” x 48” oil

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San Nicholas’s Custom Cruiser 20.5” x 11.5” x 7” handcarved and handpainted wood

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Mother’s Day 30” x 40” oil

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San Sebastian

31” x 16.25” x 6” handcarved & painted wood, watercolor and natural based pigments My painted wood carving of the martyr San Sebastian is a modern take on one of the most portrayed saints in religious art. At first look San Sebastian invokes the stereotypical feelings of a criminal outcast being handcuffed. Unjustly, we automatically assume he did something wrong. The image of San Sebastian with his back turned to us is a symbolic symbol of how many people feel, often ridiculed because of how they look, what they believe, sexual orientation, ethnicity or just simply who they are. Not meeting many of societies expectations one can feel imprisoned in their own body. The tattoo images of San Sebastian, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Jesus represent ones higher faith and symbols of remaining true to the freedom of oneself.

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New York Woman 40” x 30” oil

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Flower Earrings

Sterling Silver flower earrings with Kingman Turquoise

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Our Lady of Light 12” x 12” oil

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Our Lady of Sorrows 29” x 23” oil

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Pacific Coast Breeze 30” x 40” oil

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Saint Ava

40” x 30” oil

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Santa Cruz

Handcarved wood Bolo with Sterling Silver Peridot Headlight with Dice Tips

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Saint Germaine 12” x 12” oil

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Women from Las Cruces Road 30” x 40” oil

Madonnas & Martyrs SPANISH MARKET EXHIBITION Miguel Martinez - Arthur Lopez Featuring the Jewelry of Bernadette Marquez *ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE

Opening Friday July 23, 10 am-7 pm 225 Canyon Road 505.986.9833

JULY 23, 2021 - AUGUST 14, 2021

Inquire with your favorite art consultant about any works, as well as one of a kind offerings.

Suzanne Wade----------------------------------- suzanne@manitougalleries.com Jen Rohrig-------------------------------------------------- jen@manitougalleries.com John Boland----------------------------------------- boland@manitougalleries.com Andrea Vigil----------------------------------------- andrea@manitougalleries.com Scott Stark----------------------------------------------- scott@manitougalleries.com Eric Zuckerman----------------------------------------- eric@manitougalleries.com

Palace Jewelers at Manitou Galleries Tsali Hall, Director--------------------------------------------- tsali@palacejewelers.biz Nancy Glen, Jewelry Consultant------------------- nancy@palacejewelers.biz Suzanne Mangine, Jewelry Consultant---- suzanne@palacejewelers.biz

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