CORRIDORS & PASSAGES: Exhibition catalogue of works by Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros

URBANART PROJECT presents an exhibition under the banner of STAD/CITY : TO LET/ FOR SALE

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EPISODE 1: STUDIO EXHIBITION: CORRIDORS & PASSAGES Recent works by Colombian artist

Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros !

10 - 31 August 2011

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70 Juta Street Precinct, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

www.urbanartprojects.org www.fidelregueros.com

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STUDIO EXHIBITION: CORRIDORS & PASSAGES ! !

Recent works by Colombian artist !

Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros ABOUT THE EXHIBITION The exhibition consists of works, which center on the broad themes of what constitutes the internal human dilemma for the artist and its translation into line, form and composition.

Corridors & Passages as explored in this body of work – deals with the inner labyrinths where various elements meet and by doing so forge a way ahead.

Corridors/Passages speaks of one’s own ongoing internal debate amalgamated in space and time ... These are poetic places where the elements become a visual language.

It is about a fascination with the human anatomy which is used by the artist as the metaphor of the human will, the meeting of spirit and matter in the context of everyday life.

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On the curatorial concept of the exhibition:

Today as in the last 2 decades curatorial practice has focused in some cases on de-constructing the presentation of artistic practice and focusing more on process. This exhibition does not purport to focus on process but just to allude to it. The range of works on display will be from completed works, to works in progress and potential projects explored by the artist. The real focus remains on the practice of art making itself: on concept, technique and production.

The exhibition will also play with the experience of the viewer, in as much as characteristics mirroring the general thematic of the exhibition.

the exhibition is presented

within an interior space with outside

The exhibition marks another event of the STAD/CITY:TO LET/ FOR SALE programme of activities in association with INTERMISSION. A series showcasing visual art and related projects in temporary cites in Johannesburg’s CBD.

STUDIO EXHIBITION: CORRIDORS & PASSAGES ! !

Recent works by Colombian artist !

Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros ABOUT THE ARTIST Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros, b.1951, Bogota Colombia.

Graduated in Plastic Arts in 1979, from the Bulgarian National Academy of Fine Arts with MA in Sculpture. Following several years at the Boyana Studios as an animator (1979 - 1987), Fidel engaged in illustrations for children’s books in Bogota, Colombia (1987 - 1989), he then went on to work as an Art Director/ Animator for various commercial campaigns in Harare, Zimbabwe (1989 - 2000). He taught Academic Drawing, Figure in Context & Drawing at the Fundacion Escuela National de Caricatura, Bogota, Colombia, 2004 - 2010.

Throughout this period he has created various graphic, sculptural and animation based works. His work can be described as allegorical visual narration of existential topics.

His work is found in various private collections in Canada, United States, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Bulgaria, Colombia, Japan, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

He currently resides in Johannesburg, South Africa with a studio at the Bag Factory in Fordsburg, Johannesburg and teaches at NEMISA .

EXHIBITIONS

2011 Corridors & Passages – Exhibition of recent works, presented by Urbanart Project under the banner of the TO LET/FOR SALE series of independent

exhibitions.

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Bag Factory Residency exhibition KA:DA:FI, along side Kabelo Kim Modise & Dathini Mzayiya.

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2008 Group Exhibition, Casa Comic, Bogota Colombia;

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2004 Exhibition of works at the Museum of Natural Sciences, National University of Bogotá;

2001 Group Exhibition, Arte Latino Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

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1999 Exhibition of selected works 1989 – 1999. Sandro’s Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

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1988 Exhibition of Works, Nicosia, Cyprus - The salon of the English School of Cyprus.

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1973 Group exhibition, Sculptural works at the Academy of Art Nicolás Pavlovich, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros

Passage I

Pasaje I,

75 x 60 cm, Ink & Pencil on Acrylic Sheet, 2011

Unframed

R 6 000.00 excl. Vat

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros The Bite I

Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros

The Bite I

El Mordisco I, 75 x 60 cm, Ink & Pencil on Acrylic Sheet, 2011

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El Mordisco II,

75 x 60 cm, Ink & Pencil on Acrylic Sheet, 2011

Unframed

Unframed

R 6 000.00 excl. Vat

R 6 000.00 excl. Vat

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros Untitled

Sin Titulo 75 x 60 cm, Ink & Pencil on Acrylic Sheet, 2011

Unframed R 6 000.00 excl. Vat

Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros CORRIDORS & PASSAGES 10.08 - 31.08.2011

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros Internal Flight

Vuelo Interno 75 x 60 cm, Ink & Pencil on Acrylic Sheet, 2011

Unframed R 6 000.00 excl. Vat

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros Between the two I & II

Entre dos I & II, 76, 5 x 57 cm , Ink and acrylics on Cotton Paper Unframed R 6 000.00 excl. Vat

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros Passage I

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Pasaje II, 75 x 60 cm, Ink & Pencil on Acrylic Sheet, 2011 Unframed R 6 000.00 excl. Vat

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros

Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros

Adam,

Eve,

18 x 18 cm, Oil on Board, 2011

18 x 18 cm, Oil on Board, 2011

Unframed

Unframed

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R

1500.00 excl. Vat

1500.00 excl. Vat

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros Meeting point I, II, III, IV & V

Punto de encuentro I, II, III, IV & V 18 x 18 cm, Acrylic & Ink on Canvas, 2011 Unframed R

1250.00 each excl. Vat

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EPISODE 1: STUDIO EXHIBITION: CORRIDORS & PASSAGES !

Recent works by Colombian artist

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Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros The exhibition also includes a presentation of original pencil drawings for animation and book projects currently in development.

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Luna, Luna Luna A story about pollution, dreams and the state of humanity and us as individuals. The project is aimed at a young audience.

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By the ways of the rope A story which illustrates a marginalized world.

The narrative calls into question a humanity which is locked in protocols and pre-destined levels of existence and the need for the search of alternative actions.

Creating a different reality where we eventually find our own shadows, and hope for change... for a better world and more introspective existence.

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These from upstairs The project focuses on the theme of loneliness and alienation and is aimed at an adult audience.

Š Text & Illustrations by Fidel Regueros Garcia Herreros, 2011

For more information please contact:

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Maria Fidel Regueros

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URBANART PROJECT e: fidelito@icon.co.za c: + 27 (0)82 373 6127 www.urbanartprojects.org