2011 DIÁLOGOS DE CIUDADES CITIES DIALOGUES
MIGUEL RIVERA 1967 | Guanajuato, México. Vive en Kansas City, EE.UU. Guanajuato, Mexico. Lives in Kansas City, USA
Profesor y Decano del Departamento de Grabado, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas, EE.UU. Consejero del Kansas City Arts Coalition. Maestría en Grabado y Procesos Alternativos, University of West Virginia, Morgantown West, Virginia, EE.UU. 1995 Licenciatura en Artes Visuales, Southern Oregon University, EE.UU. 1992 Diploma en Artes, Universidad de Guanajuato, México Associate Professor and Chair from the Printmaking Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas, USA Steering committee member at KC Artist Inc. and a Board member at the Kansas City Artists Coalition MFA in Printmaking and Alternative Processes, University of West Virginia, Morgantown West, Virginia, USA. 1995 BFA, Southern Oregon University, USA 1992 Arts diploma, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico Patrocinador | Sponsor
LIAEP (LIGHTON INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS EXCHANGE PROGRAM) KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE
Rivera utiliza materiales como metáfora del paso del tiempo, la memoria y la condición humana. Mediante la adición de imágenes en capas, su manipulación y desplazamiento ilustra una suerte de espacios sacros, el caos contemporáneo y al mismo tiempo lo utiliza para reconstruir, re-examinar y re-inventar memorias de su infancia. El artista se apropia de iconos y señala sus tensiones y contrastes inherentes. Las imágenes de Diálogos de ciudades son una serie de abstracciones derivadas de las experiencias atestiguando el sufrimiento prevalente en la cultura Mexicana, son imágenes iconográficas de virus letales. El peligro de virus como la gripe aviaria, el H1N1, plaga bubónica y la malaria se contrasta con la belleza estética y atractiva de la forma microscópica.
Rivera uses materials as a metaphor for the passage of time, memory and the human condition. By adding layered images, manipulating and displacing them from their original context he illustrates sort of sacred spaces, contemporary chaos and at the same time he uses it to reconstruct, re-examine and re-invent memories of his childhood. The artist appropriates icons and points out their inherent tensions and contrasts. The images of Cities dialogues are a series of abstractions derived from experiences witnessing the suffering prevalent in the Mexican culture- The iconographic images of lethal viruses as bird flu, H1N1, bubonic plague and malaria are processed in a way that referes at the same time to the danger of viruses in contrast with the aesthetic and attractive beauty of the microscopic form.