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Location: Leonardo Galleries
U of T professor, author Dr. Jordan B. Peterson opens private collection to showcase (for first time) two very gifted and well-known Mexican Zapotec artists, Rufino Tamayo (Mixografia inventor) and Francisco Toledo (amate paper kite creator). The exhibit begins Thursday, November 21 with a public opening reception (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) and runs to December 7, 2013 at Leonardo Galleries, Yorkville. It showcases works from two exceptional Mexican Zapotec artists, which includes a variety of Mixografia prints, embossed etchings and original paintings in oil and sand by Rufino Tamayo (Mixografia inventor), and a selection of kites and prints on amate paper (an indigenous Mexican handcrafted paper made from the bark of the Amate tree) by Francisco Toledo. Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, who has appeared frequently on such shows as TVOs Big Ideas and The Agenda with Steve Paikin states, Mexico has a rich artistic heritage, drawn from the millennia-old Native American traditions and hundreds of years of later European influence. Advanced styles and technologies of Oaxacan Zapotecs, the Teotihuacan and the Mayas were superseded by the art forms of Spanish Catholics, under whom the Baroque style flourished, from the 16th to the late 18th centuries. In the 20th century, the emergence of radical socialism profoundly affected Mexican art, as the government commissioned murals for its public buildings to promote its ideological messages. For more Mixograph and artist information click the exhibit link: http://www.leonardogalleries.com/index.php?p=exhibition&from=upcoming+exhibitions&from_p=exhibition&from_s=upcoming&s=70 The Artists: Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991): Tamayo, a Zapotec, was a highly gifted Mexican artist, and drew deeply from his native heritage, although he was also influenced by Impressionism, Cubism and Fauvism. Tamayos paintings are extremely well-regarded and highly valued; his painting Troubador sold for $7.2-million U.S. in New York in 2008 (highest price ever reached at that time for a Mexican work of art). Tamayo rejected the union of art and propaganda, preferring to express what he regarded as genuine Mexican artistic culture. This did not make him popular in Mexico, so he moved to New York City in 1926. He reached the pinnacle of his career as a printmaker, experimenting with lithography, wood cut, etching and what came to be known as Mixografia prints, which Tamayo invented in the 1970s, with the help of Mexican engineer and painter Luis Remba. Francisco Toledo (born 1940): Toledo is a Mexican graphic artist and a Zapotec. His somewhat surreal images, often a strange combination of insectoid and amphibian life forms and eroticism, are presented in a manner that has the mythic force of the best childrens literature. He currently works in the town of San Augustin Etla in Oaxaca, Mexico, producing drawings, prints, paintings, photographs and weavings, as well as works of ostrich shell, poly-chromed wax, tortoise shells, bone and kites from hand-made paper. About: Jordan B. Peterson has a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Alberta. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from McGill University. Peterson resided in Montreal from 1985-1993, where he studied under the supervision of Dr. Robert O. Pihl and Dr. Maurice Dongier. From 1993-1998 he lived in Arlington, Massachusetts, while teaching and conducting research at Harvard University. He has resided in Toronto since 1998. Leonardo Galleries (a member of the Yorkville Art Galleries Collective), Toronto is devoted to the promotion of contemporary art. The gallery represents local and international artists and has a significant collection of works of art in painting, print-media, sculpture and photography. Leonardo Galleries also specializes in museum-standard custom framing and expert art restoration.
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