See Narciso Argüelles Residency artist video profile here.
Narciso Argüelles
Residency Project Statement:
Heaven Spots
“Heaven Spots” is an old urban art term that
refers to high areas on buildings where street art is done; it also references
the perils of working on such hard-to-reach sites. Public art has a long
tradition in the Mexican culture that I—and the many Mexican-Americans in
Oklahoma—belong to, from the Aztec murals, the frescoes of Diego Rivera, and
the 1960s Chicano murals. My art reaffirms my culture and also protests
injustices by reinterpreting familiar objects and icons in an unexpected
manner. House Bill 1804 is an example of the anti-immigration climate in
Oklahoma that I fight against. For me, this is part of my culture. This is not
Street Art.
Biography:
Narciso Argüelles is an artist and educator
living in Edmond. His art has been exhibited all over Oklahoma and around the
world including a two person show at the [Artspace] at Untitled Gallery, Los
Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Gallery, Intar Gallery, the Ninth Biennale of
Sydney Australia, and the First Johannesburg Biennale in South Africa.
Argüelles’ fine art photography includes experimentation with printing
surfaces, sometimes called Digital Alchemy. Some prints are done on aluminum
and copper. Argüelles’ goals include the promotion, preservation, and
celebration of Mexican, Chicano, Latino and Indigenous art.
Read more in this Art Focus Oklahoma
magazine article or in previous posts here
and here.
The Concept/OK: Art in Oklahoma exhibition
welcomes the public until February 16, 2013 at the new Tulsa Arts and
Humanities Council’s Hardesty Arts Center. See www.concept-ok.org for more information.
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