¡Bienvenido a la semana mexicana! Antes de construir ese estúpido muro, echemos un vistazo a algunos grandes artistas mexicanos. Comencemos con el trabajo del Sr. Vladimir Cora, clasificado como neofigurativo que ha sido descrito como un "... hábil ejercicio de composición y color, de la transformación del color a una forma primordial ..."
Vladimir Cora (1951) is a Mexican painter and sculptor, whose work has been recognized by various awards and membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. He discovered art at age fifteen, after deciding that he could not be a musician. His style has been described as neo-figurative, minimalist and coarse, and he creates his works in series usually related to the apostles, flowers, birds and women, especially those related to Nayarit. He has had over 150 individual exhibitions both in Mexico and abroad and continues to work from his home state.
He played with lace, white paper and paintbrushes as a child, but did not discover art until he was a teenager. At age fourteen, he wanted to be a musician, inspired by Carlos Santana, but says that he had to give it up for “…having clumsy hands.” He discovered art at age fifteen, working as a delivery boy for his aunt's pharmacy in Mazatlán. There he came across a magazine cover with a reproduction of a Monet painting.
He has stated that when he discovered art, he decided that it was what he was born for. Frustrated with his progress, he decided to run off to Mexico City and he remembers his first time seeing the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Struggling to survive and learn art, he was in the city only six months before he hitchhiked his way to Tijuana. There he also had problems finding shelter until someone gave him room and board in exchange for some of his drawings, but he did manage to attend some classes.
Since beginning his career, he has mostly lived off his art, teaching classes as well in various places. His routine is early, getting up at 6am to run, then drink coffee to begin painting at 7:30. He considers himself reclusive and tends to shy away from social events. However, he does value connections with other artists and sharing ideas with them.
Cora has had over 150 individual exhibitions and has participated in many more collective ones. He had his very first exhibition in 1974 in Nayarit. He began to be able to live off his art around 1981 when he had an exhibition in Puerto Vallarta, where all thirty-three pieces sold in one night.
Cora is a painter and a sculptor. He began painting with oils on canvas and then began to work with acrylics and enamels. Today he mixes the mediums, for example, enamels over previously painted oil and sometimes adding texture and volume to paintings, but prefers acrylics because they dry faster. His paintings are medium-sized but some are large, and his work, especially the addition of enamel, has been described by Mexican art critic Teresa del Conde as giving a Northern Mexican or Chicano look.
Almost all of his work is done in series, based on a theme. Recurring themes in his work are the Twelve Apostles, flowers, fruit, birds and female nudes. His depictions of women are often related to the concepts of desire and devotion, often with the body partially hidden to give a sense of looking into a private scene.
The Casa Museo Vladimir Cora was founded by the artist in 1999. It contains a collection of his works from the 1980s to the present as well as pieces from the Castro Leñero brothers, Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Toledo, Sebastián, Manuel Felguérez, Vicente Rojo and Gabriel Macotela. It also holds between two and four temporary exhibitions each year in paintings, graphic work, and sculpture. The building dates from the 19th century.
© 2019. All content on this blog is protected by international copyright laws All images are copyrighted © by Vladimir Cora. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only
Vladimir Cora (1951) is a Mexican painter and sculptor, whose work has been recognized by various awards and membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. He discovered art at age fifteen, after deciding that he could not be a musician. His style has been described as neo-figurative, minimalist and coarse, and he creates his works in series usually related to the apostles, flowers, birds and women, especially those related to Nayarit. He has had over 150 individual exhibitions both in Mexico and abroad and continues to work from his home state.
He played with lace, white paper and paintbrushes as a child, but did not discover art until he was a teenager. At age fourteen, he wanted to be a musician, inspired by Carlos Santana, but says that he had to give it up for “…having clumsy hands.” He discovered art at age fifteen, working as a delivery boy for his aunt's pharmacy in Mazatlán. There he came across a magazine cover with a reproduction of a Monet painting.
He has stated that when he discovered art, he decided that it was what he was born for. Frustrated with his progress, he decided to run off to Mexico City and he remembers his first time seeing the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Struggling to survive and learn art, he was in the city only six months before he hitchhiked his way to Tijuana. There he also had problems finding shelter until someone gave him room and board in exchange for some of his drawings, but he did manage to attend some classes.
Since beginning his career, he has mostly lived off his art, teaching classes as well in various places. His routine is early, getting up at 6am to run, then drink coffee to begin painting at 7:30. He considers himself reclusive and tends to shy away from social events. However, he does value connections with other artists and sharing ideas with them.
Cora has had over 150 individual exhibitions and has participated in many more collective ones. He had his very first exhibition in 1974 in Nayarit. He began to be able to live off his art around 1981 when he had an exhibition in Puerto Vallarta, where all thirty-three pieces sold in one night.
Cora is a painter and a sculptor. He began painting with oils on canvas and then began to work with acrylics and enamels. Today he mixes the mediums, for example, enamels over previously painted oil and sometimes adding texture and volume to paintings, but prefers acrylics because they dry faster. His paintings are medium-sized but some are large, and his work, especially the addition of enamel, has been described by Mexican art critic Teresa del Conde as giving a Northern Mexican or Chicano look.
Almost all of his work is done in series, based on a theme. Recurring themes in his work are the Twelve Apostles, flowers, fruit, birds and female nudes. His depictions of women are often related to the concepts of desire and devotion, often with the body partially hidden to give a sense of looking into a private scene.
The Casa Museo Vladimir Cora was founded by the artist in 1999. It contains a collection of his works from the 1980s to the present as well as pieces from the Castro Leñero brothers, Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Toledo, Sebastián, Manuel Felguérez, Vicente Rojo and Gabriel Macotela. It also holds between two and four temporary exhibitions each year in paintings, graphic work, and sculpture. The building dates from the 19th century.
© 2019. All content on this blog is protected by international copyright laws All images are copyrighted © by Vladimir Cora. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only
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| Mr. Vladimir Cora |
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| 1991, Ritual Cora Bajo el Eclipse |
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| 1997, Campesinos |
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| 1999, El Feo, El Bonito, Y El Pintor |
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| 2003, La Ultima Asemblea |
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| 2011, Retrato V |
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| 2011, Retrato VII |
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| 2011, Retrato XIV |
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| Bodegon con Pina |
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| Cabeza 70 |
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| Cabeza IX |
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| Cabeza XIX |
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| Naturaleza fragmentada |
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| Pasarela |
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| Comundades |
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| Cabeza V |
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| Cabeza 173 |
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| Bodegon Persiana |
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| Cabeza Verde |
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| Interior |
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| Torso en gris |
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| Untitled |
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| La maestra erotica VI |
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| Cabeza VI |
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| Cabeza con pinas |
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| Bodegon |
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| Adlene |
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| Boregon con Cabeza |
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| Cabeza I |
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| Cabeza VII |
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| La Pajarera |
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| Woman of the Street |
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| Las tres gracias |
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| Cabeza III |
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| Cabeza 55 |
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| Banistas con garzas |
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| Cabeza 60 |
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| Alica en verde |
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| Cabeza IV |
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| Cabeza X |
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| Las ventanas |
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| Los Mirones |
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