Álvaro Noboa's Intervention On the Forum at the LANN Museum
HEADLINES
III "Alvaro Noboa" Guayaquil International Painting Biennial
12-15-2011
Alvaro Noboa and the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum summon Local and foreign artists to take part in the III "Alvaro Noboa " Guayaquil International Painting Biennial to be held from the 5th of April to the 5th of May of 2012 as a contribution from both the institution and the artist to world culture and art itself .
The one and only general theme will be "The Elements of Nature" This III Biennial is largely directed toward young painters around the world , even though all artists can participate.
The following regulations will be in effect for the event:
1. All local and foreign artists can participate.
2. Oil and acrylic on canvas will be the medium utilized to highlight "The Elements of Nature" Format must not exceed 1.50cm x 1.50cm nor be less than 0.80cm x 0.60cm .
3. Rights over award winning paintings will belong to the Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum.
4. Paintings should be sent with author`s basic facts, photographs of himself and of paintings participating for advertising and journalistic purposes and can be sent until 7pm on the 5th of March of 2012 . They can also be delivered directly to Miss. Frida Idrobo , Museum administrator at the Museum`s main office located on the corner of P. Icaza 302 and Cordova on the 1st floor of the Seguros Condor Insurance Building .
5. All artists will deliver a maximum of two paintings , duly framed and ready to be shown .
6. Packing and transportation costs, both ways for all works, will be the participating artist`s responsibility.
7. We will not accept express or national mailing services only paintings which arrive directly to the museum`s offices. All works should arrive without a price tag and should be submitted as having no monetary value since they are there to compete. Paintings which fail to conform to these regulations will not be accepted. The Museum will not take responsibility for whatever damages these works sustain during transportation and exhibition, although all efforts will be made to care for them.
8. The following Acquisition Awards will be given out :
1st "Alvaro Noboa" Acquisition grand prize $10.000 dollars.
2nd Acquisition Prize: $5.000 dollars and, 5 revelation Prizes for the Biennial (Acquisition) of $1.000 dollars for each one.
1. Prizes are indivisible and awarded works will become part of the museum`s collection.
2. Prizes will be delivered to the winning artists on inaugural day , before reading out the veridict .
3. The jury will be conformed by renowned painters and / or art critics .The same is true for painting admission as for awarding prizes.
4. The Jury`s decision is final and all participating artists will accept regulations stipulated on inscribing their paintings .
5. Each artist shall remove his paintings, from the Museum`s offices once the III Biennial concludes by showing that document he received on delivering his work.
6. Works not admitted must be removed during the 30 days following the inauguration and those admitted , according to stipulations put forth on point 13 of the present regulations that is , 15 days subsequent to closure of the event , in the Museum`s offices. Otherwise , those works not removed will become patrimonial asset to the Museum .
7. Any unforeseen event will be resolved by the Museum`s Director.
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Ricardo Montesinos Exhibition in the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum
12-10-2011
Published in El Universo Newspaper of Ecuador
Verónica Molina views the exhibition entitled From the ucuyayas to the universe in a nutshell, by Cuencan visual artist, Ricardo Montesinos, which will remain open until next Tuesday in the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum.
One of the more than 200 works comprising the visual exhibition.
Going through the display on exhibit by Cuencan visual artista, Ricardo Montesinos, it is possible to detect his personal preoccupations that, in certain cases, take on a global dimension.
The Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum (P. Icaza 302 and Córdova, Cóndor Building) is holding a retrospective of his work. The painting, From the ucuyayas to the universe in a nutshell, comprises 240 works, in medium and large format and executed in a range of materials, above all with organic materials and fired, says the artist.
The works belong to his prívate collection. Their subject matter is varied and, according to Montesinos, in all, “mercy towards the human bieng, towards nature, towards the world” predomínate.
“I believe in God and have studied in esoteric schools, for which reason my approach to the mercy that exists on Earth is present in my work,” he states.
Montesinos says that his interests also extend to the harm that man brings on himself. For that reason, he has works that evoke events in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb destroyed hundreds of human beings; or global warming that “little by little is destroying our environment.”
Together with the Ecuadorian painter, Edgar Carrasco, the Cuencan also envisions Manuela Sáenz.
“We base ourselves on Greco’s Virgin and he (Carrasco) elaborates images of Manuelita while I give them color,” he mentioned.
Montesinos has works in which he presents displays of clothes that are based on a request by designer, Olga Doumet. “My works are aimed at dressing the futuristic woman, and I have added thorns, because Frida Kahlo used them and that attracted me to her,” she explained.
The Montesinos retrospective also includes series that refer, for example, to the fall of the Twin Towers, on 11 September 2001; to the wrongful existence of the run of the bulls; to Bolivar’s rush to unify America; and to the “spirit of the Cañari people with the ucuyayas (funerial rites from the Narrio culture.)”
The exhibition, which will be open until the 13th from 10:30am to 6pm, and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1pm until 6pm, also includes works by his daughter Daniaba.
11-25-2011
Published in Expreso Newspaper / Expresiones of Ecuador
Ricardo Montesinos
A new face for Manuelita
He began as an artist in Santiago de Chile at 18 years of age and today, after a long trajectory, he is displaying closet o 220 paintings in the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum (P. Icaza 302 and Córdova, first floor, Seguros Cóndor Building).
The exhibition evokes the scene of Ricardo Montesinos, who on repeated occasions has won the July Salon and the Cuenca Salon. He is a meticulous and systematic interrogator of the materials with which he creates his paintings.
Among his designs one finds the elaboration of a cathedral floating in the Guayas River, of which he owns a collection of more than 20 paintings dedicated to the work.
He has always worked in series, considering himself a reporter of painting; his subject matter is related to worldly, social, political and religious events, such as, among others, the fall of the Twin Towers or the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which reveal human cruelty.
From his Bolivar and Manuela Sáenz collection he presents only an extract of the 400 works he has painted, in which he captures the postures of the predator (Bolivar) and the prey (Manuela).
Among the works that stand out in this exhibition are that of Manuelita Sáenz contracting marriage with Bolivar, a shamanic Bolivar, an unhinged Bolivar and the work which unites the three personalities – Bolivar, Quixote and Jesus – in their ideals.
“Bolivar was a great statesman, soldier, philosopher, lover, and above all predator…I’ve tried to construct the face of Manuela finding inspiration in el Greco…they preyed upon her, they made her a prostitute. Bolivar was a predator, he always tried to crush her and Manuelita strove to survive.”
11-24-2011
Published in El Universo Newspaper of Ecuador
19:00. The exhibition, “From the Ucuyayas to the Universe in a Nutshell” of Cuencan Ricardo Montesinos will be inaugurated today at the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum. There will be a musical show and journalist Luis Martínez Moreno, known as Zalacaín, will be honored. P. Icaza 305 and Córdova.
Ricardo Montesinos Vial In the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum
11-11-2011
From November 24 to December 20, 2011
The Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum
has the pleasure of inviting you to an inauguration cocktail for an Exhibition of the “FROM THE UCUYAYAS TO THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL” series by Ricardo Montesinos.
09-08-2011
Published by El Universo Newspaper of Ecuador
A collective exhibition took place at the Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum on 31 August, the event brought together artists Mario Taco: Urban Beauty, What Your Eyes Can’t See; Marianella Echenique: Portraits; and Enrique Pareja.
1.- Peggy Cartwright, Leonor Gonzenbach, Marcela de Martinez and Pablo Martinez, Director of the Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum.
2.- Mario Taco and his work: Cockatoos
3.- Marianella Echenique and her work: Giselle Macías de Gonzenbach.
4.- Enrique Pareja and his work: Magic Tree.
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Alvaro Noboa held a talk
08-17-2011
Businessman and two-time candidate for President of the Republic, Álvaro Noboa Pontón, held a conference yesterday with the Press in order to discuss topics covering various areas, such as politics and business. A few weeks ago, Noboa opened an account with the social media network, Twitter.
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Alvaro Noboa Invites you to the Exhibition of Paintings
08-04-2011
The Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum
has the pleasure of inviting you to the cocktail and inauguration of an Exhibition of Paintings by:
Mario Taco, Enrique Pareja and Marianella Echanique.
Date: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Time: 19:00 PM
Place: P. Icaza 302 and Córdova (Seguros Cóndor Building, 1st Floor)
The acclaimed composer and pianist Nella Maria Ghiglione will accompany the event, delighting participants with works of her own inspiration.
Pablo Martínez Rojas
Director Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum
07-19-2011
Published inExpresiones Magazine of Ecuador
Cecilia Niemes, Pablo Martinez, Eduardo Salomon and Francisco Burgos Freile
The Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum opened the Latin Muse exhibition by Ecuadorian artist Marcelo Martinez Arroyo. During the event, before an audience of visual artists and musicians gathered to observe the artworks, Alvaro Noboa emphasized the ingenuity of Martinez in “creating an exhibition that highlights the beauty of Latin woman.” The musical participation of classical guitar musician Francisco Burgos Freile captivated the audience.
The Latin Muse exhibition by Ecuadorian artist Marcelo Martinez Arroyo opened July 7 at the Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum. The event was accompanied by the performance of classical guitar musician Francisco Burgos Freile.
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Classical guitar at the Luis Noboa Museum
07-15-2011
Classical guitarist Francisco Burgos, born in Guayaquil, returned to the city to play thanks to the stubborn perseverance of Paul Martinez, director of the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum of Modern Art, which opens its art exhibitions with short musical recitals that are becoming more and more adventurous.
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Álvaro Noboa's Speech on "The Garden of Muses"
07-08-2011
Ladies and gentlemen:
Welcome to the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum.
Meeting the agenda of introducing the best plastic artists and famous musicians, we are pleased to have the impeccable, filled with magic presence of the master of the spatula and the drawing, the well-known visual artist Marcelo Martínez Arroyo.
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A GARDEN OF MUSES FROM THE POINT OF A PALETTE KNIFE
07-07-2011
Published In Expreso Newspaper
Marcelo Martínez Arroyo, who stands next to his Black Swan, inaugurates his exhibition today at the Luis A. Noboa Museum.
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“Garden of Muses” exhibition opens today
07-07-2011
19:00 Today, visual artist Marcelo Martinez Arroyo displays several of his works in the Garden of Muses exhibition, taking place at the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum.
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