3 Can’t Miss Art Exhibits This Week

By  Barbara Calderón

Photo: Alejandro Cartagena

Photo: Alejandro Cartagena

Welcome to Remezcla’s weekly guide to Latin art openings in your city each week. Mingle with art admirers, collectors and casual passersby to check out these new works. And don’t forget to grab a free glass of wine…or three.

Raíces al Alba

Regina Davis Izaguirre taught herself how to paint but she has the hand and talent of an old master painter. She paints soft pink roses, includes astrological elements, and uses the deep shadows of a Rembrandt painting. The technique in her oil paintings also have medieval influences and hints of hidden philosophical details. Plus, they’re just absolutely stunning. The opening reception of an exhibit of paintings by Regina Davis Izaguirre will be this Tuesday, December 2nd at the Mexican restaurant Crema in Chelsea. The reception and happy hour will be from 6 to 9pm.

Crema Restaurant
111 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011

Miradas: Contemporary Mexican Photography

The work of five Mexican and Mexican-American photographers will be up at The Bronx Documentary Center. The show aims to reveal perspectives from a few artists working in modern times. The artists of Miradas are Chuy Benitez, Fernando Brito, Alejandro Cartagena, Mauricio Palos (Boreal Collective) and Ruth Prieto Arenas. The show is reopening after the holiday break this Monday. The last day of the show is January 12th.

Bronx Documentary Center
614 Courtlandt Avenue (@ 151st St.)
Bronx, New York 10451

Residual Impressions

Investigating the state of contemporary printmaking, the show Residual Impressions will have an opening reception this Friday, December 5th from 6 to 8pm. Some interesting artists include Alva Calymayor from Mexico City who makes sculptures and installations critiquing “perceptions of safety” and different social points of contention, and Felipe Baeza from Guanajuato who uses Pre-Columbian motifs in conjunction with bondage imagery.

Abrazo Interno Gallery @
Clemente Soto Velez Educational Center
107 Suffolk St,
New York, New York 10002

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