PARADISE LOST

PROSPECTUS Art Gallery cordially invites you to an outstanding exhibition, titled “PARADISE LOST”, a collection of linocuts and woodcuts.

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 7th. From 5:00pm to 10:00pm

Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan Printmaker based in Chicago, he has exhibited individually in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain and the USA. His work has been shown in important Art Fairs, Art Biennials, Museums, Galleries and Cultural Centers.

Mr. Barberena’s work was selected to represent Nicaragua in the XIII Art Salon, Identity Imprint: A Glance at Ibero-American Printmaking at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC.; the 6th KIWA at the Kyoto Museum of Art in Japan; the 8th Triennial - Mondial de L’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale in Chamalieres, France; and the V Biennial of Caribbean Dominican Republic. He was invited to participate in the III World Body Art Conference in Venezuela and more recently, in the exhibition “Les Saltimbanques” an homage to Gustave Doré at the Musée d’Art Roger-Quilliot - MARQ - in France, where his work was exhibited alongside Doré’s Masterpiece.

Barberena’s work is in the collection of KIWA, Kyoto, Japan; the School of Fine Arts, (UNAM), Mexico; the Triennial Prints Cabinet, AMAC, France; the International Exlibriscentrum, Stedelijke Museum in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium; the Lia Bermudez Museum, Venezuela; and the National Gallery of Costa Rica.

Please join us for the grand reception at Prospectus in the Pilsen neighborhood, the heart of today’s Mexican Renaissance. Your presence will strengthen the local development of the arts in times like the present.

PRINTMAKING DEMONSTRATION:
Friday July 13th (2nd Friday) 6:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m
*The first 50 People to come to the Printmaking Demonstration on Fri. July 13th will receive  a special Original Print*

Free admission, Parking will be available.


PROSPECTUS Art Gallery
1210 W. 18th St. Chicago, IL 60608.
Phone: (312) 733-6132 * Fax (312) 733-6797
Open: Wed. - Sun. 12-5pm. - Mon. & Tue., by appointment.

Immoral Reality

PROSPECTUS Art Gallery Presents:

“IMMORAL REALITY” 

 A two-man exhibition by two Nicaraguan artists. 

 Carlos Barberena - César Barberena 

 Opening reception: Saturday, November 12th from 5:00 p.m. – 10:00p.m.

November 12th, 2011 through January 14th, 2012 

   

"Novus Ordo Seclorum" Linocut by Carlos Barberena. 2011.

 Chicago, Illinois - Prospectus Art Gallery is pleased on presenting a comprehensive exhibition called “IMMORAL REALITY” by two Nicaraguan artists. 

Carlos Barberena’s work was selected to represent Nicaragua in the XIII Art Salon, Identity Imprint: A Glance at Ibero-American Printmaking at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington DC. The V Biennial of Caribbean with the Umbrellas Project and in the III Body Art Conference in Venezuela. He also has created many installations in public spaces in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Venezuela. 

César Barberena is a visual artist from Granada, Nicaragua based in Maryland. He attended the school of fine Arts, Granada, the National school of Art, Managua, Nicaragua. He has exhibited in the Washington metropolitan area since 1990. His works are included in many private and public collections. Please join us for the grand reception at Prospectus in the Pilsen neighborhood, the heart of today’s Mexican Renaissance. 

Your presence will strengthen the local development of the arts in times like the present. 

Free admission. Parking will be available. 

PROSPECTUS ART GALLERY 1210 West 18th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60608 / 

(312) 733-6132, Contact: Israel Hernandez.

Lustful Appetite

 

An Exhibit by Carlos Barberena 

www.carlosbarberena.com 

SPECIAL PROGRAM: 

1) Opening Reception with the Artist: Friday November 11, 6-10PM Chicago, IL 

2) Printmaking Demo: 8pm - 10pm Watch printmaking demo or print your own; 

Proceeds of these prints to be donated to HumanThread! 

3) OneWorld Speaker Series: 7pm -8pm (starts promptly at 7pm) 

The Perils of Monsanto, the Pitfalls of the Market: Fair Trade Coffee Producers in the Global System Speaker: Molly Doane, PhD, Asst. Prof. of Anthropology, UIC. 

Opening Reception: Friday November 11, 6-10PM Chicago, IL

—The HumanThread Center in Pilsen’s Chicago Arts District, joined by artist Carlos Barberena, generates a magnetic presence during November with the next exhibition in its thought-provoking series. Celebrating a culture of peace, HumanThread expresses Chicago’s creative culture by curating monthly exhibitions that discuss issues of cultural identity and social importance. 

Lustful Appetite, which runs November 4-29, is a provocative collection of linoleum cuts that confront social and ecological injustices triggered by the rampant voracity and fraudulent schemes of governments and corporations. Barberena draws inspiration from the masters and employs a re-conceptualization of their familiar imagery to communicate the lethal sins committed by these institutions and entities. Lustful Appetite is an unabashed and necessary commentary that’s raising awareness of the dissolute and licentious practices committed globally. 

 The opening reception is November 11 from 6-10PM in association with The Chicago Arts Districts 2nd Friday Gallery Night. Barberena will be present to discuss his work and highlights the reception with an engaging printmaking demonstration that will produce an edition of small prints to acquire. 

The exhibition is open by appointment November 4-29. 

 Carlos Barberena is a self-taught artist from Nicaragua who works in a variety of media. He has exhibited in numerous arts festivals and biennales as well as museums and galleries throughout North and South America and Europe. 

ABOUT HUMANTHREAD: 

HumanThread is a non-profit organization, seeking to popularize a Culture of Peace through educational, artistic and cultural programs and events focused on youth. 

The HumanThread Center: 645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616 

Website: www.humanthread.net Phone: 312.243.9423 Email: humanthread.net@gmail.com 

Curators: Scott Renfro (renfrosj@gmail.com) and Allison Meyer (allie.lassar@gmail.com)

Tinta en las Venas

Alvaro de la Rocha* / La Prensa Literaria
No es una coincidencia que los hermanos Barberena de la Rocha hagan su propuesta “Tinta en la Sangre”, Tres grabadores nicaragüenses a miles de kilómetros de su patria, en una ciudad que, como Chicago, se precia contar con múltiples instituciones artísticas que atestiguan la presencia de casi cada uno de los rincones del mundo.

"Immoral Reality" Obra Gráfica de César Barberena.En la obra que cubre la portada de la invitación , de César Barberena (1962), el niño inmigrante tiende a refugiarse en la morada de si mismo ó en la sombra de cualquier  manera familiar ausencia ó referencia, del número que se ausenta de su frente: una historia que refleja desplazamiento, ansiedad, de lo inesperado, circunstancias del tiempo que no son necesariamente las esperadas, pero que se vuelve reto de lo impredecible y entendimiento sin aceptación.

"Desdoblamiento" Obra Gráfica de Robert Barberena.

Artísticamente Robert Barberena (1961), coincide viniendo de edades de tiempo pero no en lo pictórico, mas bien, en un intento de atar reglas que respondan a los cambios económicos y políticos del país. Con una excepcional dinámica en sus composiciones Robert nos revela un temperamento inquieto, pero no rebelde, más bien un poco acomodado, de eminencia romántica, que considera lo humano síntesis lineales produciendo dinámicos y tensos resultados.

"The Refugees" Obra Gráfica de Carlos Barberena.

Carlos, el menor de los tres, obsesionado por ganarle a sus tormentas de carácter, el artista se vuelve preso de símbolos, soltando una re-vivencia histórica de los grandes maestros e inclusive incorporando semejanza del grabado mexicano de Posada, Lola Cueto y el grabado popular brasilero. Con mucho énfasis en erradicar los gestos en contra de la inmigración, inspirado en lograr un lenguaje de entendimiento bajo la rigurosa forma del consumismo.

El trabajo de Carlos consigue un final distintivo, trabajando en vías paralelas protesta y metáfora hasta encontrar un momento de esa paz interna.

Esta es una muestra que merece ser vista, analizada y quizás un poco de análisis de nosotros mismos.

*Miembro de la Asociación Internacional de Críticos de Arte.

- Robert, Carlos y César Barberena exhiben más de 25 grabados en la galería Expressions Graphics de la ciudad de Chicago, con temas sobre migración, el consumismo, raíces indígenas y las próximas elecciones en Nicaragua.-

Juncture at Prospectus Gallery, Chicago

Master Prints and Años de Miedo at NEIU - El Centro Campus, Chicago

Northeastern Illinois University - El Centro Campus Invites you to the Art Exhibit Opening Reception: Master Prints and Años de Miedo by Carlos Barberena.

 
Friday March 11, 2011 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Northeastern Illinois University - El Centro Campus 3119 North Pulaski, Chicago Illinois 60641 (One block south of Belmont) Open to Public: March 11 through April 29, 2011.

Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan self-taught visual artist based in Chicago.
"Master Prints" series: In this series Barberena employs the process of appropriating master pieces of art, using at times both their titles and compositional strategies but inserting contemporary imagery to create new works.

"Años de Miedo": This print portfolio is a homage to the victims of war, based on his memories and the collective historical memory of Barberena's country (Nicaragua) in the decades of the 70's and 80's. But, at the same time, this does not mean that it is limited geographically, because it is the reality in many countries at present.

This Art Exhibit is Sponsored by: NEIU - El Centro Campus and the Art Department.

www.carlosbarberena.com

Master Prints at NEIU Chicago

Northeastern Illinois University invites you to  join the Solo Exhibition of the nicaraguan printmaker Carlos Barberena: Master Prints at the Fine Arts Center Gallery - Upper Gallery. NEIU, Chicago.



"Monsanto" Linocut. 2010. Print by Carlos Barberena

Open to Public: February 21 - March 4, 2011.
Monday to Friday 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Master Prints 
Fine Arts Center Gallery - Upper Gallery. Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N St Louis Ave. Chicago. IL 60625

Check out the Master Prints Series

Imagenes de Denuncia

Efebinás Cafe invite you to join the Solo Exhibition of the nicaraguan visual artist Carlos Barberena:

"Imágenes de Denuncia"

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday December 10th, 8:00PM until Midnight.

Live Music with Fandanguero.

Todos Somos Inmigrantes / We All Are Immigrants

TODOS SOMOS INMIGRANTES / WE ALL ARE IMMIGRANTS
exposición de arte / art exhibition

Artists: Alfredo Arrequín, Oscar Moya, Lydia Limas, Arturo Miramontes, Raquel Deal, José Guerrero, Carolina I. Reyes, Miguel Lemus, Carlos Barberena, Alejandro Romero, Roberto Valadez, Patricia Acosta, Francisco Mendoza, Saúl Aguirre, Eufemio Pulido, Miguel Cortez, Hector Duarte, Jaime Vargas, Cristóbal Cavazos.

Curator / Curador: Efren Beltran. 773-732-5618

Reception: DECEMBER 19, 2009, 6:00PM, Calmecac Gallery
CASA AZTLAN 1831 S. Racine, Chicago IL 60608.

Exhibition Open to the Public: Dec 19 2009 / Jan 23 2010

ARTISTAS POR EL MOVIMIENTO