 Perroposada (Posada's Dog), 2006 acrylic on paper, 41 1/2 x 53 1/4 in. Rupert Garcia Los Perros For his exhibition "Los Perros (The Dogs)," Rupert Garcia appropriated canine subjects from existing works by diverse artistic influences from Goya to Courbet and Rufino Tamayo to Diego Rivera. Rescuing the dogs from their supporting roles and granting them a central position in his paintings, Garcia's reinterpretation combines a highly personal index of references with broader socio-political concerns. Further recontextualizing the dogs by juxtaposing them with contemporary imagery, whether of the galaxy or Abu Ghraib, Garcia renders them a symbol for marginalization and allows them to guide us to the true meaning of the individual works. Rupert Garcia received a Masters degree in Art History at the University of California, Berkeley and currently is a tenured professor at San Jose State University. His work is included in many museum collections including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA; The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA; El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Exhibition: July 13 - August 19, 2006 Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 10:30am - 5:30pm, Sat 11am - 5pm Rena Bransten Gallery 77 Geary Street (between Kearny and Grant Streets) USA-San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone +1 415 982-3292 Fax +1 415 982-1807 Email info@renabranstengallery.com www.renabranstengallery.com |
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