Beyond the "Encuentro" Opening Reception - January 2021
Channel: Bronx River Art Center
Date: 2021-01-25

For our first show of 2021, Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) is pleased to host Beyond the “Encuentro,” a substantial exhibition of Colombian printmakers that will run from January 16th - February 20th. This show, curated by Felix Angel and assisted by co-sponsor Julio Valdez, is the next step of the project, Encuentro de Artistas Grabadores de Medellín (Medellín’s Printmaking Artists Gathering) that originated in Colombia. This event, organized by Angel in November of 2018, brought together over seventy printmakers working in the city of Medellín - a feat never before accomplished. Beyond the “Encuentro” features a selection of eighteen artists that participated in the original show. 

Initially displayed in Washington D.C., the exhibition consists of a range of artists that vary in age, style and technique. From the figurative to the abstract, each artist uses their own unique process to create distinctive, eye-catching work that demonstrates proficient ability, artistry and talent. By displaying these artists together, Angel hopes to bring more attention to the art of printmakers in his home country of Colombia. The culmination of these artists and their work act as a reflection of the contemporary printmaking presently occurring in Medellín. 

For Angel personally, this exhibition of artists, “reminds us about the universality of the arts and the multidimensionality of graphics which, in turn, reflect the complexity and diversity of visual creativity, the triumph of the imagination, the anxieties of life’s unpredictability, and the accomplishments of humanity at large, as well those of the regular individual. Printmaking conforms a universe, its versatility envied by other forms of expression.” Believing in the power only created by human sensibilities, Angel sees printmaking as a medium in which artists can simultaneously contemplate how their vision of society impacts both their past and present while also reimagining their future.

Participating artists include: Diego Arango, Álvaro Botero Gallego, Juan Ernesto Correa, Male Correa, Ana Fernández, Hernando Guerrero, Armando Londoño Gómez, María López, Carlos Marín, Camila Maya Monsalve, Luis Fernando Mejía Jaramillo, Victoria Ortiz, Julio Sampedro Longas, the late Fabián Rendón, Jorge Rodríguez, Jessica Paola Sánchez Barba, Mónica Lorenza Taborda G., and Luis Fernando Uribe.

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