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Artist:  Satoru Kurata Venue:  Tomio Koyama, Tokyo Exhibition Title:  Ba/u/cker La/u/cker Date: February 27 – March 27, 2021 Click here to view slideshow Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump. Images: Images courtesy of Tomio Koyama, Tokyo Press Release: From personified animals to close-ups of humans wearing masks, and scenes of everyday life that are familiar to us all, Satoru Kurata depicts a world of painting that is filled with a unique sense of humor and narrative that draw inspiration from his own memories and intuitive images. Although figurative motifs such as people, animals, furniture and cars often appear in his works, elements that are associated with the real world and specific eras in time are carefully stripped away. Kurata’s attitude towards his artistic practice, which concerns universalizing the self-portrait aspect of the work rather than presenting a closed narrative, is...

Artist:  Wendy Cabrera Rubio Venue:  Peana, Monterrey Exhibition Title:  Institute of Pacific Relations Date: January 29 – April 1, 2021 Click here to view slideshow Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump. Images: Video:     Wendy Cabrera Rubio, 2021, 00:19:23 Images courtesy of Peana, Monterrey Press Release: A map is an image that describes a territory. These visual materials point to a space and a set of elements under conditions of observation, systematization, identification, and interpretation of a specific territory. In Institute of Pacific Relations , Wendy Cabrera Rubio explores a model that intertwines geography and painting through the figure of Miguel Covarrubias, taking as a reference a series of mural maps that the cartoonist, painter, and geographer made in 1939, in the context of planning the Pacific House in San Francisco, dedicated to illustrating processes and economic-cult...