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¡LOTERíA,
LOTERÍA! (dos) EXHIBITION
Fifty
Artists Reimagine the Mexican Lotería Deck
Opening reception with the artists:
Saturday, May 8, 2004 (6-8 PM)
Both,
the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public.
May 8-29, 2004
The
Bath House Cultural Center presents ¡LOTERíA,
LOTERÍA! (dos), an invitational art exhibition based on
La Lotería, a popular Mexican board game. The artwork
of fifty local and regional artists is featured in this exhibition.
Each piece is based on the pictures and symbols from the game.
A variety of styles and personal interpretations is included
in this show. Painting, photography and mixed media are the media
of choice.
THE 50 ARTISTS IN THE ¡LOTERíA, LOTERÍA!
(dos) EXHIBITION ARE
ALVARO
ABREGO
RITA BARNARD
SIBYLLE BAUER
KATHY BOORTZ
LEONOR BRAZAO
MARIA DOLORES BENITEZ
FIFI CABALLERO BENSON
CARLOS CANUL
DEYANIRA CERDA
CIMI
JOSE N. CORREA
VIOLA DELGADO
FRANCES DEZZANY
DAN DUDLEY
LORI DUDLEY
AMALIA ELMASRI
MICHAEL VAN ENTER
CRIS ESCOBAR
ALFONSO ESTRADA
LILIA ESTRADA
ADRIAN JESUS FALCON
MARIA TERESA GARCIA PEDROCHE
RUTH GONZALEZ
JEFF
A. GREEN
CLARA I. GUTIERREZ
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SUSAN
LECKY
ELI LORENZ
JUAN J. HERNANDEZ
REBECCA ROMANEK JOHNSON
EVAMARIA KUTSCHEID
CARLOS LLAMAS
JASON MCPEAK
DIANA MARQUIS
CESAR MATEOS
SANDRA A. MORENO
MARTA IZA RAMOS
LUPITA MURILLO TINNEN
CRISTINA NAVA
DANIEL W. PEELER
ALDO FABIAN RAMOS
JORGE RIVERO
CHARLIE ROSE
CARL N. SIDLE
GREG STINSON
T. STONE
LUIS VALDERAS
JOSE VARGAS
SHARON WARWICK
KATHY WINDROW
ELIZABETH ZAREMBA |
This exhibition showcases the works of artists from the DFW
Metroplex area, San Antonio, Del Rio, Mexico and Colombia.
This
exhibition was curated by Enrique Fernández Cervantes.
LA
LOTERIA is an old game of chance played in Mexico and Central
America.
The game
resembles a form of bingo that uses pictures
instead of numbers. La lotería is played in fairs or at
home. To play the game, each player is given a card that contains
sixteen pictures. Beans or some other kind of markers are used
to show which pictures have been called. The person who is selected
to call or sing out the pictures has a deck of 54 cards with
all the pictures in the game. As the cards are being called out,
the first person to get four pictures in a row, either vertically,
horizontally or diagonally hollers out ¡LOTERIA, LOTERIA!
letting everybody know that he or she has just won the game. The
game of La Lotería has been produced by popular artists
throughout Mexico for many decades. There are different versions
of the game, all beautiful variations of the same 54 symbols.
The images from the game depict common everyday objects, places
and characters that are easily recognized and significant to
the traditions and culture of Mexico and Latin America. Some
examples of Lotería images are: the mermaid, the watermelon,
the flower pot, the sun, the umbrella, the musician, the lady,
the heart and many others.
A NIGHT OF LOTERIA is scheduled for Saturday, May 15, 2004 from
7-9 PM. This event will give the public a chance to meet some
of the artists and win prizes by playing the game using a deck
of cards that contain reproductions of the original artwork
from this show.
"La
Sirena"
Acrylic on Canvas by Sandra A. Moreno |
