GLORIA VALDES 'TARASCA'
México-US
ABOUT GLORIA
From an early age, Gloria Valdes, 'Tarasca', realized she was different from the rest. Scolded by adults for her restlessness and inability to focus, she was often rejected by her playmates. Diagnosed as dyslexic and hyperactive, in addition to suffering from Osteogenesis Imperfecta - a bone disease impeding her movement, Gloria gradually quit the physical activities she enjoyed and took sole refuge in painting.
Completely self-taught, Gloria began building her own fantasy world from which she receives, and puts back into her work, colors and shapes inspired by her ancestral people, the Tarascans, original inhabitants of Michoacán state, in western Mexico, where she was born, and for whom, and in their honor she has named herself.
Her art, she says, is as much as expression of her personality as it is an opportunity for psychoanalysis. "Painting is a medium through which at once I become patient and psychoanalyst. One of the things that I enjoy the most is seeing an idea realized in a painting. Its the thrill of knowing that I can create something from nothing".
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"When Nature denies you the technique God provides you with infinite creativity..." Gloria Valdes 'Tarasca'
Immigration characters its the principal theme of the pieces of art you are seeing. All these immigrants are part of an America's social phenomenon. Even though they came from different countries and for various reasons, the end result was a great mixed cultural, social, economic and technological contributions.
Final thought: Always remember, our World is made of immigrants. Here you might be able to recognize, among others: Salvador Dalí, Elizabeth Taylor, Katy Jurado, Albert Einstein y Carlos Santana.
Gloria Valdes 'Tarasca'
DALI TAYLOR SANTANA
MARIA IZQUIERDO Maria Izquierdo (1902-1955) was born on Jalisco, Mexico. Maria was the first mexican woman painter who exhibited out of Mexico. Her first exhibition was at the Art Center of New York City. Maria also showed her art in Paris,Tokyo, Mexico, Peru and Chile. She had a Professional and Romantic relationship with another mexican artist the well know muralist Rufino Tamayo. Maria was considered at the vanguard of feminist arts. She was named "The Mexican Cultural Ambasador". As a feminist artist, she suffered from the monopoly of male painters Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Because of them she was not allowed to make murals in Mexico City. Today most of her art work belongs to private art collectors in US and many have been lost.
Size 30" x 40"
Media Oil on Color
2008
Gloria currently lives in Vienna, VA, USA.
E-mail: tarasca@verizon.net
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