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A good night all around.

If you want to come visit my studio at PAFA before I graduate in May, get in contact with me and I'll give you a personal tour. Who knows when I'll have another studio on top of a tower in the middle of the city, after all.

I am continuing to streamline this website, and have started tagging images of paintings that have been lost or walked away over the years in hopes of tracking them down.

There are about a half dozen exhibitions and openings coming up between now and July that I will be participating in, so look for an update about those very soon. 

Special thanks to my friend Bonnie McCallister, who is a dynamo, and to the WCA for the sweet write up on their blog http://phila-wca.blogspot.com/2012/02/member-news-ana-vizcarra-rankin.html 

Cheers.

 

                                   

November 4 – November 27, 2011

 

 

MBN Studios presents Out In Out, curated by Michael Moore and Paul Hamanaka.

Michael and Paul both teach drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

 

There are various forms of drawings presented: Video drawings, color drawings, assemblage drawings, installation drawings, and even performance drawing.

 

We hope that this exhibition will deepen the view of drawing as a viable form of material craft, and broaden our understanding of the origins of the impulse to draw. 

Artists presented are:

 

Gallery Hours: Saturday & Sunday 12pm – 6pm and by appointment

Out In Out is on view Friday, November 4, 2011 – Sunday, November 27, 2011. Free  and open to the public.  Appointments can be made by calling 267-236-3049 or 215-519-5998.

This Saturday, I will be creating a site specific installation at the Philadelphia Magic Gardens on South Street. The last two installations were a great success, and this is my biggest one yet, so come and check it out if you can. There will be dancing and free sangria, or byob.

Philadelphia Magic Gardens 

1020 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147   •   215-733-0390

Admission is $15/Members and Students, $20/Non-Members. 

RSVP by calling 215-733-0390 or emailing lharkins@phillymagicgardens.org.

Here's a link to Citypaper's listing http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/criticalmass/EVENTS-Philadelphias-Magic-Gardens-celebrates-the-Day-of-the-Dead.html

And this is a link to PMG's website listing http://www.phillymagicgardens.org/news/news

And my artist statement...

The three sided arrangement mimics the format of an altar, enveloping the viewer and referencing the trinity.

No Rain/ 365 Days of Sunshine is a temporary work constructed by artist Ana Vizcarra.  Vizcarra will create 365 drawings of the sun on joss paper and install them throughout the day within PMG’s labyrinth. The metallic components of the paper create reflections and catch light, making it appear as though they are their own source of illumination. Joss paper, also known as ghost money, is a material traditionally used in burnt offerings during traditional Chinese religious practices, including the veneration of ancestors on special occasions.

 

The image of the sun is universal. In the Uruguayan flag (my native country), the sun is on the upper left corner in yellows and golds with a serene face and alternating straight and curvy rays. The Uruguayan flag design was inspired by the American flag. Philadelphia’s cosmopolitan mix of cultures has been an enduring inspiration to me since my arrival in 2005. This particular work is dedicated to my late grandfather, who first explained the meaning of the Sol de Mayo (May Sun) in my country’s flag when I was four, and who I hope is enjoying plenty of sunshine in the afterlife.

Hope to see you there :)

Saturday July 30th Noon until 10pm

Philadelphia Magic Gardens

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   info@philadelphiasmagicgardens.org   •  

First to my sister's wedding in Perdido Key, on the gulf coast of Florida; then to London to check out some artwork at Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery and more; finally for some relaxation and watercolors in the amazing light found in Sitges, a village south of Barcelona. Was even able to conjure some writing for my master's thesis along the way.

Highlights of the trip: seeing my sister jump into a swimming pool in her wedding dress, beating Punch and Judy with a giant fake sausage on the National Theatre grounds, drinking a glass of freshly bottled cava while watching falcons hunt prey for their young. 

I wish every July could be this amazing.

It feels great to be back home and in the studio.  

This weekend I will be doing a site specific installation for the second year in a row at the Philadelphia Magic Gardens- more on that later.

In the meantime, enjoy the new artwork going up on the site, and thank you to those of you who have given forever homes to some of my paintings, drawings and prints this month- you know who you are.

My gratitude for being able to do what I was put on this earth to do knows no bounds.

 

I hope this summer is treating you well so far, that the living is easy, that your dad is rich and your mamma good looking :)

You made me feel loved.  I have no doubt I would have been a finalist if I had found out about it earlier. 

I will investigate having t-shirts made anyway, since now i want one myself!

Also, I just uploaded some $35 drawings (includes shipping anywhere in the world) so get'em while they're fresh :)

The idea began taking shape last year in ceramics class, where i built a small shrine for a broken mermaid. The new, much larger version isdone in the format of a church altarpiece, which features images of social critique.  This work in progress will hopefully lead to more related objects.  I already have dozens of images that presaged those on the retablo, and dozens more that didn't make the cut.

I will post images of the whole space in a new "installations"  gallery within this site.

Written in Paste, a Zine by my friend Bonnie McAllister featured one of my drawings From NYSS. Next, she will be publishing a magazine with more works in it- more info below:

Founded by artists, Certain Circuits publishes poetry, experimental prose, art, and new media. We are especially interested in documenting multimedia collaborative work between artists.

We are currently laying out print issue 1.1 which features work from artists in Australia, Brazil, France, Mexico, India, Japan, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, and the United States