Jack Rutberg Fine Arts presents Francisco Zuniga ~ Woman as Icon ~

Written by Earnestine Alcina Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:40

 

Los Angeles, CA - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles is presenting a formidable exhibition of works by the major Mexican 20^th century artist and sculptor Francisco Zuniga (b. Costa Rica 1912 - d. Mexico 1998), opening on Saturday, September 29, and extending through Saturday, December 22, 2007. The exhibition, Francisco Zuniga: Woman as Icon, opens with a preview reception Saturday, September 29 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Ariel Zuniga, the artist’s son and biographer, will be in attendance. A Major Exhibition of Zuniga Drawings and Sculpture .

This ambitious exhibition of Zuniga works features important sculpture, drawings and watercolors. Highlights in this exhibition include one of the few exceedingly rare sculptures in wood by the artist entitled Mother with Child at her Hip, 1982, offered for the first time, as well as a larger-than-life-sized bronze sculpture Juchiteca Sentada, 1974.

This museum quality exhibition is accompanied by the newly published Volumes III and IV of Francisco Zuniga, A Catalogue Raisonne, documenting the artist’s body of work, edited and written by Ariel Zuniga, son and biographer of the artist, and head of the Zuniga Foundation. This new, two-volume set with nearly 4,000 illustrations is dedicated to the artist’s drawings and watercolors.

Zuniga's monumental works celebrate the female form as an expression of life; often as sensual, but always heroic. These sculptures and drawings of women - as matriarch or adolescent - have today become powerful and iconic images. Worldwide recognition of Francisco Zuniga continues to assert itself as evidenced by the recent world-record setting prices achieved at international auctions.

Born in Costa Rica, Francisco Zuniga moved to Mexico in 1936, where his work increasingly gained wide recognition throughout Latin America, Europe, Asia and the United States. Monumental sculptures by Zuniga are included in the collections of museums internationally. Among the museums in which Zuniga’s works are included are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; UCLA Sculpture Gardens; USC; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; San Diego Museum of Art; Phoenix Museum of Art; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Costa Rican Art Museum; Museum of Modern Art, Mexico; Latin American Museum of Art, Buenos Aires; Middleheim Sculpture Garden, Antwerp.

FRANCISCO ZUNIGA: Woman as Icon opens September 29 and extends through December 22 at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts Gallery, located at 357 N. La Brea Avenue, in Los Angeles. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:00 - 6:00; Saturday 10:00 - 5:00. For additional information, phone (323) 938-5222. Visit : www.jackrutbergfinearts.com

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