For Immediate Release
Proudly Presents
Opening reception night will be January 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. where
light refreshments will be served. Palmenez’s show will run
from Tuesday January 24 to Friday February 17, 2012. The Gallery is located in
the Rusteberg Building right in front of the Marion Hedrick
Smith Memorial amphitheater on Gorgas Drive.
This
exhibit is a culmination of the exterior, how we wish to perceive ourselves and
what we desire. The beetles and insects help to connect the people who wear
them with groundedness. Beetles move with their bellies
always close to the earth, and so their wisdom is sacred and deep. We as people
at times forget that we too are from the earth and rarely think of how are
actions effects others and the world we live in.
Being
a teacher my concern with machismo especially within Latino culture is how it
begins to influence our young boys with ideas of what it means to be a real
man. It’s macho. It’s the masculine identity of many latino men, that are left behind holding on to old traditions and
beliefs. The Machistas greatest weakness is the belief that
they know it all, and the fear to ask a question or admit that they are wrong,
while never showing any emotions but a facade of strength and toughness. It is
pride that keeps many men from living a more fulfilled life, and the fear of
change. What is left is an ego driven young man that is more than willing to
take what he wants because there is no alternative while ruining the lives that
surround them. The best thing of being machista is the
pride and duty to ones family, however making it feel like a prison to some that
would like to further their education and seek another life outside of their
circles.
As to
how vanidad or vanity is included within my work, it is seen
through ornamentation and external beauty of women. Even though vanity is
considered a negative because of the emphasis on external appearances, I see it
as their right of freedom. The world of art is coming together on a level that
has never been seen before and women are using it to display their identity, and
fearlessness. The time honored roles between men and women are starting to
change; men are gradually releasing the reigns of authority and letting women be
a larger part of what happens within the workings of the world. A new voice is
a good change, for it is not tied down by tradition, and a women’s voice is
genuine and very real.
The Gallery at the Rusteberg
Building
Samantha Isabel Garcia, gallery director.
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, Texas 78520
(956)882-7097
(956)882-7571
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