Pocho-geist

Welcome Back (Kotter Theme)...it's been a while...

2012-02-16T09:03:00.000-08:00

Firstly...

2012-02-16T08:26:00.000-08:00

So its been a while since I last posted...you probably didn't know I left TN and moved to The Commonwealth of KY. Bluegrass Country. Home of the Wildcats... Lexington, KY. Had an exhibition at Vanderbilt in Nashville January 9th of "the last year on Earth" 2012 (J/K). Pics below.
Also I'll be part of "Right here, Over there" an exhibition curated by Becky Alley at the Lexington Art League this March.

Teaching at University of Kentucky and at Bellarmine University in Louisville. Keeping busy...trying to find the balance between work and "work."

Update...

2010-08-03T08:55:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the long delay. Been working and working. I'll have pics up later in the day. How are you? Recently, got my cable back at home. Not only that, it came with HBO and Showtime. This on top of my Netflix account. I think I'm going to become a shut in after I ship this show off to NC.

"Cluster" 2006
In the meantime check out a fellow artist from South Texas, Jesus De La Rosa. I'll be back very soon. iv

MEXtacy: William A. Nericcio to visit South Texas College!

2010-07-24T23:47:00.000-07:00

Yo! Posting this special event coming to South Texas College in McAllen, TX: MEX-tacy by William A. Nericcio! This is gonna be huge! Mr./Dr. Nericcio was gracious enough to have written an amazing essay about my work for my "Exiles" exhibition last year (which can be found here: CLICK ME!) and I'm so happy to see that my former college has invited him to come and visit! You Valley peeps need to get out and support!

You can read his chingon blog Tex{t} Mex here.
You can also pick up his book through Amazon: Tex{t} Mex Seductive Hallucinations of the Mexican in America

Studio visit

2010-07-24T23:17:00.000-07:00

So things are coming along nicely. I gave myself a 1 week deadline to finish two pieces.
If you know anything about me its that I paint S L O W. The show coming up is going to be at the University of North Carolina's Latino Collaborative (CLC). You can check out a neat video about the CLC here.

I had originally submitted some works in the Spring for a possible exhibition, but they decided to award me with a Fall exhibition. It's a big deal for me since it's at my former grad school, so I'm a little nervous about it. Tonight's studio visit is brought to you by either Killian's Irish Red, Miller High Life, or Kroger.

Happy Birthday Abuela!

2010-07-24T22:41:00.000-07:00

A quick posting...today was my grandmother's 80th birthday. It was nice to talk to her over the phone today... she was especially excited because my cousin Felix set up a special birthday serenade by none other than Tejano legend Roberto Pulido! A few moments later, my other primo Andy, posted a pic of the party on Facebook. Made me really miss home. Oh well...hopefully, I'll come visit soon enough...
(sorry for the blurry pics)

Studio visit

2010-07-22T02:07:00.000-07:00

So I took a couple of pics tonight... working on a couple of pieces, but here's the pics of one. where it's going? i don't know. Also took a few pics of the space (messy). need to finish this soon...sometimes I find myself staring at the work for too long...If you were there in real time, you'd see for yourself that staring -for extended periods of time- is part of the process. This studio visit is sponsored by Tecate.

werkin'

2010-07-21T09:22:00.000-07:00

still sketching stuff out...I don't always have sketches to start off, but it helps. There's a lot of "freestylin" (as this 14 year old in Charlotte once told me) so the piece ends up going somewhere I didn't intend, but it works for me.

here are some others. desmadre to the max

Cd. Juarez has its own line of makeup (sort of).

2010-07-20T22:20:00.000-07:00

Just clipped this article off Facebook. You'd think there would be real research conducted when creating a line of makeup "inspired" by Juarez A.K.A. "The Deadliest City in the World." It's worth a read, but its upsetting!

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicanisima/2010/07/mac-rodarte-makeup-named-for-juarez-is-not-pretty.html

This is why I yell at students quite often to inform themselves.
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This brought to mind the protest a few years ago of The Miss Universe Pageant which was held in Mexico in 2007. There should be a similar type of protest of this line of makeup.

Quoted from Reuters:

"This year, it attracted protesters wearing white dresses splashed with fake blood and sashes proclaiming "Miss Juarez", "Miss Atenco" and "Miss Michoacan" in reference to places in Mexico made infamous by killings or sexual abuse of women."

Orale pues...

2010-07-20T20:53:00.000-07:00

What's up? So I finally got around to creating a blog where I can share (and overshare) new/old stuff from Pocholandia!

What to Expect:
work in progress
old works
insights
studio shots
exhibitions
announcements
artist profiles
art historian profiles!
Tex-Mex Spanglish, chingos of it.
lots of italicized words (when I have the time).
silly stuff/important stuff
stuff I like
Texan smack talkin' (if you know any former Texans, you may know what this is)
articles and reviews (not always about me, or art:)

....you get the picture. I'll try my best to keep it interesting and fun. Please feel free to leave comments, questions, suggestions, lo que sea.

-izel v