ISMAEL RIVERA Bogotá, Colombia, 1956 · ISMAEL RIVERA Bogotá, Colombia, 1956 QUESTIONING OUR ACTS...

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Cra. 16 No. 86A-31, Tel / Fax: +57-1 530-0339, [email protected], www.beatrizesguerra-art.com Bogotá, Colombia ISMAEL RIVERA Bogotá, Colombia, 1956 QUESTIONING OUR ACTS Although Ismael Rivera seeks to avoid the effects that different forces involved in the exercise of power exert over our conduct, he finds it more difficult to ignore their consequences. It is thus inevitable to find these circumstances reflected in his work. Rivera grasps that it is not the function of art, never has been, and never will be, to even attempt to resolve the conflict between man and the world, but that does not substantially persuade him to give up on the possibility of using his work as a means to question and dispute the cultural development of a given society. It is the responsibility of art as an object and of the artist as the subject to leave their mark and ensure their permanence in memory, thus transcending time. Art as an object is sold, purchased, and subject to the laws of the market, but it is its content that is called upon to transcend, the ideas proposed and shown that give the work reason to be. It is those contents that overtake the mere material and that leave their mark on the collective memory. EDUCATION 1978-1986 Artes Plásticas, Maestro en Bellas Artes, Especialización en Pintura, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá EXHIBITIONS 2012 "Pretext," Beatriz Esguerra Art, Bogota, Colombia Arteamericas, International Art Fair, Beatriz Esguerra Art, Miami, FL 2011 MIA. International Art Fair, Miami, FL 2010 Galería Lalocalidad, Subasta 2009 ArtBo , Bogotá 2008

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ISMAEL RIVERA Bogotá, Colombia, 1956

QUESTIONING OUR ACTS Although Ismael Rivera seeks to avoid the effects that different forces involved in the exercise of power exert over our conduct, he finds it more difficult to ignore their consequences. It is thus inevitable to find these circumstances reflected in his work. Rivera grasps that it is not the function of art, never has been, and never will be, to even attempt to resolve the conflict between man and

the world, but that does not substantially persuade him to give up on the possibility of using his work as a means to question and dispute the cultural development of a given society. It is the responsibility of art as an object and of the artist as the subject to leave their mark and ensure their permanence in memory, thus transcending time. Art as an object is sold, purchased, and subject to the laws of the market, but it is its content that is called upon to transcend, the ideas proposed and shown that give the work reason to be. It is those contents that overtake the mere material and that leave their mark on the collective memory. EDUCATION 1978-1986

Artes Plásticas, Maestro en Bellas Artes, Especialización en Pintura, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá

EXHIBITIONS 2012

"Pretext," Beatriz Esguerra Art, Bogota, Colombia Arteamericas, International Art Fair, Beatriz Esguerra Art, Miami, FL

2011 MIA. International Art Fair, Miami, FL

2010 Galería Lalocalidad, Subasta

2009 ArtBo , Bogotá

2008

Cra.16No.86A-31,Tel/Fax:+57-1530-0339,[email protected],www.beatrizesguerra-art.comBogotá,Colombia

Galería La Pared, Bogotá Galería Baobab, Bogotá.

2007 ArtBo, Bogotá

2006 Kunsthaus Gallery. Barcelona, España Al Avci Gallery, New York. Jimenez-art, New York ArtBo, Bogotá

2005 Sept. 8 Galería Etra, Miami

2003 - 2004 Bodega de Arte, Miami 2002 2003 Iris Ramler

2001 Galería El Charco, Cali

2000 Club del Comercio, Cali

2001 - 2002 Exposición Colectiva Fundación Cariño, Medellín

1999 Galería El Charco, Cali

1997 Iris Ramler Fine Art

1995 Galería Pluma, Bogotá

1994 Exposición Cámara de Comercio, El Poblado, Medellín

1992 XXXIV Salón Nacional de Artistas Colombia, Bogotá

1990 Galería Valenzuela y Klenner, Bogotá

1989 Alianza Colombo Francesa, Bogotá

1988 Banco Ganadero, Medellín Galería Aymaru, Bogotá

1987 Biblioteca Gabriel Turbay, Bucaramanga Biblioteca Pública Piloto, Medellín Escuela de Artes de Cartagena Galería Aymaru, Bogotá Alianza Colombo Francesa

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1986 Nueva Generación, Bogotá XIII Salón Francisco Antonio Cano Nueva Generación, Galería Santa Fe de Bogotá

1985 XII Salón Francisco Antonio Cano Galería Tintorero, Bogotá Salón de la Creatividad, Universidad Nacional

1984 Salón Regional de Artes Visuales, Tunja

1983 25 Años de la ESAP, Bogotá XI Salón Francisco Antonio Cano

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