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    Vincent Valdez: Stations

    Vincent Valdez: Stations

    Presented by Snite Museum of Art at Snite Museum of Art

    September 11-November 20, 2005

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    For the Stations exhibition, Valdez has created 13 monumental charcoal-on-paper drawings that depict one night in the life of a boxer. We see him getting weighed, preparing for the fight, in the ring, and struggling with his opponent. Boxing is an important part of the culture of San Antonio [where Valdez was born and lives], with its numerous boxing gyms where champions of the sport have trained. For Valdez, boxing is also a metaphor for the everyday struggles of humanity. In Stations, he extends this metaphor to encompass the life of Christ, the last moments, or stations, before his crucifixion. The drawings––the result of two years of work––are breathtaking, not only because of their sheer scale, but also because they evoke the visceral sensations of a night in the boxing ring. [Valdez] has a broad and deep knowledge of many of the great masters of drawing of the past, especially the French 19th-century portraitist Jean-August-Dominique Ingres. His knowledge not only makes itself evident in art historical references in his work, but also in the very way he draws. His drawings have the quality of finely wrought and layered Old Masters. Lyle Williams Exhibit Curator and Curator of Prints and Drawings, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio [the entire article is an extended quote by Williams] Drawings courtesy of Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, Texas


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        Snite Museum of Art

        Snite Museum of Art
        South Bend, IN 46556

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        Tickets: Free and open to the public

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        Dates:
        September 11-November 20, 2005

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        10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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