Luis Rolando Ixquiac Xicara
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Luis Rolando Ixquiac Xicará (born 1947) is an indigenous artist born in Quetzaltenango
, Guatemala. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Guatemala, and continued his studies in Paris, France.
He is known, principally in Latin America, for his ability to combine abstract art
with vernacular
art forms (sometimes referred to as primitivism
or Naïve art
) to represent elements of the natural Guatemalan landscape, including animals. While Ixquiac Xicara shares the tradition of neo-naïf, or folk imagery, art, he creates images through a modernist abstract lens. He works in oil on board and canvas, and also produces drawings and watercolors on paper.
Ixquiac Xicará's art is held in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"
in Guatemala City
, and in the collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Panama City
. His paintings have been sold at auction by Bonhams in Los Angeles and Clars Auction Gallery in Oakland, California. He has been represented by Artique and the Galeria El Tunel, both in Guatemala City
. He has had solo exhibitions in diverse venues, including Casa de America Latina, Paris, France; Moscicki Center in Brussels, Belgium; and the French Cultural Center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Museum and gallery curators have also included his art in group exhibits, among them the IV Biennial Americana de Grabado in Santiago, Chile; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Panama City, Panama; and a Contemporary Mayan Art exhibit in Norway.
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango, also commonly known by its indigenous name, Xelajú , or more commonly, Xela , is the second largest city of Guatemala. It is both the capital of Quetzaltenango Department and the municipal seat of Quetzaltenango municipality....
, Guatemala. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Guatemala, and continued his studies in Paris, France.
He is known, principally in Latin America, for his ability to combine abstract art
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
with vernacular
Vernacular
A vernacular is the native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a language of wider communication that is not native to the population, such as a national language or lingua franca.- Etymology :The term is not a recent one...
art forms (sometimes referred to as primitivism
Primitivism
Primitivism is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples, such as Paul Gauguin's inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics...
or Naïve art
Naïve art
Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true...
) to represent elements of the natural Guatemalan landscape, including animals. While Ixquiac Xicara shares the tradition of neo-naïf, or folk imagery, art, he creates images through a modernist abstract lens. He works in oil on board and canvas, and also produces drawings and watercolors on paper.
Ixquiac Xicará's art is held in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"
Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"
The Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" is a national museum of modern art in Guatemala City, named after Carlos Mérida.- History :The current museum was established in 1975...
in Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
, and in the collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...
. His paintings have been sold at auction by Bonhams in Los Angeles and Clars Auction Gallery in Oakland, California. He has been represented by Artique and the Galeria El Tunel, both in Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
. He has had solo exhibitions in diverse venues, including Casa de America Latina, Paris, France; Moscicki Center in Brussels, Belgium; and the French Cultural Center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Museum and gallery curators have also included his art in group exhibits, among them the IV Biennial Americana de Grabado in Santiago, Chile; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Panama City, Panama; and a Contemporary Mayan Art exhibit in Norway.
Selected works
- Fiesta. Acrylic on canvas. Height 92 cms x width 118 cm. Collection of the Banco de Guatemala
- Sin Título. Acrylic on canvas. Height 49 cms x width 49 cm. 1977. Collection of the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Panama City, Panama.
See also
- Abstract ArtAbstract artAbstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
- Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla"Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla"The Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" is an art school in Guatemala City, that was founded as Academia de Bellas Artes in 1920...
- GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...