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"Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race." - James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

photo caption: Four young artists: NELS Figueroa, Luis Martinez Borrero, Emilio Arraiza and Patrick McGrath en Liga de Arte de San Juan at the opening of the exhibition Inventario F(util) Photo by: Alexandra Castillo, 02-07-12.

A pair of exhibitions currently on display feature the work of two artists who studied painting together at Escuela de Artes Plasticas de San Juan in the early 1990s and have recently been recognized as painters of realistic visions. Both artists work in styles harking back to a much earlier period in art history. Both work to present contemporary ideas in the guise of classical formats. Both have made interesting self-portraits as part of their exhibitions...

[article in English]

[article as published in En Rojo - Spanish]

Jan Galligan y Lillian Mulero
75Grand/Sur
Santa Olaya, PR

http://75Grand.posterous.com [foto blog]
http://cinefestsanjuan.posterous.com [cine blog]

GOLD FEVER: Skagway, Alaska - home to the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. Centennial Park. Located at 1st and Broadway, the park features the city’s Centennial Statue of a Tlingit Packer leading a prospector up the Klondike trail.

"Where are you from?" asks the master of ceremonies at the Skaguay in the Days of 1898 Show. "Munich!" someone shouts back. "Sydney!" cries another. "Santa Olaya, Puerto Rico!" shouts a third. "Wha???!!" asks the master of ceremonies. "Yeyito," the third man cries. "I am Yeyito, Alcarde de Santa Olaya!"

 

Photo caption: Skagway, Alaska - home to the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. Centennial Statue, Centennial Park. 
(L to R) Skookum Jim, a Tlingit from the Carcross-Tagish area; Dawson Charlie, a prospector; and Amaury Oyola, aka Yeyito, Alcarde de Santa Olaya,(among other characters,[ed.]) visiting from Santa Olaya, Puerto Rico. June, 2011.

 

 

 

Jan Galligan
75Grand/Sur
Santa Olaya, PR

http://75Grand.posterous.com [foto blog]
http://cinefestsanjuan.posterous.com [cine blog]

photo caption: Michael Linares, sculpture - "Porqué los elefantes cagan y hacen mucho ruido" Installation view, Chemi Room, Santurce, PR, 09/07/11. (also pictured: Jorge Gonzalez - "Untitled (Column, 2003-2011)) - photo courtesy Michael Linares.

CHISTES DE ELEPHANTS

Q: How can you tell if an elephant has been in a refrigerator?
R: La puerta no se cerrar.

Q: How did you get the elephant into the fridge in the first place?
A: 1) Opened door 2) Inserted elephant 3) Closed door

P: ¿Cómo se llama de elefante que monta un guagua? [riding a bus]
R: El pasajero.
 
Q: Why do elephants drink so much?
A: To forget.

P: ¿Qué clase de elefantes viven en el Polo Norte?
R: Los Fríos.

Q: What would happen if an elephant sat in front of you at the movies?
A: You miss the picture.  

Q: Can you know when an elephant has been in the baby's carriage?
P: ¿ Si hay huellas en la cabeza del bebé? [huellas = footprints]

 

Jan Galligan
75Grand/Sur
Santa Olaya, PR

http://75Grand.posterous.com/otra-dia-otro-foto-immortalidad  [blog entry]

After more than thirty years visiting art galleries and museums, attending art openings, and visiting artists in their studios, Lillian and I find that there is nothing quite so exciting as encountering an artwork that is new or mysterious to us.

Soon after our arrival on the island last year, we spent an afternoon in the Galleria Naccional de Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and I found Lillian transfixed, standing quite still, gazing at an unfamiliar painting. At first it looked like a classic example of 1960's minimal art. A clean, white rectangle, three by four feet in size. But, projecting from behind the surface - it appeared that something was trapped inside, trying to get out.

"This is really beautiful," said Lillian. "We need to find out more about this artist."

The Silence of Eros, 1993. Acrylic on canvas stretched on wood, 44 "x 60" photo courtesy Roberto Paradise gallery.

Article in Spanish as published lunes, 5 de septiembre de 2011
Lillian Mulero y Jan Galligan/Especial para En Rojo

Art Of The Amazons (series) - in the studio of Zilia Sanchez, photo J. Galligan.

Article in English

Erotic topologies (series), 1975. Acrylic on canvas stretched on wood, 67.5 "x 38"
photo courtesy Roberto Paradise gallery.

Artist Zilia Sanchez with her self-portrait painting
photo J. Galligan.

 

 

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75Grand/Sur
Santa Olaya, PR


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Artista en Perfil: No. 1.0 -- Ashley Hunt Ashley Hunt’s presentation of APUNTES SOBRE UNA CIUDAD VACIA
by Jan Galligan and Lillian Mulero, Santa Olaya, PR

CALL: There's no place like home! 
RESPONSE: There's no place like home!

Shortly after the flood waters of hurricane Katrina had receded, artist and activist Ashley Hunt made a trip to New Orleans to join with a group of organizations including Critical Resistance, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Human Rights Watch, in order to help document what had happened at the Orleans Parish Prison during and after the flood. It was charged that hundreds of prisoners had been abandoned, locked in their cells without food as the flood waters rose to chest level and beyond.

Published in En Rojo, the cultural suppliment of Claridad, Puerto Rico's weekly national newspaper. EN ROJO, is publishing a series of articles that we are writing about art and artists in San Juan and around the island.

Breve Resumen del artículo:

El artista utiliza el vídeo, la fotografía y la escritura para vincularse con movimientos sociales, formas de aprendizaje y el discurso público. Se interesa en la forma en que ciertas estructuras sociales permiten a algunas personas acumular poder mientras mantienen a otros sin nada. Le interesa saber cómo las personas llegan a conocer, responder, y concebirse a sí mismas dentro de estas estructuras....

Publicado: lunes, 28 de febrero de 2011

 

Katrina victims on highway overpass, New Orleans, LA, 2005

Article as published in spanish, En Rojo, Feb 28, 2010

PDF of article - in english

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  Jorge Gonzalez | Brazos Caido (arms akimbo)

EN ROJO, the cultural supplement of CLARIDAD, the national newspaper of Puerto Rico is publishing a series of articles that we are writing about art and artists in San Juan and around the island.

Artist Jorge Gonzalez in the patio at Chemi Room, Calle Latimer, Santurce.

English version, PDF

 

Spanish version - as published in En Rojo, July 25, 2011

 

 

Untitled (Column), 2003-2011, Vinyl, joint compound and paint on wall, dimensions variable

 

Jan Galligan y Lillian Mulero
75Grand/Sur

Santa Olaya, PR  

 

 

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http://about.me/JanGalligan [about me]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EN ROJO, the cultural supplement of CLARIDAD, the national newspaper of Puerto Rico has just published the first of a series of articles that we are writing about art and artists in San Juan and around the island.

 

picture captions: (1) Artist NEL Figueroa in his studio, Ponce, PR  (2) Solstice d'été / Summer solstice, 2010, mixed media on linen 48 x 60

 

This first article: "NEL Figueroa y la consistencia del color" profiles a young artist from Ponce, PR and 2009 graduate of the Escuela de Artes Plasticas en Viejo San Juan. NEL's exhibition is titled COLORCONSTANCY® and we were intrigued by the trademark symbol and the title. What has been trademarked? The colors, the process, the paintings themselves or just an idea?

 

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ALL ARTICLES IN THIS SERIES

Jan Galligan y Lillian Mulero
Santa Olaya, PR
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