Raúl Cordero & Michel Pérez “El Pollo” PAINTING OF ALL EXCUSES

Raúl Cordero & Michel Pérez “El Pollo”

PAINTING OF ALL EXCUSES

CentralTrak Gallery. Dallas, Texas.

January 21st – March 2nd, 2013

CentralTrak, The University of Texas at Dallas Artists Residency, provides space for eight artists to live, work and exhibit, and serves as a community center for broad intellectual

discourse around the arts. While the Residency promotes artistic experimentation through its support of production, the companion Gallery encourages critical engagement with

the local urban context through its exhibitions and related programs. It is located at 800 Exposition Ave. Dallas, TX 75226. U.S.A. http://centraltrak.net

PAINTING OF ALL EXCUSES These paintings are a new exploration of how the

changes of chromatic tonalities can generate

new images, or stories, or content ...

Estas pinturas son una nueva

exploración sobre como los cambios

de tonalidades cromáticas pueden

generar nuevas imagenes,

o historias, o contenidos...

RAÚL CORDERO

El proceso que realizo es

similar al de un pintor

realista, o de un arqueologo,

o un decorador de platos de

cocina.

My process is similar to that of a

realist painter or an archeologist,

or a food decorator.

MICHEL PÉREZ “EL POLLO”

INSTALLATION VIEW OF ‘PAINTING OF ALL EXCUSES”, AT CENTRALTRACK, DALLAS. January 21st / March 2nd, 2013.





RAÚL CORDERO

FR I

2013. Oil on canvas

230 x 190 cm

Text on the painting:

Once, I made a very ugly painting dedicated to the

memory of my late uncle Fermín Rubiales.

It was so ugly that no one wanted to spend even a

second looking at it. Then my art dealer decided that

he was going to show it at an important museum and

donate it to their collection (although we always say

they bought it).

Now everybody wants to commission a similar version

of FR. They seem to be moved by the idea of me,

dedicating a painting to my late uncle.

RAÚL CORDERO

FR II

2013. Oil on canvas

230 x 155 cm








they bought it).




RAÚL CORDERO

FR III

2013. Oil on canvas

230 x 190 cm








they bought it).




RAÚL CORDERO

BOY / GIRL

2013. Oil on canvas

120 x 85 cmContains elements of William Eggleston’s “Huntsville,

Alabama”

RAÚL CORDERO

BOY / BOY

2013. Oil on canvas

120 x 85 cmContains elements of William Eggleston’s “Huntsville,

Alabama”


PO

2012. Acrylic on canvas

225 x 225 cm


CAMINO


220 x 220 cm


LLAMADO


150 x 130 cm


DANZA


225 x 225 cm


SIESTA


120 x 150 cm

RAÚL CORDERO. La Habana, Cuba. 1971

Studied at the Academia San Alejandro and the Instituto Superior de Diseño, in Havana, Cuba; The Graphic Media Development Centre and the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, in The Nederlands. Has taught as visiting professor at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), in Havana, Cuba; at the San Francisco Art Institute, in San Francisco, California and at The Art Academy of Cincinnati, de Ohio in the United States of America. Lives in Havana and Mexico City.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS SELECTION2013 Raúl Cordero and Michel Pérez El Pollo: Painting Of All Excuses. CentralTrak. Dallas, Texas. U.S.A. 2012 73 Kg. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno. Palmas de Gran Canaria. España. / Raúl Cordero. Fortaleza de la Cabaña. XI Bienal de la Habana. Cuba. 2011 Hendrickje. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. San Diego, California. U.S.A. / Raúl Cordero “Recent Work” at MYTO Gallery. MACO, Mexico. - 2010 Make it plain. Magnan Metz Gallery. New York, U.S.A. - 2009 Hendrickje. Galería Servando. La Habana, Cuba. / Raúl Cordero. “Nuevas pinturas”, 10ma Bienal de La Habana. Galeria Acacia. La Habana, Cuba. / “Last visions of the heroe”, Open Studio. La Habana, Cuba. / Raúl Cordero. Painting as a state of mind. Project room. Circa. San Juan, Puerto Rico. - 2008 Raúl Cordero. MYTO Gallery, Mexico DF. - 2007 Raúl Cordero “Expenditures” at MYTO Gallery. Liste, Basel. Switzerland / Raúl Cordero + Angel Masip. Galería Casado Santapau. Madrid, Spain - 2006 Raúl Cordero. Trabajo Reciente. 9na Bienal de la Habana. Galería Servando. La Habana, Cuba - 2005 Adorno. Centro Cultural “Fresa y Chocolate”. 27 Festival del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. La Habana, Cuba. – 2003 The Rolling Landmark. Iturralde Gallery (Absolut International Biennial), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. - 2002 Tres Pinturas. Galería Habana. La Habana, Cuba / Stages - The zooming experience - Shopworn. Iturralde Gallery. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. / Raúl Cordero (1996-2001). Palacio de Abrantes. Universidad de Salamanca. Spain / Raúl Cordero (1996-2001). Museo La Ciudadela. Pamplona. Spain – 2001 Raúl Cordero. Walter & McBean Galleries. San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – 2000 Raúl Cordero at the New Media Room, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Cornell University. New York, U.S.A. / Raúl Cordero, LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York, U.S.A. / Raúl Cordero, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino, California, U.S.A. – 1999 I I Miss You Much, Paintings, video-installations and some other stuff. Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. - 1998 Raúl Cordero: RE-MIXED, Galería Habana, La Habana, Cuba – 1997 Quiz Paintings, Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A - 1996 Todo depende del relato: pinturas/videos, Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba / Trabajo reciente: fotografías, Galería 23 y 12, La Habana, Cuba – 1994 Lecciones de la Vida, Galería Habana, La Habana, Cuba

GROUP EXHIBITIONS SELECTION2012 IB6621. Raúl Cordero/Flavio Garciandía/Michel Perez El Pollo. Mai 36 Galerie. Zürich, Zwitzerland. / Heavy and Happy Painters. XI Havana Biennial. La Habana, Cuba. / Herejes del Vacío. Galeria Habana, La Habana, Cuba. / 2011 Cuban Visions. Metropolitan Pavillion. New York, U.S.A. / Race, Diaspora, and Identity: Cuban Art Today. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Oregon. U.S.A.- 2010 Cuando una pintura se mueve... algo debe estar podrido! . Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR). San Juan, Puerto Rico. - 2009 Cuando una pintura se mueve... algo debe estar podrido! Centro Colombo Americano. Bogotá, Colombia / Slow Paintings. Museum Morsbroich. Leverkusen, Germany. / Glamour de Occidente. 10ma Bienal de la Habana. Casa de Mexico. La Habana, Cuba. - 2008 LATINOLATINO. Palazzo della Vicaria, Trapani, Italia. / Liste ’08 (MYTO Gallery). Basel, Switzerland. / Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, U.S.A. / Cuba: Artists Experience Their Country. Hunterdon Museum of Art. New Jersey, U.S.A. / TROPICS: A Contemporary View of Haiti, Cuba and Brazil. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Los Angeles, California. U.S.A. / Identifíquese. Galeria Habana. La Habana, Cuba. - 2007 Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art. Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. / WAITING LIST. Time and transition in Comtemporary Cuban Art. City Art Museum, Ljubljana - ExitArt, New York, U.S.A./ European Media Art Festival. Osnabrück, Germany. / LUMO Trienale. Jyväskylä, Finland. – 2006 Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art. Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, U.S.A. / 9na Bienal de la Habana. La Habana, Cuba / Museo Tomado. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Habana, Cuba. / Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art. Museum of Latin American Art. Long Beach, California. U.S.A. / IMPAKT Festival 2006. Utretch, Holland / Espacios Sagrados: Raúl Cordero, Marta María Pérez y José Manuel Fors. FOTO 30, Galería Wood’s. Guatemala. – 2005 Contactos y Mediaciones. Poéticas de lo digital en el Arte Cubano. Dunlop Art Gallery. Regina, Canada. / Barrocos y Neo-Barrocos: El infierno de lo bello. Palacio de Abrantes / Museo de Arte Contemporaneo. Salamanca, España. / IN BORDERLINES/ EN LAS FRONTERAS. Nuevas piezas en la colección del MEIAC. Instituto Cervantes. Praga, Checoslovaquia. / Raul Cordero, Felipe Dulzaides y Alexandre Arrechea en la Casa de las Americas. Casa de las Americas. La Habana, Cuba. / Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo. Fototeca de Cuba. La Habana, Cuba. / Raul Cordero / Manuel Losada / José Clemente Orozco. Iturralde Gallery. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – 2004 Zoll Douane. Hamburgo, Alemania. / Domicile: a sense of place. Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA). Seattle, U.S.A. / Sign Languaje. The Museum of Contemporary Arts (MOCA). Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.- 2003 Sin Embargo. Fluid Image, Grenoble, Francia. / Away from home. Wexner Center for the Arts. Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. – 2002 El Museo crece. Adquisiciones recientes de arte cubano contemporáneo. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. La Habana, Cuba / LA FREEWAVES: TV or not TV. A celebration of experimental media arts throughout Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. / SuperMover: Video projections from trucks. Photofest. Houston, Texas. U.S.A. / III Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo. Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales. La Habana, Cuba / Copyright. Centro Cultural de España. La Habana, Cuba - 2001 Raúl Cordero, Luis Gómez, Elsa Mora, Fernando Rodríguez, José A. Toirac. The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC). Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. / Poëziezimer Watou . Watou, Belgica. / Present. Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Holanda. / Sonsbeek 9-Locus/Focus. Arnhem, Holanda / From the Negative. Conceptual Photography from Cuba. North Dakota Museum of Art, North Dakota, U.S.A. - 2000 VII Bienal de La Habana , La Habana, Cuba / Vistas Nuevas: Recent Video from Cuba, The Kitchen, New York, U.S.A. / Moving Pictures, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. / One on One, Art in General, New York, U.S.A. / Fin de siglo. Nuevo milenio cubano, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana, Cuba – 1999 Video & Technologies: Challenge for Contemporary Cuban Art, Art in General, New York, U.S.A. / Mas allá del papel, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, España / Visiones Contemporáneas, Lyle O’Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana - 1998 Contemporary Art from Cuba, Urasoe Museum, Okinawa / Hillside Forum Daikanayama, Tokyo / Iwaki City Cultural Hall, Japón / Il Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba / Fragmentos a su imán, Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba / Seducciones, Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba – 1997 Troisieme Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electronique, Montreal, Canadá - 1996 III Trienal de Grafica Original, Kunthaus, Grenchen, Suiza / Bienal Internacional de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador - 1995 I Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba / ICOGRADA Next Generation, House of Commons, The Parliament House of the U.K. Westminster, London, U.K. / Una de Cada Clase, Fundación Ludwig de Cuba, La Habana, Cuba / Arte Correo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba

PUBLIC COLLECTIONSMusée National D´Art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris, France / Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba / Centro Wifredo Lam. La Habana, Cuba. / / Museum of Contemporary Art. MOCA, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. / Columbus Museum of Arts, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. / Museum of Art. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. U.S.A. / DAROS Latinoamérica Collection, Zürich, Suiza. / 21C Art Museum. Kentucky, Illinois, U.S.A. / Museum for Contemporary Art. San Diego, California, U.S.A. / Museum of Latin American Art. MOLAA, California, U.S.A. / Champ Libre Foundation. Montréal, Canadá. / Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Holland. / Neuberger Berman, New York, U.S.A. / Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Gent, Belgium. / Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno. Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain. / University of Central Florida Library Collection, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. / Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC), Spain.

MICHEL PÉREZ “EL POLLO”. Manzanillo, Cuba. 1981

Studied at the Professional Academy of Fine Arts, at Holguín; and the Instituto Superior de Arte, at La Habana, Cuba. Lives in Havana.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS SELECTION2013. Raúl Cordero and Michel Pérez El Pollo: Painting Of All Excuses. CentralTrak. Dallas, Texas. U.S.A. 2011 Jugando a comprender (Playing to figure out). Galerie Knörle & Bättig. Winterthur, Switzerland. / La bondad del desconocido (The kindness of the stranger). Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 2010 Prometo ser breve (I Promise to Be Brief). Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / Cierra los ojos, abre la boca (Shut the Eyes, Open the Mouth). Tomás y Valiente Contemporary Art Center, Madrid, Spain. / Aburrido del chocolate (Fed up with Chocolate). Luz y Suárez del Villar Gallery, Madrid, Spain. 2009 Las apariencias no engañan (Appearance Cannot Be Deceptive). Guayasamín Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 2008 Llorando de la risa (To Die Laughing). La Casona Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / Inventario (Inventory). Ludwig Foundation, La Habana, Cuba. 2007 Te hablo de algo serio (Talking about Something Serious). Luz y Oficios Art Center, Havana, Cuba. 2006 Mirada de bandolero (Gaze of a Nasty Crook). Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba. 2004 Acción sin idea (Act without Idea). Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS SELECTION2013 On- Painting. Atlantic Modern Art Center. CAAM. Gran Canaria, Spain. 2012 Gulliver. Freies Museum Berlin, Germany. / IB6621. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland. / Heavy & Happy painters. Havana eleventh Biennial Exhibition Collateral Show, Cuba. / Un olor que entra por mi ventana (A smell that comes through my window). Havana eleventh Biennial Exhibition, Cuba. 2011 Junge Szene Kuba(Cuban young scene ). Cultural Center “Pasinger Fabrik” bei Muenchen, Germany. / Junge Szene Kuba(Cuban young scene) Staedtischen Museum in Traunstein, Germany. / Torbellino(Whirlwind). Havana Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / The Arsenal. Asociación Cultural Yemayá, Madrid, Spain. / Life Style. Luz & Suarez del Villar Gallery, Madrid, Spain. 2010 Polimorfos perversos (Wicked Polymorfouses). Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain. / En la tierra no hay nada gratis (There´s Nothing for Free on Earth). Luz y Oficios Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / Lo uno y lo múltiple (The Individuality and the Multiplicity). Contemporary Cuban Art, “Espacio Cultural Excelencias”, Madrid, Spain. / Bomba (Bomb). Wilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center , Havana, Cuba. / EL Arsenal Asociación Cultural Yemayá,Madrid, España. 2009. Heracles (Heraclius). Luz y Suárez del Villar Gallery, Madrid, Spain. / Homenaje a Juan Gil-Albert (Homage to Juan Gil-Albert ). Luz y Suárez del Villar Gallery, Madrid, Spain. / Homenaje a Jean Claude Abreu (Homage to Jean Claude Abreu). Medinaceli Art Center , Soria, Spain. / HC College. Run Museum, Havana X Biennial Exhibition Collateral Show, Cuba. 2008. Isla in Continente, Arte Cubano Contemporáneo (Island in Continent, Cuban Contemporary Art). Fundarte Arts National Gallery, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, C.A / Bla bla bla (All Talk). Servando Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / Crónicas del entusiasmo (Enthusiasm Chronicles). Luz y Suárez del Villar Gallery, Madrid, Spain. / Far Far Away. Co-Lab Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. / Plastilina (Plasticine). Hispanoamerican Cultural Center , Havana, Cuba. 2007. Casa tomada (Seized Building). Menos 1 Gallery, Madrid, Spain. / Situación construida, exposición colectiva “Cabeza de Vena” (Constructed Situation in Exhibition Vein Head). Higher Art Institute, Havana, Cuba. / La Cosecha (The Harvest). Visual Arts Development Center, Havana, Cuba. 2005. Cuba, the Next Generation. Cuban Art Space, New York, USA. / Cuba from the Inside Looking Out II. Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, USA. / Safismo (Sapphism). Villa Panamericana Gallery, Havana, Cuba. / Selección natural (Natural Selection). Servando Cabrera Gallery, Havana, Cuba. 2004. Cuba from the Inside Looking Out. Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, USA. / Wild Thing. Center for Cuban Studies, New York, USA. / Pintura húmeda (Wet Paint). Cuban National Library, Havana, Cuba. / Proyecto Kamikaze (Kamikaze Project). San Antonio de los Baños Art Center, Havana, Cuba. / Espacio abierto (Open Space). Sao Paulo Biennial Exhibition Collateral Show, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2003. Circuito Cerrado (Close Circuit). Havana Eighth Biennial Exhibition Collateral Show, Havana, Cuba. / Diagonal (Diagonal). Provincial Art and Design Center, Havana, Cuba. / Making Off. Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba. 2002. Llega y pon (Improvised Neighborhood). Havana Seventh Biennial Exhibition Collateral Show, ISA Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

AWARDS2012- Premio Havana Cultura, Havana, Cuba. 2003- Premio de Pintura. Salón de la Ciudad, Bayamo, Granma 1998- Premio de Pintura. Salón Nacional de Estudiantes, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. 1997- Mención Especial. Salón Nacional de Estudiantes, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

The Artists would like to thank:

Kate Scheerin, Heyd Fontenot and José Artaiz

RAUL CORDERO STUDIO:

Studio Assistant: Cristina Ochoa

Silkscreen Technician: Juan Cárdenas Bermeo

www.raulcorderostudio.com

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PH. +(52) 55 52603804 /+(52) 1 5525297759

MICHEL PEREZ “EL POLLO” STUDIO:

www.michelperezpollo.com

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PH. +(537) 8303261 / +(535) 2948387

Raúl Cordero and Michel Pérez “El Pollo” are represented by

Mai 36 Galerie

Rämistrasse 37. Zürich, Switzerland.

+ 41 (0)44 261 68 80

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Raúl Cordero & Michel Pérez “El Pollo”

PAINTING OF ALL EXCUSES CentralTrak Gallery. Dallas, Texas.

January 21st – March 2nd, 2013

CENTRALTRACK STAFF:

Heyd Fontenot. Director

Brian Scott. Facilities Manager

Laura Sewell. Office Manager

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