San José Museum of Art

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Gustavo Ramos Rivera Paintings: Eternidades del Instante

  • Colorful abstract painting with a background similar to a clear sky and outlines of two robot-like figures having a conversation. A line figure resembles a red tree without leaves.

    Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Ventana del mar/Window to the Sea, 2002. Oil-based pigments on canvas, Courtesy of Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco. Photograph: M. Lee Fatherree.

  • An abstract painting with a moon, snake, and an iguana. They are highlighted and colored in bold against more subtle patterns. The work is primarily white and grey, with white patterns in the foreground and background.

    Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Tribal, 1992. Oil-based pigments on canvas, 60 x 72 inches. Courtesy of Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco. Photograph by M. Lee Fatherree.

  • Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Cosas del corazón/Matters of the Heart, 2003. Oil-based pigments on canvas, 60 x 84 inches. Courtesy of Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco. Photograph by M. Lee Fatherree.

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    This exhibition featured a selection of Rivera’s abstract paintings. Inspired by the landscape of his native Mexico and the bright colors of pre-Columbian and Mexican arts and crafts, Ramos Rivera has a great love for his materials, which he manipulates with a sense of ritual and rhythm.

    The San Jose Museum of Art would like to thank the Koret Foundation for its support of this exhibition.

    Sponsors

    • Koret Foundation