ERNESTO MARENCO: PETITE RETROSPECTIVE

June 24 - September 02,2023

From Heidi Vaughan Fine Art: "HEIDI VAUGHAN FINE ART is proud to present Petite Retrospective, an exhibition of poetic art objects by Ernesto Marenco. It opens on Saturday, June 24, 2023, from 5 pm to 8 pm at the gallery, located at 3510 Lake Street at Colquitt in Gallery Row in the Upper Kirby District, and runs all summer through September 2. An artist talk will take place Saturday, July 8, at 1 pm. Petite Retrospective will travel to the Museo de la Cancillería in Mexico City on December 7, 2023, and will be Marenco's seventh museum solo show. The work is about time, poetry, and the human condition expressed through the common object as its representative. According to Marenco, "Some people say I make ready-mades, assemblages, sculptures, or art objects, but for me, my work is closer to literature, specifically to poetry or short stories. I consider myself a writer or poet, but I don't write with pencil and paper. I write with abandoned and uncommon materials and create three-dimensional poetry. Born in 1960 in Mexico City, Ernesto Marenco is the son of an exiled Nicaraguan poet and politician. He was surrounded from childhood by artists, painters, writers, and poets who had been exiled to Mexico and countries in Central and South America from the Spanish Civil War. Marenco is an artist and visual poet who has more than 45 years of experience translating the language of poetry to everyday objects. His objects express a particular and committed manner and a great sense of humor. The artist has exhibited his work in international galleries and museums and produced more than 20 covers for books, mainly poetry books, placing him as one of the leading representatives of contemporary Mexican art objects in Latin America. Marenco currently lives and works in Houston. HEIDI VAUGHAN FINE ART represents Houston artists. HVFA artists live in Houston but come from all over the globe and reflect the diversity of the city. The gallery presents, embraces, and celebrates diversity with projects that support local creative communities and ideas. HVFA also represents important Houston art collectors and sells secondary market art. A significant part of the gallery’s business is devoted to the valuation and appraisal of works of fine art for insurance purposes, estate planning, and charitable donations. HVFA is a member of the International Society of Appraisers, the Houston Art Gallery Association, Houston’s Gallery Row in the Upper Kirby District, and the Houston Arts Foundation. The gallery accepts ArtMoney. More information can be found at www.heidivaughanfineart.com and at HVFA’s online gallery on Artsy. Follow HVFA on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Contact Heidi Vaughan at heidi@heidivaughanfineart.com and 832.875.6477. Gallery Director Cat Yue can be reached at cat@heidivaughanfineart.com and at 832.438.5808. To learn more about the Houston art scene and all things Houston, be sure to listen to Heidi Vaughan and Mister McKinney on The Houston Hour every Friday at 6pm on 90.1 KPFT Houston."

Reception: June 24, 2023 | 5-8 pm

Heidi Vaughan Fine Art 3510 Lake Street
Houston, Texas 77098
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