December 2005 | Art for a Change

Mexican School of Painting in NYC

ByMark Vallen December 2, 2005June 11, 2009

My friend Estaño, an 86 year old veteran of the celebrated Mexican Muralist Movement, is having a one man exhibition at the Adriaan Van Der Plas Gallery in New York City. The show, titled Mexican School of Painting, has apparently been a success for our esteemed veterano – who has so far sold three paintings at the exhibit – and…

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Mentioned by Academia

ByMark Vallen December 1, 2005June 11, 2009

When academics start writing about a living artist, you might say that artist has achieved a certain amount of success – or infamy as the case may be. I’ve only just been informed that my work has recently been mentioned in two books I’ve not heard of until now. I received a brief but satisfying mention in American Studies in…