Rosa María Alfonseca Arredondo (born April 29, 1953) is a Mexican graphic artist whose work has been recognized with membership in Mexico's
Salón de la Plástica Mexicana
Salón de la Plástica Mexicana (Hall of Mexican Fine Art; ''SPM'') is an institution dedicated to the promotion of Mexican contemporary art. It was established in 1949 to expand the Mexican art market. Its first location was in historic center o ...
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Life
Alfonseca was born in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...
but showed no artistic inclination while growing up. When she entered the
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and spent two years studying psychology. This led her to the theories of Freud and from there to
surrealism. She found these dream-like images compelling, prompting her to drop out of UNAM and register to study at the
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There she met students who promoted the use of art for social causes and who eventually were invited to visit Russian-Mexican artist ]Vlady Vladi or Vlady may refer to the following people:
* Vlady Kibalchich Rusakov (1920–2005), Russian-Mexican painter
* Vlady (musician), an Argentine musician and film score composer of the 1950s
* Vladi Vargas (born 1971), Swedish music producer
* ...
at his studio in Mexico City. This began a relationship between Alfonseca's group and the Vlady, which had great influence in her development as an artist.[
In addition to her art career, she has also co authored a book with Jose Francisco Coello Ugalde, El Bosque De Chapultepec: Un Taurino De Abolengo published by Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in 2001.][
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Career
Her work has been exhibited in various parts of Mexico, Latin America and Europe, and she has drawn and done graphic work for various publications including the covers of books, magazines and CDs.[
She has also been teaching since age 26, mostly in art topics.][
Alfonseca was accepted in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana in 2000.][
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Artistry
Alfonseca is principally a graphic artist, especially lithography
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...
and her images are primarily figurative. However she has also created works with other graphic techniques along with gouache
Gouache (; ), body color, or opaque watercolor is a water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent (usually gum arabic or dextrin), and sometimes additional inert material. Gouache is designed to be opaque. Gouache ...
, Chinese ink, acrylics and oils along with the making of art objects and installations. In addition to her experience with Vlady, other important influences on her work have been literature, especially poetry. Her images are mostly related to social issues with themes such as loneliness, injustice, death and destruction. Geometric forms often find their way into compositions as complementary in a symbolic way to the realistic figures.[)
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References
External links
El Bosque de Chapultepec un taurino de Abolengo
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Artists from Mexico City
20th-century Mexican painters
21st-century Mexican painters
1953 births
Living people
Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" alumni
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni