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Javier Marin: Seven Heads and Three Wigs
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After a three year tour throughout Europe and the Americas, SEVEN HEADS by Javier Marin will be shown at the Nohra Haime Gallery in New York. These monumental and timeless heads embody the spirit of the human condition at its best. The artist combines features from different cultures thus recreating Nobility and Majesty in these bronze heads.
Accompanying these heads is a group of three wigs created this past year by Marin. They show the artist’s versatility and a sense of mystery.
Javier Marin was born in Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico in 1962. He studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City where he now lives and works. He has exhibited widely throughout the world and has had over 100 one-person exhibitions. His work can be found in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara. Marin was awarded the “Best Work” prize at the Third International Beijing Biennial in 2008.
DATES: May 20 – June 20, 2009
OPENING: Wednesday, May 20 from 6 to 8 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana Maria de la Ossa at 212-888-3550
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