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THE QUALITY OF WOOD Let’s put it simple: there is a still ingredient in the style, in the curves, in the generous form – in the work of the sculptor Margarita Checa – which makes ponder over the growing of life. A frequency in this exhibition of couples, of animals that at a certain point […]
MoreMargarita Checa puts up an exhibition at the Lucía de la Puente Gallery, summarizing her recent years’ achievements, when she was far from our circuit, while developing an international activity. Through this exhibition, she reaffirms herself as one of the most outstanding sculptors of our country
MoreOnly a few paintings have provoked feelings so encountered in me, such as fascination, fear, and even guilt. One of them is “The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), currently hanging in the Louvre Museum. My first impression every time I observe or even remember this painting, is a deep fascination for the perfection of the whole (content and composition),
MoreForget the title. The light-hearted imagery that springs to mind at the sound of the term, A Woman’s Touch, is the antithesis of the powerful work you
MoreA four-artist exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach starts with a cliché and does not do much with it.
MoreThis exhibition, organized by MoLAA’s curatorial department, features the sculptures of Margarita Checa from Peru, Isabel de Obaldia from Panama, Susana Espinosa from Puerto Rico and Patricia Waisburd “Peschel” from Mexico. A Woman’s Touch illustrates the diversity of Latin American sculpture from the unique female perspective and explores how the artists deal with the human […]
MoreNot exactly conventional sculpting materials, but they’re the media of choice for four Latin-American female artists Margarita Checa, Isabel de Obaldia, Susana Espinosa and Patricia Waisburd whose work is on display at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach.
MoreIt used to be more common to speak of male sculptors than of female sculptors. However, in recent decades this reality has been reversed: women are carrying the torch in the duty of making art with stone, marble, metal and wood. Margarita Checa is one of them. Trained at the Catholic University, the artist had […]
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