Idiots, Icons and Idols
Ralfka Gonzalez, That Was Then, This Is Now.
Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 10, 2011
6:00-10:00 PM
A Seed on Diamond Gallery
124 West Diamond Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
IDIOTS, ICONS & IDOLS is the first solo exhibit of Gonzalez’s work in Philadelphia in over 20 years. The exhibit presents a retrospective of Gonzalez’ earlier work, now in private collections as well as showcasing some of the artist’s newest paintings.
Self-taught queer Chicano artist Ralfka Gonzalez was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1958 and now lives and works in Oakland, California. He has previously lived and worked as an artist in Philadelphia and Chicago, and has spent much of the past quarter century in Oaxaca, Mexico. While in Philadelphia in the 1980s and 1990s, Gonzalez participated in exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Arthur Ross Gallery, Taller Puertorriqueño, Nexus Gallery, Afro-American Museum and The Painted Bride among other places. His mural, El Gran Conjunto del Fin del Mundo is on permanent exhibit at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. (Photograph (Gerald Macdonald)
Art Work (Photographs Gerald Macdonald)
Corn Goddess, Acrylic on canvas.
Drag Queen, Acrylic on cloth.
El Clown Mexicano, Acrylic on tin.
Anxiety in Purgatory, Acrylic on Canvas.
Feathered Snake Dancers, Acrylic on tin.
La Ultima Cena Diabolica, Mixed media on canvas.
Los Mortales Tiempos, Acrylic on canvas.
Miracle in Zipoliti, Acrylic on Canvas.
Perro que no sale, Mixed media on canvas.
Reclining Devil, Mixed media on canvas.
Silver Idol, Acrylic on Canvas.
Los Terrorsitas del Norte, Acrylic on tin.
Transgenic, Acrylic on tin.
Venus, Acrylic on tin.
Waiting in Purgatory, Acrylic on canvas.
Watermelon Mermaid, Acrylic on Canvas.