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The
“Art on Wine Barrels” Project
text by connie ellig; photos by
david hopps & connie
ellig
additional photos courtesy of la
caja galería
A collection of thirteen wine barrels painted and decorated
by prominent Baja California artists was on display from September
21-October
11, 2010 at Ensenada’s Centro Estatal de las Artes (CEARTE).
Participating
visual artists included Carlos Coronado, Gerardo Yepiz “Acamonchi”,
Julio
Orozco, Foi Jiménez Jurado, Jorge Sánchez “Jofras”,
Alfonso Arámbula, César
Borja, Claudia Ramírez, Ron Glaubitz, Fernando Flores, Estela
Hussong, Alfredo
Gutiérrez and Jaime Ruiz Otis.
 Held in conjunction with La Caja Galería of
Tijuana and the Tijuana
Cultural Center (CECUT), “Arte en Barricas
(Art on Barrels)” was an imaginative
collective project that is based on the fact that the vine and the wine
constitute elements of the cultural and historic identity of Baja
California.
The casks were donated by different regional wineries which lodged the
painters
for several days to immerse them in the wine production processes. Each
artist
was free to express his or her own artistic vision. The result was a
remarkable
collection of diverse creativity featuring barrels that were
imaginatively
painted, carved, sawed, drilled and/or disassembled.
On October 29, 2010, many of the casks were auctioned off at
CECUT at prices ranging from $580-$1,083dlls. each. A portion of the
proceeds
was used to cover exhibition expenses; the remainder was given to the
artists.
However, several barrels are still available for purchase. For more
information
about buying one of the remaining painted barrels or the “Arte en
Barricas”
project, contact Arturo Rodríguez in Tijuana at La Caja
Galería, tel.
(664)686-6791; e-mail
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