Monday, February 19, 2007

8 pescados rojos - Titulo provisional









Maria Isabel Parra - Entrevista improvista en febrero 2007
... comentando la ultima pintura que esta haciendo, "8 pescados rojos" (titulo provisional), y expresandose sobre la función del arte y lo que hace al artista - 15 minutos




Saturday, February 10, 2007

Two new paintings in progress - 2

Evolution and Creation

2 Days ... on 9th and 10th February 2007.
























Thursday, February 08, 2007

Two new paintings in progress - 1




You can follow the evolution of these paintings (acrylic on canvas)through the pictures below.





The size of this first painting is 91 cm X 61 cm



































The second painting is a diptych . The dimension of each part is 50 cm X 40 cm















Sunday, January 28, 2007

Participación al proyecto “SOCIEDAD ARTE”, agosto 2007, en el Palacio de La Cultura Rafael Uribe Uribe de Medellín.




I’ve been invited to participate in the SOCIEDAD ARTE Project with 14 others Colombians artists. We’re going to begin this project with an exhibition in one of the most beautiful place in Medellin, the culture Palace, from 1st to 30 August 2007

He sido invitada para participar en el proyecto “SOCIEDAD ARTE” al lado de 14 artistas colombianos mas, iniciaremos este con una exposición en una de las salas mas bella de Medellín, el Palacio de la cultura del 1 al 30 de agosto de 2007.

Rocard Mo, el organizador del evento, explica el proyecto:


"[…] proyecto cultural que se realizara el próximo año (agosto 2007), este tendrá efectos muy positivos para nosotros como artistas y para el arte en general (Arte con oficio y fundamentos teórico prácticos) los cuales le darán seriedad y relevancia al proyecto ante Colombia y el mundo. El fin es proyectarnos local, nacional e internacionalmente, para ello cuento con una invitación que me realizo la Doctora Maria Cecilia Florez Directora del Palacio de La Cultura Rafael Uribe Uribe y con iniciativa del comité cultural, el cual requiere reunir artistas con cualidades y categoría en una misma sala, los mismos que posteriormente estarán participando en una serie de eventos y exposiciones proyectadas bien difundidas desde esta sala hacia Bogota, Cuba, México, EEUU, Australia entre otros países. [...]

Artistas de diferentes escuelas istmos y tendencias en un grupo al que yo llamo por su variedad diversa y multicultural ´´ SOCIEDAD ARTE ´´, grupo que no separa sino que une en una misma familia ( la del arte) diferentes tendencias de reconocimiento y calidad artística el cual marca una diferencia en cuanto a expresión y calidad, donde lo mas importante no son las tendencias, ni rendirle pleitesía a la critica, sino caminar juntos en una misma dirección, la de darnos a conocer por medio de lo que hacemos, haciendo muestras en donde los espectadores caminen y recorran no una sala de exposición, sino cada obra de arte en diferentes muestras de arte totalmente diferentes, desde el realismo figurativo y mágico hasta la abstracción, apropiándose de cada forma de expresión que marcara la diferencia de nuestras exposiciones."

Saturday, December 09, 2006

I'm going to exhibit in the Florence Biennale



The Florence Biennale Internazionale dell'arte contemporanea invited me to participate in the Sixth edition of the exhibition which will take place the 1st to the 9th of December 2007...



...in the historical Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy, Europe.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Exposición en Medellin - Galería Cerro Nutibara

Estoy participando a una exposición organizada por el Consejo de Artes Plásticas y Visuales de Medellín y la secretaría de Cultura Ciudadana.

Es la primera exposición de las obras de los talleres artísticos de la ciudad en la Galería Cerro Nutibara.

Horarios galería : Martes a Viernes 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM , Sábado y Domingo : 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Informes : 23 56 476

Email Galeria : galeriacerronutibara@yahoo.com o galeriacerronutibara@gmail.com

Articulos de prensa en El Mundo y en El Colombiano

Art handbag collection

An handbag as a piece of art...

....You remember my last post was on 15th November ... Look the evolution of this project.

You can see now the new photos...

With this project I would like work in design taking advantage of my skills in painting. I design and make hand-painted bags.

These handicrafts bags are designed and painted by me and sewn by a dressmaker whom respects all instruction in the design.
These handbags are quite original. Each of them is an piece of art, each one is unique because each painting is different. These paintings are made as any painting I do. They are prepared as any canvas before painting and high quality paints are used.

Each bag also has a unique jewel accessory made by a colleague jeweler.



On 5th December 2006 in the Conrad Hotel (Pacific Place - Hong-Kong - Christmas sale) I will be showing and selling my new bags collection.



If you are interested in buying a exclusive handcrafted bag, please call me: 852-2972 2640 or send me an email: miparra@mariaisabelparra.com























Some precautions to help preserve this artwork.

"This hand made bag is composed of good quality fabric with original and unique painting and jewels.

The artwork is inspired by recent paintings by Maria Isabel Parra.

The preparation of the fabric and the technique are the same as those used in creating a canvas.

The painting should not come into contact with chemicals. Avoid contact with water and prolonged exposure to the sun. Wash by hand and gently iron with a cool iron without touching painting."

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Enfants du Ningxia



I'm supportting the french-registered non-governmental organization "Enfants du Ningxia" who offer scholarships to children, mostly girls, excluded from the education system. They did it simply, by collecting funds on a Paris bank account, and giving the scholarship directly to the families they selected (this is the toughest part...), bypassing any intermediaries.
"Enfants du Ningxia" 's Website : http://www.enfantsduningxia.org/


In Hong-Kong, we created a T-Shirt with two details of my painting Living Hong-Kong 1 - read my post on Thursday, October 26, 2006 below - to collect funds.

If you are interesting to buy a T-Shirt, please contact Bernard POUS pous@lfis.edu.hk










Wednesday, November 15, 2006

New Handbags Collection

I'm creating some original handbags.

For this new project, I'm working with a dressmaker who is crewing the very good quality fabric and a jeweller designer who is doing a beautiful jewel for the bags.


Currently I'm painting them. You can see below some photography.


On 5th December 2006 in the Conrad Hotel (Pacific Place - Hong-Kong - Christmas sale) I will be showing and selling my new bags collection.










































On 5th December 2006 in the Conrad Hotel (Pacific Place - Hong-Kong - Christmas sale) I will be showing and selling my new bags collection.