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HUGO CROSTHWAITE ACCEPTED TO BIENAL MONTERREY FEMSA OPENING
NOVEMBER 10, 2005
Pierrette Van Cleve is pleased to announce Hugo Crosthwaite's acceptance into the La Septima Bienal
Monterrey FEMSA* de Pintura, Escultura e Instalación (VII FEMSA Biennial of Painting, Sculpture, and Installation).
This prestigious competition opens November 10, at the Centro de las Artes in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
In 1992 FEMSA instituted this bi-yearly competition, the focus being to recognize, fortify and stimulate artistic
creation throughout Mexico. Hugo Crosthwaite was one of more than 700 artists to submit two-dimensional work, and
one of 32 selected. The jury chose two 40" x 32" graphite and charcoal, figurative works by Crosthwaite. Other
artists accepted to La Septima Bienal Monterrey FEMSA include: Fernando Aceves, José Castro Leñero, Alejandro Pintado,
Arián Dylan, Omar Gámez, Tomás Hernández Chávez, Elisa Lipkau, Lucia Maya, Gerardo Romero Sainz, Fabián Ugalde and
Francisco Zamora.
Bienal Monterrey FEMSA is considered among the most prestigious international competitions. The selection process
is carried out by a panel of judges who are widely recognized in the world of art in both Mexico and abroad. The
members of the jury are not made public until after the selection of artists is published. The distinguished jury
for this year's biennial is:
- Karen Cordero - Professor of Art History at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and author of numerous publications on 20th century Mexican art.
- Julian Zugazagoitia - Director at New York's El Museo del Barrio.
- Sylvia Navarrete - Assistant Director at El Museo del Arte Carillo Gil (MACG) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA) in Mexico City.
- José Roca - fine art curator and critic based in Bogotá, Colombia.
- Philippe Louisgrand - renowned visual artist.
While the winners have already been selected, they will not be announced until November 10 at the opening of the
exhibition. La Septima Bienal Monterrey FEMSA is scheduled to travel throughout Mexico in 2006.
Van Cleve Fine Art is the worldwide representative for Hugo Crosthwaite.
* FEMSA is the largest beverage company in all of Mexico and Latin America, exporting to the United States,
Canada and select countries in South America, Europe and Asia. FEMSA is also host to a magnificent and vast art collection,
one of the most important art collections in Latin America, with more than 1000 works. The collection houses a cross-section
of modern and contemporary Latin American art, with an emphasis on Mexican artists including: Diego Rivera, José Clemente
Orozco, Rufino Tamayo, Roberto Matta, Wilfredo Lam, Joaquin Garcia Torres, and Leonora Carrington.
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