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Caleb

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About Me

Duarte melds contemporary art concerns and an updated social realism into a new and compelling synthesis that is simultaneously passionate and sober, and both timely and timeless. In an era governed by jingoist fantasy and the exploitation of social and economic division, he reinserts politics —without rancor or false theatricality— into art and reasserts our common humanity. ............. ............. ............. Art LTD Contemporary west coast art and design magazine April issue ................................ .............................................. ................................. ..........................Bio Caleb Duarte, born 1977, migrated from Northern Mexico to the farm working communities of the Central Valley in California. He began to paint at an early age and continued his studies at the San Francisco Art Institute and has exhibited his work in Pienza Italy, Mumbai India, Los Angeles CA., Fresno, Sacramento, santiago de cuba, Mexico, White Box gallery in New York, NY, and through out the Bay Area. Caleb teaches creative thinking through the visual form in and around the oakland school district and with other orgnizations. He currently lives and works in the bay area. . Caleb duarte is represented by Jack Fisher Gallery www.jackfischergallery.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4..

My Interests

“By making changeable and evolving structures, Duarte evokes a ubiquitous aspect of our existence, which, alongside the inclusion of the figures, points to the beauty of human yearning.”----------------SPARK, KQED Public Televission--------------“Duarte's latest work, a menacing stacked installation and "bloque" (2007), a collision of substances that somehow sounds political undertones, shows him trusting material decisions enough to abandon imagery, finding a new evocative depth as he goes.”----------Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle --------------“Duarte's use of simple building materials instead of "high-art" canvas for his surfaces echoes the building cuts of experimental artist Gordon Mata-Clark, who made his name in the '60s and '70s by chopping up houses into art-size pieces and displaying them in galleries.”----------Michael S. Gant, Metro Active, Sillicon valley ------------“Caleb Duarte, an artist/carpenter, presents tiny flocks _of airborne geese on broken drywall fragments. Like pentimenti (the _ghostly preparatory drawings for frescoes), his lyrical flocks are _almost shadows.”-----------Lea Feinstein, SF WEEKLY---------------------Duarte's figures have a purity about them, even as they navigate an impure world. The way they float among the scrap suggests vulnerability, but Duarte invests them — as if wishing this upon the world — with awareness of their innate self-worth. -Leah Ollman, The Los Angeles Times........ .........---------- ......... ........ ..........The ego seems to play a real thing as It slowly builds its walls. IT Eats a lot... as i drink

I'd like to meet:

un pueblo

Books:

NERUDA. The Peoples History, The Stranger...

Heroes:

fifth grade art students

My Blog

street children Mexico city

Will be in Mexico City (December 24 through Jan-8) collaborating with a clown, doctor, architect, drummer, sculptor and painter along with about twenty street children in Mexico City. The intention i...
Posted by Caleb on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:28:00 PST

collective thinking

Once we understand that individual responsibility does not exist and that we can only exercise a limited free will, then, at this point, we can start fixing our problems through collective thinking an...
Posted by Caleb on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:27:00 PST

Working in Honduras with community and art

Am currently working in Honduras organizing in the community of El Pital near Cieba.Will be collaborating with Brake Arts, Un Mundo, to develop a team and a design for the construction of a Local Libr...
Posted by Caleb on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:18:00 PST

Check out my work on T.V KQED, SPARK

Follow Caleb Duarte as he gathers materials and prepares for his first solo show in San Francisco.Meet British painter Susannah Bettag and her "Little Boo" character.Episode #505 | Duration: 28:36 | C...
Posted by Caleb on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:22:00 PST

Art LTD Magazine review

Art ltdContemporary west coast art and design Magazine April 2007 Caleb Duarte's cuartitos (small rooms) are small, wall-hung sculptures of environments or habitats that resemble fragments of the tem...
Posted by Caleb on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:01:00 PST

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco ChronicleKenneth BakerSaturday, March 3, 2007Duarte's debut: Oaklander Caleb Duarte, at Jack Fischer Gallery, rereads the post-minimalism of Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) and others and...
Posted by Caleb on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:43:00 PST

Art write up San jose

METRO ACTIVEFEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6, 2007home | metro silicon valley index | the arts | visual arts | reviewHoop dreams: Cristina Velazquez's 'Untitled' puts pantyhose to new uses at MACLA's 'Domestic Alc...
Posted by Caleb on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:42:00 PST

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE- Mexican art exhibit rides country's film success

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE Mexican art exhibit rides country's film successFri Feb 23, 2007 7:07pm ETBy Christine KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Mexican artists is hoping to emulate the ...
Posted by Caleb on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:36:00 PST

White Box, NYC, review

Colección Tequlia Don Julio at White Box gallery in Chelsea, NYC January 12-February 2, 2007 White box galleryRating * * * *Tequila Don Julio and the Mexican Museum premieres Nuevo Arte: Colección...
Posted by Caleb on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:21:00 PST

KQED EXHIBITION INTERVIEW

Gallery Crawl video interview for the MACLA Domestic Alchemy ExhibitionThe February 2007 episode is available online at:http://www.kqed.org/arts/gallerycrawl/episode.jsp?id=1379 3 The permanent link t...
Posted by Caleb on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:51:00 PST