Alejandro Anreus is a curator, art historian and critic who has emphasized his practice on Latin American Art. Though he began his career as an artist, Anreus is now an art historian and poet, and is professor of art history at William Paterson University. Among his many accomplishments, Anreus is a two-time recipient of the Oscar B. Cintas Foundation and has worked with more than 10 public collections during his career.[1]
Early life and education
editAlejandro Anreus was born in Havana, Cuba on the 11th of September, 1960. He later migrated to the United States as a result of the Cuban Exile of 1950s-1970s and settled down in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Anreus earned his Bachelor of Arts in art history at Kean College and then his Master of Arts and PhD at The Graduate Center, CUNY.[2]
Career
editArtistic Practice
editFrom 1981 through 1987 Anreus was represented by Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he had a one person exhibition every two years. After a hiatus, he participated in American Voices in 2004, a two-person photography exhibition with photographer Julio Nazario, Edge Art, Rahway, New Jersey.[1]
Curatorial practice
editAlejandro Anreus has worked as Curator at the Jersey City Museum (1993-1991) and the MontClair Art Museum. He also regularly participates in panels and seminars on Latin American art. Exhibitions such as Ben Shahn and The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti at the Jersey City Museum, Juan Sánchez: Printed Convictions, Subversions/Affirmations: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and A Survey and Latino Visions II at the Aljira Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ have been part of his curriculum.[2] In 2015, he guest curated the exhibition Urban Martyrs And Later Days Santos, Museo Del Barrio, NewYork.[3]
Works and publications
editAlejandro Anreus has focused critically on the transition of modernity to history. Covered in his research are topics such as muralism, political art of the 1930s and the lifestyle of Latino artists. His articles have appeared in Art Journal, Third Text, Art Nexus and Encuentro de la Cultura Cubana.[4] His most recent publications are Ben Shahn and The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti (Jersey City Museum and Rutgers University Press, 2001), Orozco in Gringoland: The Years in New York (University of New Mexico Press, 2001), and The Social and The Real; Political Art of the 1930s in the Western Hemisphere (Penn State Press, 2006), which he co-edited with Diana L. Linden and Jonathan Weinberg.[5] Since 2003, Professor Anreus has been part of the national advisory board of the "A Ver" series of monographs. This is the first series of monographs focused on living Latino artists, including the late Rafael Soriano.[6] This multi-volume project was funded by the Getty and Rockefeller Foundations and is based at the Chicano Studies Department at UCLA. He has lectured on notable topics such as Latin American Visualities at Lehigh University Art Galleries in 2006, and Revising Orozco at the Pomona College Museum of Art in 2014.[7][8] Professor Anreus completed Mexican Muralism, A Critical History (in collaboration with Leonard Folgarait of Vanderbilt and Robin Adèle Greeley of UConn), which was published by University of California Press at the end of 2010.[9] He is currently writing a monograph on Cuban-American painter Luis Cruz Azaceta. Anreus was a panelist at the discussion on Modern Cuban Art in New York: The MoMA Exhibition of 1944 at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2014.[10]
- 1979: Oscar B. Cintas Foundation
- 1986: Oscar B. Cintas Foundation
- 1990: New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant (Drawing)
Selected exhibitions
edit- 2004: American Voices (two person with photographer Julio Nazario), Edge Art, Rahway, New Jersey[1]
- From 1981 through 1987 Anreus was represented by Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he had a one person exhibition every two years[1]
- 2015: Urban Martyrs And Later Days Santos, Museo Del Barrio, NewYork[3]
- The Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- The Detroit Institute of Art
- Museo del Papel Omar Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia
- Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City
- Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- The Montclair Art Museum , Catedral de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Sources
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Cuba Art NY | Alejandro Anreus". cubaartny.org. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ a b "Alejandro Anreus - William Paterson University". www.wpunj.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ a b "ROCA: Urban Martyrs and Latter Day Santos | El Museo del Barrio". www.elmuseo.org. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ User, Super. "Anreus, Alejandro". www.cintasfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Publications by Alejandro Anreus".
- ^ "Rafael Soriano Lecture by Alejandro Anreus".
- ^ "LECTURE: Alejandro Anreus: "Latin American Visualities": Fall 2006".
- ^ "Art After Hours: Revising Orozco".
- ^ "Mexican Muralism". University of California Press. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ "Modern Cuban Art in New York: The MoMA Exhibition of 1944".