NicolaÌs De JesuÌs is a storyteller who portrays his visions through intricate etchings, paintings on bark paper, monumental colorful paintings and large banners that once billowed above the streets of his home community in Mexico.
His vivid depictions of people joyfully dancing, eating, fishing, making music, or harvesting, recall the work of Renaissance masters. While his whimsical and satirical skeleton- characters echo the annual Day of the Dead calavera traditions.
On Sept. 7, the Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College, SUNY, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, opens its doors to “NicolaÌs De JesuÌs: A Mexican Artist for Global Justice,” a retrospective solo exhibition featuring more than three decades of the artist”™s work.
The exhibition will be on view through Dec. 23.
The opening on Sept. 7, begins at 5 p.m. with the artist leading a ritualistic experience in the gallery surrounded by his work; a reception and book signing will follow.
The Neuberger Museum of Art opened on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York in 1974 with a core collection donated by Roy R. Neuberger, one of the greatest private collectors, philanthropists and arts advocates of the 20th century.
