It has been a while since our last happy hour/hora feliz!

The Katherine Nash gallery is holding an exhibition of 22 of Rufino Tamayo's works, and the exhibit ends Friday, July 10th. I am arranging a tour of his works that will start at 6:15 p.m.

The Kate Nash Gallery is located on the West Bank, so we're paring this up with a BYOB Latino/Spanish wine tasting dinner and Spanish conversation/Hora Feliz at Chai's Thai. Chai's serves great Thai food and is happy to serve our wine for us. Please note, Chai's does not have alcohol on the menu, but they have a few Thai drinks that you can enjoy in case you're not interested in participating in thewine tasting.

I'm sending out two separate invites so that you can RSVP for whatever event you want to attend. Grab a bottle of your favorite Latino or Spanish wine and join us for one or both of the events!

We'll see you there!

Exhibit Website:
http://nash.umn.edu/e...

Chai's Website:
http://chaisthai.com/...

A noted painter of the previous century, Rufino Tomayo created abstract art that is as well known in that world as that of his contemporaries Jackson Pollock, Diego Rivera, and Wilhelm de Kooning. While Tomayo was marginalized in the Mexican art community during the 1930s for his lack of interest in creating political art, he was later welcomed in New York City for his innovative aesthetic techniques. This visiting exhibit will focus on works from later in his career, featuring 22 graphic pieces that highlight his exploration into lithography, as well as mixographia, a technique he used to convey depth and create texture within two-dimensional images. In Tomayo's world, a snake winds its way through a sea of brown and green, red hands call out to primitive and modern art simultaneously, and the dark shadow of a woman stands among warm, golden-brown surroundings. His paintings are an inspired mix of Mexican tradition and a handful of other schools of art.