Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature April 6 through May 26, 2013
Mirta Kupferminc
La escritura del dios
2008
Etching
Alejandro Boim
El sur
2009
Oil on canvas
Ricardo Celma
El evangelio según Borges
2009
Acrylic on canvas
Laura Delgado
Fines, vaciadero de basura II
2009
Mixed media on canvas
Mirta Kupferminc
El milagro secreto
2008
Digital print
Nicolás Menza
El jardÃn de senderos que se bifurcan
2000
Pastel on paper
Exhibition Overview
Argentinean Jorge Luis Borges is one of the most prominent and profoundly philosophical literary figures of the twentieth century. Sixteen visual artists interpret twelve stories by Borges, organized according to three topics: identity and memory, freedom and destiny, and faith and divinity.
Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature is organized by the University at Buffalo Samuel P. Capen Chair and UB Galleries, Buffalo, New York and curated by Jorge J. E. Gracia.