Mobile, AL (1888PressRelease)
September 16, 2009 - Following her successful exhibit at the Foley Arts Center, Aggie Villanueva, the Grandma Moses of the American Southwest, will be featured in a solo exhibit at the Foley Library. Aggie’s is the first solo exhibit sponsored by the Foley Library, which is highly active in the community.
“She is known as the "Grandma Moses of the American Southwest," and the nickname fits as comfortably as a well-worn pair of jeans. Aggie Villanueva is a self-taught artist, a grandmother and something of a folk hero to anyone who opts to pursue a new vocation later in life.” Thomas B. Harrison, the Mobile Register, Aug 2, 2009
Award winning and critically acclaimed photographic artist, the Rio Grande Sun, June 19, 2008 said of Aggie’s work. "Photographic artist, Aggie Villanueva's, photographic treatment of her subjects sometimes begins to border on the surreal. Villanueva is one of those rare individuals who uses new technology, such as Adobe Photoshop to, to take a digital image to a new and exciting level. With some photographers this digitizing and manipulation are evident and stumbling…not so with Villanueva's work, which is sophisticated and well thought out. She has a knack for transferring her impression of a scene to the viewer that is remarkable and almost magical."
The solo exhibit will hang from October 1 through December, and will be viewed in several rooms. 319 East Laurel Avenue, Foley, Alabama 36535, 251-943-7665, foleylibrary ( @ ) gmail dot com dot
For more information/photos/videos/trailers about Aggie and her photographic art, visit www.aggiev.org/aggielogic. To purchase the art online visit www.cielosrojos.com.
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