Ten Years After Spray Painting Over Picasso’s “Woman in a Red Armchair,” Uriel Landeros Continues to Create Controversy
The Cueto James Art Gallery in Houston has now given Mr. Landeros his own show with the whimsical title, “Houston, We Have a Problem.”
“Conquista” is Spanish for “conquest.”
RGV Feature Artist: URIEL LANDEROS
“If I wanted to destroy that piece, I could have done it,” he claimed. “The spray paint that I used was easily taken away. I think the Menil was embarrassed that a 20-year-old kid could walk in there and do what they don’t want me to do.”Full article
The former University of Houston art student argues that the June 2012 Picasso incident was never a publicity stunt or brash act of vandalism, but rather a carefully-planned performance piece about social justice.
Conquista from AFUCKINPROBLEM: STRIKES BACK!
by Iron Slumz
Su inserción en estas obras es radicalmente irónica y cargada de cuestionamientos y sarcasmo hacia el mundo del arte a través de la figura del artista, el curador, el museo y la historia.
Entre los días 16 al 21 de Abril, Uriel Landeros y Daniel Anguilu viajaron a Ayotzinapa provincia de Guerrero, Mexico a pintar un mural en conmemoración a la desaparición de los 43 estudantes de la Universidad Normal Rural Isidro Burgos en septiembre 26,2014.
