Day 7 Meta-Jean

 

Weather: Not bad, no rain, not too hot, comfortable

Should THB feel safe or worried: There has been a bomb sniffing dog just outside the entrance for the last 24 hours. Does the hotel security staff know something THB doesn't?

Studio Visits: There are two group studios around the corner from each other, multiple artists are present, and plenty of interest from the tour group, including THB and DB.

there is spectacular arc'd wall in the first room of the first studio; hard to photograph, immense in presence. It was done for some architects (THB thinks)

Prints being handled with gloves

one of several examples of doors with curved bottoms 

THB and DB are getting a hammer on a stick, which one?

Even though THB thought he heard that these artists did not have gallery representation, the guy who made the wooden ball is in Serghio's collection

Carlos and one of the artists

birds roosting among the sticks

Another artist THB and DB are considering

and another that is under consideration, pretty sure we will pass on it as well

THB and DB commissioned one of these figures

the artist Danilo Cuadros ... THB thinks he sold at least two

another set of studios nearby

These are actually staged photographs that THB and DB were considering 

Another short walk to our next stop: 

View for the 5th floor museum terracee

THB and DB liked this painting by Ivan Hertado enough that DB contacted his agency

Beatriz Gonzalez yet again

Who knew? Cricket being played just outside the museum

Hey, it is our lunch spot: Crepes & Waffles

Pretty much everyone on the tour ordered tuna salad!

at least one person ordered mushroom crepes

dessert waffles to share

And banana split sundae to share, with a bowl of hot fudge

Ricardo Cardenas, a former mechanical engineer who worked in the US for 15 years, has a studio in the work/live building 

A strong gallery show at Laconneta: 

Almost all the work is by Adrian Gaitan

teabag chandeliered

two artists on same day doing extra large"tools"

Upside down tree branches representing erotica

This ball was done by the same guy who did the hammer on long sticks, not Adrian Gaitan

Another chocolate bar purchase at a gallery

Another shocker: in the super small Marriott lobby, a rock band is playing at intense decibel levels...in this case it is White Wedding. Maybe to confuse the bomb-sniffing dog

Dinner with co-leaders Carlos and MariaLuz at Oci. THB has a half chicken and beer, DB has fish, negroinis and cerveza and una dessert para cuatro personas