Art magazines and newspapers
New York Times
Famous Writers and Their Work Spaces Come Together in a Mural
An article and photo slide show about the mural, "At Home With Their Books," completed by the artist in 2008.
Eric Konigsberg, Aug. 1, 2008
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Cultura de Reforma
Pinta Paisajes Literarios
An article and photo on the mural, "At Home With Their Books"
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Elizondo Review
“Hace ya más de quince años que Elena Climent me sorprendió con la audacia de su visión con unos dibujos humorísticos con que ilustraban, en seduencias pictográficas de rara habilidad narrativa, situaciones de la vida cotidiana. Desde entonces lo que fue para mí una revelación inesperada se ha convertido en toda una tendencia que invariablemente se asimila a denominaciones tales como ‘ultra-realismo’, pintura pintoresca academia, genre, conversation place, prosa, etc. ...”
Salvador Elizondo, May, 1992
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Art in America Review of the show "To My Parents"
"Climent’s paintings are about memory, but they are as much about accepting how memory is changed and altered as we grow older. They are also about letting go of those things which will never return. Perhaps the best thing about these pictures is that while they represent the end product of a personal journey, the artist was able to avoid the trap of melancholic sentimentality. Some of the works in the show, which was titled “To My parents,” are ironic and funny, embracing without apology or nostalgia the oddball qualities not only of Climent’s parents daily existence but those of everyone else’s."
Edward J. Sullivan, Dec., 1997
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Selected bibliography
www.galleryguide.org/2002-10 (The October 2002 issue of the New York Gallery Guide featured Climent's Childhood show on its cover, and in inside pages).
Sullivan, Edward, Elena Climent: Affirming the Real. Exh. Catalogue. Childhood, Mary-Anne Martine/Fine Arts, New York, 2002.
Pozas Horcasitas, Ricardo, Elena Climent. Mexico City: Conaculta (Colección punto de fuga). [This is a book about Elena Climent's work]
Flora, Anthony della, Interview with Elena Climent. The Sunday Journal of New Mexico, 2001.
Acevedo, Alejandro, Youthful Inspiration, Interview with Elena Climent. Vuelo, September 1998
Elena Climent, Review: Latin American Literature and Arts. No. 56, Spring 1998, p. 47
Cotter, Holland, Elena Climent, The New York Times, Friday, June 20, 1997
Herrera, Hayden, "Elena Climent." To My Parents, Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York, 1997
Sullivan, Edward, Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century, London, 1996, p. 11
Lozano, Luis-Martin, "Innaata Natura: del la Figuración en la Pintura Mexicana Contemporánea." Innata Natura: Pintura Contemporánea Mexicana. Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, 1996
Smith, Roberta, Elena Climent, The New York Times, Friday, June 16, 1995
Glueck, Grace, Salsa on the Table, The New York Observer, June 19, 1995
Emerich, Luis Carlos. Espíritu. California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA, 1995, p. 29
Lowe, Sarah M. "Ordering Objects: Acts of Time." Re-encounters. Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York, 1995
Schneider Enriquez, M. "The Persistence of Mexico," ARTnews (April 1995), p.133, illus.
Biller, J., Smith D., et al. "Elena Climent," Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995.
Exh. cat. Milwaukee Art Museum (1995), pp.156 157, illus.
Page, Amy. "Brash New World," Art & Auction (Jan.1995), p.83, illus.
Ray-Jones, Anna. "Exhibitions-New Art from Latin America," Art and Design , London (1994) pp. x-xi.
Tibol, Raquel. "Lo Humilde como identidad," Proceso (February 1, 1993), p. 52, illus.
Green, Jerald R. "Elena Climent--Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art," Latin American Art , vol. 4, no.2 (1993), p.74
Martin, C.P. "A New Mexican Wave," The Regent Magazine (51st Issue, 1993), pp.70-73, illus.
Elizondo, Salvador. Elena Climent una artista interesante. (May 1992) Exh. cat., Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico, D.F., Jan.-Feb., 1993
Sullivan, Edward. Elena Climent In Search of the Present Exh. cat., Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art, New York, 1992
Herrera, Hayden. "Elena Climent at Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art," Art in America (October 1992), p.151, illus.
Ruy Sanchez, Alberto. "Una Mosca en el Arcoiris," Artes de Mexico (Spring 1991), pp.23-24 (editorial), illus.
Ortiz Monasterio, P. and J. Riestra, eds. New Moments in Mexican Art/Nuevos momentos en el arte mexicano . New York: Parallel Project; Madrid: Turner Libros, 1990
Sullivan, E., Nochlin L., et al. La Mujer en Mexico/Women in Mexico . Exh. cat., The National Academy of Design, New York; Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City; Museo de Monterrey, 1990-1991, pp. xci-xciii and pp. 68-71, illus.
Saavedra, M. Elena Climent Flor de asfalto . Exh.cat., Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1988
Torres Martinez, José. Elena Climent El tiempo detenido . Exh. cat., Galería Metropolitana, Mexico City, 1982
Reproductions of Work (Selected)
My work has been prominently reproduced and displayed in venues including: Artes de México, Art News, New York Magazine, Art in America, The New York Times, The Americas, Art Nexus, Art and Antiques, Latin American Literature and Arts, Arte al día, La Jornada, Reforma, Fractal, and Revista de la Universidad de México, among others. My work has also been reproduced and discussed in general texts on contemporary Latin American art, such as Edward Sullivan's Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century (London, Phaidon, 1996), as well as in a number of books dealing with topics ranging from still life painting to art and religion.