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Isabel Guerra

The renowned Peruvian visual artist Carlos Runcie-Tanaka is presenting his works in Houston (Texas, US) starting on June 27th.

Runcie-Tanaka is an artist with superb artistic skills, compelling visual insights and a profoundly spiritual sense of mystery.

He was born in Lima, Peru; his heritage is Peruvian, Japanese and British.

Lima is the multi-cultural capital of Peru on the Pacific coast of South America, and this cultural diversity is very important to issues of personal and ethnic identity in all of contemporary art: in addition, Runcie-Tanaka has pioneered an approach that goes beyond obvious or direct references to traditional Peruvian, Japanese and European art.

His artwork features contemporary universal symbols of interethnic unity, and also brings the strands of his identity together with ancient mysteries that have a powerful contemporary resonance.

Carlos Runcie-Tanaka's "FRAGMENTO" will be on view from June 27, 2009 through October 18, 2009, at the Station Museum (Houston), in Midtown, on the corner of Alabama and La Branch.

The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.: admission is free.

Station Museum of Contemporary Art
1502 Alabama St. Houston, TX 77004
ph: 713.529.6900

http://www.stationmuseum.com
http://www.carlosruncietanaka.com

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