At one end of the spectrum of Nicaraguan art, one finds unknown and "undiscovered" artists and artisans laboring in their small, modest homes with very limited means to tell the world about their craft and talents. At the other end of the spectrum, one finds Josefina Museo Galeria! This gallery combines modern architecture and contemporary art to cater to connaisseurs of Nicaraguan art, who have the resources to buy the best.
Josefina Museo Galeria, owned and directed by Josefina Guillen, has been operating in one form or another for about 25 years, and for the past eight years has occupied a modern and spacious building in Bolonia, near one of the many universities in Managua. The Gallery's web site (www.galeriajosefina.com) explains the dual purposes of museum and gallery as central to their goals of preserving and promoting Nicaraguan art and artists, and educating the public about Nicaraguan painters, sculptors and artists of decorative arts.
Exhibitions have included Luis Alvarado and Mario Aguero "Homenaje a Granada", "Pintando a la Virgin", Mauricio Rizo "Contraluces" and Mario Moya "El Juicio Del Arte". According to the Gallery brochure, artists represented in their permanent collection include Carlos Montenegro, Ernesto Cardenal, Maria Gallo, Juan Rivas and many others.
Directions to the Josefina Museo Galeria: Embajado del Japon 50 mts. abajo, Bolonia. Contact them at 266-0971.
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