In just eight short years, Jean Pierre Renucci and partner José Villavicencio not only founded the most exciting art gallery in years, Galeria Corsica, in downtown Puerto Vallarta, but nearly single-handedly changed the face of the art world in this increasingly cosmopolitan coastal pueblo.
Born in Corsica, South of France, Jean Pierre met José from Mexico City in Puerto Vallarta and while visiting the existing galleries at that time, they decided to open an art gallery specialized in only Top Mexican Art that would show the great respect and love they have for Art.
Within Galería Córsica, the two partners are proud to present some of the country´s top talent. ”Our focus is on artists who exhibit at important art museums, primarily in Mexico City where the country´s most important museums are located, most of whom already have an international following.”
Having had previous experience in the art field both of them, they claim that their passion for art is the secret to their success since they don´t represent someone for commercial reasons but because, they like their work. “The fact that we´ve been so amazingly successful is almost beside the point. We wanted to do something that we really like, so our decision from the beginning was to be very choosy.” Attending art school in his youth, Jean Pierre studied with French sculptor Cesar Baldaccini who “taught me the difference between good art and art that is commercial. I´ll never forget how it changed the way I saw things.
Forever.” Representing top contemporary Mexican artists in a mostly american/canadian market has been a challenge for Jean Pierre and José since it´s been hard to educate people on the subject. José says that “you can really tell when a collector enters the gallery because he distinguishes immediately the quality of the pieces that are displayed and, knowing what this kind of art is worth, usually says that our prices are really inexpensive.
On the contrary, there are some people that come to the gallery and love what they see but don´t know anything about the artists or Mexican art for the matter. It´s then that we know we have to start the education process. People get really excited when they learn that José Luis Cuevas is the most famous living Mexican artists in the whole world or that Manuel Felguérez is the most important abstract Mexican artists of all times. They just can´t believe that such important artists works are actually displayed at Corsica”
Galería Corsica features the works of some other important masters such as Vladimir Cora, Flor Minor, Agustín Castro, Miguel Carrillo and Carlos Oviedo together with some younger but consolidated talents such as and Antonio Castro, Rocío Caballero, Hector de Anda, Ricardo Fernández, Rodrigo de la Sierra and Bertha Picallo, just to name a few.
This season, Jean Pierre and José have prepared an exhibition program that includes some artists that are new to the Puerto Vallarta market and some others that are already very well known but were not represented by Corsica before such as Raymundo Andrade.
Galeria Corsica has 5 exhibit rooms and a courtyard on Leona Vicario 230, and an alternate space on Guadalupe Sánchez, 735, both in downtown Puerto Vallarta.
Phone: 223-1821.
www.galeriacorsica.com
Born in Corsica, South of France, Jean Pierre met José from Mexico City in Puerto Vallarta and while visiting the existing galleries at that time, they decided to open an art gallery specialized in only Top Mexican Art that would show the great respect and love they have for Art.
Within Galería Córsica, the two partners are proud to present some of the country´s top talent. ”Our focus is on artists who exhibit at important art museums, primarily in Mexico City where the country´s most important museums are located, most of whom already have an international following.”
Having had previous experience in the art field both of them, they claim that their passion for art is the secret to their success since they don´t represent someone for commercial reasons but because, they like their work. “The fact that we´ve been so amazingly successful is almost beside the point. We wanted to do something that we really like, so our decision from the beginning was to be very choosy.” Attending art school in his youth, Jean Pierre studied with French sculptor Cesar Baldaccini who “taught me the difference between good art and art that is commercial. I´ll never forget how it changed the way I saw things.
Forever.” Representing top contemporary Mexican artists in a mostly american/canadian market has been a challenge for Jean Pierre and José since it´s been hard to educate people on the subject. José says that “you can really tell when a collector enters the gallery because he distinguishes immediately the quality of the pieces that are displayed and, knowing what this kind of art is worth, usually says that our prices are really inexpensive.
On the contrary, there are some people that come to the gallery and love what they see but don´t know anything about the artists or Mexican art for the matter. It´s then that we know we have to start the education process. People get really excited when they learn that José Luis Cuevas is the most famous living Mexican artists in the whole world or that Manuel Felguérez is the most important abstract Mexican artists of all times. They just can´t believe that such important artists works are actually displayed at Corsica”
Galería Corsica features the works of some other important masters such as Vladimir Cora, Flor Minor, Agustín Castro, Miguel Carrillo and Carlos Oviedo together with some younger but consolidated talents such as and Antonio Castro, Rocío Caballero, Hector de Anda, Ricardo Fernández, Rodrigo de la Sierra and Bertha Picallo, just to name a few.
This season, Jean Pierre and José have prepared an exhibition program that includes some artists that are new to the Puerto Vallarta market and some others that are already very well known but were not represented by Corsica before such as Raymundo Andrade.
Galeria Corsica has 5 exhibit rooms and a courtyard on Leona Vicario 230, and an alternate space on Guadalupe Sánchez, 735, both in downtown Puerto Vallarta.
Phone: 223-1821.
www.galeriacorsica.com
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