| LC control no. | no2008109442 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vázquez, Víctor, 1950- |
| Other standard no. | 90999235 Q7944751 |
| Birth date | 1950 |
| Place of birth | San Juan (P.R.) |
| Field of activity | Photography Installations (Art) Mixed media (Art) Art--Study and teaching Psychology Education Religions |
| Affiliation | Seton Hall University New York University School of Visual Arts (New York, N.Y.) University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras Campus) |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Art teachers Installation artists |
| Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 92038417 |
| Found in | El reino de la espera, c1991: t.p. (Víctor Vázquez) last printed p. (b. San Juan, P.R.; photographer) Víctor Vázquez, 1989-2007, 2007: t.p. (Víctor Vázquez) p. 261 (b. San Juan, P.R.) artfacts.net, www, July 17, 2008: (b. 1950 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) enfoco.org, , www, July 17, 2008: (b. 1950, Puerto Rico ; lives in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico) Artist Directory. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. Viewed July 14, 2022: (Victor Vázquez ; b. in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1950. Photographer, creator of objects, constructions, and installations, teacher. Vázquez studied psychology and sociology at the University of Puerto Rico, and has a master's in education from Seton Hall University in New Jersey (1974) and doctoral-level work in education and comparative religion at NYU (1983). During the eighties, he visited the Orient to study the culture of India, China, and Japan. He then studied photography with Jan Jurasek and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Maine Photographic Workshop. His career has earned Vázquez prizes both in Puerto Rico and abroad, and since 1983 he has taken part in countless solo and group exhibits, such as the Havana Biennial in 1997. His photographs, warm in light and tone, explore his fascination with the ancestral, with rites, religions, and dreams, and with the duality sacred/profane; with the body, its sexuality and death; and with pain and pleasure. His installations employ perishable materials such as straw, rope and jute, and such elements as dirt, bones, and dried animals, in an allusion to rituals, altars, and offerings.) <https://www.mapr.org/en/museum/proa/artist/vazquez-victor> |
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