Art exhibits “Cities of the World, Real and Created”

FALLBROOK – “Cities of the World, Real and Created,” an art exhibit coming to Fallbrook Library, will depict cities and their people from around the world in photographs and multimedia works by artists from Italy, Mexico and Southern California. The show, sponsored by the Friends of the Fallbrook Library, will be displayed in the community room from March 6 to May 2.

Two of the artists featured in this exhibition provide a photographic view of cities in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The other two develop complex photographic and painted montages depicting the architecture and culture of cities in Europe and the United States.

Artist Stefano Fioresi lives and works in Modena, Italy. He has shown his work in Italy, France and Spain; several books have been published featuring his art. Here, he shows three sets of three multimedia montages entitled “Made in Italy.” These multilayered artworks start from photographic appropriations and bring to the senses the famous Italian cityscapes and products in a colorfully striking and unique style.

Kira Carillo Corser is a Fallbrook artist who produces multimedia collages similar to Fioresi’s that start from photographic fragments. Corser’s work has exhibited nationally in art galleries, museums, universities, national conferences, in 19 states, including capital buildings and in the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C. She and poet Frances Payne Adler have collaborated in four major photography-poetry traveling exhibitions and on three books.

Carlos San Miguel is a photographer residing in Tijuana, Mexico. He has traveled the world photographing the sites and people in places like Beijing, Marrakesh, Paris and Havana. He has studied photography in San Diego, New Zealand, Iceland and Canada. He has participated in many exhibitions in Mexico and California including solo shows in Tijuana, Ensenada, Valle de Guadalupe, Mexicali and Guanajuato.

Jose Aponte, San Diego County Library director, has a background in fine art, performing arts and theater. Photography for Aponte is about building community bridges through personal story. His art represents the classics of Rome, and the sense of play in humanity as demonstrated in Carnival in Venice, as well as the street stories and profound strength and beauty of Latin America, most specifically in these pictures, Peru.

The opening reception on March 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Fallbrook Library will feature small appetizers, music by David Regier on the Steve Allen piano, and the opportunity to meet the artists and discuss their art. The library is located at 124 S. Mission Road. For additional information, call (760) 731-4651.