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Museo de Arte
Costarricense photo
Work by Margarita
Bertheau.
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MADC photo
Work
by Alfredo Ceibal.
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Unreleased pieces by
famous Tica
to be
displayed this coming Friday
By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Works in watercolor, with oil pastels,
in drawing and now the unpublished
pieces of Margarita Bertheau will be on
display at the Museo de Arte
Costarricense this coming Friday.
The Costa Rican artist is famous for her
landscapes, portraits and watercolors.
However, her geometric, surrealist and
abstract work has remained outside the
public eye for more than 60 years,
according to a statement from the
Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud. The
new exhibit at the museum reveals over
120 unpublished pieces by Ms. Bertheau
as well as documents and photos related
to her life and relationship with
ballet. The opener of the exhibit will
be at the museum in Parque La Sabana at
7 p.m. Thursday, organizers said.
Ms. Bertheau was born in San José in
1913 and is considered one of the most
important Costa Rican artists of the
20th century. “Although she is known for
her landscapes, portraits and nudes,
Bertheau made, from the early 50s,
surrealist, expressionist and abstract
works,” said Sofía Soto-Maffioli, the
museum’s director. “Too innovative for
their time, these works received harsh
criticism and have remained forgotten
for more than 60 years.”
Ms. Soto-Maffioli called the artist one
of the pioneer artists for the
avant-garde movement in Costa Rica. The
exhibit will include some of the more
famous pieces such as “Yolanda Oreamuno”
and the “Cementerio de Escazú.” The new
exhibit will be open to the public up
through October, organizers said with
entry free.
“Together with Francisco Amighetti, they
pioneered in the 1940s and 1950s, the
development of mural painting techniques
adapted to the conditions and materials
of the tropics,” a statement from the
museum said. “Bertheau died at the age
of 62, at her home in Escazú, on Nov.
21, 1975. Numerous portraits, landscapes
and interiors are preserved in museum
collections in Costa Rica, as well as in
some private collections.”
Meanwhile, in the Museo de Arte y Diseño
Contemporáneo, there is another exhibit
opening Thursday at 6 p.m. Les Megiciens
de la terre takes viewers through the
magical universe of Guatemalan artist,
Alfredo Ceibal, the culture ministry
said. “If the spectator watches closely,
they will find nature, crime, wars,
violence, politics and religion,” a
statement from the museum said.
“According to the artist, we are
dream-makers and from there we make and
unravel, we break down worlds and
empires to build others.”
Ceibal was originally born in Guatemala
City in 1954 and is self-taught in art.
He began his career in New York City
back in the 1980s and has been featured
in the Smithsonian Institution
Collection along with the Bronx Museum
of the Arts.
Trends in coffee
consumption vary
by generation,ULatina study says
By
the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The generation born in the 80s lost the
tradition of drinking coffee because
nobody taught them or because they do
not like the flavor. This means that, in
the future, coffee consumption will be a
fast ritual, with good quality coffee in
hand and in a pleasant context for
socialization purposes.
These are some of the findings of the
Café study conducted by the Universidad
Latina: “From the house to the
cafeteria: what happens when an economy
shifts from agriculture to services?”
According to the professor and
researcher of the study, Juan Aguirre,
one of the causes of this reduction in
coffee consumption in young people is
due to the fact that currently this
drink competes in the market with
juices, tea, and soft drinks that 50
years ago did not exist.
The cultural
and socio-economic changes have caused
consumption of coffee to not grow, which
breaks with a coffee tradition of more
than 150 years, despite the fact Costa
Rica has stood out worldwide as one of
the best producers, Aguirre said.
In addition, people born in the 1980s
said they stopped drinking coffee
because their parents did not teach them
to consume this drink.
"The new generations are developing new
patterns of food consumption," added
Aguirre. "In addition, today's college
student is different as he or she works
to help fund his studies and has little
time for traditional socializations
with parents and family.”
The study was applied to 370 students
aged 18 to 30 years old in order to know
their patterns of coffee consumption.
The selection was random, interviews
were conducted over a period of three
weeks. The sample has a margin of error
of five percent.
According to the
data, this group prefers coffee at
breakfast and consume, on average, one
cup. In the 90's this population
consumed almost two and a half cups. In
the case of women, 44 percent drink it
only at breakfast and 32 percent at
breakfast and mid-afternoon.
By comparison, 38 percent of men
surveyed drink coffee only at breakfast
and 27 percent at breakfast and
mid-afternoon.
The 85 percent who drink
coffee at least once a day, do so for
the socialization followed by tradition,
family and culture. In addition, Costa
Ricans have changed the meeting place
for coffee. Before the 1980's, homes
were the meeting places for the whole
family.
Now, people prefer this drink in the
workplace and in restaurants, as the
goal is to socialize, the study
says.
In this sense women prefer their
homes to drink coffee, while men prefer
restaurants. Also, the study found that,
of the total of those interviewed, 33
percent who do not drink coffee have
switched that out for juice or tea.
Aguirre said the results of the study
intend to support the coffee sector in
order to understand the new dynamics of
the market and the need for new
strategies for Millennials.
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Costa Rica:
Remarkable Tales from Our Super Vacation
Spot
By the staff and
contributors at A.M. Costa Rica
& James J.
Brodell (editor)A.M.
Costa Rica celebrates its 16th anniversary
with a compilation of classic news reports
geared to the needs of foreigners living
here and those elsewhere with personal or
business interests in this vacation
paradise. Each seeks to tell something new
or original about the vacation and
retirement mecca. Read a sample
and purchase the book HERE!
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The Dark Side of Pura Vida: Murder, Betrayal,
Abduction and Revenge in the Vacation Paradise
By James J. Brodell. Retired
baseball player Jack Patterson becomes
suspicious after his younger sister dies in a
Pacific Ocean rip tide while on vacation in
Costa Rica. Jack has to go there to find answers
to troubling questions. But soon he is hijacked
by a gang of avengers led by an icy Costa
Rican-American woman who carries twin pistols
strapped to her chest. Jack soon helps uncover a
web of corruption and greed . Read a sample and
purchase the book HERE!
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Trapped In The Damas
Cave, Costa Rica
A true story by author Dusty
Pilot, who lived in Costa Rica for 11 years.
Dusty tells his horrifying story of being
trapped in the Damas Cave, near Quepos, for 26
hours. The book is available from Amazon in
both digital and print format. Digital format
will be on sale for $0.99 until Aug. 30. Visit
Amazon.com to preview or
purchase, or DustyPilot.com/cave.html More information
Contact Dusty Pilot Email: dusty@dustypilot.com
US phone: 001 440 796-4105 ¯
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New World Meditation:
Focusing-Mindfulness-Healing-Awakening
By Lucinda Gray PhD
You will be Free to Live, Love, Work and Play in
the Full Creative Expression of Your Authentic
Self. New World Meditation is easy to learn,
easy to practice, and profoundly
transformational. More information HERE!
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Life is a
Tropical Garden By Victoria
Torley
A quirky look at gardening in
the tropics. What happens when a "Northern"
gardener moves to Costa Rica? You have no
idea…. Email: victoriatorley1@gmail.com.
Order this book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1522005986/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
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