Ruben Morales ‘Es La Vida’ Art Exhibit at Casa de la Noche

RUBEN MORALES …’Es la Vida’… Sat. March 23

Bordello Galería will be hosting our favorite Morelian artist, Ruben Morales. The welcome reception will be hosted Saturday, March 23 from 6 to 8 pm. Morales will be on hand to greet patrons.

Morales has been a long time favorite at Casa de la Noche, where his works are featured in many of the guest rooms. He has designated Bordello Galería as his primary venue.

Barbara Poole, the exhibit organizer, first became interested in Morales’s work in the nineties, and has since collected many of his paintings, now seen throughout the Casa de la Noche B&B. These images evoke memories of a simpler time, and contribute to the experience of Mexican charm so characteristic of Casa de la Noche.

Morales, now 77, has used his life experiences to inspire his art. “I work to create a mood or emotion, not just a picture” He does this through faceless subjects in everyday situations; a woman selling flowers, an old man walking with a cane or a girl washing clothes. Emotion is evoked through posture, composition and color which is applied in broad strokes with a pallet knife or brush. His images often reflect the common man and woman toiling, and his painting moods have changed with his own experiences: his wife’s passing, his recovery from sightlessness after a fall and most recently, renewed vigor after serious health crisis.

This exhibition will be held at the Bordello GalerÍa, so named because its location is in the house where ‘ladies of the night’ once made their living. Exhibition space takes up several common rooms of the large B&B, known as Casa de La Noche. This eighteen room ‘Hotel Boutique’ is filled with art and is a cozy respite for tourists and travelers.

Please come Saturday March 23 and enjoy our hospitality and art, and meet the man who captures the Mexican heart, Ruben Morales.

‘Es la Vida’ will be up for viewing for a month. Drop by for exhibit viewing daily from 10am to 6pm.

Bordello Galería is located at Casa de la Noche,
Organos #19 in Centro.