René Serrano Rodriguez Blog

Hello I'm reaching out to greet you and cordially invite you to visit some Michoacan landscapes and other places in our beautiful country as part of the International Cervantino Festival in Guanajuato.  Festival Internacional Cervantino You can visit the exhibition throughout the Festival's schedule from October 10th to 28th, 2018. We are preparing it with much love, and I hope it will be to your liking. Thank you for your time, and have an excellent weekend. René images: https://reneserranojournal.tumblr.com/ Press:  https://redlab.mx/noticias/entrada/llega-al-festival-internacional-cervantino-la-exposicion-origenes-y-caminos-del-artista-moreliano-rene-serrano https://www.mexicoescultura.com/actividad/195213/origenes-y-caminos.html

"Agua Perla is a Cacao community in the Chiapas Jungle on the banks of the Jataté River, at the foothills of Lacandona. I arrived there due to my enthusiasm for chocolate, stemming from my work as a laborer in a bakery-pastry shop. Thanks to a small course, I started a small artisanal chocolate brand, praline. To get there, you need to land at Tuxtla Airport and go to the town of Comitán. From there, take a series of shared "taxis" (which is kind of small trucks) towards the town of Maravilla Tenejapa. Once almost on the border with Guatemala, you'll need to get to the limits of the population, where you'll have to proceed to the outskirts and hitchhike. You'll reach a bridge and need to hitchhike again to the next river, where you'll cross with the help of a little boat. Then, take another hitchhiking ride to the town of Agua Perla." "Many kilometers of dirt roads and river crossings to reach this beautiful place. The kindn

This is another piece that I am fortunate to keep in my place. It is a wonderful Kirdi piece dating back to around 1800, which I acquired in 2014. In Cameroon (Central Africa), there is a small ethnic group called the "Kirdi" (The Pagans). This tribe of nomadic farmers, known since 1600 for their colorful accessories, provided me with this beautiful loincloth in an African object market in the heart of Brussels. Married women or those entering mature age wear this type of "loincloth" (a kind of loincloth made up of small metal strips), which also serves as an indicator of status in their society. The tribe, active since 1600, continued to use this type of accessory until 1961 when women were compelled to dress completely by government instructions. I'm sharing other Kirdi pieces from different collections.

It was in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, when I acquired this beautiful ritual mask from the "Bobo" tribe. I was visiting a hotel where I had to create a series of photographs for its virtual tour of the facilities when I came across this piece. I knew something about this tribe because I had an excellent art history class at Beaux-Arts Tournai. The African section in the curriculum was incredible and well-developed by my teacher Viviane Guelfi. The Bobo ethnic group is located in Africa, specifically on the border between Burkina Faso with 100,000 inhabitants and Mali with about 50,000. The Bobo ethnic group speaks a language called Mandé, primarily spoken in this region of West Africa. The Bobos are farmers, cultivating mainly millet, sorghum, and cotton, from which they make their clothes and generate some sales. Without a centralized government, they organize into lineages where the elders form a council and make decisions. The idea of a "chief" is profoundly "s

I have always felt a strong attraction to African art. Interestingly, I haven't been there, know little about it, and it hasn't been a priority or a dream for an upcoming trip. However, getting to know its art through museums captivates me. I am fortunate to have acquired some pieces throughout my life, and one of them is this "Notarial Act." The piece was purchased during a visit to the "Passé Composé" store in 2014, hosted by my friends Thierry Delannoy and Sylvie Deleersynder in Tournai, Belgium. This piece of wood, approximately 23 x 6 cm, bears illegible calligraphy, at least for me, arranged on the front. Part of what could be an "official seal" of some local authority with a red pigment can be discerned. These types of Acts date back to the 12th to late 18th century in the northern region of Africa. During this period, official documents such as notarial acts, marriage certificates, and "deeds" for homes were often recorded on p

     "Ce gens la" ... Je vous partage un histoire et un audio (avec ma propre voix) de mon passé a Tournai pour le futures générations que cherchent mes vérités vía mon empreinte digital.  A dark story in which a couple finds a way to become parents while keeping their family name forever to preserve the economic advantages The story of a  couple who will take away from a baby the possibility of growing up with a biological father The biological son tries to make contact but he disappears afterwards. A friend make contact /  and I explain her. The  audio: Audio René Serrano Tournai René Serrano Rodríguez

   "Ce gens la" ... Je vous partage un histoire et un audio (avec ma propre voix) de mon passé a Tournai pour le futures générations que cherchent mes vérités vía mon empreinte digital.  A dark story in which a couple finds a way to become parents while keeping their family name forever to preserve the economic advantages The story of a couple who will take away from a baby the possibility of growing up with a biological father The biological son tries to make contact but he disappears afterwards. AA friend make contact /  and I explain her. The  audio: Audio René Serrano Tournai René Serrano Rodríguez