This exhibition is about different stories that have common links. The collection of images in this show emerged from three short stories written separately by the artists. This show tells more than one story but finds parallels that connect all of them together.




Artists Sandra A. Moreno and Enrique Fernández Cervantes have a strong interest in literature and storytelling. In addition to being visual artists, they have both written short stories and poetry in Spanish. Literary works are often an inspiration and an integral part of the artists’ creative process. In the summer of 2004, Sandra and Enrique decided to write a series of short stories that served as the foundation for the Historias Fragmentadas (Fragmented Stories) exhibition. Both artists wrote their stories separately after agreeing to share some common elements and characters in their writings. The artists came up with a list of words that were descriptive of things such as people, colors, places, objects and emotions. Each artist selected a number of words from the final list and used them in their writings and artwork. They made certain that they both had selected at least a few words in common. Using at least a few shared words guaranteed that there would be some parallels in the stories written by the two artists. The exhibition itself gives the viewers an opportunity to discover the parallels and interweaving similarities that link together the stories and the art created for this project.

Every person, artist or not, has many stories to tell. Many are trying to say the same thing as others without even realizing it. Each voice is different and therefore every story told appears to be different in the surface. Underneath it all, however, there is an infinite number of parallels and common links that we all share. Those parallels keep all of those who have stories to tell connected in many ways.

Sandra A. Moreno based her paintings on her two short stories, “Sueño de un Escritor” (The Writer’s Dream) and “Miradas Perdidas” (Empty Gazes). Sandra is a painter from Michoacán, México, who lives in Wylie, Texas. She works primarily with acrylic paint and mixed media. Enrique Fernández Cervantes created color photographs that were inspired by his short story “Las Hojas Rojas que Caen del Cielo” (Red Leaves Falling from the Sky). Enrique is a painter, art photographer and exhibition curator from Mexico City who currently lives in Dallas, Texas.

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