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gilberto aceves navarro
gilberto aceves navarro (september 24, 1931 – october 21, 2019) was a mexican painter and sculptor and a professor at the escuela nacional de artes plásticas and academy of san carlos. there have been more than two hundred individual exhibits of his work, with his murals found in mexico, japan and the united states. he received numerous awards for his work including grants as a creador artístico of the sistema nacional de creadores de arte, premio nacional de ciencias y artes and bellas artes medal from the instituto nacional de bellas artes.
The Subject Atlas
A chart of gilberto aceves navarro's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
