“Dialogue of recollections for the desert,” an exhibit of 25 works exploring the artistic influences of artist Mauricio Zúñiga, opens Thursday night time on the Mexican Consulate in Tucson.

Zúñiga, who was born in Jalisco, Mexico, and moved to Chicago on the age of 13, infuses his work together with his heritage and vignettes from his life.

The gathering, described as “a tour of latitudes from the valleys of Jalisco to the desert of Sonora, Arizona, and the lifetime of the painter as a Mexican migrant within the huge area of the Midwest,” combines the aesthetics of Cubism and Surrealism with the intense colours and pictures of Mexican tradition.

The “atypical” supplies and textures of Zúñiga’s work — plaster, varnish, and acrylics — intentionally replicate these utilized in constructing supplies.

The artist, in actual fact, encourages individuals to the touch his art work in order that experiencing them is each visible and tactile.

Zúñiga’s profession has led to him being a curator for galleries everywhere in the United States. He has volunteered within the Kansas Metropolis Arts Council group for 15 years. He is additionally curated exhibitions for the “Fiesta Kansas Metropolis.”

He was acknowledged as an impressive artist by the federal government of Mexico in 2021 in the course of the Second Convention of Artists Overseas. And in 2015, he was awarded the ArtsKC Virtuoso Award.

“Dialogue of recollections for the desert” will open this Thursday, August 25, at 5 p.m. on the consulate’s gallery, 3915 E. Broadway. The exhibit will run till October 21, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. Admission is free.