“I share with Irma some affinities. We are Drawers and Engravers. We also lean towards a neo-figuration no exempt of monstrosity. Strangely, the hybrid characters of her, half-human beings, half-beasts give me the same anguished feeling that I had long ago when I illustrated Franz Kafka in New York, almost fifty years ago (...) I am sure that the work of this exceptional artist is aimed to catch the attention of specialized Art critics (...) due to she is the depositary, among other values, of a mature art style by her own”

JOSE LUIS CUEVAS

México, D.F. Junio de 2005

¨ ... A great drawing, a personal poetic (...), showing figures surrounded by mysticism as it seems to be herself I think as an artist Irma communicates with Expressionism- Figurative-Surrealism those three genres can combine and express. This is summarized in who has worked with passion and is preparing a story, (...)

GABRIEL MACOTELA

“I was surprised when I saw the work of Irma Gutierrez. She is a excellent artist and also sells at affordable prices... Irma is not well known in Guadalajara”, adds. “But Jose Luis Cuevas has very with comments about her and Sergio Garval has also shown admiration about her artwork. She is an artist who will become very important ¨, concludes with his sharp-eye as dealer, the same that supported artists like Alejandro Colunga or Maximino Xavier in time.

Interview with ALEJANDRO GALLO

Alejandro Gallo Foundation

EL INFORMADOR Diario Independiente / September 21, 2005

¨Irma already take part of the world of fantasy and surrealism bringing about in audience from smiles until restlessness. (...) With a big creative capacity, this tireless artist come in witn ability into some techniques, among encaustic, bringing up her artwork an outstanding chromatic feature.¨

LUIS GARCIA JASSO

Galeria Vertice

Mexican Art Dealer & Curator

¨...I perceive you in both extremes; from the apparent simplicity of the drawing, fine and safe, until the opposite side; in the denial of the world’s subtle and safe fantastic line. Up to coming to the interior pain, where it is born as a “cold” shout, (like Edward Munich), without a face, a playful being without balance, from the unavoidable mimetism that is suffered in that walk, product of being here and today. It’s enough to discover yourself in that path that you will never be able to abandon, because you will always be in there.¨

ARTURO JOEL

JOSE LUIS CUEVAS

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