Capirotada

The Leonard Codex Art Assemblage (LeCAA)

PRESENTS

IT’S 6TH ANNUAL GROUP ART SHOW: CAPIROTADA

FEATURING- HUMAN CHESS

Brooklyn, N.Y. Å\ July 06, 2006 Å\ The Leonard Codex Art Assemblage (LeCAA) is pleased to announce it’s 6th Annual Group Art Show. The event is open to the public and will take place at Leonard Codex on Friday, July 14th , 2006 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 7:00 pm. This year’s show will include the work of 25 artists from around the world including Poland, Italy, China, Puerto Rico, Chile, Greece, Australia, France, Venezuela, Mexico, United States and Israel. The theme of this year’s show is Capirotada (KAH-PEE-ROH-TAH-DAH), a culinary dish known in several countries around the world that can be prepared in many ways and with many different ingredients. The oldest known version of the capirotada was Sala Cattabia, a favorite dish among Romans that can be traced back the end of the 4th century. History also shows that the Spanish brought their cuisine when they arrived in Mexico and the capirotada is one of the dishes mentioned very early on, as it was the means with which Hernan Cortes poisoned his friend, Francisco de Garay. Capirotada is also an expression in the Spanish language that means a little bit of everything. So for this year’s show, the public can expect to see a large array of contemporary works of art in a multitude of styles and mediums, i.e. a little bit of everything.

Artists

Carlos Rodal, Jorge Rojas, Carlos PeZ,
Nellie Appleby, Janusz Kawa, Jerzey Kubina,
Alejandra Villasmil, Arturo Meade, Fernando Colon,
Barbara Monoian, Casey Ruble, Theodore Cantrell,
Antony Dods, Luis Monje, Mary Sherman,
Mor Erlich, Moni Oolyunghai, Elspeth Trembla,
Mayra Garcia, Jaime Palacios, Rosanna Herrero,
Francesco Parisi, Agni Zotis,
Doris Kloster, Alejandro Perez Muñoz.

For this year’s event, Leonard Codex will also present Human Chess; a live performance piece that will be played out in accordance to the rules of traditional chess, but with human players as the pieces. Each participant is encouraged to conceptualize his or her own piece, dress accordingly and role-play. Two professional chess players will be on site playing a real game of chess that will determine the moves and fate of each human piece.