{"id":118603,"date":"2023-03-09T15:40:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118603"},"modified":"2023-03-09T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T20:41:13","slug":"qa-with-artist-pedro-diego-alvarado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118603","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A with Artist Pedro Diego Alvarado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118603\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118603\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118604 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Pedro-Diego-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Pedro-Diego-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Pedro-Diego.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Exclusive Interview by Karen Beishuizen <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pedro Diego Alvarado is the grandson of legendary Mexican painter Diego Rivera. Just like his granddad he is a painter. His mother was the famous architect Ruth Rivera Marin. Pedro Diego just had a solo exhibition in Mexico and currently works on various projects.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: At what age did you start to paint?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I was 20 years old, I was studying photography when I discovered Henri Cartier -Bresson drawings and went to Paris and joined the Beaux Arts Academy and Cartier -Bresson became my mentor.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: Your grandfather is the great Diego Rivera. You were 1 year old when he died. Did his work influence you in your work?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My grandfather, Diego Rivera, influenced me in the sense that I realized that I had to go through the long process to learn the painting technique and develop my own practice<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: Is his legacy a burden or an advantage for you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of my painting career, it was a burden, nowadays it is not an advantage since I use my different last name.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>KB: What is your favorite style in painting and why?<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My favorite style is the painting depicting nature, I think nature is the great master.<\/p>\n<p><em><b>KB: Who are your favorite painters and why?<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My favorite painters are Cezanne, Matisse, Van Gogh, Giacometti, Rivera and Balthus because all of them developed a sincere and intimate way to paint that brought on a new representation of nature.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: There is a new documentary about the life of Frida Kahlo in which is said that your grandfather assisted her in dying. What is your opinion about this?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Frida was suffering too much, and Diego assisted her in dying with an overdose of morphine<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: If you could make a top 5 of favorite paintings (not your own): What would you choose?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>My 5 favorite paintings are Cezanne\u2019s Portrait of Madame Cezanne, Matisse\u2019s Red Studio, Van Gogh\u2019s Flowers in a Cherry Tree, Giacometti\u2019s Portrait of Annette, Balthus\u2019s The Three Sisters and<\/p>\n<p>Rivera\u2019s Nude with Callalilies. All of them represent a personal representation of nature.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>KB: What are you doing currently? Do you have upcoming exhibitions?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently I am working e on a version of Various Fishes and a composition with coffee as a subject for a coffee cultivator. I just had a solo exhibition us San Miguel Allende, Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Check out Pedro Diego\u2019s website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedrodiegoalvarado.com\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Find him on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pedrodiegoalvarado\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Exclusive Interview by Karen Beishuizen Pedro Diego Alvarado is the grandson of legendary Mexican painter Diego Rivera. Just like his granddad he is a painter. His mother was the famous architect Ruth Rivera Marin. 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