Alexander Salazar Fine Art Gallery: Case study

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Alexander's Fine Art Gallery is an art gallery located in downtown San Diego. Alexander Salazar has 3 galleries in downtown that he bought in 2010. They are all located right next to each other. The main one is located at the corner of 7th and Broadway. This is where the main office of Alexander Salazar is. All the administrative work is done there. Then there is a very big space (5,000 square foot) dedicated to big events and exhibitions not far from the main gallery, on 7th. And finally there is another very small space two doors away from the main gallery on Broadway. This space is dedicated to expose the artworks of unknown artist for free to help them get a little notoriety.

Alexander Salazar is a Harvard alumnus, Art critic, historian, collector and well-respected art dealer in San Diego, La Jolla and Boston, MA. He holds a Master Degree in Theology and Art from Harvard University and a second Master in Sociology and Art from Boston College. He also studied Modern and Contemporary Art in London and did some research on masters such as Bernini and Botticelli in Florence, Italy. Alexander has over 13 years of experience as an Art Dealer around the country. In 2010 he opened three locations in Downtown San Diego where he exposes and sells pieces of art.

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[...] People's aim during the famine was to avoid destitution (i.e. poverty) De Wall analyses three cases of people trying to struggle against famine in this perspective The farmers of Jebel Si: a “Worst Case Scenario” This is a poorer land than any of the other communities studied. Famine was a way of life in there since the 1960's In 1984-5, the Fur (people of Jebel Si) preferred leaving the farms where they were employed in order to cultivate their own land, even though the wage had increased in the Southern farms where they used to work. [...]

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