Danielle Lurie’s work is simple, funny and profound. It exhibits that special depth that one expects from Japanese calligraphy and seldom from cartooning. It comes as no surprise then that Lurie uses Japanese ink for her creations.
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Yapci Ramos
Lo-Li-Ta (2009)
40×30 inches
Archival print on board
$3000
Spanish Contemporary artist, Yapci Ramos presents a photography series titled “Lolita.” The idea for this series was inspired by author Vladimir Nabokov. Nobokov is famous for his 1955 novel Lolita … “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul…Lo-li-ta…” This taboo phrase, an original line in the novel, provided Yapci Ramos with the names for each photo in her series. Ramos added a sixth photograph titled “I like” at the end of the series. It is a letter written for the girl and she explains what she likes to eat (ironic of course).
The series of photographs was exhibited immediately after the novel’s 50th anniversary. Lo-li-ta, the piece featured here is currently sitting in the permanent collection of TEATenerife Espacio de las Artes in Tenerife, Espana. www.teatenerife.es.
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Gervasio Batista
Untitled 4 (1958-1960)
Digital C-Print (2010)
24×24 inches Edition of 15 and 48×48 inches Edition of 15
Brasilia is curated by Brazilian photographer Murillo Meirelles
Location: 1500 Gallery @ 511 W. 25th St. #607 New York, NY
Opening: September 15 through November 27, 2010
Brasilia is a group exhibition of vintage photographs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Brazil’s capital. The show presents images portraying Brasilia being planned, constructed and inaugurated from 1958-1960. From a documentary point of view, the show is interesting and vibrant, event if a bit sparse with only eight photographs included. The images portray a city planned and built from scratch in the very center of the country as Brasilia replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil in 1960. The photojournalistic images highlight the idealism of Juscelino Kubitschek’s socialist government and its team of visionary urban planners, architects and landscape designers including Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx.
From a photographer’s point of view who spent her high school and college days cooped up in the dark room, my first reaction to Brasilia is melancholy. The images themselves make it beautifully clear that they were shot on film – they are soft and their contrast is nonabrasive. I find the imperfections of each work as interesting as the entirety of the composition itself. For better or for worse, these photographs have been reproduced as Digital C prints. Modernity is upon us and has become the ultimate necessity.
Mia Brownell
Still Life with Cell Signal (2010)
Oil on Canvas
16×20 inches
Next Show: Stomach Acid Dreams
Location: Sloan Fine Art, 128 Rivington St., New York, NY
Opening: September 15 through October 16, 2010
My first though: Meat, carcasses, really? My second thought: My god this work is brilliant!
Brownell’s paintings are captivating and mystical. Her work fuses together traditional still-life techniques and scientific models of proteins sublimated by notions of American dyspepsia. “Whenever I’m in an American supermarket, I am transported to a unique place without seasons. Walls and pyramids of perfectly lit produce stop time and quote biblical notions of Eden. The synthesis of these natural and artificial states creates ambiguity that I find captivating” – muses Brownell.
Beyond being brilliant, Brownell is also extrememly well accomplished. A tenured Professor at Southern Connecticut State University, she has had solo shows in New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, and her work has been reviewed and featured in countless publications including The Village Voice, The New York Times, Boston Globe, Washingtonian Magazine, Art Voice and the San Francisco Weekly.
“[Brownell's work is] a postmodern fruit cocktail that marries today’s fascination with genetics and the building blocks of life with old-style painterly seduction….Like the Dutch masters before her, Brownell evokes a celebration of plenty.” - Cate McQuid, The Boston Globe, June 14, 2007
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Bobbi Van (2009)
China
Mixed media on plexi
30 x 24 inches
“Out beyond wrong doing and right doing there is a field of luminous consciousness. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi
By painting in reverse on clear plexi surfaces, Bobbi creates a transparency in which to explore duality: what is between movement and stillness, transparent and opaque, sound and silence, thought and action? Bobbi reveals to her viewer an alternative window into her work. Her first strokes stand at the foreground of her paintings; her last caresses remaining mostly hidden behind what came before. This inversion creating the in-between that is a natural source of contrast, conflict, inspiration and harmony for Bobbi.
“My objective is to achieve a space that is intuitively balanced in light, color and motion; one that speaks to our strength, vulnerability, and our awakening within.” – Bobbi Van
Bobbi’s work is unique. The fervency, frequency and size of her strokes reflect her emotions as she paints. Her work has been shown in museum shows and galleries around the country. She is held in numerous collections around the globe.
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Carly Ivan Garcia (2009)
Honey
Oil paint on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Hearts, teddybears and Bubble Gum landscapes are not typically associated with strong form and bold palettes. Carly’s work is alive, there is a free-style to his painting that inspires good vibrations and happiness. He constructs landscapes of modernity with a gallant use of thick paint.
Paying homage to his pop icon appeal is Carly’s upcoming media spotlight. Ten of his paintings, created as if “he were obsessed with pigeons,” are the focus pieces in the new feature film Touching Home, starring Ed Harris, due in theaters this Spring.
Carly’s work has been shown in countless galleries and art shows around California, he is gaining a momentum that has much promise attached. For more images of Carly’s work, please visit http://www.carlyivangarcia.com/.
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Katia Poulin (2009)
La Chute des Mondes
Oil paint and glaze
40 x 40 inches
Katia Poulin often uses her dreams as a source of inspiration for her artwork. Her paintings reflect a future generation still interested in classic literature and the interaction between human beings. Poulin takes the viewer to an unknown place dominated by tall, elegant human forms. These figures evoke the individualism of those people living in the metropolis who have not forgotten the poetic sensuality of ancient art.
Poulin’s work overflows with emotion; leaving no one indifferent. Although her pieces portray a possible future, the viewer is seized by a feeling of melancholy, a notsalgia for the past. This juxtaposition of representation and emotion is a powerful element of Poulin’s work. Other strengths include integrity of composition, maturity of style, complexity of texture, and an utmost control of the numerous media used to create each artwork.
Born in Quebec, Canada in 1971, where she still lives and works, Poulin is a mid-career artist with strong representation behind her. She has been placed in important collections throughout North America.
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Christian Dore (2007)
Flight
Acrylic paint and mixed media
36 x 72 inches
Christian Dore discovered his need for the subconscious calm while living in the midst of London, England. On a particularly hectic day in the big city, Dore decided to move to Denver, Colorado, where he currently lives and paints. The extraordinary landscape of his current home provides a grounding and inspiration for his work. His often colorful artworks, of paint and mixed media, take the viewer on a phenomenal visual experience coupled with a rich inner journey.
Dore’s style is unique, calling back to the artistic techniques of the North American Indians. His body of work is unified and unmistakable.
Dore’s work has been shown and sold in art galleries all over the United States and is part of both national and international collections. For more images of Dore’s work, visit http://www.christiandore.com/. For the Vail Daily’s article on Dore’s work by Caramie Schnell, please visit http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20090403/AE/904039972&parentprofile=search.
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Virginia Martinsen (2009)
The Objectively Implausible, but Subjectively Appealing Belief in Our Own Immortal Souls
Oil paint, dry pigment, varnish and alkyd on canvas
24 x 24 inches (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Newcomer Virginia Martisen had her first solo show, titled A Face on Mars, at the ATM Gallery in Chelsea from September 8 to October 17. Best defined as abstract expressionism, her work is bold and elegant. She creates her artworks by pouring varnish, oils and dry pigment onto a flat canvas and letting the liquids flow. The texture of the pieces jumps off the canvas, while the depth of the colors and flow of the shapes draw the viewer into the piece. It is clear that 28-year old Martisen is looking towards a bright and successful future. In fact, the lion’s share of the pieces from the show have been sold by the ATM Gallery.
“The work is elegant and haunting, a combination of brooding darkness, watercolor-like delicacy, and powerful movement.” – Robert Shuster, Art Critic for the Village Voice
Click here for images of all the pieces included in A Face on Mars; and read the Village Voice’s review of the show here .
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