lunes, 4 de mayo de 2020
Five Shades of Blue
¨In the Mayan language, they had five types of blue that referred to five different species of butterfly. When the Spanish translated the Mayan, they only bothered to translate three types of blue. That means two butterflies stopped existing in one translation. I think that’s a good example of how your understanding of things is held by the language you can use to express it.¨Sam Winston
domingo, 13 de octubre de 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019. Progressive Art Brunch event fro 11 am to 4 pm at 12 art galleries in Miami, Florida. I went to five: Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Emerson Dorsch, N'Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Pan American Art Project and Fabien Castanier Gallery.
I was very impressed with the quality of the artwork I saw today. At Piero Atchugarry Gallery I had the great fortune of joing the art tour by curator and artist Adler Gerrier, who gave an excellent account of the presence of rectangles and the concept of the infinite in the artworks, declaring that a rectangle is a man-made structure since it is not found in nature anywhere. The artwork by Cecilia were stunning, a collage of nude females at the beach covered by a juxtaposition of depictions of the galaxy, to which I commented that there is a theory that says that all humans are made of star dust and another attendee recalled a 60's song by Emerson Lake and Palmer, thereby enriching the discussion. I particularly liked the play of black, grey and white abstract geometry artwork next to pink/orange triangles painted on a large tarp as well as the photocomposition with an original photograph of Gordon Matta-Clark with a black and white housing unit fractured in two on top and painted geometrical shapes around the border by an artist whose name I was not able to catch. I highly recommend going to visit this exhibition at 5520 NE 4 ave.
Next, I went to Emerson Dorsch, where NY-born artist Elizabeth Condon was presenting her exhibition entitled "Effulgence", which I greatly enjoyed since it relates to flora and nature and birds and home fences. The colors used in the artworks were magnificent as well as the mixture of techniques, including stains of ink and watercolor-like effusions. The artist was there and she gave an explanation of her sources of inspiration.
The next stop was N'Namdi Contemporary, where the owners were extremely pleasant and welcoming and N'Namdi showed us some artwork in his private storage space which were fantastic. This gallery used to be in Wynwood for 7 years but in September relocated to new premises, so this was the gallery's first time participating in Progressive Art Brunch at their new spaces. The artwork displayed in the main room were by Herbert Gentry, who would have been 100 years old this year, and it was a fitting tribute to a talented artist engaged in color and figures. His artwork moved me indescribably, as well as a quote by him on one of the walls which stated: "I am a painter. I paint because I need to do so. All the people I love and ever loved are often found on my canvases - matter of fact, every experience I have is recorded and may flow on to my pictures...". What a marvellous way to sum up what we, as artists, feel !
Also at this gallery I was regaled with a hot bowl of seafood paella soup, which was delicious and a surprise, since I did not expect to find hot food at any of the galleries.
Pan American Art Project presented a body of work by Cuban painter Carlos Quintana entitled "The Diamond's Shadow". Mostly figurative, including many faces and nude bodies as well as a sculpture of a blue elephant with a naked yellow man riding it. I loved the way the artwork was presented on grey walls, which rendered gravitas to the exhibit. Unfortunately, I am not a lover of figurative artwork. Some of the frames were beautifully gilded and were very attractive.
The last gallery I visited was Fabien Castanier, with a performance of a boxing ring entitled Jenkins vs Jenkins, with two standing sculptures of men and one sculpture of a man lying on the floor of the ring and a very attractived long-legged blonde lady in red hot pants and top walking around the room displaying a board that on one side said LOL and on the other, OMG. I immediately felt identified with this piece since I sometimes wrestle with my own self in my own mind and sometimes find myself at odds between the cautious side of me and the happy-go-lucky side of me and it's always a tug-of-war and especially now with the Full Moon in Aries, where we are receiving an activation of what’s under the surface that we can no longer keep within and a realization of what hasn’t been sitting well in us. So something is being called forth in our consciousness to be initiated and this anger may be used to get our attention. Uranus is also quincox to Mars which also indicates an unsettled energy. This full moon is bringing up emotional messages that we are not meant to squash.The soul urges for very deep emotional growth. Aries energy from impatience or impulsiveness needs to mature.All of this energy that’s not letting us feel we can be at peace right now, it’s a dynamic time, as the Mercury retrograde is in Scorpio, and it’s going into the fears, into the unconsciousness, into the fears, and into untapped personal power. Jupiter is helping us move forward because of the fire sign energy. So we should follow the inspiration and motivation, keep our heads up and follow where that motivation and inspiration is showing up and the desire to manifest abundance but at the same time, the unhealed shadow self that is coming up that’s the mean girl, the anger one holds or has, a bitchy critic, anger that is coming through to get our attention, to release it and be on the other side of it.
Domingo 13 de octubre de 2019. Progressive Art Brunch de 11 am a 4 pm en 12 galerías de arte en Miami, Florida. Pude ir a cinco: Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Emerson Dorsch, N'Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Pan American Art Project y Fabien Castanier Gallery.
Me impresionó gratamente el nivel de las obras de arte que ví hoy. En Piero Atchugarry Gallery tuve la gran fortuna de unirme al tour de arte del curador y artista Adler Gerrier, quien hizo un excelente recuento de la presencia de rectángulos y el concepto de lo infinito en las obras, declarando que un rectángulo es una estructura hecha por el hombre ya que no existe en ninguna parte en la naturaleza. Las obras de una artista llamada Cecilia eran asombrosas. Un collage de féminas desnudas en la playa con una yuxtaposición de fotos de galaxias, a lo cual comenté que hay una teoría de que todos los seres humanos estamos hechos de polvo de estrellas y otra persona presente recordó una canción de los 60 de Emerson Lake and Palmer, que enriqueció la discusión. En particular me gustó el juego de obras de geometrismo abstracto en negro, gris y blanco situadas al lado de triángulos color rosado y naranja así como la fotocomposición con una foto original de Gordon Matta-Clark con una unidad habitacional en blanco, fracturada en dos encima y triángulos geométricos de colores pasteles alrededor del borde. Recomiendo altamente visitare esta exposición en 5520 NE 4 ave.
Luego fui a Emerson Dorsch, donde una artista nacida en Nueva York llamada Elizabeth Condon presentaba su exposición titulada "Effulgence", que disfruté grandemente ya que el tema eran floros abstractas, naturaleza, pájaros y rejillas. Los colores y la mezcla de técnicas en las obras eran magníficos, con manchas de tinta y acuarela. La artista estaba presente y dio una explicación de sus fuentes de inspiración.
La siguiente parada fue en N'Namdi Contemporary, donde los propietarios fueron extremadamente cordiales y N'Namdi nos mostró su espacio privado con obras fantásticas. Esta galería antes quedaba en Wynwood pero en Septiembre se mudaron y era la primera vez que participaba en Progressive Art Brunch en su nueva locación. Las obras en la sala principal eran de Herbert Gentry, quien habría cumplido 100, un homenaje digno para un talentoso artista comprometido con el color y la figura humana. Me movió indescriptiblemente, y una cita del artista lo resume todo: "I am a painter. I paint because I need to do so. All the people I love and ever loved are often found on my canvases - matter of fact, every experience I have is recorded and may flow on to my pictures...". Un modo maraviloso de resumir lo que nosotros, los artistas, sentimos...
En esta galería me regalaron un plato de sopa de paella deliciosa, una sorpresa, ya que no anticipaba encontrarme con comida caliente en este recorrido.
Pan American Art Project presentó un conjunto de obras de un pintor cubano llamado Carlos Quintana titulada "The Diamond's Shadow". Mayormente figurativo, incluyó muchas caras y cuerpos desnudos y una escultura de un elefante azul con un hombre amarillo desnudo encima. Me encantaron las paredes grises que le dio grávitas a la expo. Desafortunadamente, no soy amante de lo figurativo. Algunos de los marcos eran bellos y muy atractivos.
La galería final que visité fue Fabien Castanier, que ofrecía un performance de un cuadrilátero de boxeo titulado Jenkins vs Jenkins, con dos esculturas de hombres de pie y una en el piso del ring con una modelo rubia de piernas largas muy atractiva en hot pants y top rojo caminando por toda la sala desplegando un aviso que de un lado decía LOL y del otro OMG. Inmediatamente me senti identificada con esta pieza ya que a veces lucho con mi propio ser en mi mente entre la parte precavida y la parte que quisiera ser más libre, especialmente ahora con la luna llena en Aries, donde estamos recibiendo una activaciòn de lo que está debajo de la superficie que ya no podemos tapar y la realización de lo que no está bien dentro de nosotros. Algo que está saliendo en nuestra conciencia pidiendo nuestra atención. Urano está quincox con Marte, lo cual agrega energía desestabilizadora. Esta luna llena está trayendo mensajes emocionales que no debemos ignorar. Nos insta a un crecimiento emocional más profundo. La energía de Aries de la impaciencia y la impulsividad debe madurar. Esta energía no nos deja estar en paz y Mercurio retrógrado en Escorpio nos adentra en los temores, lo inconsciente, nuestro poder personal no utilizado. Jupiter nos ayuda a ir hacia adelante por la energía de fuego. Debemos seguir la inspiración y la motivacion, mantener la cabeza en alto y seguir adonde nos lleve esa motivacion y el deseo de manifestar abundancia y a la vez la sombra interna que es el ser mezquino y lleno de rabia para liberarla y estar del otro lado de ella.
I was very impressed with the quality of the artwork I saw today. At Piero Atchugarry Gallery I had the great fortune of joing the art tour by curator and artist Adler Gerrier, who gave an excellent account of the presence of rectangles and the concept of the infinite in the artworks, declaring that a rectangle is a man-made structure since it is not found in nature anywhere. The artwork by Cecilia were stunning, a collage of nude females at the beach covered by a juxtaposition of depictions of the galaxy, to which I commented that there is a theory that says that all humans are made of star dust and another attendee recalled a 60's song by Emerson Lake and Palmer, thereby enriching the discussion. I particularly liked the play of black, grey and white abstract geometry artwork next to pink/orange triangles painted on a large tarp as well as the photocomposition with an original photograph of Gordon Matta-Clark with a black and white housing unit fractured in two on top and painted geometrical shapes around the border by an artist whose name I was not able to catch. I highly recommend going to visit this exhibition at 5520 NE 4 ave.
Next, I went to Emerson Dorsch, where NY-born artist Elizabeth Condon was presenting her exhibition entitled "Effulgence", which I greatly enjoyed since it relates to flora and nature and birds and home fences. The colors used in the artworks were magnificent as well as the mixture of techniques, including stains of ink and watercolor-like effusions. The artist was there and she gave an explanation of her sources of inspiration.
The next stop was N'Namdi Contemporary, where the owners were extremely pleasant and welcoming and N'Namdi showed us some artwork in his private storage space which were fantastic. This gallery used to be in Wynwood for 7 years but in September relocated to new premises, so this was the gallery's first time participating in Progressive Art Brunch at their new spaces. The artwork displayed in the main room were by Herbert Gentry, who would have been 100 years old this year, and it was a fitting tribute to a talented artist engaged in color and figures. His artwork moved me indescribably, as well as a quote by him on one of the walls which stated: "I am a painter. I paint because I need to do so. All the people I love and ever loved are often found on my canvases - matter of fact, every experience I have is recorded and may flow on to my pictures...". What a marvellous way to sum up what we, as artists, feel !
Also at this gallery I was regaled with a hot bowl of seafood paella soup, which was delicious and a surprise, since I did not expect to find hot food at any of the galleries.
Pan American Art Project presented a body of work by Cuban painter Carlos Quintana entitled "The Diamond's Shadow". Mostly figurative, including many faces and nude bodies as well as a sculpture of a blue elephant with a naked yellow man riding it. I loved the way the artwork was presented on grey walls, which rendered gravitas to the exhibit. Unfortunately, I am not a lover of figurative artwork. Some of the frames were beautifully gilded and were very attractive.
The last gallery I visited was Fabien Castanier, with a performance of a boxing ring entitled Jenkins vs Jenkins, with two standing sculptures of men and one sculpture of a man lying on the floor of the ring and a very attractived long-legged blonde lady in red hot pants and top walking around the room displaying a board that on one side said LOL and on the other, OMG. I immediately felt identified with this piece since I sometimes wrestle with my own self in my own mind and sometimes find myself at odds between the cautious side of me and the happy-go-lucky side of me and it's always a tug-of-war and especially now with the Full Moon in Aries, where we are receiving an activation of what’s under the surface that we can no longer keep within and a realization of what hasn’t been sitting well in us. So something is being called forth in our consciousness to be initiated and this anger may be used to get our attention. Uranus is also quincox to Mars which also indicates an unsettled energy. This full moon is bringing up emotional messages that we are not meant to squash.The soul urges for very deep emotional growth. Aries energy from impatience or impulsiveness needs to mature.All of this energy that’s not letting us feel we can be at peace right now, it’s a dynamic time, as the Mercury retrograde is in Scorpio, and it’s going into the fears, into the unconsciousness, into the fears, and into untapped personal power. Jupiter is helping us move forward because of the fire sign energy. So we should follow the inspiration and motivation, keep our heads up and follow where that motivation and inspiration is showing up and the desire to manifest abundance but at the same time, the unhealed shadow self that is coming up that’s the mean girl, the anger one holds or has, a bitchy critic, anger that is coming through to get our attention, to release it and be on the other side of it.
Domingo 13 de octubre de 2019. Progressive Art Brunch de 11 am a 4 pm en 12 galerías de arte en Miami, Florida. Pude ir a cinco: Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Emerson Dorsch, N'Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Pan American Art Project y Fabien Castanier Gallery.
Me impresionó gratamente el nivel de las obras de arte que ví hoy. En Piero Atchugarry Gallery tuve la gran fortuna de unirme al tour de arte del curador y artista Adler Gerrier, quien hizo un excelente recuento de la presencia de rectángulos y el concepto de lo infinito en las obras, declarando que un rectángulo es una estructura hecha por el hombre ya que no existe en ninguna parte en la naturaleza. Las obras de una artista llamada Cecilia eran asombrosas. Un collage de féminas desnudas en la playa con una yuxtaposición de fotos de galaxias, a lo cual comenté que hay una teoría de que todos los seres humanos estamos hechos de polvo de estrellas y otra persona presente recordó una canción de los 60 de Emerson Lake and Palmer, que enriqueció la discusión. En particular me gustó el juego de obras de geometrismo abstracto en negro, gris y blanco situadas al lado de triángulos color rosado y naranja así como la fotocomposición con una foto original de Gordon Matta-Clark con una unidad habitacional en blanco, fracturada en dos encima y triángulos geométricos de colores pasteles alrededor del borde. Recomiendo altamente visitare esta exposición en 5520 NE 4 ave.
Luego fui a Emerson Dorsch, donde una artista nacida en Nueva York llamada Elizabeth Condon presentaba su exposición titulada "Effulgence", que disfruté grandemente ya que el tema eran floros abstractas, naturaleza, pájaros y rejillas. Los colores y la mezcla de técnicas en las obras eran magníficos, con manchas de tinta y acuarela. La artista estaba presente y dio una explicación de sus fuentes de inspiración.
La siguiente parada fue en N'Namdi Contemporary, donde los propietarios fueron extremadamente cordiales y N'Namdi nos mostró su espacio privado con obras fantásticas. Esta galería antes quedaba en Wynwood pero en Septiembre se mudaron y era la primera vez que participaba en Progressive Art Brunch en su nueva locación. Las obras en la sala principal eran de Herbert Gentry, quien habría cumplido 100, un homenaje digno para un talentoso artista comprometido con el color y la figura humana. Me movió indescriptiblemente, y una cita del artista lo resume todo: "I am a painter. I paint because I need to do so. All the people I love and ever loved are often found on my canvases - matter of fact, every experience I have is recorded and may flow on to my pictures...". Un modo maraviloso de resumir lo que nosotros, los artistas, sentimos...
En esta galería me regalaron un plato de sopa de paella deliciosa, una sorpresa, ya que no anticipaba encontrarme con comida caliente en este recorrido.
Pan American Art Project presentó un conjunto de obras de un pintor cubano llamado Carlos Quintana titulada "The Diamond's Shadow". Mayormente figurativo, incluyó muchas caras y cuerpos desnudos y una escultura de un elefante azul con un hombre amarillo desnudo encima. Me encantaron las paredes grises que le dio grávitas a la expo. Desafortunadamente, no soy amante de lo figurativo. Algunos de los marcos eran bellos y muy atractivos.
La galería final que visité fue Fabien Castanier, que ofrecía un performance de un cuadrilátero de boxeo titulado Jenkins vs Jenkins, con dos esculturas de hombres de pie y una en el piso del ring con una modelo rubia de piernas largas muy atractiva en hot pants y top rojo caminando por toda la sala desplegando un aviso que de un lado decía LOL y del otro OMG. Inmediatamente me senti identificada con esta pieza ya que a veces lucho con mi propio ser en mi mente entre la parte precavida y la parte que quisiera ser más libre, especialmente ahora con la luna llena en Aries, donde estamos recibiendo una activaciòn de lo que está debajo de la superficie que ya no podemos tapar y la realización de lo que no está bien dentro de nosotros. Algo que está saliendo en nuestra conciencia pidiendo nuestra atención. Urano está quincox con Marte, lo cual agrega energía desestabilizadora. Esta luna llena está trayendo mensajes emocionales que no debemos ignorar. Nos insta a un crecimiento emocional más profundo. La energía de Aries de la impaciencia y la impulsividad debe madurar. Esta energía no nos deja estar en paz y Mercurio retrógrado en Escorpio nos adentra en los temores, lo inconsciente, nuestro poder personal no utilizado. Jupiter nos ayuda a ir hacia adelante por la energía de fuego. Debemos seguir la inspiración y la motivacion, mantener la cabeza en alto y seguir adonde nos lleve esa motivacion y el deseo de manifestar abundancia y a la vez la sombra interna que es el ser mezquino y lleno de rabia para liberarla y estar del otro lado de ella.
domingo, 12 de mayo de 2019
White´s Art Gallery - Miami, Florida
My first art exhibition in Miami, Florida was at a collective at White´s Art Gallery, owned by Jenirée Blanco, a very famous and well-known Venezuelan TV reporter. The exhibition lasted 5 weeks. The quality of the artwork was heterogeneous and my art stood out as too modern or contemporary. I learned I have to pick and choose the places to exhibit better...
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Mi primera exposiciòn de arte en Miami, estado de Florida
fue en una colectiva en White´s Art Gallery, propiedad de Jenirée Blanco, una famosa y reconocida reportera de televisiòn venezolana. La exposiciòn durò 5 semanas. La calidad de las obras fue heterogénea y mis obras sobresalìan por ser mucho màs modernas y contemporàneas. Aprendì que tengo que ser màs crìtica a la hora de escoger donde exponer...
viernes, 10 de mayo de 2019
Fountainhead Art Foundation
I received a private invitation to attend a breakfast with artists and the head of the Fountainhead Art Foundation at his private home. I cannot express the happiness I felt, surrounded by art and artists. The owner gave us a private tour of his art-filled house, including the art made by his talented young son, which I singled out in the basement. What a wonderful experience! i felt very thankful for this opportunity. It was a bit difficult to get there because the Uber taxi insisted the satellite said we had arrived when in fact we were still a few houses away and the actual house did not have any identifying numbers on it. At the end of the tour, I lingered on, eating my heart's content of chocolate-filled pastries and coffee. Surprise! the cake with letters in pink icing saying "I Love U" in the kitchen is not a cake at all, it's a sculpture!
There was no internet connection to ask for a taxi so I started chatting up whoever came out to see where they were heading and had the good fortune of being given a free ticket to enter PINTA, the Latin American art tent. I hitched a ride with an art rep and an artist who had arrived from New York with an express commission for a huge painting at Scope. So all in all, a very happy morning! After visiting a few more private showings in Wynwood, I headed to my two favorite art tents, Pulse and Context, for a wonderful afternoon/evening filled with more beautiful and engaging artwork (photos of which I already posted).
Versión en castellano
Recibí una invitación privada para ir a un desayuno con artists en la casa del director de Fountainhead Art Foundation. No puedo expresar la felicidad que sentí, al estar rodeada de arte y artistas. El dueno nos dio un tour privado de si hogar repleto de arte, incluyendo el arte realizado por su talentoso hijo menor, que yo encontré por mi cuenta en el sótano. !Qué experiencia tan maravillosa! Me senti muy agradecida por esta oportunidad. Fue un poquitod difícil llegar hasta alli debido a que el taxista del Uber insistía que el satélite decía que habíamos llegado cuando de hecho estábamos a unas casas de distancia y la casa no tenía números que la identificara. Al final del tour, me quedé en la cocina, disfrutando los croissants de chocolate y el café. !Sorpresa! La torta con letras escritas en glaseado en rosado "I Love U" en la cocina no es una torta... es una escultura!
Yo no tenía conexión de internet en mi celular para poder pedir un taxi así que comencé a charlar con todas las personas que salían para preguntarles adonde se dirigían y tuve la buena fortuna de recibir una entrada gratis para PINTA, la carpa de arte latinomericano. conseguí un aventón con un representante de arte y un artista que habían llegado de Nueva York con una comisión expresa de hacer una pintura de gran formato para Scope. En total, un comienzo de día muy feliz! Luego de visitar unas muestras de arte privadas en Wynwood, me fui a dos de mis carpas favoritas, Pulse y Context, para una tarde-noche maravillosa de más arte bello y conmovedor (fotos de los cuales ya posteé en otra entrada).
I received a private invitation to attend a breakfast with artists and the head of the Fountainhead Art Foundation at his private home. I cannot express the happiness I felt, surrounded by art and artists. The owner gave us a private tour of his art-filled house, including the art made by his talented young son, which I singled out in the basement. What a wonderful experience! i felt very thankful for this opportunity. It was a bit difficult to get there because the Uber taxi insisted the satellite said we had arrived when in fact we were still a few houses away and the actual house did not have any identifying numbers on it. At the end of the tour, I lingered on, eating my heart's content of chocolate-filled pastries and coffee. Surprise! the cake with letters in pink icing saying "I Love U" in the kitchen is not a cake at all, it's a sculpture!
There was no internet connection to ask for a taxi so I started chatting up whoever came out to see where they were heading and had the good fortune of being given a free ticket to enter PINTA, the Latin American art tent. I hitched a ride with an art rep and an artist who had arrived from New York with an express commission for a huge painting at Scope. So all in all, a very happy morning! After visiting a few more private showings in Wynwood, I headed to my two favorite art tents, Pulse and Context, for a wonderful afternoon/evening filled with more beautiful and engaging artwork (photos of which I already posted).
Versión en castellano
Recibí una invitación privada para ir a un desayuno con artists en la casa del director de Fountainhead Art Foundation. No puedo expresar la felicidad que sentí, al estar rodeada de arte y artistas. El dueno nos dio un tour privado de si hogar repleto de arte, incluyendo el arte realizado por su talentoso hijo menor, que yo encontré por mi cuenta en el sótano. !Qué experiencia tan maravillosa! Me senti muy agradecida por esta oportunidad. Fue un poquitod difícil llegar hasta alli debido a que el taxista del Uber insistía que el satélite decía que habíamos llegado cuando de hecho estábamos a unas casas de distancia y la casa no tenía números que la identificara. Al final del tour, me quedé en la cocina, disfrutando los croissants de chocolate y el café. !Sorpresa! La torta con letras escritas en glaseado en rosado "I Love U" en la cocina no es una torta... es una escultura!
Yo no tenía conexión de internet en mi celular para poder pedir un taxi así que comencé a charlar con todas las personas que salían para preguntarles adonde se dirigían y tuve la buena fortuna de recibir una entrada gratis para PINTA, la carpa de arte latinomericano. conseguí un aventón con un representante de arte y un artista que habían llegado de Nueva York con una comisión expresa de hacer una pintura de gran formato para Scope. En total, un comienzo de día muy feliz! Luego de visitar unas muestras de arte privadas en Wynwood, me fui a dos de mis carpas favoritas, Pulse y Context, para una tarde-noche maravillosa de más arte bello y conmovedor (fotos de los cuales ya posteé en otra entrada).
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