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Di Donna Galleries (New York) Showed Work By Leonor Fini At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

1/13/2019

photos by Boyd Ogle II

Di Donna Galleries (New York) showed work by Leonor Fini At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

Fini was an Argentine-born (she grew up in Italy) painter know for depicting strong female characters in her work. Like many women artists of her era (born in 1907) she only received her due after her death. It is something that should appall but it was a common occurence for women artists who were truly masters. In Fini's case she also was from South America which was also, until fairly recently, an area that did not get its due in the art world.

She was a painter, designer and illustrator. Her designs included product design.

Find out more at www.leonor-fini.com.

Matthew Marks Gallery (New York) Showed Paintings By Ken Price At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

1/13/2019

Sculpture Walking at Sunset

photos by Boyd Ogle II

Matthew Marks Gallery (New York) showed paintings by Ken Price at Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

Price work includes drawing, sculpture and prints. Sculpture seems to be the center with the other pieces in orbit. His drawings and prints have obvious sculptural influence. Sculpture Walking at Sunset looks like you could reach in and grab the sculpture depicted.

The artist was a California native and he still lived there most of his life (splitting time with New Mexico). His sculptures were influenced by surfing. You can see these at kenprice.com.

Price has been exhibiting for almost 60 years, his first being in 1960.

Sunrise

Galerie Karsten Greve (St. Moritz) Showed Work By Giorgio Morandi At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

1/13/2019

Natura morta

photo by Boyd Ogle II

Galerie Karsten Greve (St. Moritz) showed work by Giorgio Morandi at Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

This oil on canvas piece is from 1949.

Morandi was an Italian still life painter. Most of his work is similar to this piece in its use of subtle color changes and use of mundane, everyday items. His work is representational (obviously) but he also makes these everyday items beautiful in a way a bottle or a vase might not be in real life.

Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York / Aspen) Showed Work By Barnaby Furnas At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

1/13/2019

David and Goliath

Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York/Aspen) showed work by Barnaby Furnas at Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

This piece, David and Goliath, is dispersed pigments, acrylic, colored pencil and pencil on linen. The piece is 74 x 61 inches.

Furnas started out as a street artist (sort of goes without saying for anyone under 50) and received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA from Columbia. You really can see his background in his work. I actually thought, before I knew a thing about the artist, that this piece looked like graffiti meeting the Rennaisance.

David Nolan Gallery (New York) Showed Paintings By Jonathan Meese At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

1/12/2019

photo by Boyd Ogle II

David Nolan Gallery (New York) showed paintings by Jonathan Meese At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

Meese's work in fine art includes sculpture, drawing and (obviously) painting. He has also worked in stage design, directing (theater/ opera) and writing.

This piece, Fraulein Dr. Old Pippi, is acrylic, modelling paste and acrylic paste on canvas. It is similar to other vaguely abstract and overtly creepy works by the artist. The piece is chock full of symbolism which is common to his work. He often incorporates images that recall the darker aspects of German political history into his work--not always subtly.

We have mentioned Meese before. You can see that HERE. You can also head to the artist's website at www.jonathanmeese.com.

Sperone Westwater (New York) Showed Work By Win Delvoye At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

1/12/2019

photos by Boyd Ogle II

Sperone Westwater (New York) showed work by Wim Delvoye at Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

There are numerous works at Art Basel that draw a crowd (often work part of the Kabinett). This one, even early in the day drew a crowd which is understandable. It is big, it is intricate and it mixes metaphors.

D 11 Scale Model 2.0 is part bulldozer and part cathedral which is bound to make even the least curious members of homo sapiens stop to ponder. The piece is lasar cut stainless steel.

Delvoye, born in Belgium, now lives and works in the U.K. His work was notably show at the Vienna Biennale in 1990 and 99. His piece, Cloaca, was also a hit in New York in 2002. Cloaca was the name of the ancient sewer of Rome. The artist's Cloaca was a sort of feces making machine. Who isn't interest in poop? It is a concern from the cradle to the grave.

Find out more at wimdelvoye.be.

D 11 Scale Model 2.0

Van Doren Waxter (New York) Showed Work By Richard Diebenkorn At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

1/12/2019

Still Life with Matchbook Cr #2069

photo by Boyd Ogle II

Van Doren Waxter (New York) showed work by Richard Diebenkorn at Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

Diebenkorn was an Oregon-born artist who grew up in the San Francisco. He attended Standford University. While in the Marine Corps during World War II Diebenkorn was exposed to a variety of Modern artists , mostly while stationed in Virginia. He had the opportunity to visit museums whose collections inspire artists today--The Phillips Collection (Washington D.C.), MOMA (New York) and Gallatin Collection (Philadelphia). He produced work during his time in the service.

After the war, on the G.I. Bill, Diebenkorn attended the California School of Fine Arts, in fairly short order he would become a faculty member there. He spent time in New Mexico before returning to Northern California. It isn't overstating it to say both through his art and his instruction he would dramatically influence art on the West Coast, and indeed, in the entire country.

If you are interested in art you should know more about him and you can find out more at the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation website. Van Doren Waxter is the gallery that represents the foundation.

Petzel (New York) Showed Work By Maria Lassnig And Jorge Pardo At Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

1/12/2019

Dame II by Maria Lassnig

photos by Boyd Ogle II

Petzel (New York) showed work by Maria Lassnig and Jorge Pardo at Art Basel Miami Beach 2018.

Lassnig was a trail-blazing artist. She was from Austria and mostly lived and worked there. Lassnig studied at the Vienna Fine Arts Academy and also spent time abroad in Paris and New York. She studied animation at the School of Visual Arts (when she was in her 50s). She was the first woman to be a professor of panting in the German speaking countries. This is just a tiny scratch on the surface of her career. If you happen to be in Vienna in 2019? Take time to visit the exhibit of her work at The Albertina Museum beginning September 6, 2019.

Pardo , from Havana, is a sculptor and painter who often makes a cameo in his work (at least the paintings). Bright, cheery colors predominate in his work that also has other bits of whimsy such as LED lights (see below). His pieces may be large scale installation-like works, furniture or paintings incorporating other media. You can seem more of his work at www.jorgepardosculpture.com.

Untitled by Jorge Pardo

John Stezaker's Collage With Found Painting Work Part Of Art Basel Miami Beach 2018's Kabinett

1/9/2019

Tears IV

photos by Boyd Ogle II

John Stezaker's collage works, with found paintings were part of Art Basel's Kabinett.

Stezaker is best known for his work in the 1950s where he used photomontage and collage. He rotated, obstructed and cut pieces. In a sense "vandalizing" the work. His use of the technique goes a hair beyond Joan Miro's mutilation of his own paintings.

These pieces are from Stezaker's latest series, Tears. The series' name requires no explanation. It is interesting how his subtractions from these pieces disrupt their original intent.

Find out more HERE.

Tears

James Miille Showed His Engaging, Moving Photos At Superfine! Miami Beach 2018

1/8/2019

James Miille showed his engaging, moving photos at Superfine! Miami Beach 2018. Remember Superfine! Los Angeles runs February 14 to 17 and Superfine! New York is May 1 to 5, 2019.

The piece below, Variant, is striking and thought-provoking. It , in fact, prompted me to violate one of my rules; do not take photos of photos.

It just seems weird to do so. But as I walked out of Superfine! Miami Beach I had to go back and revist these and take horrible inadequate pictures of Variant and Spatial Expansion. Both pieces are silver rag archival prints.

The impact of Variant is hard to get looking at this. There is part of it that is the stuff of nightmares, dirty, grasping, mindless hands. You've seen similar images in horror films. Yet in the middle there is a rainbow hand breaking through.

Speaking of breaking through that is also what caught my eye about Spatial Expansion. Again, the piece is hard to see here I suggest going to jamesmiille.com.

Also, remember, my interpretations of an artist's work often has nothing to do with their intent!

Variant