Sprick does more than paint these realistic portraits yet if he DID nothing else he would still be worthy of high praise for these alone. How often do paintings, or even photos, seem to capture a person's soul in them? You feel, looking at these pieces, that you know the people represented. Keep in mind this may well not be true but the impression is, nonetheless, real.
Peter Marcelle Project (New York/Southhampton) Showed Work By Daniel Sprick At Art Miami 201512/9/2015 Peter Marcelle Project (New York/Southhampton) showed work by Daniel Sprick at Art Miami 2015.
Sprick does more than paint these realistic portraits yet if he DID nothing else he would still be worthy of high praise for these alone. How often do paintings, or even photos, seem to capture a person's soul in them? You feel, looking at these pieces, that you know the people represented. Keep in mind this may well not be true but the impression is, nonetheless, real.
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David Richard Gallery (Santa Fe) showed work by Michele Bubacco at Art Miami 2015. Bubacco is an Italian-born artist who splits time between Venice and Vienna. There is chaotic energy in these pieces (especially the diptych below). His use of mostly muted colors allows little flashes of brightness to leap off the canvas at the viewer. 3.33 Periodico is oil and collage on wood and Prove d'Orchestra is oil and collage on cardboard. Prove d'Orchestra
Jerald Melberg Gallery (Charlotte, NC) showed work by Wolf Kahn and Thomas McNickle at Art Miami 2015. We've written about Kahn for many years. The German-born painter's work are landscapes that are both powerful and aesthetically lovely. He sometimes uses colors that seem natural but, when you think on it for awhile, you realize they are not. He makes whatever he paints seem real even though nothing he paints is anywhere near photo realistic. He is one of the worlds greatest living artists and I will fight anyone who disagrees with that statement (unless they are really large or an MFA fighter). McNickle is a new artist to us and he usually is a landscape painter. But the piece below is not that; it is a more abstract mixed media piece. It is lovely as well. Hope to see more from him. The title of the piece below, The Ground Of Being 14 (Narrowed Attention), will resonate with art collectors who are also parents of teenagers. The Ground Of Being 14 (Narrowed Attention) by Thomas McNickle
Scott White Contemporary Art (San Diego) Showed This Piece By Frank Stella At Art Miami 201512/8/2015 .Scott White Contemporary Art showed this piece, Mosport, by Frank Stella at Art Miami. Art Miami often seems like a museum and this Stella work is certainly a museum-quality piece. This work is alkyd and magna on etched magnesium. Alkyd is a type of fast drying oil paint/resin and magna is a similar product that is acrylic. Not that rare but also not particularly common. Sophia Vari showed by Piece Unique (Paris) at Art Miami 2015. Vari, from Greece, is best known as a sculptor but she is also known for her paintings and collages as well. There is certainly a sculptural quality even in her painted work--these forms would not be out of place in three dimensional pieces. Marck, once again, showed in Miami via Licht Feld (Basel, Switzerland). We've been posting videos of his work for years--since the days of the new defunct, Art Chicago. You can see some of Marck's work from back then and an interview with gallery owner, Fredy Hadorn HERE. And even more HERE. Below is a video of Marck discussing his work. You may find it hard to follow unless you speak German (it is in German) but find a German-speaking friend and watch it together. 11. 12 Gallery (Moscow/Singapore) showed work by Maxim Bashev & Vladimir Semensky at Context Miami 2015. Bashev hearkens to days gone by but not too far gone by--there are hints of dada and maybe a sardonic nod to a old master but this is all done in a post-post-modern context. What comes after modern art? Post-modern and then there is what comes after that. It would be silly to add a third "post" to this. Semensky's work is obviously less ornate using simpler strokes and minimalist to convene his message and his image. His simple, direct approach is of this world and about the human body. There are no angels or references to myths or old masters. All lovely paintings. Mayoral (Barcelona) showed this untitled piece by Joan Miró at Art Miami 2015. Generally we've started to shy away from artists as famous as Miró but this rule is broken with some frequency. In this case the piece is so aesthetically satisfying an created out of such odd material it merited mention. This is created from housepaint, rope on corrugated cardboard mounted on wood. He had associations with dada and surrealism and was part of the first surrealist exhibition but he never seemed to adhere to any sort of orthodoxy. Kelly Reemtsen showed work by David Klein Gallery at Art Miami 2015. Reemtsen's work depicts glamorous women, dressed in their finest--with power tools of various sorts. This piece, titled, Crush, is high heels and sledgehammers. None of the women pictured have heads but usually their bodies are present. This is a fairly rare one showing only the heels! Find out more about the artist at kellyreemtsen.com. Adah Rose Gallery Showed Work By Acya Koseogullari And Jessica Drenk At Context Miami 201512/7/2015 Adah Rose Gallery (Kensington, Maryland) showed work by Acya Koseogullari and Jessica Drenk. Drenk has been producing work for the Washington D.C.-area gallery for some years. You can see some HERE and HERE. Koseogullari is new to the gallery I believe and I know precious little about the artist. But the upper and middle piece are hers (the middle being detail). The bottom is a new work from Drenk. |
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