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Gino Rubert Shown By Galeria Senda (Barcelona) At Pulse Miami 2012

12/31/2012

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Gino Rubert is from Mexico and studied at Parsons in NY. He currently lives in Barcelona, also the location of Galeria Senda. The gallery is one of several that  represent Rubert and showed his work at Pulse Miami 2012.

His work has an odd perspective to it and has the feel as motion animation (for lack of any better way to put it). The pieces are very unique and he has a style very much his own.

Rubert has also taught at Montevideo’s Centro Cultural de España and at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He currently teaches at Massana and Eina. Find out more and see more of his work at www.ginorubert.com.


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Liam Ryan, Shown By The Residence Gallery, London, At Impulse/Pulse, 2012

12/31/2012

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Caveat Of Happening
Liam Ryan was shown at Impulse/Pulse by The Residence Gallery, London. These pieces are haunting, complicated works.  All these are oil on canvas.

Ryan is an Irish painter. You can see some additional works and find out more about him HERE.

Even these photos show some of the ethereal nature of Ryan's work. They look like dreams but the thing these photos do not get is the attention to detail You h

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Lucky Thief Work Shown By Galeri Jonas Kleerup, Stockholm

12/29/2012

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Lucky Thief are an art group that you should probably know about. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, the group make all sorts of art. Pictured here are wooden sculptures but they work in everything from video to installation and new media. A trip to the Lucky Thief website is a good idea for any art lover.

These pieces were shown by Galeri Jonas Kleerup, also of Stockholm.

The pieces are all totemic-looking painted wood. No idea what the paint is, no idea if the wood is "found" or shaped by the artists. Could be either although it seems like the former.

There is a whimsy in the work. That may be the word of this year's Miami Art Week--"whimsy." Works with this quality seemed to catch the eye everywhere.


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Jessica Drenk At Impulse/Pulse, Shown By Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, Maryland

12/29/2012

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Jessica Drenk's work is made of "different" sorts of materials--pvc pipes, coffee filters or carved books and pins. The work would have benefited from a video. Fortunately you can see one HERE.

These pieces were shown at Impulse/Pulse by Adah Rose Gallery out of Kensington, Maryland.

The use of alternative materials when making art is sometimes--for lack of a gentler way of putting it, FORCED. That isn't the case here. You likely wouldn't be aware of the original source material without being told. It is a true transformation.



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Christine Gray's Second Solo Exhibit, "On Entry", At Rare Gallery, New York City, Opens January 3, 2013.

12/28/2012

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Muonionalusta 2012
Christine Gray’s, On Entry, at Rare Gallery (547 W. 27th Street, New York City) starts January 3 and runs through February 7, 2013. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and consists of paintings and works on paper. There will be an opening reception, with the artist, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 10.

Gray travelled in France, Spain, Scotland and Iceland and was inspired by ancient architecture and stone circles—the leavings of ancient civilizations.  Do these places have some ancient significance? Or are they just the ruins of an outhouse?  Gray’s work explores the “slow history” of these relics.  In Gray’s pieces these items are supernatural, mystical and contain “encoded” information. This is simplification of course.

Be sure, if you are in New York City, to drop by Rare to look over these works. More information available HERE.


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Adam Satushek's Second Solo Exhibit Opens At Platform Gallery, Seattle, On January 3, 2013

12/28/2012

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Adam Satushek’s  second solo exhibition at Platform Gallery ( 114 Third Avenue South, Seattle),  afield, runs from January 3 to February 9, 2012. There will be a reception with the artist from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 3.

Satushek’s work involves how people influence their surroundings—the bits and pieces they leave behind to influence landscape. His photos show the detritus, the impact of forgotten objects on the environment in a visual sense. Gallery hours are Wednesdays to Friday from 11 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.


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Omar Ba At Seven, Senegalese Artist Shown By Hales Gallery

12/21/2012

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Omar Ba is an artist, originally from Senegal, and now living in Geneva. His painting, Experience Penible 2 was shown by Hales Gallery.

This piece is a gouache, pencil and ink on a corrugated carton. Bet you wouldn't have guessed that. Ba's work has a hint of chaos in it. The main figure in this one almost seems secondary to the smaller, hiding figures and images surrounding it. Your eyes are drawn to them.

But rather than read my prattle on the artist you should head HERE, to a blog dedicated to African art, culture, education and health.

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Internet Artists Eva & Franco Mattes' "Catt" At Seven Shown By Postmasters Gallery

12/20/2012

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This piece  by Eva & Franco Mattes was inspired by an internet meme...maybe. Who knows. It was shown by Postmasters.

This is more of that "high concept" art where folks display things that may or may not be what they seem. It all sounds like bullshit to me. Where they claim to have stolen pieces from great artists and then displayed those pieces as art. "Their work has much to do with theft"

So I encourage EVERYONE to steal any piece attributed to these artists or videotape yourself destroying it and then post the videotape on youtube as art.

All smells like PR bullshit as much as art. But then PR bullshit is an art form of its own.

YAWN.

I say again...YAWN.

Now sell it to some rich douche bag and make a bunch of money. THAT is art of course. Con artistry, vandalism--hell paint on a wall, that is great --but what they claim to do is steal pieces from other artists and then exhibit them as art. Even if it IS made up bullshit. It is liable to encourage some other asshole with a can of spray paint and a dream  Just tired crap--a story over form, over function.

YAWWWWN.

This is as close as I get to criticism. If I had known more about this? I would have take a piss on this piece. If I see any more by them I will do so. Unless I need to take a dump.



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Noa Lidor Shown By La Caja Blanca At Just Mad Mia, Miami

12/20/2012

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Noa Lidor’s art includes drawing, sculpture and installation pieces. Her work uses everyday materials such as salt, pepper and plaster, feminine home accessories, instruments, furnishings. He works with the the sort of items you find in any home.  

In these pieces she uses Braille. These pieces have their origin within the residency program at La Caja Blanca that Lidor joined in 2012. They are unique and vaguely provocative pieces.

These works were shown at Just Mad Mia, Miami, 2012.


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Amy Wilson Shown At Seven In Miami By BravinLee Programs

12/20/2012

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Amy Wilson went to Yale and the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been the subject of numerous solo and group shows around the USA. She has been the subject of articles in publications including, The New Yorker, New York Times, Muse, Village Voice, ArtNews and others.

Her work has humor and a “fantastic” quality. You can seem more of it at the BravinLee Programs website. BravinLee showed Wilson’s work at Seven in Miami.


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