Category: Art Basel 2016 - Mapanare.us Constantly.Consuming.Culture.

Galeria Berenice Arvani (Sao Paulo) Showed Work By Ubi Bava, Leon Ferrari And Mira Schendel At Pinta Miami 2016

3/1/2017

by Ubi Bava

photos by Patrick Ogle

Galeria Bernice Arvani (Sao Paulo) showed work by Ubi Bava, Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel at Pinta Miami 2016.

First of all, apologies to Schendel for the reflection on the edge of her painting. It was the best shot of an interesting piece. Find out more about all three artists at the gallery link above.

by Leon Ferrari

by Mira Schendel

Sammer Gallery (Miami) Showed Work From Lolo Soldevilla At Pinta Miami 2016

3/1/2017

photos by Patrick Ogle

Sammer Gallery (Miami) showed work from Lolo (Dolores) Soldevilla at Pinta Miami 2016. Lolo, as she signed her work, was born in Cuba and studied in France in the late 1940s and early 50s.

She painted, sculpted,was a draftsman, a professor and a toy designer. Soldevilla also was co-founder of Galería de Arte Color (Havana).

Like many women artists of her day she doesn't seem to have gotten her due. This is one of the reasons Pinta is always worth visiting; you will see artists you know and others you should know from Latin America.

Art Noveau Gallery (Miami) Showed Work By Milton Becerra At Pinta Miami 2016

3/1/2017

photos by Patrick Ogle

Art Noveau Gallery (Miami) showed work by Milton Becerra at Pinta Miami 2016.

Becerra is a Venezuelan artist who studied at the Cristóbal Rojas School of Art. He has worked out of Paris since 1980. He is part of the Land Art movement (the New World branch which is subtly different from the European verson).

He has been exhibiting work since the early 1970s. You can find out more HERE.

Work By Carlos Garaicoa, Winner Of The 2013 EFG Bank-ArtNexus Prize, Was Featured At Pinta Miami 2016

2/21/2017

usphotos by Patrick Ogle

Work by Carlos Garaicoa, winner of the 2013 EFG Bank-ArtNexus Prize, was featured at Pinta Miami 2016.

Garaicoa, born in Havana, uses a variety of media--sculpture, photography, installation, video, drawings and even pop-up books--in his work. That work focuses on urbanism, architecture and history. When you look at the piece above you might feel it is a straight photograph but look at the detail piece below and you see more.

O. Ascanio Gallery (Miami) Showed Work By R. Jaen Brillembourg at Pinta Miami 2016

2/20/2017

photos by Patrick Ogle

O.Ascanio Gallery (Miami) showed work by R. Jaen Brillembourg at Pinta Miami 2016. Pinta focuses on Latin-American artists. We couldn't find much information on this artist but the piece is worth a look.

Roberts & Tilton (Los Angeles) Showed Work By Betye Saar At Art Basel 2016

2/20/2017

photos by Boyd Ogle II

Roberts & Tilton (Los Angeles) showed work by Betye Saar at Art Basel 2016. Saar is known for both printmaking and assemblage. Her work is often political and as often deals with racism and misogyny. She has a B.A. in design from UCLA (and did post-graduate work at numerous schools and organizations, including the American Film Institute.

Her exhibitions and honors are too numerous to list. You can find out more, and see more of her work, at www.betyesaar.net.

Michael Werner Showed Work By Markus Lupertz At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

2/20/2017

photos by Boyd Ogle II

Michael Werner showed work by Markus Lüpertz at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. Lüpertz is an writer, educator, painter, sculptor and, to add a curve on his resume, a jazz pianist. Wouldn't you love to hear the guy who painted these pieces play some jazz?

Also, don't the paintings make you think of sculpture? Isn't there a quality to them that calls to mind similar pieces as sculpture?

Find out more about the artist HERE.

Stevenson (Cape Town/Johannesburg) Showed Work By Zander Blom At Art Basel 2016

2/20/2017

photos by Boyd Ogle II

Stevenson (Cape Town/ Johannesburg) showed work by Zander Blom at Art Basel 2016. Blom, from South Africa, lives and works in Cape Town.

The artist's work seems to use color and patterns to create cheerful imagery that leaps out as if it is three dimensional. They range from seeming busy to more sedate (the top piece versus the below). But there is minimal difference between the pieces--small differences in the work make big differences in our perception.

Blom has had solo shows in New York, Germany, South Africa and at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia. He has been part of numerous group shows as well.

Galerie LeLong (New York) Showed Work By Barthelemy Togue At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

2/7/2017

photo by Boyd Ogle II

Galerie LeLong (New York) showed work by Barthélémy Togue at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016.

This piece, Black Lives Always Matter, is watercolor and ink on paper/wood. Togue is a painter, visual and performance artist from Cameroon.

Essex Street (New York) Showed Work By Chadwick Rantanen And Vern Blosum At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

2/7/2017

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Essex Street (New York) showed work by Chadwick Rantanen and Vern Blosum at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016.

Rantanen creates using mass produced materials. A wide variety of items are used in various pieces. Below turkey decoys are deployed in the piece, Turkey Spread. The other piece? I didn't get the name of but it is seen in a video and still photo.

Blosum isn't actually a real person but an artist, perhaps, irritated by the proliferation (like a fungus) of "Pop Art," who submitted work to a show at MoMa. You can read about it HERE. This article doesn't get deeply into how tired Pop Art has become; paint Darth Vader with a lollipop and sell it to someone with too much cash and too little taste? Yeah, it happens.

But an artist who makes fun of this with paintings that are as good as 90 percent of those who embrace the "genre"? Bravo! There is irony that, when the artist reveals who they are Pop Art lovers will embrace them.

Turkey Spread