Group Show, at ABRO Gallery by Ada Balcácer

Josafat Miranda. Forgotten Machine / 25”x33" / Mixed media on Aluminum. Photo courtesy of ABRO Gallery by Ada Balcácer

Participating artists: Ada Balcácer, Máximo Caminero, Aurelio Grisanty, Domingo Liz, Freddy Rodríguez, Ezequiel Taveras, Domingo Batista, Marian Balcácer, Josafat Miranda, Paul Gerben and Roger B. Stillz

June - September, 2009

From June to September, ABRO Gallery by Ada Balcácer is presenting a group show which includes eleven artists.

Of note in the exhibition is the work of Aurelio Grisanty. In his oeuvre, he constructs various landscapes of the same view using different techniques and compositions. For his part, Freddy Rodríguez incorporates the spirit of baseball practice, typical of his Dominican Republic homeland, into his art. Photographer Domingo Batista captures with mastery the natural beauty of the Caribbean landscape. Domingo Liz represents in his drawings, “The writings of the Ozama River,” a place located near Santo Domingo, DR, where Liz has lived and worked his whole life. 

The pictures of Marian Balcácer appear to be penciled drawings in color, and black and white compositions in the tradition of the classic Italian chiaroscuro. For his part, Paul Gerben’s photographs capture urban life in a distinctive and individual manner.

Ezequiel Taveras’ works in ceramic, printmaking and painting evidence the artist’s flirtation with the past. In the same way, Miami-based Máximo Caminero is inspired by pre-Columbian expressions. He constructs his own interpretation of the historical with a new conceptual vision.

Ada Balcácer, who heads ABRO gallery, is one of the most important names in the Caribbean art scene. She outstands for her personal style and infinite creativity. In her work, she captures the ritual dimension of the human being and the world in which we live. Through ABRO Gallery, Balcácer promotes the development of Dominican, Caribbean, and Latin American art in the United States and abroad.

The gallery is introducing in this show a collection of photographs by guest artist, Roger B. Stillz, titled Faces of Change. This is a collection of the new faces of the United States in the Obama era - faces of joy and hope in a bright future. Stillz states: “On January 20^th, I saw a nation unite like never before. I was amazed by the numbers who came to support President Barack Obama at his inauguration. Through my photography I wanted to share my journey.” 

ABRO gallery will present the work of Josafat Miranda. This young Mexican artist, who resides in the United States, surprises us with his paintings on sheets of metal in which drawing with graphite and crayon plays a leading role. The results are visually clean works teeming with enigmatic personages and machines, which at times appear to mutate, to fly and to move around.

ABRO Gallery by Ada Balcácer. 2137 NW 2nd Ave. Wynwood Art District. Miami, FL.

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