Articles of ‘Andres Michelena’

Andrés Michelena - The truth will set you free

Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
Wynwood Art District, Miami
By Yuleina Barredo
If in fact Andrés Michelena (Caracas, 1963) recognizes that his oeuvre is thematically and stylistically lacking in a constant, continuity could be established in the reflective intentions that accompany his artistic work. The skeptical and ironic attitude, which the artist assumes when he argues about religion, esotericism [...]



Julie López, Andrés Michelena, Anne Brunet, Luis Salazar & Alexis W at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space

Opening reception February 14, 2009
The exhibitions run through April 2009
Opening February 14, for Gallery Walk @ Wynwood, HACS introduces us to Julie Lopez’s exhibit “It tastes like chicken.” López, a local Miami artist with an extensive multi-media body of work, tells us in her own words “the figures that inhabit my worlds on canvas or [...]



Trends. Aspects of Latin American Contemporary Art at Merrill Lynch ARTEAMERICAS. A curatorial project since 2003 in Miami

 
By Lilia Fontana
Trends. Aspects of Latin American Contemporary Art at Merrill Lynch Arteamericas is a curatorial project led by Miami-based curator, Milagros Bello. This curatorial project has already become a landmark for Latin American Contemporary Art in the city. Countless generations of artists, well known and emergent, have been selected by this curator to show [...]



Andrés Michelena: A Retrospective Look

By Raisa Clavijo
A darkened room houses an enormous sphere full of smoke with texts taken from the Bible and the Koran floating over it. On the walls, acrylic boxes and mirrors reflect the sacred ancient words. Andrés Michelena (Caracas, 1963) has returned with a new concept, the fruit of his tireless genius. OOPSS!! (2007) is [...]