Articles of ‘Contemporary Art’

Debra Holt – ZOE Series, at ABBA FINE ART

March 14 - May 6, 2009
Debra Holt’s Photographic Images with a Video & Sound Installation are on view from March 14 to May 6, 2009 at ABBA FINE ART.  The recent series “ZOE” are photographic images that deceive the eye and transform perception in an illusionistic process. The artist imposes an approach to water or [...]



Jacqueline – Encaustic Painting, at MAC ART Group Gallery

May 2009
During the month of May, MAC ART Group will be featuring new encaustic works on canvas by Jacqueline.
Encaustic painting, also known as hot-wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface - usually prepared wood. However, Jacqueline’s newest series of works are translated [...]



Love Stories & Claude Guenard, at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space

April 11 - June 6, 2009
Opening April 11, 2009, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space presents “Love Stories” in collaboration with the Spanish Cultural Center (CCE) and a solo exhibition by French artist Claude Guenard.
Hardcore Art Contemporary Space unites its efforts with CCE, the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID), the VISIBLE Collection and Gay [...]



Runaway Reactions, at Diaspora Vibe Gallery

Runaway Reactions, at Diaspora Vibe Gallery

April 10 - May 21, 2009
VIP Preview Reception on April 9, 2009, 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Diaspora Vibe Gallery announces the “Runaway Reactions” exhibit featuring artworks by Caribbean artists Marlon Griffith and Susan Mains. The exhibition will run from April 10 through May 21 with a preview reception on April 9.
Marlon Griffith’s work builds on and [...]



101/Exhibit Presents 2-one Man Shows

Charles Pfahl
April 4 - May 2, 2009
Gallery Walk Special Reception- April 11, 2009
 
Curtis Lafollette
May 9 - June 20, 2009
Gallery Walk Special Reception- May 9, 2009
 
101/Exhibit will feature Charles Pfahl and Curtis Lafollette during April and May in exclusive one-man shows. 
Charles Pfahl’s favorite piece Archetype presents a subtle shift of color, which may make unintended references [...]



The Nature of Things, at Renee Gallery

Renee Gallery inaugurates “The Nature of Things” Photography by Clyde Butcher and Antonia Wright.  Antonia Wright celebrates her Miami homecoming with a joint photography exhibition with her longtime mentor, the legendary Clyde Butcher. The contrasting works of these stunning photographers together describe a relationship with nature, both contradictory and eerily similar.  Wright’s bits of the natural world [...]



Clifton Childree - Miami’s Southern Gothic

By Claire Breukel
Having worked with Miami-based artist Clifton Childree on his sizable video and installation project Dream-Cum-Tru, I discovered that his artwork is a clear extension of his personality. As somewhat of an oxymoron, Childree is humble, kind and caring, yet carries a sense of humor that packs a punch! A punch that made him [...]



Rachel Henriot: The Mutation of Identity

By Janet Batet
Now it appears clear. The spatial axis has been definitively replaced by the temporal axis, which establishes itself in our modernity as the only true tie that binds us to our contemporaries. Within this new errant experience that now confronts a global culture marked by constant flux (the flow of migration, travel, information, [...]



Revisiting the past - The paintings of Gustavo Acosta

By Irina Leyva-Pérez
If we look back at Gustavo’s oeuvre over a span of twenty years, we can easily recognize that he has been interested in social expressions of power. In the 1980s, when his work started receiving attention, he was using metaphors of Roman architecture as a reference to the Cuban social system. The dark, [...]



A GLANCE AT THE PRESENT STATE OF ART AUCTION SIGNS AND SYMBOLS

By Johnlee S. Curtis
Most collectors purchase art either from galleries or at art auctions, with the latter method gaining popularity in recent years.  When bidding for art at an auction, lot symbols - those auction catalogue ciphers that relate to a variety of disclosures - can prove difficult to fully understand.  Further complicating matters, some [...]