Maria Gamundi's Classical Sculptures 'Seem About to Breathe'

Maria GamundiGamundi has executed some two dozen site-specific commissions in Italy, Germany and her native Venezuela and held scores of solo and group exhibitions in Italy and elsewhere in Europe, Canada and the U.S. Her classical works, usually female nudes, are in such natural poses they seem about to breathe.

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Aurora Cañero's Sculpture: Witty, Provocative Works

The distinctive works by this widely collected Spanish sculptor have become highly sought after by collectors frequenting international art fairs and leading galleries in Europe, London, Latin America and the Far East since 1980. Usually featuring one or more figures in a witty or provocative context, Cañero’s sculptures effectively combine materials such as bronze, copper, stainless steel or wood.

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Mateo Argüello Pitt Paints Alienation of Individualists

Born in Argentina in 1971, Mateo Argüello Pitt has been exhibiting and winning awards since 1995 in his native country as well as Spain, France, Portugal and the United States. His provocative imagery can be viewed as statements about the alienation of the individualist, which probably applies to many creative individuals. A typical work shows a boxer screaming in triumph, pain or terror while crawling away from a tree–perhaps a refusal to be overcome despite the burden of his heritage?

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Ramiro Pareja Herrera Embellishes Borders of his Paintings with Poetry

Born in Arequipa in 1952, the Peruvian painter has been given more than three dozen one-person exhibitions in Peru, Germany and Spain, and has participated in dozens of group shows in Europe, South America, Canada and the U.S. A poet as well as a painter, his words embellish the borders of each of his canvases.

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Like Poetry, Enigmatic Sculptures of José Benito Defy Explication, Touch Our Emotions

Which of us does not have a highly private treasure that we hold close to our hearts? This Argentine artist has the poetic ability to communicate directly with our emotions, sometimes in an inexplicable manner. Complementing his painted wood sculptures are mixed media works on canvas.

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Pink Encaustic Background Contributes to Irene Pressner's Work Resembling Actual Tattoos

Venezuelan artist Irene Pressner takes her subject matter from original tattoos and from popular comic strip characters of the 1940s. The surface of the waxy layers of encaustic, an ancient technique described by the Roman philosopher Pliny, and their pink backgrounds contribute to their uncanny resemblance to actual tattoos, a non-verbal communication about personal identity.

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Spectacular Sculptures by Louise Nevelson Offered by Gallery

Louise NevelsonThe late Louise Nevelson, one of the nation’s most celebrated sculptors, is represented on our website by two characteristic black wooden sculptures. Featured in the gallery exhibition “Master Works 1969-1984,” Nevelson’s seven-foot 1984 “Moon Zag IV” features two articulated doors, while the ”Open Zag VIII” is an assemblage with an unusual composition of two asymetrical semi-circular elements. Also available are other works by Nevelson in lead and paper.

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'Enigmatic Figures' Features Argentine Painter Mateo Argüello Pitts, Sculptor José Benito

Enigmatic FiguresLatin American artists Mateo Argüello Pitts and José Benito of Argentina are featured in the current exhibition, “Enigmatic Figures.” Pitts, who often uses a male boxer as a metaphor for everyone’s daily struggles, is represented by 13 paintings. Three sculptures and two paintings by Benito present themes of children clasping something precious and male-female relationships. Included in the exhibition are sculptures by two other Hispanic artists, Aurora Cañero of Spain and Maria Gamundi of Venezuela.

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Venice and Turin Biennials, Hermitage and State Russian Museum, Andre Emmerich's and Betty Parsons' Galleries–Alexander Ney Has Exhibited in World's Leading Venues

Alexander NeyBorn in Leningrad in 1939, Alexander Ney has exhibited in some of the world’s most prestigious venues: the Venice and Turin biennials in Italy, the Hermitage in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg in Russia, Andre Emmerich’s and Betty Parsons galleries in New York City, among many others. His works were previously exhibited in ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries in 1982.

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