The gallery is the fortunate recipient of two new architectural drawings on wooden panels by Hugo Crosthwaite, the amazing artist from Mexico whose 8-by-36-foot drawing was featured here in his premiere major U.S. exhibition last year. The 2-by-4-foot drawings–one horizontal, the other vertical–feature typical buildings from the typical neighborhoods of Tijuana, the artist’s home town. … Read More
Month: September 2006
Melquiades Rosario Sastre: ‘A Sculptor of Ideas’
In his article in “Arte al Día” online, critic Ricardo Pau Llosa calls Melquiades “not only Puerto Rico’s most important contemporary sculptor (but also) one of the finest contemporary artists anywhere.” Paul-Llosa goes on to note that Melquiades has not simply rejected the current theoretical underpinnings of most contemporary art, but “is a thinking man … Read More