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Enigmatic Figures 2006

Enigmatic Figures
Press Release


Exhibition: April 7th to June 30th, 2006

See the Exhibition's Virtual Tour here

Jose Benito Aurora Cañero Maria Gamundi Mateo Arguello Pitt

Two Argentine Artists Being Introduced
At ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries

Two Argentine artists, Mateo Argüello Pitt and José Benito, dominate the exhibition “Enigmatic Figures” at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries in Coral Gables.

Pitt, who often uses a male boxer as a metaphor for everyone’s daily struggles, is represented by 13 paintings. A typical work shows the boxer on his hands and knees, mouth open in a possible scream of anguish or triumph, carrying the burden of a tree symbolizing his family and heritage.

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Three sculptures and two paintings by Benito feature his typical themes of children clasping something precious and male-female relationships. The children and their undefined treasures may be the artist’s comments on everyone’s cherished memories or possessions. A third work shows a male head emerging from beneath the skirt of a headless female figure.

Although both Pitt and Benito have exhibited widely in Argentina, this show marks their first major exhibition in a Florida gallery. Also in the exhibition are sculptures by Aurora Cañero of Spain and Maria Gamundi of Venezuela.

Cañero’s five-foot bronze-and-stainless steel work shows a figure surrounded by spheres, suggesting that each of us has our own place in the universe. Cañero is a well-established international sculptor whose works frequently are exhibited in leading international art fairs.

Gamundi, whose tabletop classical female nudes are familiar to gallery regulars, is exhibiting a nearly life-sized bronze of a reclining nude female, her languid form resting on a bronze cube. A 12-inch tabletop bronze shows a female nude in a compressed yoga position.

“Enigmatic Figures” will be shown through June at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, 169 Madeira Avenue, Coral Gables (Miami), Florida. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment.

Exhibition: April 7th to June 30th, 2006

See the Exhibition's Virtual Tour here

Jose Benito Aurora Cañero Maria Gamundi Mateo Arguello Pitt

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