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Latin American Invitational 2005
Press Release
Exhibition: June 3rd to August 30th, 2005
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The annual Latin American Invitational exhibition at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries features a number of unusual early works by master artists.
Altogether, the exhibition includes some two dozen works by 18 different artists, ranging from internationally recognized masters to the newly emerging.
Historic Mexican works include a Diego Rivera watercolor and pencil landscape done around 1928, a 1964 Rufino Tamayo crayon and pencil work, a 1948 Leonora Carrington ink and pastel, David Alfaro Siqueiros acrylic from the 1940s, a 1970s watercolor as well as a 1970 drawing by Francisco Toledo, several drawings done between 1935-41 by Gunther Gerzso, and a 1970 tabletop bronze by Francisco Zuñiga.
Another master work featured in the exhibition is “The Warlord” by the late Benjamin Cañas, a 1978 oil on board.
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Michelle Concepcion, Hybrid 2
59 x 59 inches, 2005, Acrylic on Canvas |
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Alexis Fernandez, Amarillo
51 x 43 1/4 inches, 2001, Oil on Canvas |
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A highlight of the show is a monumental 36-by-eight foot pencil and charcoal drawing by Hugo Crosthwaite, a young Mexican artist, featured earlier this year when his first major United States exhibition was held at the gallery. The show also includes paintings by Alfredo Arcia of Venezuela; Roberto Fabelo of Cuba; Pablo O’Higgins, an American who worked and lived in Mexico; and César Menendez of El Salvador as well as by mid-career artists such as Alexis Fernández of Venezuela; Arturo Rodriguez, a Cuban-American; Marco Tulio of Colombia,; and a bronze sculpture by Aurora Cañero of Spain. Topping off the exhibition are two new paintings by Michelle Concepción, an emerging artist from Puerto Rico.
At first glance, the Rivera landscape is a watercolor of three saguaro cactuses. A more sophisticated viewer will find their anthropomorphic, male and female shapes erotic. The small Tamayo drawing, coincidentally in shades of green and ochre similar to those of the Rivera, depicts one of his characteristic bullet-headed figures standing in a doorway. |
The Carrington, a 25 by 20-inch ink and pastel, features three of the renowned surrealist’s wraithlike cats, each drawn and painted in her typically delicate, thin lines, set against the backdrop of a star-strewn sky.
Now in its 32nd year, ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries is Greater Miami’s longest-established contemporary fine art gallery. The gallery, which has been recognized by ArtNews magazine and other prestigious publications for the quality of its exhibitions, is located in the Coral Gables business district at 169 Madeira Avenue, midway between Miracle Mile and S.W. 8th Street.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment. For directions and a map to the gallery, call 305-444-4493 or visit www.virginiamiller.com and click on “contact.”
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Leonora Carrington, Three Cats
20 x 25 inches, 1949, Ink and Pastel on Paper |
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