‘American Memories’ by renowned american neo-pop artist Leslie Lew opens may 3rd at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries in Coral Gables Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Wonder Woman, Animal Crackers and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes are some of the subjects of works in “American Memories,” a one-person exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Leslie Lew that opens from 6-10 p.m. … Read More
American Pop artist Leslie Lew, who has been creating her unique “sculpted oils” for 30 years, actually is following a 3,500-year-old artistic tradition that art historians believe began on the island of Crete, site of the earliest known frescoes. Unlike paintings done onto walls, frescoes are painted while their plaster base is wet—thus the term, … Read More
The Pop art movement, thought to have originated in 1947 with the painting “I Was a Rich Man’s Plaything” by Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi, emerged in the mid-1950s in Great Britain and by the late 1950s had begun to upstage Abstract Expressionism. Characterized by such subject matter as mass-produced objects, advertising, comic characters and other … Read More
Surrealistic Visions of Enrique Chavarria at ArtSpace Virginia Miller Galleries
Three mid-career artists with distinctive visions of abstract paintings will be featured in “Color, Form, Space,” opening from 6-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5th at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries in Coral Gables. The background of the artists is as varied as their works: Bassmi Ibrahim, who paints under the single name Bassmi, is from Egypt and now … Read More
ArtPulse Reviews California Dreamin’ in Miami By Elisa Turner The exhibit “IMPACT: Emotions of Color” at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries in Coral Gables does indeed pack a stunning, colorful impression. Expertly hung and lit, with plenty of room for the 32 paintings by five artists to breathe so that viewers are not bombarded with a surfeit … Read More