Month: July 2016

Paul Lehr

Paintings by Paul Lehr

Paul Lehr is one of the greatest future-fantasist painters of the post-pulp era. He was very prolific and produced a large body of work of remarkable intensity and consistent high quality. In the late-80s and 90s, after paperback publishers had lost interest in putting beautifully weird covers on their books, Lehr turned his attention to painting epic and highly detailed dream landscapes.

Karlo Andrei Ibarra

Karlo Andrei Ibarra, “Remanentes (Remnants)”, Performance with Green Plantains, Tattoo Machine, Wooden Table, Dimensions Variable

Karl Andrei Ibarra received his BFA from the Puerto Rico Escuela de Artes Plásticas in 2005. Through installations, sculpture, video, and photography, he comments on Puerto Rico’s geopolitical situation and other social, economic, and political problems. Ibarra has taken part in the 3rd Bucharest Biennial (2008), the last two editions of the San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial (2009, 2012), the 2nd International Biennial of Young Artists in Moscow (2010), and Biennial of the Americas (Denver, 2010).

Ibarra took first prize at the 6th edition of the Digital Art Competition of Central America and the Caribbean at the Museum of Art and Design in San José, Costa Rica, and the People’s Choice Award at the video festival Optic Nerve, organized by the Contemporary Art Museum of North Miami in 2011.

Bruce Nauman

Bruce Nauman, “Life Mask”, Lithograph, 1981,, 71.1 x 96.5 cm. Edition of 50, Private Collection

Bruce Nauman was one of the most prominent, influential, and versatile American artists to emerge in the 1960s. Although his work is not easily defined by its materials, styles, or themes, sculpture is central to it, and it is characteristic of Post-Minimalism in the way it blends ideas from Conceptualism, Minimalism, performance art, and video art.

The revival of interest in Marcel Duchamp in the 1960s also clearly influenced Nauman in various ways, from encouraging his love of wordplay to infusing his work with a satirical and sometimes absurdist tone. Despite the impact of Dada, however, he has continued to view his art less as a playful or creative enterprise than as a serious research endeavor, one he likes to carry out in seclusion from the art world, one that is shaped by his interests in ethics and politics.

The Swimmers Circling

Ricky Cohete, (The Swimmers Circling), “Midnight Swim”, Computer Graphics, Film Gifs

This gif was produced from the short film “Midnight Swim”. Filmed and produced by Ricky Cohete, the film features Jovani Furlan and Neil Marshall from the Miami City Ballet. Other short films by Cohete include “Blanco”, “Eric” and “Valentine”.

 

Cody Swanson

Adam in Clay by Cody Swanson

Cody Joseph Swanson was born in Minneapolis, MN and currently resides in Florence, Italy. Cody holds an M.A. in Liturgy, Sacred Art and Architecture from the European University in Rome, and spent five consecutive years teaching sculpture with the Florence Academy of Art where he also studied sculpture.

Recently Cody has completed three major projects with the acclaimed architect Duncan G Stroik for the Cathedrals of Sioux Falls and Minneapolis along with the Basilica of the National Shrine to Mary of Holy Hill, Wisconsin. He was also given the tremendous honor from the Cardinal of Florence, His Eminence Guiseppe Betori, to produce a 4-meter sculpture depicting St. Emygdius for the Cathedral of Foligno and a silver processional cross for the Cathedral of Florence.