Thursday, December 27, 2018

Art Miami 2018 - 4


Japanese Artist.  Folded Cooper Sheet covered with Glass-like Enamel.





Edgar Negret.  "The Sun."  Colombia.





Edgar Negret.  "The Sun."  Colombia.





Olga de Amaral.  "Nebula."  Linen.  Colombia.





Olga de Amaral.  "Wall Hanging."  Linen Pieces.  Colombia.





Alberto Sanchez.  "Blue White Black."  Colombia.  The painting is perfectly flat.  Op Art.
A recent painting covers an entire wall of a building at Andrews and Sixth St. 
in Fort Lauderdale.




Rogelio Polesellio.  "Marching."  Colombia.  Op Art.






Gianfranco Meggiato.  "Turning."  Italy.  Bronze.





Ms Chiharu Kihara.  "Sleepy Cat."  Japan.
Ms Chiharu dropped out of high school to be a full time painter.  She works in Tokyo.
She generally does not use a brush, but her fingers, arms, and elbows to apply paint.





Yayoi Kusama.  "Pumpkin."  Japan.  She's nearly 90 years old.





"Warrior Figures."  Japan.  Wood.





Gugger Petter.  "Portrait of a Woman."  Danish.
Gugger takes pieces of newspaper and rolls them up, then weaves them in patterns to
make images.





Gugger Petter.  Close-up.





Gugger Petter.  "Portrait."  "Statue of Man" in center is by Julian Voss-Andreae.
The statue is made of plates of stainless steel.  Seen directly from the front, it nearly
disappears.  If you move to the side (below), it looks solid.





Julian Voss-Andreae.  "Statue of Man" seen slightly from side.





Ms Metis Atash.  "Funky Buddhas."  Mixed Media.





Alberto Cavalieri.  "Line."  Steel.  Italy.





Woven Bamboo from Japan





Woven Bamboo from Japan





Woven Bamboo from Japan





Four Pieces of Woven Bamboo from Japan





Karl Appel.  "Large Painting."  Robert Indiana. "HOPE."





John Chamberlain.  "Alicia."  U.S.  Painted and bent auto fenders.





Rolando Barrios.  "Four Grey Squares."  This is a perfectly flat piece of aluminum,
painted to give the illusion of 3 D.





Seo Young Deok.  "Standing Woman."  Korea.
The statue is made of bicycle chains welded together.





Seo Young Deok.  Detail of bicycle chains.





Seo Young Deok.  "Three Figures."  Korea.  Bicycle Chains.





Salvador Dali.  "The Coat Hanger."  Wood and Glass.  Surrealism.





Andy Warhol.  "Jackie."  U.S. Pop Art.  Silkscreen print.





Tom Wesselmann.  "Monica Reclining."  U.S. Pop Art.





Thomas Downing.  "Electron."  





Carlos-Cruz Diez.  "Physiochromie."  Venezuela.  Op Art.  Thin slats are glued to the
surface and painted different colors on either side.  As you walk by, the painting changes its
colors completely.





Damien Hirst.  "Spin Painting."  Made by dripping pigment on a spinning round.





Banksy.  "Stop and Search."  2007




Damien Hirst.  "Pink Butterfly."  British.





Alex Katz.  "Ada in a Hat."  U.s.





Roy Lichtenstein.  "Composition I."  Pop Art.






Roy Lichtenstein.  "Waterlilies with Cloud."  Pop Art.




Andy Warhol.  "Chanel."  1985.  Pop Art.




David Bates.  "Pink Roses."  U.S.




Takashi Murakami.  "Flower Ball - Red Blue."  Japan.




David Spiller.  "Tell it to the Stars."  U.S.




John Henry.  "Working Man."  U.S.  Bronze  3 ft high



David Yarrow.  "Genesis."  Photo.




Shepard Fairey.  "Guns and Roses."  U.S.  Print.





Andy Warhol.  "Campbell's Soup Cans."  U.S.  Pop Art.




Hendrik Kerstens.  "Girl in Blue Turban."  Holland.




Pablo Picasso.  "Pitcher with Smiling Face."  




Louise Nevelson.  "Night Time."  Russian / American.


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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Art Miami 2018 - 3


Works by Fernando Botero could be found in several galleries.
"Flamenco Dance."  Colombia.




Richard Hudson.  "Heart."  Polished Bronze.  U.S.



Shepard Fairey.  "Fragile Cargo."   U.S.  Graffiti Art.
Shepard is one of the leading Graffiti Artists / mural painters in the world.
He is also much concerned with social and political issues.






Andy Warhol.  "Flowers."  Silkscreen.  U.S.  Pop Art.





Andy Warhol.  "Mao."  U.S.  Pop Art.





Andy Warhol.  "Money Sign."  U.S.  Pop Art.





Robert Indiana.  "HOPE."  U.S.





Peter Anton.  "Holiday Assortment."  Mixed media.  4 feet high.





Peter Anton.  "Giant Candy."  Robert Steno.  "Wood Beams."
The paintings of the wood beams are completely flat on the wall.





Alex Katz.  "Yellow Jonquils."  U.S.  Print.





Edouard Martinet.  "Praying Mantis."  Bicycle Fender and other Bike and Auto Parts.





Sophie Dickens.  "The Minotaur."





Robert Motherwell.  "Mask for Ingmar Bergman."  U.S.





Joel Shapiro.  "Striding Figure."  U.S.  Bronze.





Donald Baechler.  "Two Roses."  U.S.  Painting and Collage.





V.I.P. Dining Area at Art Miami.





Esteban Vicente.  "Untitled."   1996






Kikuo Saito.  "Allegory."  Japanese / American.




Kikuo Saito.  "Allegory."  Japanese / American.





Paul Jenkins.  "Red Feather."  U.S.  Color Field.





Kikuo Saito.  "La Tras."  Japanese / American.





Ms Yayoi Kusama.  "Infinity Dots."  Japanese.





Alexander Calder.  "Mobile."  U.S.





Keith Haring.  "Yellow Rabbit."  U.S.  Graffiti Art.





Chun Kwang Young.  "Aggregation 24."  Mulberry Paper hand-dyed and tied.





Chun Kwang Young.  Detail.  Chun's parents ran a small store and sold small quantities
of things which they wrapped in small packages.  He took that technique and ties and
dyes hundreds of small packages to make his works.





Chun Kwang Young.  "Aggregation. 36."  





Skylar Fein.  "Studio 54 Matchbook."  Aluminum.  $10,000.  2 feet high





Carlos Rolon.  "Gilded Age."  Cuban.





Carlos Rolon.  "Decadence on Decadence."  On Aluminum.





Carlos Rolon.  "Decadence on Decadence."  On aluminum.  Cuba.





Carlos Rolon.  Close-up.





Ewa Bathelier.  "White Tutu."  Poland.  Donald Brown.  "Buddha."




The Buddha statue is actually a number of books glued together and then carved.





Tom Wesselmann.  "Blond in Bedroom."   Steel cut-out.





Michael Corinne West.  "Ariadne."  Abstract Expressionism.





Victor Vasarely.  "Op Art."  Hungarian / French.





Wolf Kahn.  "Trees Against a Red Rising."  U.S.  1993





Robert Motherwell.  "In Honor of Mark Twain."  U.S.  Abstract Expressionism.




Wolf Kahn.  "Yellow Trees."  U.S. 


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