It’s so rare these days that I’m introduced to a new pop artist whose work I feel like I get right away, but that was the case when I got an invitation to view Venezuelan-American artist Pedro Baez’s recent solo exhibition, The Indivisible Atomo at LUME Studios. The pop-surrealist’s new collection comprises his largest and most refined paintings to-date, and reveals Baez as an artist creating his own lane of pop-surrealism across a variety of mediums ranging from painting, sculpture, digital drawing, and 3D animation, all of which were on view at this fun pop-up show! Let’s take a look.
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Modern Art Monday Presents: Merit Oppenheim, Little Ghost Eating Bread
Little Ghost Eating Bread (1934) depicts a mysterious scene within an other worldlylandscape. Animated by Oppenheim‘s dark sense of humor, it portrays a cartoon-like figure about to step off a ledge while merrily nibbling on a loaf of bread. A cloaked form is partially visible on the right. Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Merit Oppenheim, Little Ghost Eating Bread
Ana María Hernando, To Let the Sky Know In Madison Square Park
Argentinian artist Ana María Hernando creates sculpture in an abundance of tulle — the sumptuous fabric netting — inspired by natural forms and transformed through the sewing process. Across the lawns in Madison Square Park, the artist realized a series of beauteous, atmospheric clouds and a cascading waterfall that float above and alongside viewers. This public art project inaugurated the twentieth-anniversary year of Madison Square Park Conservancy’s art program, launched in 2004!
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Modern Art Monday Presents: John Chamberlain, Sweet William
John Chamberlain’s sculptures display his ability to manipulate detritus in the same way that other artist use traditional materials such as oil paint or marble. Building on the assemblage tradition, he transformed used car parts and scrap metal into expressive and poetic portraits (as classified them), that echo the emotional and dynamic power of Abstract Expressionism.
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Modern Art Monday Presents: John Baldessari, Buildings=Guns=People…
In 1985, John Baldassari began using dots to obscure faces, which became one of his most recognizable devices. By removing the distinguishable features, Baldassari turns the figure into an archetype. In Buildings, Guns, People: Desire, Knowledge, and Hope (with Smog) includes dot-covered faces in generic photographs from political and social functions, turned on their sides.
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