The Arteconsult Gallery closes its 2006 season with a great collective
exhibition, encompassing twenty Spanish-American artists from
Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Spain and
Panama. Works include many artistic trends, distinctive of the
continent’s art like realism, magic realism and abstraction.
Among the hyper-realist artists included in the exhibition are: Miguel
Padura, Cuban master whose works generally represents still-lifes
and human figures, in which a great technical expertise is shown;
and Elarf López Salas, Salvadorian artist, whose innovative still-lifes
stand out for their composition and use of chiaroscuro. Within this
same style, Marcial Conza exhibits his works for the first time in
Panama. Likewise the works of Beatriz Burmester, ocean subject’s
landscaper, is on display. Sergio Ochoa, from Colombia, and living in
Panama since 2003, shows us refreshing photos from his “Clorofila
(Chlorophyll)” series, in which we can appreciate an excellent handling
of light and shadows.
A prominent party of oniric or fantastic realist artists takes part in
the exhibition, where the works of Guillermo Trujillo stands out,
with a work from 1992 entitled “El Sueño (The Dream)”, in which
metamorphical figures invade the entire composition. Within this
genre, works by Tabo Toral and Arístides Ureña Ramos are worthy of
being mentioned. They blend indigenous or pre-Columbian symbols
with human shapes. In the case of Toral, the style is developed based
on geometry and in the case of Ureña Ramos, human shapes are
inspired on the Florentine renaissance. We can also find the work of
Roberto Lewis, many times winner of the award and of Fernando
Toledo, Ecuadorian artist living in Panama since 1990.
Talking about abstraction, we can see works by Argentinean master
Pérez Cellis, as well as from two young artists: Jorge Iván Restrepo,
Colombian living in El Salvador and Gabriel Gonzáles, Panamanian,
whose works are characterized by an interesting overlapping of color,
both on acrylics and resins. In geometric abstraction we can find
Rogelio Polesello, Argentinean artist.
A very interesting group of semi-abstract artists display their works at
this exhibit, among them Antonia Guzmán, Argentinean artist, whose
work includes migration and voyagers. Carmen Bassan from Spain
shows a geometric influence; Connie Lloveras from Cuba, presents
works where domesticity is invoked in a poetical way; and Eduardo
Tokeshi from Peru, combines a variety of abstract and figurative
elements designed for interaction with the audience.
Two women were invited to take part in this exhibition with sculptures:
Lezlie Milson, American living in Panama presents two individual
pieces, wood carved and dyed with brilliant colors. Emily Zhukov
presents two extraordinary works, in which we can appreciate the
evolutionary combinations of her work.
A group of artists using Collage present their works. Among them
Teresa Icaza, recognized Panamanian landscaper and Mateo Argüello
Pitt, who was considered as the most promising young Argentinean
artist by the critics at Arte BA 2006. Also, the works by Argentinean
artists Paula Hacker, living now in Panama, who shows and excellent
photography work and handmade mixed technique over paper, and
Mira Valencia, presenting two works from her “Reinas y Diablicos
(Queens and Little Devils)”, with which she is taking part in the Central
America Visual Arts Biennial, running right now in El Salvador.
The Arteconsult Gallery is located at 50th Street, between 72nd and
73rd Streets. The exhibition is open to the public Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to |
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