Victor Nubla en Eat Meat – Barcelona

 

Hola estimados,

Nos complace invitaros a una exposición inusual respecto a los contenidos que hemos ido mostrando estos dos últimos años y a cargo de un artista que no trabaja en campos meramente plásticos: Víctor Nubla y su instalación mágico-sonora: “Cinco acciones encaminadas a la difuminación del contorno”.

 

Esta instalación consiste en diversos objetos dispuestos de diferentes maneras. Unos delimitan un recorrido y otros se encuentran en él. La mayoría de ellos son sólidos aunque otros no. Esta instalación no propone ninguna reflexión ni es la metáfora de nada, muestra directamente los objetos en cuestión con la esperanza de que sean considerados como tales y no aspira a nada más. Aunque si nos dejamos de reflexiones y metáforas tampoco nos vamos a encontrar con la esencia pura de lo humano sino más bien con una forma elevada de sofisticación animal. ¿Qué hacer en estos casos?

Inauguración Sábado 12 de mayo a partir de las 19:00 h

Durante la exposición de Víctor Nubla también tendremos:

- Lectura del libro de Víctor Nubla Cómo caza un dromedario, de Blackie Books: 26 de mayo

- Presentación Disco Macromassa (grupo legendario formado por Juan Crek y Víctor Nubla) La ligereza de las montañas: 2 de junio
Y con esto nos despediremos por un tiempo, hasta bien pasado el verano.

Eat Meat, tu Galería amiga.

Fictional Eyes: The Dreams of Reason” photography show at The Lunch Box Gallery

Miami, FL – The Lunch Box Gallery, in conjunction with contemporary art webzine from Spain, Area Zinc, are pleased to announce the new exhibition Fictional Eyes: The Dreams of Reason, showcasing the photographs of 8 artists who have been previously published in Area Zinc. The opening reception is on May 12th, 2012 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm at 310 NW. 24th St. Miami, FL 33127.

After a rigorous selection process, a body of works have been chosen that convey the idea of photography as an exercise for the imagination. All the pieces in this show reveal fictional situations, scenarios, objects and even narratives that defy not only the way we see and associate the elements that surround us, but as well challenge the limits of photography as an art form. The artworks confront the traditional idea that a photograph reflects reality, and they also deal with the diversity of outside influences that photographers have incorporated into their images when utilizing other methods of creation and techniques that weren’t necessarily there in the original take.

 

 

The use of technology, digital manipulation, 3D design, illustration, collage, graphics tablet, among many others, indeed transform the image to become “something else”, taking the shape of oneiric expressions and illusions that unleash conceptual and personal imaginations. Nevertheless, even though many of the images reveal nonexistent places, forms and circumstances, they all depart from elements of real life taken with a camera, and at the end, they may become verisimilar to the eye of the beholder thanks to the mastery in merging all the elements together; just like a dream that feels real when dreaming it. Pre-conceived techniques during the taking of the photograph as well as in post-production, become the set for the visual trap, making the impossible, possible.

Awe, curiosity, open conclusions and unlimited meanings arise from the sometimes unconnected imagery that we observe, stimulating the individual appropriation of the photograph by giving the connotation each viewer wants to assign. Here, concept and technique together omit the laws of reason, entering into the dreams of those who create with fictional eyes.
Photographers participating in the show include Sandra Torralba (Spain), Stefano Bonazzi (Italy), Christopher Lee Donovan (USA), Michel Rajkovic (France), Serrah Russell (USA), Kaveh Hosseini (Germany), Polly Chandler (USA), Alba Tenas (Spain).

Fictional Eyes: The Dreams of Reason will be opened to the public on Saturday, May 12th from 6:00pm during the popular Gallery Walks, at 310 NW 24th. St. Miami, FL 33127 (Wynwood Art District). Nevertheless, the gallery will be open that same day since 1:00pm.

More about Area Zinc: Founded in 2007 in Spain, this internationally renowned webzine is directed by Andres Vargas. More than 30 thematic editions have been published throughout the years, showcasing the artworks of more than 1,000 artists from all around the world. Area Zinc has been successfully giving voice to all mediums which include illustration, painting, sculpture, photography and more, always focused on representing the latest tendencies of these art forms. For more information, please visit www.area-zinc.com

The Lunch Box Gallery
310 NW. 24th St. Miami, FL 33127
www.thelunchboxgallery.com

Antonio Santin – Solo show at MARC STRAUS Gallery NEW YORK

April 1st – May 6th, 2012
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 1st 5 – 7pm

299 Grand Street
New York, NY 10002
Marc Straus is pleased to present an exhibition of new large-scale paintings by Antonio Santin on the occasion of his first solo exhibition in New York.

Santin constructs eerie, arresting compositions that simultaneously attract and unsettle in their evocative depictions of sublimated desire. He orchestrates elaborate still-lifes, manipulating both objects and the human form to construct a space he describes as “more real than reality itself.” Each painting originates from a theatrically composed photograph by Santin, which itself is the result of a deliberate process. Visiting his subjects in their homes, he chooses their outfits and accessories from their personal belongings to assemble each vignette. He then transforms this photographic record into a painterly construct in oil on canvas that vacillates between a mimetic three-dimensional space and a heightened reality augmented by surprising shifts in texture and gesture. He creates a visceral tension between surface and space with a range of techniques that incorporate both the technical foundations of classical painting and unexpected alterations to the qualities of oil paint to re-assemble the sensory experiences of everyday life. Deeply rooted in the tradition of Spanish Tenebrism as well as his own training as a sculptor, Santin juxtaposes flattened planes with tangible forms carved by light and shadow to create a continuous perceptual dialogue in each work.

This exhibition brings together three related series of works from late 2011-2012 that incorporate the human form as a fetishized object to be hidden or revealed in images that often conjure a cinematic aesthetic. In works such as Der Damm des Riesen (2012), Santin furthers his interest in latent sexuality intertwined with morbid overtones. The rug series evolved from his ongoing interest in the opacity of fabric as a device to obscure the body with abstract patterns and textures. Each of these works brings the background into the foreground while a discernible figure hovers beneath the surface. In the monumental We Rot (2012) the wavering, raised carpet patterns contrast with the translucent, tonally complex base. At more than twelve feet wide, the intimate details invite close viewing while the outlines of a figure emerge from a distance. In Fiebre Amarilla (2011), the lumps and bulges underneath this carpet inject a corporeal uncertainty into this geometric canvas. His newest series of crocheted landscapes of the female form are at once a technical accomplishment of texture and a formal repositioning of the body as a distinct yet abstract mass.

Antonio Santín was born in Madrid, Spain in 1978. He received his Degree in Fine Arts from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2005. He was an artist in residence at Kunstlerhaus Glogauer in Berlin (2006) and Centre dárt Contemporani Piramidon in Barcelona (2007). He has exhibited internationally and is represented in the collections of Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris and Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona as well as among numerous private collections worldwide. Public installations include a permanent sculpture commissioned by the city of Madrid in 2003. Antonio Santín lives and works in Berlin.

 

MARC STRAUS
299 Grand Street
New York, NY 10002
P: 212-510-7646
F: 212-510-7647

Hours
Wednesday – Sunday: 11:00-6:00
Monday and Tuesday by appointment

http://marcstraus.com

http://www.antoniosantin.com

MAGDALENA ESTEVE en EAT MEAT

Hola de nuevo, estimados,

Eat Meat Raw Gallery tiene el grandísimo honor de presentar a la que considera una de sus maestras plásticas y espirituales con la que, increíblemente, resulta ser su primera exposición individual, que ha sido concebida y realizada expresamente para la ocasión.

MAGDALENA ESTEVE@ EAT MEAT
Inauguración Sábado 11 de Febrero a partir de las 19.30
Exposición del 11 de Febrero 2012 al 10 de Marzo 2012.

Magdalena Esteve es una pintora de tan sobrecogedora precisión que su clasificación resulta imposible. Sus autorretratos en un mundo sumergido, su visión apocalíptica del cambio interior, su maestría captando y representando la luz, y las rarísimas ocasiones en que su obra ha sido exhibida públicamente la convierten en una de las más brillantes artistas desconocidas, auténtico mito viviente para los que alguna vez han podido ver alguna de sus obras, y ejemplo de artista comprometida con su obra, no con su carrera… lo que nos ha costado convencerla.

La exposición se compone de dos bloques bien distintos:

La primera parte de esta exposición: ‘Las hormigas y el cielo‘, es un impresionante mural que parece realizado casi inconsciente y autómaticament: cuarenta láminas minuciosamente trabajadas con bolígrafo sobre base fotográfica y luego escrita, y que es, en crudo, el orígen formal y conceptual de la siguiente.

La segunda parte y resolución espectacular: ‘La Luz de las hormigas‘, un tríptico de pares de pinturas eléctricas; una gigantesca composición en diagonal en la que la parte central se abre en una espiral que parece no finalizar en los márgenes del soporte hasta irrumpir y continuar en el siguiente, representando los diversos universos mentales superponiéndolos hasta crear una profundidad ilimitada.
Estos seis cuadros funcionan de forma independiente, por parejas, y también como una sola unidad.

Estamos tan entusiasmados que hemos decidido alargar excepcionalmente la duración de esta exposición, que estará visitable en nuestros horarios habituales hasta el 10 de marzo. Esto es ‘otra cosa’ de verdad.

 

EatMeat: Cierre exposición LIBIDO

Hola estimados,

El próximo Sábado 14 despedimos nuestra exposición colectiva navideña LIBIDO.

Entre nuestros limitados horarios y lo complicado de las fechas muchos corréis el riesgo de acabar no habiendo visto la exposición. Que vale la pena.

Así que hemos desempolvado nuestro tradicional y torero vermut-matutino-que-suele-alargarse-amablemente-hasta-la-hora-del-cierre.

Abriremos puertas de 12 a 21. Alrededor de las 13.30 tendremos una actuación especial: Opus Oct Opus, recreación estilizada, en directo, de una danza-lucha ritual de algunas islas de la Micronesia, donde la Vestal desnuda se enfrenta al Pulpo gigante. Y va en serio.

Después cocinaremos y nos comeremos al pulpo. A la gallega. Y va en serio también.

Por la tarde se podrá ver la exposición con cierta calma.

Así que estáis todos invitados.Saludos cordiales.

:::  EAT MEAT Raw Gallery ::: C/Alzina nº 20 ::: 08024 Barcelona  :::  www.eatmeat.cat :::

1/2 + 1 Collective Exposición Ilusión en La Habitación Blanca – Avilés

1/2 + 1 collective presenta

Exposición Ilusión en La Habitación Blanca.
Inauguración 13 de Enero del 2012
www.lahabitacionblanca.com

Agradecimientos a la música de Santiago Orlandi con 21doce
www.21doce.com

Os esperamos!!!!!
Simón&Carmen

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1/2 + 1 collective showcases

Exhibition Ilusion in La Habitación Blanca
Oppening January 13, 2012
www.lahabitacioblanca.com

Thanks to Santiago Orlandi – 21 doce – for his music.
www.21doce.com

See you!!!!!
Simón&Carmen

 

 

Territorios: Exposición colectiva de fotografía en Castellón

Kinki Texas en Eat Meat Raw Gallery – Barcelona

Eat Meat tiene el honor de presentar por primera vez en Barcelona Kinki Texas.

Artista multidisciplinar impredecible y cáustico expondrá “A world of enemies”, un espacio-espejo de corrosiva carga social. Kinki Texas, topónimo ficticio tras el que se esconde el anti-anti-héroe Holger Meier, no es un personaje: es todo un mundo plagado de espectrales y risueños cowboys cantores, discotecas macabras y anti-anti-Cristos.
En total 35 dibujos y 2 horas de vídeo con mucha mala leche.

“A World of Enemies” es su primera exposición en nuestro país.
Del 24 de septiembre al 22 de octubre de 2011 en Eat Meat Raw Gallery, Barcelona.

Inauguración sábado 24 a partir de las 20.00

Kris Kuksi – Cute and Creepy

“Cute and Creepy“, a museum exhibit at Florida State University’s Museum of Fine Arts, opens October 14 through November 20, 2011. Curated by Carrie Ann Baade, this exhibit will showcase many of the top Surreal and Pop-Surrealism artists active today including myself with Scott Brooks, Ray Caesar, Jessica Joslin, Laurie Lipton, Chris Mars, Elizabeth McGrath, Greg Simkins, and many others.

more info at: www.carrieannbaade.com/cuteandcreepy/artists.html

See some of Kris’ artworks at www.area-zinc.com

ART MOSCOW 2011

From 21 to 25 September 2011 the Central House of Artists will host 15 International Art Fair ART MOSCOW 2011

International Art Fair ART MOSCOW 2011 is a key event on Russian art market and also an important event in the calendar of international art fairs. It plays an important role in interaction of business environment and culture and also is cultural and educational event itself. Annually the Fair receives over 20000 visitors, including a large number of foreign experts. Professional audience includes collectors, artists, representatives of Russian and foreign museums and galleries, curators, art dealers, critics and journalists.

During the 2011 ART MOSCOW 2011 representations appeared in international activities at key sites of the world art scene in Berlin, Cologne, London, Madrid and Basel. The result of foreign activity is the increased number of foreign participants (10 new galleries this year) and the expanding pool of foreign participants in mass-media (18 new partners).

This year over 40 national and international galleries introduce their expositions at 15 ART MOSCOW 2011 Fair.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

ART MOSCOW presents not only galleries, but also personal expositions. This year it invites to see photo-works of Jeff Cowen, exhibition of Vitas Stasyunas, paintings of Rafael Reno, 3D-projects supervised by Liza Plavinskaya and exposition of young artists from Great Britain Translate/Transcribe.

September, 20:
16:00 – ART MOSCOW press conference
17:30 – press-tour on Festival of New Culture

September, 21:
14:00 – official opening of ART MOSCOW fair
19:00 – official opening of New Culture Festival
20:00 – world premier of «Planeta LEM» performance by Biuro Podróży, a pioneering Polish theatre (grandiose multimedia installation with impressing decorations and illuminating effects, inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s prose).

September 21 – 25:
ART MOSCOW and New Culture Festival are open for visitors.

Some participants 2011: Adora Calvo Gallery (Salamanca, Spain), Aidan Gallery (Moscow, Russia), La Acacia Gallery (Havana, Cuba), AL Gallery (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), Alma Gallery (Riga, Latvia), Black Square Gallery (New York, USA).

Organized by:
EXPO-PARK EXHIBITION PROJECTS
Venue: Central House of Artists (Krymskiy Val 10, Moscow)
Dates: 21st-25th of September 2011
Opening hours: 21/09 2pm-8pm
22/09-24/09 10am-8pm
25/09 10am-6pm

Fair Director: Victoria Kondrashova
Victoria.kondrashova@expopark.ru
Phone: 007 (495) 657-99-22, ext. 109

Art Director: Christina Steinbrecher
Christina.steinbrecher@gmail.com

Contact for media: Ekaterina Kuznetsova
Phone: 007 (495) 657-99-22, ext. 227
e.kuznetsova@expopark.ru