CURATED GROUP SHOW at LOR Gallery

CURATED GROUP SHOW

Come visit new works by our selected artists! 
On display until November 1st. 2020

Santiago Ydáñez
Cara Azul, 2020
Acrylic on linen
79h x 73w in

Gustavo Peña
Cabezón 3, 2020
Acrylic on wood
48h x 48w in

Gerard Ellis
Promontorio, 2020
Acrylic and oil on canvas
80h x 60w in

José García Cordero
Delicias, 2003-2020
Acrylic on linen
200h x 200w cm

Santiago Ydáñez
S/t
Acrylic on linen
78h x 74w in

Ignacio Iturria
Un Poco de Miedo, 1994
Oil on canvas
59 1/18h x 70 13/15w in

José Bedia
Otra gente de la sierra
Mixed media on canvas
71h x 122w in

Pierre Monestier
Essayage, 2018
Acrylic on paper
25h x 19w in

Edouard Duval-Carrié
Lava Dandy, 2008
Mixed media on paper
61h x 81w in

Luis Cruz Azaceta
Laberintos, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
48h x 96w in

Luis Cruz Azaceta at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans

News! The work of the Cuban/American master Luis Cruz Azaceta, is currently featured in a new exhibition, MAKE AMERICA WHAT AMERICA MUST BECOME at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. Curated by George Scheer, CAC Executive Director,, Katrina Neumann, Curator, Private Collection, NYC and Toccarra A. H. Thomas, Director of the Joan Mitchell Center, N.O.

New Acquisition: "Lost at Sea", By Edouard Duval-Carriè at the Art Bridges Foundation

Great News! Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo, is thrilled to announce the acquisition into the ‘Art Bridges Foundation’ of the piece “Lost at Sea”, by Haitian Master Edouard Duval-Carriè.(Courtesy of LOR Gallery). After being exhibited in multiple cultural institutions across the United States, the remarkable artwork will now be a part of the museum’s permanent collection, which receives over six-hundred thousand visitors every year.

“Lost at Sea” by Edouard Duval Carriè, 2014, Mixed media on aluminum, 94h x 144w in, (238.76h x 365.76w cm) has been exhibited in the following museums: • Perez Art Museum, Miami, Florida. • Molaa (Museum of Latin American Art) Long Beach CA • Wallach Gallery Columbia, New York, NY • Frost Museum FIU Miami, FL • Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME • Delaware Museum of Art Wilmington, DE.

Edouard Duval-Carrié, Lost at Sea, 2014, Mixed media on aluminum, 94h x 144w in, 238.76h x 365.76w cm

This artwork is part of a series of works called Imagined Landscapes that was originally created in 2014 for an exhibition at the Perez Art Museum Miami titled, "From Revolution in the Tropics to Imagined Landscapes: The Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié", it was a response to the landscape of the Caribbean and Latin America as an attempt in the 19th-century post-Monroe Doctrine to reevaluate and reassess the landscape of nations to the South of the US.

In this body of work, Edouard Duval-Carrie tries to revisit the work of artists such as the ones from the Hudson Schools which were part of this program. Lost at Sea simultaneously references the land as a wondrous paradise, through the idyllic setting of trees and calm waters with silver highlights, and a latent menace, as suggested by the presence of a black man in the water who makes direct eye contact with the viewer. At the exhibit, the PAMM bought two of the pieces from the series, in which one is part of their permanent collection and the other exhibited at the Perez Family Foundation new space. Six of the others from the series were later sold to Miami International Airport. Lastly, the Berg En Dahl Africa Museum in Holland bought one of the pieces as well.

“I’m the kind of artist which believes in the power of the image and anything to render and frame the work as to make it more powerful the better . For the Imagined Landscape series I envisaged, as the work were quite large to eliminate the frames which are part and parcel of my work.

But I could not resist the idea and came up with this solution of framing that group of work with this rather peculiar material . It is not sand by the way but rather what they call micro pellets which are used to create styrofoam. They are literally microscopic plastic balloons which when heated blow up to create the styrofoam. Their interest is that they are very light and floated when dispersed in the acrylic resin and as a border they formed a cloudy border which I thought was very Venetian in style and effect. Remember the work was conceived as a “galerie des glaces”. I have used this on frames and also in paintings as the effect, though random, I manage to control and feel that it does have a moody , atmospheric and cloud like appearance which feels as if the paintings were piercing through a cloudy sky. A bit of poetic license which was not readily perceived as what was intended!”

Luis Cruz Azaceta at Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery congratulates the master Luis Cruz Azaceta for winning second place at the 2020 LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY exhibition, featuring the artwork above.

Guest curator, Rene Morales, Chief Curator, PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI (PAAM). September 5 to February 7, 2021

The Cuban-American Master develops parallel series in several media at once, combining materials in unexpected ways. He works constantly and is extremely prolific. For Azaceta, art is a way of facing the world and addressing the human condition.

He has over 100 solo exhibitions and more than 400 group exhibitions. He’s been awarded numerous grants and his work is part of major museum collections nationally and internationally.

Luis Cruz Azaceta’s Statement

“As an artist you use your experiences dealing with your surroundings and your conditions. The condition of being an exile is of being in two places simultaneously-physically in your place of exile, emotionally and spiritually in the place you left behind, your roots. This experience allowed me as an artist to address the condition of violence, racism, isolation, separation and oppression through my work. It gave me an eye to understanding that this experience goes beyond my personal journey to a perspective of a more global condition that many live within.

The rapid state of change in the world at large- the environment, collapsing economies, greed, war, revolution, terrorism – a point where individual citizens are rising against political economic and social injustices is at hand.

Through art I confront this reality. My intention is to create compassion. The vehicle for compassion is the aesthetic that draws one into looking closely at what are, perhaps, sometimes horrific subjects and embracing them”(Azaceta, 2020).

Visit the complete article here:

https://ogdenmuseum.org/winners-of-the-2020-of-louisiana-contemporary-presented-by-the-helis-foundation/

EDOUARD DUVAL CARRIÉ X ARSTY

INVITED BY ARTSY, THIS GREAT INITIATIVE'S GOAL IS TO CREATE CONTENT WITH ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTING HOW THEY ARE ENDURING THIS UNIQUE SITUATION, BRINGING THEIR VOICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING INSPIRATION FOR ALL.

IGNACIO ITURRIA x ARTSY

Invited by ARTSY, this great initiative's goal is to create content with artists highlighting how they are enduring this unique situation, bringing their voi...

How does art keep you going during difficult times? 

Art has kept me present. To me, nothing has changed. For me, painting is isolation in a way, and it's what i have done all my life. Now that I see the current situation, I realized I've been in isolation all my life. When I've travel, I lock myself up and paint; it's what I've always done. So, present times have not altered my pictorial rhythm.

How has your art practice been affected by self-isolation?

Same answer as the first, this self isolation is what I've always practiced and even recommended. To me, It is a way to learn to be with yourself, always thinking that what you're doing is a discourse for others, and is a way of living without the anxieties of rapid communication. It's a communication where one can practice and reflect on the discourse before expressing it to others.

How are you staying creative?

Well, the same way. I sleep, I paint, I sleep, I paint. I don't see anything too weird about it. The weird thing of these times is the appearance of a virus; the one I find more relevant the one virus germinated on TV. The TV is virulent, It's the most contagious of all. In any idle moment I turn on the TV there is always these images that slowly burn into my retinae, and then in my conscious and my subconscious, and little by little these will find their way into my painting. Some elements have surfaced already, but it's important to digest all of what is happening well at first, and then we'll see how it reemerges in what we are doing. 

Are you creating new work while social distancing?

Actually, I keep doing the works I was doing. The present times have done some sort of parenthesis; people are not as eagerly calling to the galleries, no rush from museums, nor agitation from art-fairs... everything has slowed down. So, my artists friends and I are in a strange position: All this nervousness and adrenaline evaporated. I just spoke to a friend of mine who was about to exhibit in Washington (and who is really sad it is not longer happening) , whereas I am celebrating not having to enter the voragine and nervousness of the exhibitions I had planned this year. All the preparations, flights, being there... all those things that are not my favourite part of painting. Now I am enjoying quietly like a child who has the justification not to go to school.

Ignacio Iturria
Untitled, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
39 2/5 × 51 1/5 in
100 × 130 cm

Who are some other artists you are moved by right now? 

There are artists that always touch me, I can't see why it has to be in his precise moment. I haven't spoken with many of them, I don't know the situation they are in. Well,
I am touched by art in general, almost anyone who paints and specially by people who have been painting for longer than 10 years; one can sense the seriousness of what they are doing and whose work always gives us something to dwell on, to be touched by. Even the person who even trying to do it well hasn't found a message or something interesting is touching, because there is a sort of drama that is also valid and interesting. 
 

How are you staying in touch with your community or supporting other artists?

In the Iturria Foundation there is an art school with several teachers who keep teaching remotely online, and at some point I will be there too. I have also been asked by the Chancellery to send messages, which is not what I planned to do (because I haven't found my way around it) but regardless of my slow pace I will do it in the future.
 

What work of art in your home means the most to you?

I have a painting by Carlos Federico Saez, a very important painter in Uruguay, a virtuoso who died too young. By familial coincidence, I inherited the small painting, a landscape of Florence from the time he was living in Italy. After that, there's a painting of mine, a gigantic Willow plate in the dining room (that the family says we can't sell) which is about 2 meters by 1.3 meters and is already one with the space, a part of all the pictures of family gatherings.

Ignacio Iturria
El Lobo, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
72 × 68 in
182.9 × 172.7 cm

LUIS CRUZ AZACETA x ARTSY

How does art keep you going during difficult times?

Art is what always sustained me as a person & as an artist. We have ups & downs in life, economic difficulties, etc. Being a Cuban in exile, uprooted from my country were difficult times which made me adapt, persevere & have faith. To me, art keeps me grounded & engaged with reality.

How has your art practice been affected by self-isolation? In my case, to create art you have to be in isolation. I guess most artists are surrounded by 4 walls - isolation allows you to think, meditate & create ideas. This kind of isolation due to the virus which effects us all collectively in many ways besides being physically impacted we are also affected psychologically. Right now I have a series of paintings addressing the virus (covid19) like I did with the Aids epidemic (HIV) back in the ‘80s.

How are you staying creative?

For me, art is a necessity. I always stay creative - that’s why I make sure to have extra materials & art supplies on hand in my studio in case of a sudden event that may stop you form making art: you may not have the means to acquire the materials necessary - like at this moment. I’m never without materials. When I sell a work, part of the money goes towards materials. Might be a psychological factor for me--the importance of having supplies abundant at all times.

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Luis Cruz Azaceta Floating Head, 2008 Acrylic, chacoal, shellac on canvas "94x95.5"

Are you creating new work while social distancing?

The galleries are the ones facing social distancing at this point.

Who are some other artists you are moved by right now?

For me the artist that always keeps me going is Picasso - his endless energy & passion. To me, the greatest humanist is Jose Clemente Orozco.

How are you staying in touch with your community or supporting other artists?

I’ve supported many artists by writing recommendations for grants. The young artists I try to encourage them to have perseverance, discipline & tenacity.

What work of art in your home means the most to you?

FLOATING HEAD, 2008 - is a painting that I’ve had in my living room for the past two years. Its a head (self-portrait) surrounded by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. In New Orleans people suffered, lost their lives, homes, jobs & were displaced. This tragedy brings to mind the suffering within the horrific pandemic we’re experiencing now. The unexpected that shakes us to our core.

Luis Cruz Azaceta River Flow I, 2008 Acrylic, charcoal on canvas 98 × 95 1/2 in

Luis Cruz Azaceta Pandemic 3, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 72h x 96w in

ZONA MACO 2020 - Booth A122

Lyle O. Reitzel Contemporary Art Gallery has been invited to the 17th edition of the prestigious Latin American art fair Zona MACO Mexico 2020, presenting a solo show by renowned Cuban artist José Bedia. Zona MACO will present galleries from 26 countries representing the Americas, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe, starting February 5th to 9th at the Citibanamex Center. This event  will for the first time link four fairs simultaneously, bringing together Modern and Contemporary Art, Design, Photography and Antiques.

            In the words of José Bedia:

“It's flattering to be exhibiting in Mexico again within the Zona MACO. I have a cultural-affective bond with Mexico, firstly because of my studies, since I had the opportunity to visit the country for the first time (1986) and shortly after I lived there permanently (1990-1993). I feel indebted to Mexican culture and especially to its pre-Hispanic past and its living indigenous cultures. As far as possible, I continue to go to Mexico from time to time in order to assimilate these influences first-hand, which are a very important part of my own work. Returning to Mexico, for me, is an act of perpetual learning.”

José Bedia was a pioneer of the radical transformation of Cuban Art that inaugurated the Exhibition Volumen 1, in which he was an integral part of. His passion for the primal Amerindians complemented his anthropological studies on Afro-Transatlantic cultures, studying in depth the faith, beliefs and religion of the “La Regla Kongo” (in which he was initiated in 1983), the “ Regla de Ocha”, and the Leopard Society of Abakuas, among many others. His works are in very important private and Public collections such as Museo Nacional Palacio de Bellas Artes (La Habana),  MoMa (New York), Metropolitan Museum (New York), the Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC), Guggenheim (New York), Tate Modern (London), Smithsonian Museum (Washington), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), the Daros Collection (Zurich), MEIAC (Spain), DA2 (Spain), IVAM (Spain), CAAM (Spain),  MOCA (Los Angeles) and PAMM (Miami).

Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery participated in the beginnings of Zona MACO, then called MUESTRA 2’  in 2003, presenting a group show with José García Cordero and other up and coming caribbean artists.  Over the last 23 years the gallery has taken part in prestigious international fairs like FRIEZE(New York), ARCO(Madrid), VOLTA(New York), ArteBA(Buenos Aires), KIAF(Korea), PULSE(MIAMI), SCOPE(Miami/New York), Art Miami(Miami)

The galleries participating in Zona MACO are some of the most relevant in the world's capitals, such as La Caja Negra (Madrid), Enrique Guerrero (Mexico), Henrique Faria (New York), Kurimanzutto (Mexico), Galerie Lelong & Co. (New York), Lisson Gallery (London), Pace Gallery (New York), Ruth Benzacar (Buenos Aires), Galería Alfredo Ginocchio (Mexico) and La Cometa (Bogotá)

PROGRAM JAN - MAR 2020

JOSÉ BEDIA AT ZONA MACO 2020
5 - 9 FEB 2020 

LOR Gallery is thrilled to announce our participation by invitation with cuban icon José Bedia in Zona MACO 2020, on Booth A122, General Section.  ZⓈONAMACO, Latin America’s art fair, introduces a partial list of selected exhibitors for its 2020 edition, which will take place from February 5 to 9 in Centro Citibanamex,. For the first time, the fair will present in one same location modern and contemporary art, design, photography and antiques, gathering its four fairs (ZⓈONAMACO México Arte Contemporáneo, ZⓈONAMACO Diseño, ZⓈONAMACO Foto, and ZⓈONAMACO Salón) for ‘ZⓈONAMACO Art week.

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LOS BRAVÚ AT VOLTA NY 2020
5 - 8 MAR

We are pleased to announce our 5th participation in  VOLTA ART FAIR NEW YORK with Spanish duo LOS BRAVÚ , from Wed, Mar 4, 2020 – Sun, Mar 8, 2020 on Metropolitan West, New York. Most of their pictorial production emerges from their residences around the world. For this single show we present a selection of paintings made on both sides of the Atlantic, an artistic journey from a cultural standpoint, between West Africa and the Caribbean. During 2019, chance or destiny took Los Bravú to three outstanding destinations of the colonial past: Santo Domingo, Cadiz and Senegal. Their art is a constant reformulation of the academic resources of Renaissance and Baroque painting, worked from an ironic perspective focusing on the social and cultural peripheries.

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JOSÉ GARCÍA CORDERO - OPERA NEGRA
26 MAR 2020
 

We seal the first quarter with an astounding show by dominican master and french senate laureate José García Cordero with his OPERA NEGRA, a solo show comprising his darkest and most politically charged works to date. This event will take place in parallel locations LOR Gallery Santo Domingo, Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes and Centro de la Imagen, and will accompany a homonymous publication encompassing both past and recent artworks of monochrome nature. 

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Tania Marmolejo x ARTSY

INVITED BY ARTSY, THIS GREAT INITIATIVE'S GOAL IS TO CREATE CONTENT WITH ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTING HOW THEY ARE ENDURING THIS UNIQUE SITUATION, BRINGING THEIR VOICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING INSPIRATION FOR ALL.

How does art keep you going during difficult times?

Art is the outlet that keeps me grounded. No matter how bad a situation gets- if I can physically create something, then I feel I still exist. I’m still ok.

How has your art practice been affected by self-isolation?

It is a continuation of my normal life, with stricter measures. A normal day for me is painting isolated in my studio. Now that isolation is forced- It makes me crave human contact and search for deeper human meaning.

How are you staying creative?

It is a no- choice situation for me. I am lucky to have found space in my mother’s house- where I have been in quarantine, and am lucky I had materials already waiting for me here. I am creating constantly.

Tania Marmolejo,
I Always Come Back Here, 2019

oil on canvas
48 x 79in

Are you creating new work while social distancing?

Yes! I am very inspired, creating in a frenzied state. I haven’t painted this much- in such an urgent way, in a long time. I feel there is a specific situation, that is global and human, and I’d like to document it. I don’t want to live through it without learning something.

Who are some other artists you are moved by right now?

I am moved by the art of Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, and The German Expressionists. They lived through very hard times, the Spanish Flu is one- Munch survived and painted the experience, Schiele and Klimt for example did not survive. Munch is especially inspiring with his paintings of angst, sickness and human emotion. These artists have always inspired me for their very honest, raw art.

What work of art in your home means the most to you?

My Swedish Grandmother’s sketch book, from her young adult years. It is a mirror into my own soul, I have so much in common with her art yet never knew her. She has always inspired me.

Tania Marmolejo
I'll stay right here, 2019
Oil on linen
42h x 50w in
106.68h x 127w cm

The Kingdom of This World, Reimagined - OPENING DEC 6TH

The Kingdom of This World, Reimagined , curated by Professor in Art History in Texas Tech University Lesley A. Wolff, (Ph.D.) & organized by Marie Vickles, celebrates the 70th anniversary of Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier’s historical novel, The Kingdom of This World (1949). The story follows the trials and tribulations of Ti Noël, an enslaved laborer on a colonial sugar plantation in Saint Domingue. After Ti Noël’s friend, Makandal, loses his arm in an accident and flees the plantation, the events surrounding the Haitian Revolution are set into motion. During this volatile era of revolution and change, Ti Noël struggles to find a place for himself as a free man on an island where he was once enslaved. As Ti Noël’s journey unfolds, so too do the historical events before, during, and after the Haitian Revolution (circa 1791-1804), which Carpentier cleverly weaves into the fictional and marvelous tale of Ti Noël’s many spiritual and physical transformations. This storied novel is credited with helping to launch the literary genre of lo real maravilloso [the marvelous real] in the Western Hemisphere and has served as an archetypal framework for the comminglings of histories and imaginings in the Caribbean since its initial publication seventy years ago.

This exhibition brings to life the slippages of past and present manifest in Carpentier’s masterpiece through a dynamic grouping of contemporary artworks, each of which responds to the novel’s vivid and violent descriptions of colonial enslavement and the struggle for Black freedom and nation. Participating international artists include Dudley Alexis, José Bedia, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Scherezade García, Sergio García, José García Cordero, Simryn Gill, Leah Gordon, Roberto Juárez, and Maggie Steber. The works featured will emphasize painting, photography and mixed media compositions that utilize Carpentier’s imaginative work as the catalyst to engage dialogues about the “Global Caribbean” through themes of revolution, autonomy, history and Caribbean ecologies.

The Little Haiti Cultural Complex will host an opening reception for the exhibition from 4PM to 6PM on Friday, December 6, 2019, which will be precede and followed by receptions for related exhibition programming sponsored by the Little Haiti Cultural Center and the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance. All programs are free and open to the public.  

The exhibition will be on view by appointment from December 6, 2019 through January 20,
2020 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center Gallery Satellite Gallery, 307 NE 61 st St., Miami, Florida

Opening Re-Fresh

Lyle O. Reitzel is pleased to announce the Group Exhibition “Re-Fresh”, opening Thursday August 15th featuring recent works by Gustavo Peña, Santiago Ydañez, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Edouard Duval-Carríe, Jose García Cordero, Gerard Ellis. The gallery has invited the artists Walkind Rodriguez (DR), Fernanda Brunet (MX), Pierre Monestier (FR), Melissa Mejía-Rizik and Fernando Varela for the exhibit.

Special thanks to the marvelous turnout that joined us for the opening!

Luis Cruz Azaceta at Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans

About the Exhibition

At a time of heightened division both at home and abroad, imagining a world of shared experience and solidarity between ideologically opposed groups seems like the stuff of dreamwork. Difference, and what to do with it, remains the most significant question of our era and forces a consideration of the role that identity—or, the representation of the individual “self” through personal idiosyncrasies, language, actions, beliefs, appearance, experiences, and forms of social belonging and/or oppression—plays in grappling with heterogeneity in the sociopolitical sphere.

Identity Measures presents a diverse group of artists working in a range of material practices that engage identity not as a fixed structure, but as an insistently mobile and often resistant assemblage of traits and vulnerabilities. This exhibition is predicated on the understanding that identity is shaped by a variety of historical, racial, gendered, socioeconomic, geographical, physical, and ideological experiences through time. By opening up a dialogue about difference through the language of contemporary visual art, this exhibition claims that one’s structural location in the world matters to the articulation of personal and collective identity—a process that poses itself as a dynamic site of agency, creativity, resistance, visibility, ambiguity, and belonging.

This exhibition is organized by the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, and curated by Dr. Jordan Amirkhani. Support for this exhibition is provided by Sydney & Walda Besthoff, The Helis Foundation, the Welch Family Foundation, and the Visual Arts Exhibition Fund. This exhibition is also supported by the City of New Orleans through a Community Arts Grant, as well as by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council.

About Luis Cruz Azaceta

Luis Cruz Azaceta—a visual artist born in Havana, Cuba—is best known for his paintings, drawing, and mixed-media works. Azaceta emigrated to New York City at the age of 18 where he studied at the School of Visual Arts, and he has lived and worked in New Orleans since 1992. Over the course of his career, Azaceta’s work has addressed war, terrorism, displacement, identity, racism, and collapsing economies. Azaceta has exhibited extensively—both nationally and internationally—and has been awarded grants from organizations, such as The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Joan Mitchell Foundation. His work is in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Whitney Museum of Art, New York, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Museo De Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela, Marco, and Museo de Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, Mexico, among others.

Source: https://cacno.org/identitymeasures

LUIS CRUZ AZACETA AT LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY

Luis Cruz Azaceta presents at Louisiana Contemporary Exhibition at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans- August 3, 2019-January 5, 2020 Guest curator: David Breslin, Curator & Director of the Collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

About Louisiana Contemporary, Presented by The Helis Foundation Established in 2012

This statewide, juried exhibition promotes the contemporary art practices in the state of Louisiana, providing an exhibition space for the exposition of living artists’ work and engages a contemporary audience that recognizes the vibrant visual arts culture of Louisiana and the role of New Orleans as a rising international art center.

Artwork: 

Luis Cruz Azaceta 
APOCALYPSE NOW OR LATER, 2019
Mixed media on canvas
72″ x 72″ x 14.5″

FUNDACIÓN CORTES PRESENTS: TIEMPO, MODO, LUGAR: NUEVA SINTAXIS DE LA PLÁSTICA DOMINICANA

The exhibition drives cultural exchange between The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico – The President of Fundación Cortés, Ignacio Cortés Gelpí announced the opening to the general public last Friday 28th of June, of this new exhibition as well as celebration of the strong cultural, social and commercial relationship that unites Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

The peculiar exhibit “Tiempo, modo, lugar: Nueva Sintaxis de la plástica Dominicana” showcases the work of 14 fine artists, nine of them from the Dominican Republic and the rest foreigners, whose works are inspired in The Dominican Republic. 

“At the moment the Dominican Republic is immersed in optimism and vigor worthy of acknowledgment as well as emulation in a lot of instances. “Tiempo, modo, lugar” is a glance at the current perspective of some of the leading contemporary artists from Quisqueya”, pointed out Cortés. 

Cortés added that in the works displayed “you can feel the creative energy that is not only ingrained in what it means to be Dominican, but that is not afraid to search for inspiration and references in a globalized world, of which art cannot scape’”. 

The exhibition focuses as well on the impact that foreign artists have had in the evolution of modern and contemporary painting in the Dominican Republic. According to Cortés, the country has served as an oasis for a group of exceptional artists, who have had the opportunity to continue and develop their work, inspiring local artists, while nourishing their own work. This is why the exhibition includes works by Dominican artists alongside works created by their foreign counterparts. 

Curated by Dr. Adlin Ríos Rigau and Dr. Irene Esteves Amador, the exhibit examines works by artists Charlie Quezada, Raquel Paiewonsky, Gerard Ellis, José García Cordero, Hulda Guzmán, Jorge Pineda, Gustavo Peña, Quisqueya Henríquez, Fernando Varela, José Bedia, Ignacio Iturria, Rafael Ferrer, Eugenio Fernández Granell and Jorge Porto.

Dr. Riós Rigau was a lecturer in the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, where she taught Art History and Appreciation since 1975. She also holds a Bachelor’s Degree by the Universidad de Barcelona and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Central de Bayamón, PR. On her part, Dr. Esteves Amador is an art historian and conservationist. She took courses in Universidad de Puerto Rico, campus de Río Piedras and the Universidad de Sevilla, in Spain, where she obtained a doctor´s degree in restoration and conservation of paintings. 

“It is our goal that this exhibition will contribute in strengthing the relationship of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic even further, helping us to recognize, understand and enjoy the vitality that characterizes today the next door country”, concluded Cortés. 

The gallery of the Fundación will remain open to the public, weekly and free of cost, from Wednesday to Sunday, from eleven in the morning to five in the afternoon. It is located on the second and third floor of the Casa Cortés Building, in San Francisco street #210 in Old San Juan. 

About Fundación Cortés

Fundación Cortés is a nonprofit established in 2012 with the mission to educate and inspire with the passion for Caribbean Art. The foundation exhibits a selection of contemporary Caribbean artwork that’s used with educational purposes. You can follow them on social media @casacortespr and @fundacioncortes. Those interested in more information can call at 787-523-4642 or write at fundacioncortespr@gmail.com

FRIEZE N.Y. 2019: DIÁLOGOS AND ÉDOUARD DUVAL-CARRIÉ

Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery was honored by the invitation to participate with a solo show by laureate Haitian Master Edouard Duval-Carriè in the year ́s installment of Frieze N.Y., one of the most prestigious contemporary art fairs in the world, this past May 2019. The exhibition displayed in the section Diálogos is curated by Patrick Charpenel in celebration of the 50th anniversary of El Museo Del Barrio.

Installing My Life as a Tree.

Edouard Duval-Carrié is a contemporary artist and curator based in Miami, Florida. Born and raised in Haiti, at heart, Duval-Carrié is an educator: he challenges the viewer to make meaning of dense iconography derived from Caribbean history, politics, and religion. 
His mixed media works and installations present migrations and transformations, often human as well as spiritual. Duval Carrié fled the regime of “Papa Doc” Duvalier as a teenager and subsequently resided in places as diverse as Puerto Rico, New York, Montreal, Paris, and Miami. Parallels thus emerge between the artist’s cosmopolitan lifestyle and his artistic sensitivity toward the multifaceted identities that form his native Haiti. His works have been exhibited in significant museums, art institutions, and galleries in Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

Last year, Duval-Carrié celebrated various milestones. Among many was the completion of his largest piece to date: The Saga Of the Baobab, a corten steel structure standing 40 ft tall and weighing more than twenty tons, graces the central atrium of the Musée des Civilisations Noires in Dakar, Senegal, whose government bestowed the artist with The Ordre National du Lion Chevalier. On the same year, he was awarded the first Ellie’s Michaels Richard Award by The Art Center of South Florida acknowledging the artist’s originality and creativity throughout the decades. After residing in Miami for over thirty years, EDC was chosen to receive this recognition alongside an important commission to The Bass Museum in Miami Beach.

For this curated section, the artist created a self-portrait as a self-styled tree drawing from elements of his life. This waterjet-cut lit aluminum piece renders its roots floating and anchor-less. A series of drypoint on plexiglass attest to the artist pursuit of new techniques, as his portraits of challenged Soucouyants and Kings are constructed of bacteria and other microscopic entities.

The selection of new pieces that were exhibited in Diálogos portray Duval-Carrié’s exploration of themes such as silenced slavery and Haitian mythology. Characterized by their pristine aesthetics and meaningful storyline, their materiality and selective color palette captures the eye and highlight the message, while his hand etching and delicate placement of shapes and symbols create an ageless and abstract experience. Duval-Carrié’s work is and will remain to be admired and talked about through generations as well as diverse political climates.

Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery is the result of 24 years of hard work, successfully becoming a catalyst for artists in the contemporary art scene of the Dominican Republic. By vicariously working with a selection of Dominican, Caribbean and Latin American artists the gallery has placed the Dominican Republic in the artistic map. With the use of tools such as intuition, a critical eye and a particular taste that transcends fashion and cultural currents, LOR Gallery discovers new talents while continuing to support already established artists in a multicultural atmosphere. Elevating artists as well as allocating their pieces in both private and institutional international collections.

Through 2006-2010 the gallery established its presence in the international market opening a new space in Wynwood Art District. In June 2016 its branch in New York inaugurated with José García Cordero’s solo show titled “Tales From the Caribbean Nights”.

LOR Gallery has organized numerous exhibitions in museums, institutions, and galleries worldwide, including its participation in some of the most prestigious international art fairs such as ARCO, Madrid; VOLTA, New York; CONTEXT Art, Miami; Art Miami, CONTEXT New York, ARTE BA, Buenos Aires. PULSE Miami; SCOPE New York, SCOPE Miami’, ZONA MACO, México; MIART, Milano; KIAF, Korea, etc.

Frieze took place through May 1-5, 2019 at Randall’s Island Park.

EDOUARD DUVAL-CARRIÉ: FRIEZE N.Y 2019

Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery is honored by the invitation to participate with a solo show by laureate Haitian Master Edouard Duval-Carriè in the newest installment of Frieze N.Y., one of the most prestigious contemporary art fairs in the world, this May 2019. The exhibition displayed in the section Diálogos is curated by Patrick Charpenel in celebration of the 50th anniversary of El Museo Del Barrio.

Édouard Duval-Carrié My Life as a Tree, 2019 Mixed media on Aluminum (Back Lit) 81”x123”

Edouard Duval-Carrié is a contemporary artist and curator based in Miami, Florida. Born and raised in Haiti, at heart, Duval-Carrié is an educator: he challenges the viewer to make meaning of dense iconography derived from Caribbean history, politics, and religion. His mixed media works and installations present migrations and transformations, often human and spiritual. Duval Carrié fled the regime of “Papa Doc” Duvalier as a teenager and subsequently resided in locals as diverse as Puerto Rico, New York, Montreal, Paris, and Miami. Parallels thus emerge between the artist’s cosmopolitan lifestyle and his artistic sensitivity toward the multifaceted identities that form his native Haiti. His works have been exhibited in major museums, art institutions, and galleries in Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

In the last year, Duval-Carrié celebrated various milestones. Among many was the completion of his largest piece to date: The Saga Of the Baobab, a corten steel structure standing 40 ft tall and weighing more than twenty tons, graces the central atrium of the Musée des Civilisations Noires in Dakar, Senegal, whose government bestowed the artist with The Ordre National du Lion Chevalier. On the same year, he was awarded the first Ellie’s Michaels Richard Award by Art Center South Florida acknowledging the artist’s originality and creativity throughout the decades. After residing in Miami for over thirty years, EDC was chosen to receive this recognition alongside an important commission to The Bass Museum in Miami Beach.

For this curated section, the artist has created a self-portrait as a self-styled tree drawing from elements of his life. This waterjet-cut lit aluminum piece renders its roots floating and anchor-less. A series of drypoint on plexiglass attest to the artist pursuit of new techniques, as his portraits of challenged Soucouyants and Kings are constructed of bacterias and other microscopic entities.

Édouard Duval-Carrié Divine Soukouyout 2, 2019 Mixed media on aluminum 44h x 40w in

The selection of new pieces to be exhibited in Diálogos portray Duval-Carrié’s exploration of themes such as silenced slavery and Haitian mythology. Characterized by their pristine aesthetics and meaningful storyline, their materiality and selective color palette captures the eye and highlight the message, while his hand etching and delicate placement of shapes and symbols create an ageless and abstract experience. Duval-Carrié’s work is and will remain to be admired and talked about through generations as well as diverse political climates.

Édouard Duval-Carrié Little Crippled Haiti, 2018 Engraving on Plexiglass in artist frame 40h x 40w in

LOR Gallery is the result of 24 years of hard work, successfully becoming a catalyst to the contemporary art scene in the Dominican Republic. By vicariously working with a selection of Dominican, Caribbean and Latin American artists they have placed the Dominican Republic in the artistic map. With the use of basic tools such as intuition, a critical eye and a particular taste that transcends fashion and tendencies, LOR Gallery discovers new talents while supporting the established ones in a multicultural atmosphere. Because of this, they have elevated artists, placing their pieces in private and institutions international collections.

Through 2006-2010 LOR Gallery established its presence in the international market opening a new space in Wynwood Art District. In June 2016 its branch in New York inaugurated with José García Cordero’s solo show titled “Tales From the Caribbean Nights”.

LOR Gallery has organized numerous exhibitions in museums, institutions, and galleries worldwide, including its participation in some of the most prestigious international art fairs such as ARCO, Madrid; VOLTA, New York; CONTEXT Art, Miami; Art Miami, CONTEXT New York, ARTE BA, Buenos Aires. PULSE Miami; SCOPE New York, SCOPE Miami’, ZONA MACO, México; MIART, Milano; KIAF, Korea, etc.

Frieze will take place through May 1-5, 2019 at Randall’s Island Park.

OPENING LOS BRAVÚ: E’TO TIGUERE TAN BIEN CHIVO’

Gracias a todos los que nos acompañaron en el memorable Opening de Los Bravú, presentando “E’to Tiguere Tan Bien Chivo'”, su primera exposición individual en Santo Domingo, abierta al público hasta el 30 de mayo, 2019.

La galería Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo se complace en presentar, por primera vez en República Dominicana a uno de sus más recientes descubrimientos artísticos, la propuesta emergente a cargo del fantástico dúo español Los Bravú en nuestro espacio de la Torre Piantini, Cortesía de La Bodega.

PRIVÉE: E’TO TIGUERE TAN BIEN CHIVO’

La galería Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo se complace en presentar, por primera vez en República Dominicana a uno de sus más recientes descubrimientos artísticos, la propuesta emergente a cargo del fantástico dúo español Los Bravú en nuestro espacio de la Torre Piantini, Cortesía de La Bodega.

Gracias a todos los que nos acompañaron en el memorable Privée de Los Bravú, presentando ” E’to Tiguere Tan Bien Chivo’ “, su primera exposición individual en Santo Domingo, abierta al público hasta el 30 de mayo, 2019.

LOS BRAVÚ: “E’TO TIGUERE TAN BIEN CHIVO”

La galería Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo se complace en presentar, por primera vez en República Dominicana a uno de sus más recientes descubrimientos artísticos, se trata de la propuesta emergente del fantástico dúo español Los Bravú quienes exhibirán su solo show “‘E’to Tiguere Tan Bien Chivo’” el próximo 4 de abril, 2019 en nuestro espacio de la Torre Piantini de 7-10:30pm.

Los Bravú, nombre que traducido al gallego significa fragancia de animal silvestre, viven y trabajan en Pontevedra y están conformados por la pareja Dea Gómez (Salamanca, 1988) y Diego Omil (Pontevedra, 1989) ambos licenciados en Bellas Artes en la Universidad de Salamanca. Sus obras de una factura impecable y fresca, ejecutadas a cuatro manos, manifiestan un temprano lenguaje particular que se nutre de la iconografía renacentista, fusionada con elementos y espacios cotidianos de la vida contemporánea.  Los protagonistas de sus obras son jóvenes anónimos de miradas absortas que recorren escenas de gran formato con referencias a las nuevas tecnologías y comunicación digital.

Los Bravú en Samaná, República Dominicana

La novel dupla, con una carrera en franco ascenso, son los invitados a formar parte de la segunda edición de la Residencia/Taller “El Portillo”, Samaná con la colaboración de Valeria De Moya. En este espacio idílico caribeño producirán parte esencial de las obras a exhibirse en LOR Gallery. La primera experiencia de este proyecto piloto fue ejecutada en 2016 por el maestro Uruguayo Ignacio Iturria quien nos dejó huellas indelebles con su impronta.

Los Bravú han expuesto en galerías y festivales internacionales como el FIN de Angoulême, JUSTMAD, Estampa y Matadero Madrid, El Parche en Bogotá. Sus obras forman parte de las colecciones DKV y de la Real Academia de España en Roma. Recientemente, ingresan a la importante ‘Fundación Casa Cortés’, San Juan, Puerto Rico, y ‘Colección Mariano Yera’, una de las más importantes de España, la cual abarca pintura de gran formato de la segunda mitad del siglo XX a la actualidad.

La exposición estará abierta al público hasta el 15 de mayo del 2019 en Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery Santo Domingo.