JANUARY 2014 ART WALK
Food And Art For 2014
Andres Risquez presents his "Currency" series
Andres Ignacio Risquez was born in the United States of America in 1978 and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. This combination of cultures has been present in his life and especially in his artwork.
Andres is a graphic designer and visual artist, born in a family with strong background in art. Since childhood he was strongly influenced by visits to museums, art exhibitions, galleries, biennials, and artistic activities in general. Among his family Andres has filmmakers, artists, curators, Art Critics and musicians with international presence.
As an adult, Andres decided to study Graphic Design and Industrial Design at the Design School of Caracas, where he graduated as a Graphic Designer, took classes in painting, materials resistance among others, all of this helped him to find his passion.
He admits his work to be heavily influenced by great masters such as Keiichi Taanami, Takashi Murakami, Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichstenstein and Gunter Sachs.
His work is characterized by the use of techniques like graphic synthesis and graphics, comics, halftones, templates, patterns and typography. Collage and Assemblage are key in developing many of them. The stencils and a bit of graffiti have been included in some of the pieces, including illustrations, giant icons and heroes.
During Andres’s career he’s been involved with some important art collectors, achieving presence in private collections such as Juan Esteban Aristizabal "Juanes" collection - 2010 Stock Series Bounty Hunter, set of 3 pieces w / or 12x24 inches. Orozco Family collection - 2011 Collection BASTOS, Diptych 60x60 inches. Campbell Mancini - 2012 Series Collection’s SK8 (skate) series of 3. 32x8 inches.
From 2007 his art evolved its way to the painting of murals in public spaces, characterizing his work and reinforcing the urban character, present in all of his pieces. Andres has participated in group exhibitions in many galleries, like The Diaspora Vibe Gallery size, LMNT, American Art, Art Basel Miami, FL and his work has been published in the book, THE LOGOS Compass Publishing Die-Gestalten, Berlin, October 2010.
January Art walk
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Enrique “SERO” Cruz
Enrique “SERO” Cruz is recognized today as one of the most influential artist of his time. Like the great masters of early history he is a true original. His work is an extension of the unbridled creative process at its best.
“SERO” has taken his natural talent for art and dedicated his life to mastering his craft. The artist defines the term “Jack of all trades”. “SERO” has excelled at utilizing various art forms including street art, graffiti art, pop art, realism, illustrations and others.
In his work, “SERO” utilizes a combination of elements that make each piece unique. The codes, the secret inscriptive language, the stories, puzzles, and images leave a roadmap to the artist’s imagination while documenting his original intent for the work. In doing so, “SERO” provides a clever authentication tool for collectors, investors and museums.
In 1978, a family member introduced “SERO” to graffiti art. He recalls that day as the birth of his destiny. Today “SERO” has been dubbed as one of “THE LAST KINGS” to come out of the golden era of New York’s graffiti movement of the 1980’s. Thirty years later, he continues to transcend the test of time by pushing the envelope with countless styles. He is currently affiliated with crews such as (FBA-FC-IBM and SCW).
ART NEWS magazine featured his most recent work after garnering attention stemming from two book publications on Graffiti art and his Art Basil Debut in 2010 in which he was featured on CNN and ESPN while painting live at the American Airlines Arena during a game. “SERO”s” work was published in the book MIAMI GRAFFITI by James and Karla Murray and the HISTORY OF AMERICAN GRAFFITI by Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon. “SERO” has captured the attention of the mainstream population on a global scale.
He has done commissioned work for top celebrities and has also worked with artists like Recording Artist/Actor (Mark Anthony), Tupac Shakur, Wyclef Jean, Omar Epps, Actor (Ernie Hudson), Gilbert Godfrey, Andrew “DICE” clay, Andre McCardle (Annie- Broadway Show), Legendary quarterback Lawrence Taylor (N.Y. GIANTS) to name a few. His most recent commissioned work has been for legendary baseball player “Manny Ramirez”.
“SERO” also has to his credit numerous television appearances in a variety of venues including HBO, EXTRA, CNN, ESPN, NBC, ABC, MTV, USA network, TELEMUNDO, and UNIVISION.
His talents extend beyond art. He has also done work in dance, fashion and film. While living in New York ”SERO” ventured on to the fashion world for the upper class elite which lead him to open his own boutique shop. His credits also include a minor role in the film “The Substitute” in which he also appeared and was credited for rewriting the script and assisted in directing the film.
His vision is to create impactful masterworks utilizing his broad talents in a way that has never been experienced before and leave behind a legacy for future generations.
Rey Jaffet
Jaffet's artistic style is described as “encompassing modern realism along with urban influences.”
Jaffet’s says he also works with oils, acrylics, mixed media, graffiti and designs sneakers.
Jaffet, who lives in Kendall, is the son of physical therapist parents; his father is an athletic trainer for the Miami Heat. Jaffet has the support of his family and two respected local artists — Miguel Paredes and Enrique "Sero" Cruz — who have taken Jaffet under their wing. “They’ve been wonderful to me,” he said
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/30/3119952/artwork-of-young-miami-dade-artist.html#storylink=cpy
Dodit Artawan
Postmodern yet traditional (Dodit is
inclined towards still life), he uses
western pop culture to reflect the social
implications of globalization.
Put together, Barbie acts like sales
promotion girls, a conduit to the gender
politics of industrial products like
cigarettes, cars, electronic products, and
the theme of the exhibition itself –
alcohol consumerism. While alcohol is
not a foreign invention (fermented drinks
exist in all cultures), alcohol culture as it
is – and the brands – is
distinctively western.
A student of hyper-realism, Dodits’
paintings have the illusion of reality, but
upon closer inspection the hyper-realism
of his works seems to crack revealing the
artifice within. You could almost liken it
to advertising, “in photo realism –
hyper-realism paintings, there are social,
political, or psychological aspects that the
artists want to convey, some
even critique the theme they present
Juan Asnares
Juan Asnares was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1967. From an early age, Juan showed passion for the world of arts, devoting most of his life to artwork and his second passion, gastronomy.
Since adolescence he was polishing his skills taking art workshops, drawing and painting, as well as graphic design and photography, which would lead him to discover a wide range of tools of artistic expression. Over the years he evolved spiritual and artistically. This helped him to translate his own dreams and theories into his art. Although he knew scholarly techniques, he never let the influences of these lead him from his desire to evolve and express himself freely in a natural and pure way. This is why the range of styles in his works has an urgent need to express without fear or limits a world full of images and messages. In each of his creative stages his dreams, perception of time, the current, the pure and the present, all converge. In his words he describes art as:
Eliana Iturbe
Nature has a primordial grip on my soul, but I’ve never been surrounded by it. I have experienced much of the nature I know in a very synthetic way, consuming it through books, television, the internet. I am a tourist in nature. When I want to see something more real, I visit a zoo, an aquarium, a natural history museum, botanical gardens. I am a human from the Anthropocene, the digital age, a media-saturated culture. Like fire, water, and wind, we are a force that shapes the earth. My work is about nature after humans; nature after our deliberate attempts to shape it; nature as a side effect of human or cosmic interventions; nature as utopian fantasy or terrifying apocalypse. My fantasies are a biodiversity of hybrid creatures, decadence, and humor.
My creative brain rifles through past experiences, images I have seen, stories I have heard, flavors and aromas I have tasted and smelled. Like a jazz musician I improvise and make my own Wunderkammers from these swirling memories. Like Dr. Frankenstein, I combine and create my own creatures. My methods are varied and promiscuous. From film to cooking, science to superstition, I appropriate tools and techniques from many different practices. I feel like a cultural cannibal, a sponge absorbing everything from Disney to shrunken heads from the Amazon rainforest. The alternate universe of cartoons fascinates me, where many rules are broken and reality is reinterpreted: animals can talk, limbs can stretch like chewing gum, flesh can melt like chocolate, aliens take shape, super strength, bizarre abilities, anything and everything is possible.
My work is about metamorphosis. I create psychotic landscapes and fantastic zoologies where nature hangs on to its power to adapt. My message is not a red alert. It’s not a warning about the horrors to come and the irreversible penalties we may suffer. I capture nature dying, yet dealing with its own death.