Saturday, August 7, 2021

J Todd Allison: Inspired Memories

 J. Todd Allison: "Differentiating Recollections", the title of his series at G-Spot Contemporary Art Gallery

From the artist: "The birds serve the relationship metaphor, whether building, destroying, or just providing a path outside the compositions." 

"Lost and Occasionally Found"

"Always the Others"

"Offering Hygieia"

"Warble"

"Deliberations"

"Id's Treasure"

Latoya Hobbs: Pattern, Rhythm, Contrast and an exploration of identity

 Latoya Hobbs: Utilizing stark contrast, pattern, rhythm to explore visions of Identity

"How Johnetta Taught Us to Pray"
2020, Acrylic, collage, and relief carving on wood

"Lunar Blessing" 2017, woodcut

"Self-Portrait" woodcut on canvas
(above 3 works viewed at Blue Star Contemporary Art Gallery)

"Kafinwe"

"Portrait of a Mother"

Carlos Garaicoa: 2D to 3D Planar Sculptures

 Carlos Garaicoa: "Ciudad Doblada (Roja)" a series of 102 hand-cut pieces inspired by the 'pop-up'. A variety of architectural images are suggested by the balance of positive and negative spaces as well as the transition from 2D to 3D





On view at the MFA-Houston


Lygia Clark: "Bichos" interactive sculptures

 Lygia Clark's "Bichos" are interactive planar sculptures






The above images from the MFA-Houston





Jean Tinguely: Fascination with speed and motion

 Jean Tinguely has a fascination with speed and motion in his mixed media 'meta-mechanical' sculptural constructions.

"Relief méta-mécanique" at the MFA-Houston




Note his design process



Niki de Saint Phalle: Taking aim at the violence of the times

 Niki de Saint Phalle: A variety of  mixed media including plaster, wire, paint, found object, wood, toys.

She treated the objects as a shooting gallery, exploding paint all over, on, in and throughout the work. In her words: "I took aim at the violence of the times"

"Gorgo in New York"

Details below





Her Life and Work HERE

Work on view at the MFA-Houston

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Ergin Inan: Expressive Portraits

 Ergin Inan: Bold use of color, value, texture, brush stroke and contrast in his expressive portraits.

On ArtNet and on Artsy

Billinmeyen Portre

From the 'Icon' series

"I offer my eyedrops as a vine of color in order to see your beauty"

Potre 1

Potre 2

Potre


Thameur Mejri: Layering of images and Ideas

 Tunisian Artist Thameur Mejri layers images using a variety of lines, shapes, spaces, colors, values utilizing a range of drawing and 2-D Media including pencil, charcoal, acrylic, and oil paint

See More Work via ARTSY

Deactivate, 2020

Experimental Urges

Heretic Spaces 3

Two Figures at War

Thursday, June 3, 2021