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The Venezuelan artist wrestles with the seeming rigidity of the grid in pursuit of something truly abstract.
Composed of a partially stretched canvas divided into 25 squares and filled with small sandbags on the inside,
Untitled (1971) is one of Venezuelan artist Eugenio Espinoza’s many unique variations on the grid. Playfully humorous and seriously inquisitive, Espinoza seems to accept as a challenge the art-historical proposition that the grid is “impervious to change.”[1] He takes the monochromatic gridded canvas and cuts it into pieces, fills it with organic materials, wraps it around human bodies, or lets it flow freely in the wind.
Exhibition of mixed media works from the 1980s by Silvio Merlino opens at Nohra Haime Gallery
Silvio Merlino, La Stanza Delle Lucciole, 1991, mixed media on canvas, 74 3/4 x 114 in. 190 x 289.5 cm.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Beings of Light is an exhibition of mixed media works from the 1980s by Italian artist Silvio Merlino, on view from May 12 through June 12. Merlinos works have been shown internationally, most notably at the Venice Biennale, Nohra Haime Gallery, and throughout Europe.
Inspired by Italian landscapes, Italian artist Silvio Merlino creates magical environments where the power of nature collides with mans struggle to control it. Through his work we enter day-glo fantasies of a universe where beauty, elegance and grace are created through phantasmagorical collages utilizing fake fur, flippers, corals, glass candy and grated glass that shimmers.
Cities for art
If you fancy spending part of your visit admiring great art, destinations don’t come much better than Spain. And it’s not only the best-known cities which are worth a visit. Check out these altrnatives.
Toledo and Cuenca. The fascinating medieval city of Toledo, with its Visigothic, Islamic, Jewish and Christian heritage should definitely be on any art lovers list, as should nearby Cuenca, a wondrous place, seemingly about to topple off its eagle’s-eyrie perch high above a gorge, where highlights include one museum featuring works by El Greco and another packed with works by Saura, Tapies and Chillida amongst others.