EVEY FINE ART New York Exhibition - Flatiron House 2024
C. LOUIS BLANK
CHARLES LOUIS BLANK (B. HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, 1948) HAS BEEN WORKING AS A CONTEMPORARY ARTIST FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HE RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. EARLY IN HIS CAREER, HIS DREAM-LIKE PAINTINGS OF DISQUIETING FIGURES, WHICH INCORPORATED MYSTICISM, ICONIC DISTORTION, AND PICTORIAL DRAMA, LABELED HIM AS ONE OF THE FEW "VISIONARY IMAGISTS" OF THE TIME.
HE ACHIEVED FAME IN THE 1980S. IN 1994, HE WAS FORCED TO STEP BACK FROM THE ART WORLD DUE TO HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH BUT HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE WITHIN HIS PAINTINGS EVER SINCE.
AROUND 2010, FOLLOWING HIS MOTHER'S PASSING, HE BECAME ENTIRELY HOMEBOUND. HIS WORK TRANSITIONED BETWEEN THE OX FIELD BEHIND HIS HOUSE AND PURE ABSTRACTION, INCORPORATING HIS EXPRESSIONIST COLOR SCHEME AND STYLE OF THICKLY LAYERED PAINT. HE DRAWS FROM THE VOCABULARY OF LOUISIANA’S CULTURAL HERITAGE AND HIS DYSTOPIAN, SURREALISTIC LANDSCAPES ACT AS A FOIL TO THE BUCOLIC NOSTALGIA OF HIS OX FIELD SERIES, A METAPHOR OF A COUNTRY ONLY EXISTING AS A MEMORY AND THE SENSE OF IMPENDING ERADICATION ENCAPSULATED IN THE SMALL STRIP OF LAND AS A LAST STRONGHOLD.
BLANK'S WORKS ARE PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION IN THE NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART AND THE HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART.
WORMHOLE, 2013, ACRYLIC ON PAPER
14.5 X 10.75 IN / 26 X 22.25 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
ASCENSION, 2011, ACRYLIC ON WATERCOLOR PAPER
18 X 24 IN / 27.5 X 33.25 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
UNTITLED DISTRACTION, 2021, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD
24 X 18 IN / 27.5 X 21.5 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
NIGHT REFLECTIONS, 2020, OIL ON CANVAS BOARD
14 X 11 IN / 17.5 X 14.5 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
TWO TREES, 2023, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD
8 X 10 IN / 11.5 X 13.5 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
PORTRAIT OF ROSE, 2019, ACRYLIC ON PAPER
12 X 8.5 IN / 23.75 X 20 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
UNTITLED, 2023, ACRYLIC ON PAPER
8 X 8 IN / 25 X 25 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
UNTITLED, 2023. MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
12 X 16 IN / 21.25 X 25.25 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
UNTITLED, 2023, MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
14 X 10 IN / 25.5 X 21.5 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
UNTITLED, 2023, MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
14 X 10 IN / 25.5 X 21.5 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
UNTITLED ABSTRACTION, 2023, ACRYLIC ON PAPER
17.5 X 23.5 / 27.5 X 33.5 (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
STORM OVER OX FIELD, 2023, ACRYLIC ON PAPER
18.25 X 24 IN / 26 X 33 IN (FRAMED)
C. LOUIS BLANK
RIGOBERTO MENA
RIGOBERTO MENA IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF CUBA'S MOST RENOWNED ART VISIONARIES AND LEADING ABSTRACTIONISTS. HIS ARTISTIC STYLE IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN INTELLECTUAL APPROACH, DELVING INTO THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE AND DEPTH WHILE INCORPORATING ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. WITH A TRAINED EYE OF AN ARCHITECT AND THE SKILLED HAND OF AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST, MENA HAS THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM RIGID URBAN LANDSCAPES INTO A FLUID VISUAL LANGUAGE.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, MENA HAS GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM WITH SOLO EXHIBITIONS HELD IN PRESTIGIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS CHINA, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, MEXICO, CUBA, SPAIN, FRANCE, HOLLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING MIAMI, MASSACHUSETTS, WASHINGTON D.C., AND CALIFORNIA. FOLLOWING THE INAUGURATION OF HIS NOTABLE EXHIBITION TITLED "HABLANDO EN LENGUAS" IN 2011, RIGOBERTO'S ARTWORK WAS SELECTED TO BECOME A PERMANENT PART OF THE ESTEEMED COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ART IN HAVANA. MENA'S EXCEPTIONAL ARTWORK CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART IN LOS ANGELES (MOLAA), CONSEJO NACIONAL DE LAS ARTES PLASTICAS IN HAVANA, AND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART WILFREDO LAM IN HAVANA.
RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 36 X 36 IN
RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 36 X 36 IN
RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 54 X 55 IN
RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 51 X 51 IN
UNTITLED, 2023, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 57 X 42.5 IN RIGOBERTO MENA
RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 76 X 54 IN
COLLAGE NO.4, 2023
MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE, 30 X 37.5 IN / 38 X 29.5 IN (FRAMED)
RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, 2024, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 20 X 20 IN RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 36 X 36 IN RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, 2024, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 20 X 20 IN RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, 2022, MIXED MEDIA MONOPRINT
22 X 25 IN / 25 X 28.5 IN FRAMED
RIGOBERTO MENA
UNTITLED, 2022, MIXED MEDIA MONOPRINT
20 X 24.5 IN / 28 X 24 IN (FRAMED)
RIGOBERTO MENA
CARLOS LLANES
CARLOS LLANES, BORN ON MAY 18TH, 1965 IN MELENA DEL SUR, CUBA, GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA WITH A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE. KNOWN FOR HIS ABSTRACT STYLE, LLANES CREATES COMPOSITIONS THAT REFLECT THE UNIVERSE OF THE INDETERMINATE AND TRANSFORM IT INTO UNOBSTRUCTED FORMS. HIS WORKS EMBODY THE INTRICATE STRUGGLES BETWEEN CONFLICTING FORCES, CREATING HARMONIOUS SURFACES THAT CAPTIVATE THE VIEWER'S EYE. THROUGH A SOOTHING FLOOD OF PERCEPTUAL STIMULI, LLANES ACHIEVES A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE BEHOLDER'S PERCEPTION AND HIS OWN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
NOT LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC STYLE OR GENRE, CARLOS LLANES DEMONSTRATES HIS VERSATILITY THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT MEDIA. WITH SKILLFUL PRECISION, HE TRANSFORMS EVERYDAY OBJECTS LIKE HIS FAMOUS HAVANA CLUB RUM FILTERS INTO PROFOUND ARTISTIC STATEMENTS THAT INVITE US TO SEE THE BEAUTY WITHIN THE MUNDANE.
LLANES HAS HAD AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER WITH OVER 100 SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS ACROSS VARIOUS COUNTRIES INCLUDING CUBA, ITALY, SWEDEN, AND THE UNITED STATES. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CUBAN ART HAVE EARNED HIM RECOGNITION AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PAINTERS OF HIS GENERATION. HIS REMARKABLE WORK CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN HAVANA AND HE WILL REPRESENT CUBA IN THE 2023 FLORENCE BIENNALE.
ENTRE CIELO Y MAR, 2024, OIL AND PASTEL ON CANVAS, 80 X 64 IN
CARLOS LLANES
UNTITLED, 2023, OIL ON CANVAS, 51 X 80
CARLOS LLANES
A PLACE TO CALL HOME, 2024, OIL ON CANVAS, 51 X 82 IN
CARLOS LLANES
LOS DE ARRIBA E LOS DE ABAJO - THOSE ABOVE AND THOSE BELOW, 2024
OIL ON CANVAS , 63.5 X 87 IN
CARLOS LLANES
LLANES
PAZ EN ALTA MAR / PEACE ON THE HIGH SEAS, 2024
MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 60 X 90 IN
CARLOS
LA IZQUIERDA ESTA OSCURA, 2022, OIL ON CANVAS, 55 X 39 IN CARLOS LLANES
CARLOS LLANES
PUNTOS DI SENCIBILIDAD - SENSIBILITY POINTS, 2022
MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS, 37 X 53 IN
UNTITLED, 2024, ACRYLIC, PENCIL & PASTEL ON CANVAS, 66 X 66 IN
CARLOS LLANES
RECORDANDO, 2024, OIL ON CANVAS, 50.5 X 63 IN CARLOS LLANES
HORIZON, 2023, OIL ON CANVAS, 47.5 X 47.5 IN / 48.5 X 48.5 (FRAMED)
CARLOS LLANES
LANDSCAPE, 2006 - 2022 OIL AND MIXED MEDIA ON RUM FILTER
23 X 24 IN / 32 X 32.5 IN (FRAMED)
CARLOS LLANES
23 X 23.5 IN / 31 X 32.5 IN (FRAMED)
RUM FILTER , 2006 - 2022, OIL ON RUM FILTER
CARLOS LLANES
RUBEN RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ
Ruben Rodriguez Martinez (b. 1959, Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba) graduated from the Provincial School of Plastic Arts in Villa Clara in 1975 and from the National School of Plastic Arts in Havana, Cuba in 1980 with a degree in painting, engraving and drawing
Ruben is the founder of the Experimental Serigraphy (Screen Printing) Workshop, “Rene Portocarrero" and was a professor at the Engraving Department at the Cuban University of Arts (ISA) in Havana & Fundació Miró Mallorca Museum in Palma, Spain. He has received the Distinction for National Culture in Havana, Cuba, along with the Distinction for Artistic Value. His art is featured in museums, galleries and private collections in Germany, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Iran, Venezuela, Portugal, France and Cuba
