“Summer” July 7 - August 29th
CARLY IVAN GARCIA and BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
FEBRUARY 2 - MARCH 19 Reconstructed Abstractions of the Urban Experiences
Zener Schon Contemporary Art 23 Sunnyside Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941 www.zenerschongallery,com info@zenerschongallery.com 415.738.8505
“Summer” July 7 - August 29th
CARLY IVAN GARCIA With deep roots in the New York Abstract Expressionist movement, Carly Ivan Garcia’s art developed in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area art scene. Like Warhol, he has created a system of symbols including spinning cubes, circles, and triangles that he integrates with lines he creates that are “borrowed” from the paintings he created before. In the tradition of Jackson Pollack, he uses consistent kinetic motions with his body with his brushwork as a nontangible symbol within his visual language. However despite these intentional echoes of the past, his work is very much a product of his experience of today . Having launched his career both as a painter and a collage artist, his current work is executed with a strong affinity to that of a painter without dismissing the practice of balancing various elements including text and binary code with his abstract expression style. These 0110s float about flat planes of color with a kaleidoscopic effect mirroring the pace of our current daily dependence with technology. Working from the subconscious, Garcia’s paintings depict the contemporary experience through the eyes of an artist. His response embraces systematic themes ranging from the medical industry, prison systems to economics shifts that affect his artist community on an individual level. Intentionally using beautiful cold colors to convey emotion, his line leads the viewer through intense compositions with fluidity and at times playfulness. While personal experiences of physical pain informing series of the past, this current series speak of the idea of the continuum of the urban technic logical experience not only the Bay Area, but also any major urban center today. Breaking ground in 2009 as an artist and as a curator, Carly has exhibitions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, nd New York, Los Angeles and Rome. His paintings have been featured at Miami Basel and at the 22 International Art Fair in Istanbul in 2012. In 2015, Zener Schon Contemporary Art featured Garcia’s work in a group show “From East to West: A Bi-Coastal Dialogue” and featured his work at the 2015 SF Art Market Art Fair along side the works of Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg.
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Popcorn” 68” x 44”, Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite, Watercolor, Oil, Epoxy, Spray Paint on Panel, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Ecstatic” 72” x 48”, Oil on Canvas, 2016
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
”Sweets” 60” x 48”, Oil and Ink on Canvas, 2016
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Pharmacy Lego” 66” x 44”, Acrylic, Ink, Crayon, Marker, Staples, Glue, Paper, 2014
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Chase The Gift”
72” x 48”, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 2016
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Geometric Location” 35” X 24” Oil on Canvas, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Red Swivel” 48” x 48”, Oil on Canvas, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Daha Daha" 48” x 48”, Oil and Spray Paint on Canvas, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Urban Experience 117 (Head Study)” 48” x 48”, Ink and Acrylic on Canvas, 2016
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“White Space 01” 48” x 36”, Oil and Acrylic on Panel, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Icon 01” 48” x 36”, Oil and Acrylic on Panel, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“White Space 02” 24” x 24”, Acrylic on Canvas, 2016
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Kaboom Kaboom” 24” x 24”, Ink, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
How Much Did You Love? 24” x 24”, Oil on Canvas, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Twilight” 24” x 24”, Oil, Acrylic, Spray Paint, and Ink on Canvas, 2016
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Urban Experience Red” 12” x 12”, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2012
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Blumma Color Field” 36” x 36”, Oil, Acrylic, Paper, Spray Paint, Screws, Staples, Pencil, Crayon on Panel, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Figure 11” 24” x 24”, Oil and Spray Paint on Canvas, 2016
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“23” 20” x 18”, Oil and Spray Paint on Canvas, 2015
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“Us” 12” x 9”, Acrylic and Latex Paint on Canvas, 2011
CARLY IVAN GARCIA
“All Around” 48” X 48” Oil on Canvas, 2015
“Summer” July 7 - August 29th
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA From a young age, Benito Rangel de Maria was set on a path that interweaved disparate cultural and geographical boundaries. Although born in Michoacán, Mexico in 1970, the artist grew up in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago bordered by pockets of diverse ethnic cultures that ultimately influenced his outlook on the world. Rangel de Maria received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from Lake Forest College in Chicago, IL, with a concentration in printmaking with a focus on monotypes. His work was strongly influenced by the powerful yet intimate works on paper of American artist Helen Frankenthaler. He also had the opportunity to study abroad, initially in Paris advancing his fluency in French and knowledge of Art History, followed with an internship at Sotheby’s in Madrid. After graduation, he was invited to intern at The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. Daily practices of studying the museum’s permanent collection in order to support his various docent duties surrounded him with an incomparable breath of knowledge and a top-notch community of international colleagues and institutions. It was here where Benito formed an inspirational connection with the work of Rufino Tamayo and Joseph Cornell. Tamayo’s Heavenly Bodies presented pre-Columbian imagery with European Modernism within the unlimited boundaries of the universe. Simultaneously, Benito was juxtaposing Tamayo’s work with that of Joseph Cornell, whose box constructions housed concepts of travel and voyage. For Benito, Cornell created a complete universe within the physical limitations of his basement studio. Following Venice, Rangel de Maria continued in Lugano, Switzerland to join the ARCH Foundation where he coordinated conservation and restoration projects including efforts in St. Petersburg, Russia and Dubrovnik, Croatia. His mind was fully engaged in ideas of cross contemporary cultures as he traveled from one border to another. The notions of physical boundaries highlighted memories of the borders he and his family had crossed years ago. Rangel de Maria’s work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions. His works have also been included in juried group exhibitions, including the Palm Springs Art Museum and the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. In February 2015, Rangel de Maria’s work was launched in a solo exhibition at and highlighted at the 2015 Art Market San Francisco by Zener Schon Contemporary Art. He has recently been awarded a 2016 Monte Azul Artist Residency in Costa Rica through Michael Martin’s MMG Foundation. Rangel de Maria is currently based in San Francisco.
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
“BLAZE 214” 35.5” X 72” Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite, Ink, Found Paper, Correction Tape, Mixed Media on Paper (Framed), 2015
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
“BLAZE 218” 30” X 65.25” Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite, Ink, Found Paper, Mixed Media on Paper (Framed), 2015
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
“PORTRAIT IN RED” 13” X 17.75” Acrylic, Graphite, Ink, India Ink, Marker, Ink Jet Print on Paper (Framed), 2015
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
“PORTRAIT IN YELLOW” 42” X 56” Acrylic, Graphite, India Ink, Marker, Ink Jet Print on Paper (Framed), 2016
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
“URBAN ABSTRACT STUDY I” 13” X ”19 Mixed Media Collage on Paper, 2015
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
“URBAN ABSTRACT STUDY II” 13” X ”19 Mixed Media Collage on Paper, 2015
BENITO RANGEL DE MARIA
“UNTITLED (UPWARD)” 40” X ”26 Mixed Media Collage on Paper, 2015