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Tony Vazquez-Figueroa’s Petrocultural Imaginary
By Pietro Daprano.Tony Vazquez-FigueroaPetropias I / La Rinconada, 2021Archival print of a found agfachrome slide manipulated with laser cut and acrylic (Positive). Edition 3/3 + 2 AP15,5 x 21 in (39,4 x 53,3 cm)Tony Vazquez-Figueroa (1970) is a Venezuelan-born artist based in...
Crossroads in Marcelo Montealegre’s Photography
By Pietro Daprano.Marcelo MontealegreUntitled (Edie Sedgwick I), 1967Photography13 x 19 in (33,02 x 48,26 cm)Marcelo Montealegre (Puerto Montt, Chile 1936) is a migrant photographer who has lived in New York City since 1968. His photography work has been related to...
The effects of invisibility on Liu Bolin
By Pietro Daprano.Liu Bolin Hiding in California, N 1 TED Hollywood 2008, Photography. Edition 3/6Liu Bolin was born in 1973 in Shandong, China, and studied sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, graduating with an MFA in 2001. Seeking to disappear into the...
The mimetics in Robert Zuckerman’s portraits
By Pietro Daprano.Robert G. Zuckerman Mia Kirshner (Time machine series) 1997, PhotographyRobert Zukerman's (b. 1955 Tampa d. 2022 Miami, United States) portraits of actors in the film industry have become iconic images that honor their subjects. His work represented reality in...
Sustained Spaces in the work of Jennifer Basile
By Pietro Daprano.Jennifer BasileCoot Bay Pond2021Black ballpoint pen on paper14 x 11 in (35,6 x 28 cm)One of the works that often catches our attention at the Fuentes Angarita Collection is Coot Bay Pond, 2001 by Jennifer Basile (b. 1973, Manhasset, NY) due to the sustainable,...
Sound variations as visual material in Richard Garet
By Pietro Daprano.Richard Garet. Perceptual Sonic Landscape. Midnight Blink, 2015. Moving Image. 00 02 50Richard Garet (Montevideo, 1972) is a multimedia artist who received an MFA from Bard College, USA, and was part of Soundings: A Contemporary Score at MoMA, New York, in...
The Hedonistic Era of Ultra Violet’s Last Supper
By Pietro Daprano.Ultra Violet. The Last Supper, 1972. Photography. 9 x 14 in (23 x 35,5 cm). © Ultra Violet.Isabelle Collin Dufresne (French/American, b.1935 in La Tronche-d.2014 in New York) was a bohemian superstar performer and actress in dozens of Andy Warhol's...
Ideology, History and the Significant in Gonzalo Fuenmayor
By Pietro Daprano.Gonzalo Fuenmayor Mr. Bananaman, 2013 Photography. Edition 2/5 + A/P 39,3 x 25,9 in (100 x 66 cm) © Gonzalo Fuenmayor.Gonzalo Fuenmayor (born in Barranquilla, Colombia, in 1977) is a contemporary artist based in Miami, Florida. His work resembles...
Art, Money, and Social Anatomy. Luis Salazar
By Pietro Daprano.Luis Salazar.Untitled (Art lovers fuck off)2007. Mixed media. 56,69 x 55,51 in (144 x 141 cm)Luis Salazar. Untitled (Chanel N5). 2007 Mixed media. 55,51 x 65,74 in (141 x 167 cm)Questioning the cultural stereotypes of contemporaneity is one of the qualities of...