Paco Pomet "Montaigne's Nightmare"

Paco Pomet was born in Granada Spain. Pomet studied in the Fine Arts Department of the University of Granada, the Academia de España in Rome and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has several techniques in which make his paintings stand out from the ordinary and which makes him very unique. I find him interesting because his paintings are of old archival photographs that include silly, surreal, and absurd elements. He might add a bird’s beak to someone’s face, or enlarge or shrink their hands or feet to an abnormal size, add animal faces to human figures, shrink a figure in a painting and so on to what some times look like historic photographs. His surreal elements allow his paintings to oscillate between fiction and reality. What also makes him stand out is that most of his paintings are in black and white, some have a hint of color to them, and some paintings are in an overall monotone but they aren’t boring but instead this technique adds to the concealed expressions that are confusing in his paintings. They are overall mysterious and illogical but humorous.

 Paco Pomet's exhibition "Montaigne's Nightmare" will be shown at Monya Rowe Gallery, September 10^th - November 13^th 2010. Monya Rowe Gallery is located at 
504 West 22nd Street, New York, NY.

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Sharon Florin, Susan Pyzow, Emily Trueblood: “Triple Play: Flatiron/Gramercy from 3 Angles”

Sharon Florin, Susan Pyzow, Emily Trueblood are three New York artists who have won awards and have exhibited in private, corporate and museum collections. These tree ladies share the same subject matter in their art of urban landscapes and architecture of New York City. I thought this exhibition was cool because the work from these three artists are very similar and are really of the same subject matter. I think its great that these three artists decided to join together and collaborate their work together in the same space. These works are both paintings and prints. What I found interesting is that these three artists live and work in the same areas and developed a concept to work together as a team exhibition, which they are not used to and usually show their own work as a individual artists. Although these three women all share the same subject matter of NYC landscape and architecture, they all use different mediums, which, I thought, made the exhibition a lot more interesting. Emily Trueblood creates these great linear linoleum cuts of silhouette like architecture, Sharon Florin creates these magnificent detailed oil paintings, and Susan Pyzow creates these bright realistic acrylic paintings. Each of these artists have their own techniques, but their work depicts NYC so well together, its like they were always meant to show their work in the same space. There are a total of 42 works being shown.

Sharon Florin received her BA in art at Adelphi University in 1973 and has been a professional artist for 35 years. Here are a couple of Sharon's works: 

Susan Pyzow was born in the Bronx in 1955 and received her BFA at Cooper Union in 1976 and her MFA from Buffalo University in 1978. Here are a couple of Susan's works: 

Emily Trueblood Studied at Beloit College, Academia Artium in Spain, University of Wisconsin, Pratt Graphics Center, and Arts Students League. Here are a couple of Emily's works: 

Sharon Florin, Susan Pyzow, Emily Trueblood current exhibition “Triple Play: Flatiron/Gramercy from 3 Angles” is taking place at Franklin 54 Gallery & Projects located in the West Chelsea Arts Building, 526 West 26^th Street, New York, NY from October 19^th to November 24^th 2010.

Liao Yibai “Real Fake"

Liao Yibai’s is a Chinese artist who was born in Jiang An, Sichuan, China. He lives and works in Beijing and Chongqing, China. He graduated from Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts (SIFA) and received his MA from Chongqing University. He has had solo exhibitions in both China and New York and has been in many group exhibitions all over the world.  

Yibai’s welded stainless steal sculptures are magnificently molded and are of oversized hand bags, high heel shoes, watches, rings and other luxury objects with high labels. He is trying to depict the real and fake confusions that take place in China’s market place. He shows luxury labels in his works as well as creating his own luxury brands. He is questioning China’s rags to riches and through his sculpture, he elaborates on material obsession. Through his work he is trying to confront the multitudes of popular brands and logos and their overwhelming presence in today’s society. These immaculate sculptures are truly amazing and Yibai’s careful detail is extraordinary.

Liao Yibai’s current exhibition “Real Fake” is taking place at Mike Weiss Gallery located at 520 West 24^th Street, New York, NY from September 10^th - October 30^th. 

Javier Piñón “O Babalon”

Javier Piñón is a Cuban American artist born in Miami, FL and raised in Huston, TX. He received his MA from Rhode Island School of Design. His work has been shown both internationally and internationally in shows including El Museo del Barrio’s Bienal and the Beijing Biennale. Piñón received a 2007 artist fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).

Javier Piñón’s work caught my attention because it is so different from other artist’s work. He places nude women in his collage’s whose backgrounds are of fantasy lands. His collages are unusual and mysterious but at the same time intriguing and beautiful. Some are more strange than others but are all made out of beautiful compositions and colors. A lot of his collages have naked nudes in nature settings with animals acting in strange ways. (The explanation is explained on the gallery’s web-site.) Even though this work might be beyond comprehension, it is still very interesting and appealing in a weird way. 

According to SierherSmith’s web-site “Javier Piñón’s 2010 exhibition of collages is built around depictions of the highly charged image of the earth goddess Babalon, her attendants, priestesses and their mystical terrain unfolding in a narrative of liberation, sensuality, death and rejuvenation.” He uses clips from mid-century magazines like Arizona highways and The Time Life Nature Library, a group of books, he studied as a child. In other works you see the use of cowboys, medusas, saints, and stacks of chairs, which are gruesome in some way but compelling non-the-less. Piñón is very distinct from other artists and has an astonishing style, this is some out of this world crazy art.

Javier Piñón’s most current exhibition “O Babalon” is taking place from October 14^th-November 13^th 2010 at ZieherSmith Inc. gallery located at 516 West 20^th St. New York, NY.