Posts Tagged ‘painter’
Nelson De La Nuez: The King of Pop Art
From a humble childhood in Communist Cuba to becoming one of America’s most sought-after pop artists, Nelson De La Nuez is one of art’s biggest living icons. By Michael Scivoli Los Angeles-based pop artist Nelson De La Nuez masters the language of wealth, power and fame through an immensely intellectual yet comical body of work.…
Read MoreManipulated Image
—You’ve seen his work at the Grounds For Sculpture in New Jersey and at Union Square in Manhattan. Now world-renowned artist Lionel Smit is back with his latest abstract exhibition in Johannesburg. The first time I spoke with Lionel Smit, we discussed his artistic aesthetic—more specifically, his sculpture work, which is loosely based around the…
Read MorePop Culture Portrait — Interview with Alberto Ramirez
For as long as Alberto Ramirez could hold a pencil in his hand, he’s been drawing. The Madrid-born artist began painting in elementary school and simply never looked back. For a large part of his career, Ramirez has focused his efforts on portrait painting. Fascinated by the human face and its ability to tell the…
Read MoreKim Keever: Water & Color
Photos by Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery Kim Keever is not a painter in the traditional sense, considering his canvas of choice is a 200-gallon water-filled tank. The result can be defined as serendipitous swirls of suspended pigments, resembling anything from billows of clouds, vapors of smoke to blots of ink. The NASA engineer-turned-artist applies his…
Read MorePresence by Stanley Casselman at Jim Kempner Fine Art
Last week, Mana Contemporary artist Stanley Casselman opened his latest exhibition at Jim Kempner Fine Art on West 23rd St. in Chelsea. The exhibition showcases some of the artist’s newest paintings, made up of work from his Untitled Presence series which began roughly in 2016. I first got a brief look at the new series at…
Read MoreAvant-Garde Aesthetic
By Helen Castillo I was raised in a household of artists. My mother and father met in the ‘80s in New York City doing silkscreen for an advertising company and both come from Fine Arts backgrounds. After relocating to Weehawken, my parents’ first apartment had a walk-in closet that also doubled as an art studio.…
Read More
