ECLECTIC NETWORK MAGAZINE

David Zalben’s Wire-Sculpture Poetry at ArtCenter/South Florida

From June 6th to July 16, 2012 ArtCenter/South Florida will present Miami artist David Zalben wire-sculpture poetry, a window installation entitled “A Love You Can’t Live Without.”

On Wednesday June 6th, Zalben will begin writing prose in his signature wire-graffiti in the main windows of the Lincoln Road center. Adding verses to his poem every night, the storefront space will be completely engulfed by a mesh of wire-sculptures.

Zalben transforms poetic verse into a visual art form that is sculptural, but also speaks cleverly about love, pain and a feeling of spiritual growth.  

“Aside from the physical challenge of bending 16-gauge wire into intricate lettering, there’s the psychological pressure of creating something in public that is normally a private process, and of sharing meaningful thoughts that are an honest expression of my state of mind.”

The spatial constraints of the 12 x 12-foot window will force him to twist and squeeze words into limited white space, breaking free from his traditionally linear and clean wire text.

After 41 days at the end of the installation process, viewers will have literally and figuratively a window into Zalben’s soul.  

Zalben  is currently represented in Hong Kong by renown Karin Weber, and is preparing for an upcoming show in August 2012, Guatemala City. 

(Source: examiner.com)

New Theatre Presents “A Bicycle Country” by Nilo Cruz

New Theatre Presents “A Bicycle Country” (June 8-24, 2012) by Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright, Nilo Cruz, featuring Artistic Director Ricky J. Martinez.

New Theatre at The Roxy Performing Arts Center, 1645 SW 107th Avenue, Florida 33165.

Artem Mirolevich’s “Third Temple” in Brooklyn

“Today Tuesday, May 29th, 2012, NY-based artist Artem Mirolevich will inaugurate his exhibition “Third Temple” presented by the Chabad of North Williamsburg and Causey Contemporary Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.

The “Third Temple” is a large scale oil painting depicting a huge structure, towering over Jerusalem and supporting Solomon’s Temple on its top.

The painting was completed over the year after Artem Mirolevich, traveled to Jerusalem and spent a month there in search of inspiration.

Other recent oil paintings and etchings will be on display during this event.

Interactive installation by Rama and Music by DJ Gusto; Greetings from Rabbi Shmuly Lein.

25 % of all the sales will go towards Art Related Projects and Educational Children’s Programs at Chabad House.

Jenny Bennett To Exhibit at International Biennale Artists Exhibition

For the last year, New Zealand artist Jenny Bennett has been very active sending her works overseas following invitations from all around the world in countries such as China, Turkey and Italy that wanted to exhibit her paintings.

In 2012, she has already exhibited at the Galleria Tondinelli in Rome, at the Chianciano Biennale in Tuscany and last month, at the Gagliardi Gallery in London. For 2013, the artist has already received an invitation for a solo show at NYC New Art Center.

Next month, Bennett will have her U.S. debut at LMNT Gallery in Wynwood for the second edition of the “International Biennale Artists Exhibition Miami” which will be on view from June 7th to 26th, 2012.

“I paint to communicate my visions to others; to put people where I have been in the most beautiful and remote journeys,” said Jenny Bennett.

In LMNT, Bennett will show her landscape paintings depicting plants, particularly the New Zealand “Nikau” palm tree which is surrounded by rocks and water on pristine beaches.

Bennett’s paintings have a wonderful structure reminiscent of the Gothic arch, a richness of color and texture of the lush foliage represented contrasting the more austere and subdued palette associated with the presence of water and rocks.

It’s Bennett’s fascination with the dualities, soft, hard, solid, fluid, eroding, creating and light and darkness.

“Like Anais Nin, I believe that art [writing, painting, music….] provides us with the antitoxins we need to live,” said Bennett.

Alicia H. Torres To Exhibit at International Biennale Artists Exhibition

Anica Shpilberg Exhibits “Dancers” at International Biennale Artists

Anica Shpilberg, Dancers I, 2012

From June 7th to 26th 2012, LMNT in Wynwood will present Miami’s second edition of the “International BIennale Artists,” 56 artists from 21 countries including Peruvian-born artist Anica Shpilberg.

“Art is the language of my thoughts; I find it easier to express my  true self through my work. My inspiration comes from my experiences, my travels
and my surroundings. It drives my impulse to create a narrative and to record the
historical context in which we live today.

I do so by weaving the fragments that I photograph, capturing the spirit of people and places, their beat and their struggles, their reality and uniqueness, their lives and their environment.

Later, in the quietness of the studio I sort thru the images that “make sense” from
all that what was captured and recorded.

Some of the pictures are then printed on canvas and then I apply mixed media (paper, wood, fabric) to deliver the intended message.

Other photographs, I only utilize as road maps to paint, while on occasion I like leaving a pristine photograph alone, to allow it to tell the story in a quiet way.

The purpose of it all is to capture instances in time that form a story, one that is
interpreted by the observers who add their bias as they reflect on the images.

These series consist of photographs taken while navigating the Yang Tse River in
China in 2011.

They are frames of dancers representing the confluence of modern and traditional currents in the the China of today.”

The images are infused on aluminum and are limited to editions of 7.

(Source: examiner.com)

Alejandro Leyva to Exhibit “Like an Angel” at International Biennale Artists Miami

Alejandro Leyva, “Como un Angel,” 2012

From June 7th to 26th 2012, LMNT in Wynwood will present Miami’s second edition of the “International BIennale Artists,” 56 artists from 21 countries including Cuban-born artist, Alejandro Leyva.

“Globalization is creatively depicted in my new line of work in which I am transitioning from working and living in Cuba to my new life in the U.S.,” said Leyva in the following artist statement:

“For the last year living in America, I have reinforced my idea that art has no boundaries nor limits, especially in a society where economic and social transformation are moved within an extraordinary cultural diversity.

This is the time when I see that I would like to incorporate these feelings in my work adapting to current circumstances.

You only have to walk the streets in Miami to witness all the cultural differences that are embraced enthusiastically by its residents; to feel its energy when they share their personal stories, all of these have nurtured and inspired my new phase of figurative abstraction.


Abstract expressionism has always been part of my work; it has been part of my being. I think there is nothing more pure and true to every artist than abstraction itself.

I have saturated the canvas abusing colors and using a variety of materials, which can only be seen when you look closely.

Acrylics, oils, crayons, construction materials- they are all mixed with aerosols making an explosion of textures, of light and shadows which will make the viewer see hidden imaginary shapes in their imagination.

This is the beauty of abstraction with its own language, my own passion that brings me back memories and emotions.  Each one of my paintings has an anecdote behind, a spiritual experience, an inspiration. It’s like a compromise reached by myself and my soul.”  Alejandro Leyva, 2012

LMNT is located at 55 NW 36th Street, Miami, Fl 33127

(Source: examiner.com)

Jose Bedia at Fredric Snitzer Gallery

Jose Bedia, El Verdugo, 2012 Courtesy Fredric Snitzer Gallery

As part of the homage shown publicly for Cuban-American artist Jose Bedia in Miami this summer (Miami Art Museum’s 30 Year Retrospective on Bedia “Transcultural Pilgrim”) the Fredric Snitzer Gallery is opening next week (May-31st-June 30th, 2012) an exhibition entitled “Une Saison en Enfer” or “A Season in Hell”) in which the artist will show his latest work.

Opening Reception: Thursday May, 31st 2012 from 7 to 9PM.

Fredric Snitzer Gallery, 2246 NW 1st Place, Miami, Fl 33127

ART BLOG ART BLOG Presents at Gallery Diet

This coming Friday May 25th, 2012 from 6 to 9PM, Gallery Diet will present Leave it to Beavers,  an exhibition curated by Gina Beavers. 

This show is the first in a two-part series of exhibitions ART BLOG ART BLOG is presenting at Gallery Diet during the summer of 2012. The second exhibition in the series, ASTRAL WEEKS, will be curated by Van Hanos.

Leave it to Beavers features works by Carla Edwards, Christy Gast, Anya Kielar, Fabienne Lasserre, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Katherine Bernhardt, Letha Wilson, Denise Kupferschmidt, Holly Coulis and Lia Lowenthal

 ART BLOG ART BLOG, ABAB is a curatorial project by Joshua Abelow.  

From a recent interview with Abelow, “Intitially the blog was a way for me to contextualize my own work alongside artworks and text by other artists and writers I was interested in, and it still is that.  But, it’s also a way for me to curate in the simplest way possible.  To call a gallery space a blog is something that had never been done before and I think it generated a lot of interest because of that simple gesture.  It created an element of confusion – like what is ART BLOG ART BLOG – a gallery, a blog, or a website?  And, for a temporary period, it was all three.”

Last summer in New York, ART BLOG ART BLOG presented ten exhibitions at a temporary location on the 11th floor of 508 West 26th Street.  The location was generously donated to Joshua Abelow by the painter, Ross Bleckner.  

Abelow’s new book, Painter’s Journal, describes in detail his first year living in New York in the late 90′s working for Bleckner as a studio assistant.

Gallery Diet is located at 174NW 23 Street, Miami, 33127.

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“Cloud 9” Karen Starosta-Gilinski Exhibition at Art & Culture Center Hollywood

“The Best” 2012 Plush, fake diamond & ruby on wood
 6”H x 10”W x 11”D

On Friday June 8, 2012, between 6PM and 9PM, the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood will present Miami-based artist Karen Starosta-Gilinski’s exhibition entitled “Cloud 9,” a series of sculptures inspired by her 2009 creations.

The sculptures include alterations of textured objects that when added together create other sub-pieces.

In her exhibition, Starosta makes use of intense colors, such as yellow and red, using mixed media materials inclusive of semi-precious stones that add brightness.

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and raised in Venezuela, Starosta-Gilinski holds a BFA Cum Laude degree from the Miami University of Art & Design.

At a first glance, her work seems cute, innocent and whimsical but in the end it is deep and mysterious. She digs deep into one’s psychological and personal aspects exploiting our traits that range from tender and sweet to dark and complicated.

Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is located at 1650 Harrison St.
Hollywood, FL 33020

(Source: examiner.com)

This Week: LegalArt & The Corner One-night Exhibition Video

This coming Friday May 25th, 2012 from 8 to 11PM LegalArt and Southermost Situations will present a one-night exhibition video-based installations and sculptures on the 2nd and 4th floors of the LegalArt building in Downtown Miami.

(Source: examiner.com)

Rob Goyanes Receives Miami Writer’s Prize 2012

This coming Thursday, May 24th, from 7 to 9PM Locust Projects will host an intimate awards soiree on behalf of Artlurker.com to honor this year’s winner, Slashpine writer, Rob Goyanes.

Artlurker and its panel of distinguished judges awarded the Miami Writer’s Prize 2012 to Goyanes for his paper on Emmett Moore’s recent exhibition “High, Low and in between”  held at Locust Projects in Design District.

Since its inception the Miami Writer’s Prize has consistently fostered accountability for contemporary art discourse through reinforcement of the blogging format and been a seminal influence in launching the careers of some of Miami’s more promising writers.

Please join Locust Projects and Artlurker to celebrate this continuing effort to encourage residents of Miami to write critically about art and to welcome a new and exciting voice to our arts community.

The Miami Writer’s Prize is made possible thanks to funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and artist Carlos Betancourt.

This Week: Latin American Contemporary Art Lecture at Curator’s Voice

This coming Friday, May 25th, 2012 at 6PM, Curator’s Voice Art Project Director, Dr. Milagros Bello will present a free Lecture on Latin American contemporary art giving emphasis in the new and emerging talent from the Venezuelan contemporary art scene.

After the lecture, enjoy the ongoing show “Open Gallery Editions I, Lure of the Local”

2509 NW 2nd. Avenue, Wynwood, Fl 33127.

(Source: examiner.com)

This Week: Ed Ruscha “On the Road” at MOCA

This coming Thursday May 24th, 2012 from 7 to 9PM, the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, MOCA will inaugurate Ed Ruscha’s “On the Road,” an exhibition comprised of paintings and works inspired by Jack Kerouac’s seminal book ” On the Road.”

Ed Ruscha: On the Road was organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. The exhibition was made possible by a major gift from The Brotman Foundation of California. Generous support was provided by the Lannan Foundation, Michael Rubel and Kristin Rey, The Fran and Ray Stark Foundation and Linda and Jerry Janger.

The MOCA presentation of Ed Ruscha: On the Road is sponsored in part by Museo Vault.

The exhibit will be on view through September 2, 2012

(Source: examiner.com)

Sandra Diez Exhibits in LAP Art Shanghai 2012

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