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Carlos Gamez de Francisco – New Work

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Saturday, 16 September 2017 to Saturday, 28 October 2017
Opening: 
Saturday, 16 September 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Kenise Barnes Fine Art is pleased to open the fall exhibition season with a solo show featuring new paintings by Cuban artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco. Nine new large-scale watercolor paintings will be featured in this exhibition, Gamez de Francisco’s debut exhibition with the gallery.

Carlos Gamez de Francisco was born in post-revolutionary Cuba in 1987 in a climate of art censorship and limited access to information. The artist was educated in an academic style heavily influenced by the Russian Academy. This influence and the history of Cuba itself, its storytelling and history, are the lens through which the artist creates quasi-historic paintings. By decontextualizing epochs and artistic symbols the artist establishs a connection between present and past, weaving historic and fictional narratives together to create illusory worlds.

Gamez de Francisco’s understanding of beauty in its various forms is the driving motivation for all his work. The eight lavishly emblished portraits in this exhibition explore themes of power and social hierarchies, perfection, beauty, and abundance. The women’s exquisite faces and exotic costumes and fanciful settings are alluring and mysterious. An impressive sixty-inch circular painting populated by tens of thousands of brightly colored beatles is another dizzing contribution to the exhibition. The painting’s unusual format and skillful execution underscore the artist’s formal training and innovation.

Gamez de Francisco earned degrees from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and The Jose Marti Fine Arts School, Holguin, Cuba. The Art Institute of Chicago honored Gamez de Rodriguez with an Ox Bow Merit Scholarship, a Distinguished Scholarship Grant, and a Travel Scholarship. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout Cuba and the United States. Gamez de Francisco has work in the permanant collections of 21c Museum, Louisville, KY, Metro Hall, Louisville, KY and Cuba Ocho Museum and Performing Art Center in Miami, FL. The artist lives and works in Cuba and Chicago.

Please contact the gallery for images and additional information or to arrange a preview of the exhibition.

We maintain an extensive inventory in our lower-level warehouse that includes a private presentation room. We always have a wide selection of paintings, drawings, prints, monoprints and photographs to offer collectors.

In-home or in-office consultations are complimentary. Artwork may be seen on three day on-approval basis. Delivery and installation available.

Kenise Barnes, director: Kenise@kbfa.com

Lani Holloway, gallery manager: Lani@kbfa.com

B. Avery Syrig, sales support and admin. assistant: Avery@kbfa.com

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Artist ( Description ): 

Carlos Gamez de Francisco was born in post-revolutionary Cuba in 1987 in a climate of art censorship and limited access to information. Carlos Gamez de Francisco was educated in an academic style heavily influenced by the Russian Academy. This influence and the history of Cuba itself, its storytelling and history, are the lens through which the artist creates quasi-historic portraits, narratives and an illusory world. Gamez de Francisco understood that decontextualizing epochs and artistic symbols are tools that establish a connection between the present and the past. His works explores themes of power, hierarchy, perfection and beauty, repetition, decoration and obscene abundance. His images often depict a sense of happiness and well-being which in turn, insinuates a nonexistent time. Thus, themes and specific figures are examples of distorted reality illustrating my perceptions about life. The artist focuses on modifying historical periods, fashion, images and contexts using insects, whether realistically represented or not, as imaginary elements recreating new contexts. Mainly, He recreates experiences and memories by superimposing and manipulating historical figures and events. Finally, understanding beauty in its various forms is the motivation for experimenting with non-conventional materials. Gamez de Francisco’s general approach is to demystify classical beauty and present it as a natural process and in its natural form.

Gamez de Francisco’s understanding of beauty in its various forms is the driving motivation for all his work. The eight lavishly emblished portraits in this exhibition explore themes of power and social hierarchies, perfection, beauty, and abundance. The women’s exquisite faces and exotic costumes and fanciful settings are alluring and mysterious. An impressive sixty-inch circular painting populated by tens of thousands of brightly colored beatles is another dizzing contribution to the exhibition. The painting’s unusual format and skillful execution underscore the artist’s formal training and innovation.

Telephone: 
9148348077
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Gallery Hours:  

Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 5:30 and evenings by appointment

In home/office consultations by appointment

Venue ( Address ): 

1947 Palmer Avenue
Larchmont, NY 10538

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