Juan Salazar: Communicating the Vitality of Cuba

Nov 30
13:15

2016

Maria Stella

Maria Stella

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NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Santiago de Cuba artist Juan Salazar in Sensorial Perspectives. The exhibition will open on December 3, 2016 and run through December 23, 2016 with an opening reception on Thursday, December 8 from 6-8 PM. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting artists is encouraged to attend.

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For Juan Salazar,Juan Salazar: Communicating the Vitality of Cuba Articles making art is about finding beauty in unexpected places. In his collograph prints, the artist uncovers that beauty in scenes of contemplative people and in images that combine vibrant depictions of sea creatures with classical forms. The resulting works have a multi-layered energy, their liveliness tempered with a quiet sensibility that pulls the viewer in. Salazar attributes that quality of his work to the culture in which he grew up. Born and raised in Santiago de Cuba, he draws upon the artistic crosscurrents of that city’s Afro-Cuban tradition to arrive at his style.

Much of the effect of the artist’s work comes from his ability to create a variety of textures and intensities. From rough, dynamic strokes to precisely drawn images to solid blocks of dense color, his images have a constant sense of rhythm and movement. While Salazar says that his process developed as a result of being forced to work with a limited amount of resources, what one feels in his work is a sense of limitlessness, an engaging feeling of possibility and openness.

 

Exhibition Dates: December 3, 2016 – December 23, 2016

Reception: Thursday December 8, 2016, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Juan_Salazar.aspx

 

Featured Artists:

Sensorial Perspectives

Volkmar Jesiek  |  Graciela Fortunata  |  Juan Salazar  |  Cesar Alvarez  |  Anna Des  |  Adam Craemer  |  Pierre Boisseau  |  Manoushak Azad  |  Mihalis Papakalodouka

 

About the Exhibition

Sensorial Perspectives: Experience of the Body

This December Agora Gallery presents Sensorial Perspectives, an exciting new collective exhibition that works to immerse the viewer, one physical sensation at a time. Five painters, two mixed-media artists, and one photographer offer work that challenge the traditional understanding of art as a purely visual medium. No fewer than four abstract artists are featured; they share a skillful use of bold colors and large-scale shapes but each differs in the emotional appeal to viewers. These painters show us the different ways color can shoot straight past the eyes to raise hairs on the skin and cause tingles beneath it. The exhibition's representational works also aim to make the viewer experience rather than look. One artist puts realistic figures against backgrounds of bubbling, exquisite clouds of reds and blues that communicate speed and movement. Another offers sharply contrasted, multicolor portraits that convey the presence of another person. The exhibition's photography show us the world from a human's eye point of view, with no more context and no more clarity than a person walking through would possess.

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