NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Gabriel Schiavina in Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition. The exhibition opens August 19, 2017 and runs through August 30, 2017 with an opening reception on Saturday, August 19 from 6-8 pm.
At first glance, it would be easy to mistake Argentine artist Gabriel Schiavina’s paintings for nature photographs. With impressive skill, Schiavina recreates the look of each texture and surface of the natural world. He excels at depicting water, giving it a depth and dimension that go beyond duplicating its surface.
That ability to go past mere realism lies in his handling of light and color. In his paintings, we are not just given a lifelike representation of the world the artist sees, we are also shown how light and color animate and transform that world.
Exhibition Dates: August 19 – August 30, 2017
Reception: Saturday, August 19, 2017, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York
Event URL: https://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Gabriel_Schiavina.aspx
Featured Artists:
"KARAK" Bolotbek Karakeev | Allen Capriotti | Joana Cruz | Mario Daniel Quiroga | Kristin Dillon | Adriana Espinosa Calle | Mher Evoyan | Ailon Glitzenstein | Guy | Chie Hirabayashi | Emily Jones | Michel KIRCH | Ian Lee | Christina Marie Chavez Banerjee | Mauro Masin | MENPO | Fran Panza | José María Peña | Donna Pinckley | Jiantao Qu | Gabriel Schiavina | Brian Sesack | Keith Thomson | Yoong Wah Alex Wong | Holly Wilson | Rosanne Wolfe | M Y Yip | Leonard Yang
About the Exhibition
Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition
This August Agora Gallery presents the selected artists of the 2017 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition. As in years past, the work on display is of incredible variety and extraordinary skill. There are precise, spare drawings in the same gallery as maximal, playful sculptures. There are monochrome, graphic paintings that explore repetition hung near hyper realistic still lifes that take inspiration from the classics of centuries past. There are imagined lands and images of human moments that ring with truth. Even two selected landscape photographers defy comparison - some produce stoic, black-and-white views of single trees, while others create expansive vistas in full color. The 2017 jurors' picks share nothing except fearlessness, adroit execution, and unforgettable originality.
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