NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Caracas artist Viccas in Enigmatic Realms. The exhibition will open on December 29, 2016 and run through January 18, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, December 29 from 6-8 PM.
With a sharp eye for color and texture, Viccas makes paintings that bring their subjects powerfully to life while also containing them in abstract, dreamlike settings. “My painting conveys the flow of life through pure color, gestural strokes and maintaining and respecting the figure,” he says. Having worked as an illustrator, he exhibits the clarity and sense of communication central to that form and takes them to another level by combining them with the experimentation and freedom of contemporary painting.
Working in acrylics, Viccas makes the most of the intense colors they provide. In his pictures, bold strokes of bright colors are juxtaposed with drips, stencils and precisely executed lines to create backgrounds with a deep, multi-layered feeling of space. The artist then places figures that are rendered with that same mixture of styles in front of those backgrounds, resulting in works with a strong visual energy. Depicting a world that is immediately recognizable—from iconic film stars to animals—the artist incorporates it into a highly personal vision. Viccas lives and works in Caracas, Venezuela.
Exhibition Dates: December 29, 2016 – January 18, 2017
Reception: Thursday December 29, 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/Viccas.aspx
Featured Artists:
Enigmatic Realms
Graciela Bosoglanian | Burhan Khan | Franck Sastre | Viccas | Philippe Thélin | Judith Tawil | Magda Hanna | Mikele Arapi
About the Exhibition
Enigmatic Realms: Endless Worlds
Agora Gallery is pleased to present Enigmatic Realms, a showcase of eight contemporary artists holding a mirror up to the people and places that surround them. Hailing from Pakistan, Switzerland, Argentina, and everywhere in between, the artists on display cover many different worlds with their images. There is the seasoned fashion designer who currently creates fashion illustrations in the form of larger-than-life metal sculptures, each abstracted female figure a sensitive exploration of the body. There is the artist who only uses organic materials from pigment to tool, with the resulting images as wonderfully evocative and detailed as any traditional painting. Some works depict the human body as neon bouquets of colorful shapes; some as flattened, stained-glass-like jewels; some as figures in a carefully crafted allegory. Some artists create whole scenes for us while others show hyperrealistic bodies against blurry, atmospheric depths. There are farms and cities, kitchens and offices. Enigmatic Realms teaches us that for every pair of eyes there is a different world.
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