Aspects of a New Kind of Realism
Group Exhibition
Aspects of a New Kind of Realism is curated by Michael Klein. The curator believes realism continues to play a crucial part in painting today, but it is now augmented by an emphasis on the process with which the paintings are made. He feels that for many artists, including those in the group exhibition, there is a quite conscious choice of content that reflects more than just a still life or portrait; that their ambition is to “present through painting ideas that suggest and suppose and present painting as a means by which questions can be raised and observations made about and for a contemporary audience.” Read More
Luis Cruz Azaceta
Luis Cruz Azaceta began the series “Shifting States” about a year ago in response to the rapid state of change occurring in the world at large. Amid climatic change, collapsing economies, greed, war and revolution, individual citizens are rising against political, economic and social injustices. In this, Azaceta finds courage, faith and innovation mapping a new terrain. He confronts this process of shift in his work, which reflects his signature bright colored abstraction and figuration. Read More