Le Bonsai
First painting of the new year. An abstract I call Bonsai. I have kept all the definitive elements developed in 2011. The format is as diminutive as the eponymous plant -
2
Jan
2012
UR Chicago features artist Irvin Almonte
Irvin Almonte is featured in today’s edition of UR Chicago magazine. Follow the link below read the full article. “Music is his motivation when it comes to painting. Not just any music, but classical music. “It is more mind oriented, more abstract,” he told me. “I don’t want to do a narrative.” ” READ ARTICLE http://www.urchicago.com/features/2011/7/22/artist-feature-irvin-almonte.html
22
Jul
2011
Art Exhibit – Sat. June 25th 7-11PM.
This Saturday at the Artist Central Exchange, I will be participating as a guest artist in an art exhibit and preproduction party for the upcoming film Fall Away. LOCATION: 4866 N. Clark Saturday, 6/25/11. 7-11PM. Open invite. http://www.artcx.com/ Brief: Our mission at Artist Central Exchange is to provide the community with a forum to express their minds and creativity in an open and free manner. The diversity of thought among our artists, and an atmosphere of openness and acceptance provide...
20
Jun
2011
Elegant Universe / Project Mahler
The "Elegant Universe / Mahler Project" attempts to conflate the ideas in the two sets of paintings labeled "Maria Callas" and "Automatism". The objective is to serve simultaneously the idealized structure essayed in Maria Callas and the exhibitionist pole explored in Automatism. Below are the paintings which will serve as a preface to the Mahler Project.
20
Feb
2011
La Callas L’Objet Trouvé
La Callas L’Objet Trouvé These Callas paintings are stills from concert videos available on YouTube, an upstart startup that has since permitted an unprecedented dissemination of videos of virtually all calibers and contents to anyone who seeks them. In the 1950s, the artist Jasper Johns took similarly ubiquitous images such as STOP signs and the American flag and painted them onto canvas in simple but conceptually sound composition. The canvas was the flag which was the painting, giving a unique...
20
Feb
2011
