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For Release:
Rafael Bueno
The vaporesque veils of light and atmosphere
Recent Paintings
March 13 –
April 13, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, April 13, 6-9pm
The Hogar Collection is pleased to announce,
The vaporesque veils of atmosphere and light, an exhibition of
recent paintings by Rafael Bueno — on view March 13 – April
13th. In his first solo exhibition at the gallery he will present works
that weave a dialogue between mystical and spiritual evocations of the
sublime that simply, poetically and romantically reflect history and the
web of humanity. With raw and painterly gestures that attempt to capture
pure essence and emotion, his paintings conjure undetermined spaces, presumably
landscapes, yet at many moments they seem to call to mind mysterious interiors.
They are places where space and its field are ghostly and vaporous atmospheres
that waft along timelessly in whispery tones. Like the residue and buried
little treasures of what the tides ebb leaves behind on the shore, the
imagery exists in terms of ephemeral breaths.
Rafael Bueno was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1950 where he received
a Masters degree in architecture at The University of Buenos Aires and
studied drawing at the Asociación Estimulo de Bellas Arte in Buenos
Aires. He moved to New York in 1985 where he currently lives and works.
Since 1974 his work has been exhibited Internationally and particularly
in Buenos Aires, New York and Paris at the places such as The Albright
Knox Museum, Buffalo NY, M13 Gallery and Howard Scott Gallery, NY, the
Museum of Modern Art, Bs. As., El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Bs.
As., Aina Nowack Gallery, Madrid, Adriana Rosenberg Gallery, Bs. As.,
the Klemm Foundation, Bs. As., Centro Cultural Recoleta, Bs. As., America’s
Society, NY, the Grand Palais Paris, Kouros Gallery, NY, Virginie Boissiére
Art contemporain, Paris, Cite Universitaire de Paris and IILA de Roma
among others. He was awarded First Prize in Painting from The Jewish Society
of Argentina in 1978, First Prize Architects painters at the Galeria Rodrigo
Carmona in 1983 and the Air France Award in 1984. His work is included
in the collections of Chase Manhattan Bank, The Museum of Modern Art,
Buenos Aires, Fundacion ESSO, Buenos Aires, Museo Castagnino Rosario Santa
Fe, Argentina, Museo Caraffa, Cordoba, Argentina and el Museo Arte Contemporaneo
De Maldonado in Uruguay among other private collections.
*For more information or images, please contact Todd Rosenbaum (director/owner)
at 718.388.5022.
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Monday, 12- 7 pm and
by appointment
The gallery is conveniently located in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn and is easily accessible by all forms of transportation.
Subway: L Train to Bedford Ave, walk south on Bedford
Ave to Grand St. Turn left on Grand St, walk 4 blocks, between Havemeyer
and Marcy.
L or G Train to Lorimer St, exit on Metropolitan, walk under BQE towards
Manhattan, left on Marcy Ave, 2 blocks turn right on Grand at the corner
of Marcy. JMZ to Marcy Ave, walk 5 blocks north on Marcy, turn left on
Grand St. By car from Manhattan - Drive over the Williamsburg Bridge,
2nd immediate exit at South 5th St, left at light on Havemeyer, right
on Grand Street, 4 blocks on right. |
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