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Gallery Night Reception Friday
October 1st, 7-10

Navarrete engages symbolism and impassioned color schemes to deftly appeal to our sense of nostalgia and our desire to belong. Outwardly his works depict the Caribbean landscape with abstractions of vegetation and vessels; yet further reading reveals complex overlays of genesis, permanence (or lack thereof) and sensuality. Through it all,Navarrete reminds us that the experience of exile is ever-present in his, and our, existence.

Alhambra (Antiques) is the junction of European furnishing, art gallery, and cultural space. Exhibits are curated to include past and contemporary offerings in design, painting, sculpture, photography and music.

Gallery Night Reception Friday
October 1st, 7-10

Klara’s work is not only emotionally filled and intellectually stimulating, but also powerful and aesthetically pleasing, which communicates with the heart of the viewer. The pieces manifest a sophisticated philosophical and profound spiritual expression. Her paintings are in hundreds of collections in The United States, Latin America and Europe. The work has been attracting a prestigious following clientele and it is represented by galleries and art dealers nationally and abroad.

The gallery and studio, Klara Chavarria Contemporary Art, located in Coral Gables, is open to the public and exclusively represents her artwork. Klara Chavarria has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) from KSU with a concentration in Painting and Design.

Gallery Night Reception Friday
October 1st, 7-10

Castro’s new paintings in his third solo exhibition at ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, continue to suggest the exodus of Cuban “balseros” and the U.S. “wet foot-dry foot” policy of allowing Cubans to stay if they can reach land.

“But Castro’s work encompasses much wider historic references,” according to gallery owner Virginia Miller. “These paintings are visual metaphors or fables based on the concept of historic immigration as the foundation for today’s society.” Among the paintings is an eight-foot tower of battered suitcases. “Everyone who sees this exhibition is drawn to the suitcases,” Miller noted. “All of us have special memories of trips we have taken or want to take.”

Castro, a member of the renowned 1980s generation of Cuban artists that includes José Bedia and Rubén Torres Llorca, has been exhibiting and winning awards si

Gallery Night Reception Friday
October 1st, 7-10

RDZ Fine Art welcomes Modern Master Sandra Jones Campbell to its growing list of represented artists. Sandra’s depiction of social and political scenes reflect both her professional respect for the 30′s style German ExpressionistsMax Beckman, George Grosz and Otto Dix, and her uniquely gentle wit.

Multiple figures populate lively acrylics on paper or canvas images that blend Sandra’s optimism and candor, along with the artist’s keen visual skill: balancing color, form composition, humor and subject matter.

Sandra’s work’s will be on display beginning with the Coral Gables First Friday Art Walk on October 1st, as well as will be part of a group show with Zach Sawan on November 5th, 2010.

H Benitez Fine Art Gallery will unveil, commissioned work for one of the worlds most luxurious cruise ship a series of pastels and acrylic on canvas created for this amazing project.

“It is not uninteresting to see how the luxuriant nature of the American continent, its intense baroque style and its magical realism have engendered a movement as rigorous as that of concrete abstract art. The asceticism of this artistic tendency seems to contradict the eloquence characteristic of everything American which manifested itself since the florid times of the chroniclers, passing through modernism until the present day. Nevertheless, that is how it has been. In Uruguay and Argentina, where the “Madí” movement was born; in Venezuela, where cybernetics and optical art came into their own; in Brazil, mother country of concrete poetry; or in Colombia, where the abstraction represented by EduardoRamírez Villamizar and Fanny Sanín, among others, has flourished….” Carlos Luis

Opening Reception
Friday
October 1st, 7-10

“When I first got acquainted with (classical) music, it made a great emotional impact on me. The exquisite mix of symphony sounds with choir displays and thunderous fanfares made the experience an unforgettable one.Later on, I discovered the structures that exist within those musical Masterpieces. Many years have passed since then, but I am still taken aback by the extraordinary spiritual and hearing capacity of those involved in their creation.

Little by little, as my appreciation for music deepened, I started discovering a more intimate kind of music; that which is created with only a few instruments and which magic has always mesmerized me.I walked the same path with poetry, going from heroic declamation to the whispering sorrows of the Sonnet.

I was born a craftsman, and I became a painter. Big formats have always been my goal, but I also enjoy the small formats to which I treat myself from time to time. “ E.C.

Gallery Night Reception Auction and Cocktail Saturday
October 2nd, 7 – 10

Cristina Chacon Studio Gallery is pleased to honor the spirit of cultural philanthropy presenting: The Art of Giving. Silent Auction to Benefit Cirec Foundation. Different art works from t Colombian artists Luis Caballero, Beatriz Gonzalez, Armando Villegas, Mario Ayerbe, German Tessarolo, Fernando Tovar, Nana Zuleta, Mduffo & Cristina Chacon will be auctioned.

Gallery Night Reception Saturday
October 2nd, 7 – 10

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month the RODEZart.com Gallery proudly invites you to the collective exhibition that pays tribute to Contemporary Hispanic Visual Artists of South Florida. We celebrate the culture and traditions of U.S. resident artists who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, Central and South America and the Spanish speaking countries of the Caribbean

Gallery Night Reception Saturday
October 2nd, 7 – 10

Works from Florida International University’s top BFA graduates. Serving as a platform for new talent to unearth and excavate innovative ideas and investigate their own artistic perceptions, the Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery provides eager art lovers the opportunity to view work by some of our area’s brightest young minds.

Gallery Night Reception Saturday
October 2nd, 7 – 10

Car Culture : Marcie Ziv & Tony Kapel Ziv’s painted Rolls Royce and Kapel’s 2007 Art Basel car will be out front of the gallery for the Gallery Night next Saturday October 2nd.

Gallery Night Reception Saturday
October 2nd, 7 – 10

Nomade is paying homage to the natural environment we live in through artwork depicting the raw and abstract allure and aggression of animals, plants and peoples. One of the most distinct recent social changes in the United States has been the incredible refocus of popular culture on environment conservation and outcry.

Nomade will also have a suggested $10 donation box in place, in addition to beverages provided. All donations will go to Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund, the official foundation administering the oil spill clean-up.

The artists interpreting the culture of the natural world are Miami natives Danny Catania and Samuel Gualitieri, New World alumni Reinier Gamboa and Juan Travieso, as well as Norwegian photographer Stian Roenning, Dominican photographer Aida Tejada and French sculptor Pierre Traversat.

Gallery Night Reception Saturday
October 2nd, 7 – 10

“Nature entrances me. The harmony and patterns, symmetry, geometry, vibrant and soothing colors, the protective camouflage for flora and fauna, healing energies, medicinal properties, the intricate beauty…

Everything on our planet shares a core energy, a vital life force that animates and supports all growth and renewal. In nature, when this energy is balanced and uninhibited by human interference, the flow is smooth, perfection exists. When I am truly in touch with nature, the feelings I experience are incredibly magical, full of wonder and joy!

My art is created with the conscious intention to share our interconnectedness with the amazingly powerful energy of nature.” D.C.