O. Ascanio Gallery Opens its Doors in Miami
O. Ascanio Gallery opened its doors in the Wymwood art district in Miami this past September 11th, 2010 with a reception hosted by its proprietor, the dealer Oscar Ascanio, during the alreast traditional Gallery Walk that occurs the second Saturday of every month.
The inaugural exposition was Rhythmic Paintings, by the Venezuelan artist Carlos Cabeza, who has lived in Paris for more than 20 years. Rhythmic Paintings is a series that is integrated by curved lines that create a sequential pattern to form human figures, mostly feminine, with vivid eye color. The exhibition is composed of 15 works, generally big, like Rhythmical Construction, 2010, of 92 x 192 inches, and included painting, carvings and objects. “Carlos Cabeza’s work is based in continuity and rhythmic movement inside a space. His inspiration comes from a spiritual vision and flows from his mind to the canvas-almost as if he was whistling”, says Ascanio. The recognized art critic and historian Alfredo Boulton has states that “Cabeza’s individuality of expression places him in a special niche in contemporary painting”.
Carlos Cabeza’s exposition was opened until October 9th. From the 16th of October to the 13th of November, O.Ascanio Gallery will present a Nanín exposition- Recent Works 2010, with the work of the great Venezuelan artista that intervenes with the almost musical modulations of a very personal alphabet with which his language is constructed.
For the end of the year, the O.Ascanio Gallery will present xxxx,, an extraordinary cllective exposition of important Venezuelan artists like Jesús Soto, Carlos Cruz Diez, Alejandro Otero, Víctor Lucena, Víctor Vasarely, Bernar Venet, Francisco Salazar and Carlos Cabeza, in homage to the great photographer, historian and patron of art, Alfredo Boulton. The presence of the new Oscar Ascanio gallery in Wynwood adds to this district another connection to the international art scene and with important masters of comtemporary art. Born in Villa de Cura, Venezuela, Ascanio started his art career at 15, as Alfredo Boulton’s apprentice. In 1974 he participated in the creation of Ediciones Macanao, an editorial that he started along with Boulton and the artista Carlos Cruz Diez. In 1978 Ascanio opened in Caracas his first gallery , Estudio 1, which centered around the promotion and commercialization Jesús Soto. In 1984 he inaugurated his Galeria Oscar Ascanio also in Caracas, in which he presented the works of Alejandro Otero, Edgar Negret, Lina Sinisterra, Víctor Lucena, Francisco Salazar, Bernar Venet, Bernard Aubertin and Fernando Mignoni.
O. Ascanio Gallery
2600 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
