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Marcela creates visions of a joyous and free inner world, built up through intuitive layers of color and brushstrokes that crescendo upwards. Marcela’s style changes subtly to encompass the mood and tone at the time of creation as well the messages and connections between her and the viewer. She utilizes whatever will best suit her composition, combining fabric collage, gold leaf and found materials into her canvases. Her brushstrokes transform from explosions of pointillist fire through to long, languid strokes and stippled color-fields. What is so distinctive about Marcela’s works is her exuberant palette of colors. Part of the reason she favors acrylics is the intensity of the unadulterated paint straight from the tube, the speed with which it dries keeping them distinct and unmixed with further workings. The immediacy of the works and their vitality connects to the viewer on a more visceral, spiritual level and allows them to connect directly with Marcela’s vision.
Marcela, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
Pulsing with a vibrant energy, Agora Gallery’s The Rhythm of Color (agora-gallery.com) displays the expressive central role that an artist’s palette plays in the creation of a painting. Crafting their personal inspirations in a variety of styles, this exhibition features a collection of painters that are united in their understanding of the intimate relationship between color and emotion. Persistence of Form daringly explores the experience of our modern world through the eyes of the artist. Beautifully crafted imagery abounds in this choice selection of paintings as the artists inject wit, fantasy, and sensitivity into their vision of humanity. The works are raw and physical, daring to examine inwardly while holding an unadulterated mirror to the world to expose both the ills and the joys to be found. Color of Transformation is a wonderfully diverse grouping of contemporary painters working at the forefront of their medium. With an adept eye for form, the featured artists swathe their imagery in wonderfully rich colors to maximize both visual and emotional reactions. With influences ranging from music to the natural world, visitors will enjoy exploring and interpreting the messages so brilliantly expressed through the power of color. Exhibiting a wide range of contemporary art, Metamorphosis dives into a vast cauldron of fiery inspiration. We see the humanness behind the form, we find joys, fears, intrigue, and power. There is an expanse of inventive styles, as elemental forms and dynamic figures transform the desire for understanding into action, in the same manner of the early explorers. To make the unknown, known: to see what lies over that horizon.
Exhibition Dates: November 20, 2009 – December 11, 2009
Reception: Thursday, December 03, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11am - 6 pm.
Featured Artists
The Rhythm of Color - Renata Cebular, Ciceros, Álvaro Cuartango, Patrick Girod, Anduin Vaid, Melissa G. Watt
Persistence of Form - Sher Christopher, Meredith Collins, Jim Lively, Coco Masuda, John Nieman, Vera Puig, Annie Seddon, Sibylle
Color of Transformation - Mats Andersson, István Csizmadia, Sunil Howlader, Kristo (Christian Nicolas), Doug Simon
Metamorphosis - Fabrizio Andriani, Chritch, Emin Guliyev, Joo Han, Michael Indorato, Marcela, Brian Reed, Marina Reiter, Jane Sandes.
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