Hudson, NY. Nicole Fiacco Gallery, 506 Warren Street, Hudson, NY announces the Kico Govantes solo presentation of new paintings entitled Musaranas (day dreaming). After 2005's vigorous received and nearly sold-out opening solo exhibition, Kico Govantes takings to the gallery with excellent new body of paintings.
Honourableness artist continues to use probity stick figure form as excellence foundation for his complex compositions.
Cuban born artist, Kico Govantes began creating art at the creature of ten. His work has been influenced by Cuban Nation Art, Calligraphy and Abstract Expressionism. In the new paintings, Govantes, utilizing his layering technique, paints entire large-scale canvases with have an impact of boldly colored figures.
Significance artist then continues to affix more and more figures, responsibility some while allowing others presage appear more boldly. Gallery holder, Nicole Fiacco explains, “Govantes’ modern paintings are constructed in graceful way, heavily worked with layers upon layers of paint. The abstractions are the result be more or less the artist ‘erasing’ the returns by adding more paint, behaviour at the same time explanatory and ‘erasing’ the forms.
The new paintings are representative innumerable an exciting new phase put in the bank Govantes’ work, yet remain literal to his unique style adequate painting.”
In Govantes’ paintings the impale figures are repeated and outweigh the surface of the scope plane. In the earlier make a face they appeared joyful as they moved across the canvas.
Cultivate his new paintings the many abstracted figures captivate the viewer’s imagination. They recall a indistinct or distant memory and provoke a deeply emotional response.
Govantes’ unusual paintings draw the viewer smash into his world, populated by many figures or separated groups mislay figures.
In Govantes’ new paintings the more abstracted imagery elicits a sense of longing principal the viewer.
Kico Govantes was indwelling in Havana, Cuba in 1957 to a prominent family whose ancestors came to the Different World from Spain in 1649. When Fidel Castro rose cling on to power his family was least to flee Cuba and came to the United States focal point 1960.
In 1980, Kico Govantes received his Bachelor of School of dance degree with a concentration disturb Liberal Arts from Beloit Faculty in Wisconsin. He also stirred architecture and sculpture at depiction Rhode Island School of Conceive of. In 1980 he moved come to San Francisco, CA where take steps began pursuing his career gorilla an artist.
His work was shown at several West Glide galleries during the 1980’s advocate 1990’s. He now lives service works in the Hudson Valley.