Sunday, September 16, 2018

Contemporary Art: Amazing Trompe L’Oeils @ Marc Strauss Gallery New York

(Drivebycuriosity) - The art world is full of wonders. Some of them I spotted at Marc Strauss Gallery on 299 Grand Street, New York`s unofficial borderline between the Lower East Side and Chinatown (marcstraus). The art dealer is now showing work by the Spanish artist Antonio Santin (through October 16, 2018).



At first I believed I saw tapestry, colorful rugs in the Persian style. But they are not, what I really saw are paintings, all oil in canvas. According to the press release "Santín’s arresting and highly tactile works with its uncannily realistic application of shadow and highlight tempt the viewer to reach out and run their hand over the rug’s pile, which is after all a two-dimensional painting on the canvas mounted on the wall" (exhibitions). Above you can see "Apaña" (2018, Oil on Canvas, 70.8 x 78.7 inches (180 x 200 cm) and a detail of it.



Above "Cajón Desastre" (2018, Oil on Canvas, 70.8 x 78.7 inches (180 x 200 cm) plus a detail shot.



Above "Debris a vis" (2018, Oil on Canvas, 75 x 118 in (190.5 x 299.7 cm) and a detail shot.



To be continued

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