January 13 - February 11, 2024
Opening Reception: Sat., Jan. 13, 5:30-8pm
closing reception: sun., feb. 11, 4-6pm
possibly paintings
Miguel de la Cruz - Roger Loft - Isaac Paris
The three artists in this exhibition take the medium of painting beyond the canvas. Their 3D wall-hanging works depict traditionally painterly subjects: portraiture, still life, and landscape.
Miguel de la Cruz creates 3D worlds on canvas with found materials. Plastic bottles and discarded containers are cut into irregular shapes and sizes then attached to canvas and painted over with scenes ranging from buses with their passengers in the windows to abstract landscapes. Vivid colors and textures give way to dynamic light, shadow, and movement in Cruz’s painterly yet sculptural scenes.
Roger Loft presents a series of what he calls “negative reliefs”. The artist’s medium is wood, and for this exhibition he shows a series of carved wooden faces and portraits of figures posing within traditional painterly scenes. We see jumping gymnasts, seated figures from the Belle Epoch era, and other figurative poses and scenes one might expect to see in 19th century oil paintings.
Isaac Paris exhibits a series of sculptural works on canvas using collaged leaves. He arranges Chinese Princess Tree leaves on canvases and uses paint and smaller wooden frames to highlight sections of the leaves. Paris notes the plants he uses are “compelled to evolve, and embrace the inevitability of change.” Using a technically invasive species of tree in his work, Paris highlights the resilient nature of nature. His work draws comparisons between the ability of plants to flourish despite ever-reducing green spaces and the ever-growing numbers of human populations in already over-populated cities.
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Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.
DIRECTIONS:
Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Crystal Hudson, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Joseph Robert Foundation, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.