Art critic
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 91: Soraya Cartategui Fine Art, Spain
Carlos Fentanes: Why Kaws artworks are so important? Sometimes I see them and looks like cartoons. The gallery didn’t answer. Is this a valid question? We have with him a world phenomenon, with sales everywhere, from clothes to Sotheby’s and biennials everywhere. Maybe there’s a part of me with a lot of envy and jealousy,…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 28: Capitain Petzel, Berlin Germany
Carlos Fentanes (CF): I saw your article about Stephanie Heinze and it was amazing. Her work, to said the less is intriguing, the article talked about it as Abstract Expresionism but I saw figures on it, it’s not totally abstract in that sense. How would you call it? Capitain Petzel (CP): Thank you for the…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 24: Galerie 42b, Paris France
Carlos Fentanes (CF): I like abstract painting but there’s something inside me that’s repeating all the time: “My kid could paint this”.Have you ever had this sensation? Galerie 42b (G42b): (empty) Another day, another gallery with no answers. This question was a little poisonous, I know but have you ever wondered the same thing about…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 22: Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco & New York
Carlos Fentanes (CF): I saw some photos of your newest exhibition: Natural Curiosities. The artists seem so different between them but the exhibition is so harmonic. What’s the common point? Franklin Bowles (FB): nothing Sadly not answering is the most common reaction from galleries, here’s another example. Today I walked my dog in the morning,…
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Martin Creed And The Mona Lisa
Art allows several approaches: one can see it from the standpoint of technical, historical, conceptual, spiritual, etc. However, the prevailing view in the ordinary people (the pedestrian) is a technical standpoint. For ordinary people is very important to master the technique and the exact representation of reality (they prefer things precooked), the ordinary people usually…
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