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Artist Exhibitions:
*Mexiacan Cultural Institue.
"The Immigration"
XVI Iberoamerican art salon
*Nevin Kelly Gallery"
Third Annual Attainable Art.
"Water Gate Gallery"
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*Nevin kelly
Color transparencies extended.
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*9x10 WW Parker Gallery.
WPA/Corcoran
*Soho Myriad
Susan Komen Homage. Atlanta.
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Artist Galleries:
Nevin Kelly gallery. DC
Soho Myriad. Atlanta.
Winvian. Connecticut.
United Creators.NYC...
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Artist Reviews:
Nevin Kelly Gallery Blog
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Joan Belmar Opens Exhibition
Chilean-born local artist Joan
Belmar opens his exhibition
"Color Transparencies" with a
reception at the gallery
tomorrow night (Thursday, May
24) from 6 until 9 p.m. Belmar
creates sculptural paintings
out of strips of painted
Mylar, ...
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Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for J. Belmar
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My art is designed, in an abstract way, to examine social structures, and those who struggle within them, including myself, to the critical eye of the outsider.
A constant in my art has been the importance of circles—be they mandalas, the circle of life, or portholes through which we see both others and our inner selves. During the last 2 years, I have been experimenting with the properties of modern materials, such as plastic, acetate, polycarbonate, Mylar, and glass, to create optical effects. My art has also acquired sculptural qualities. I have been working exclusively on three-dimensional pieces—maybe only an inch or two thick—using Mylar and acetate to create layers within the internal space. The use of these transparencies and 3D technique has suited my purposes perfectly. I subject them to various conditions and elements to give them just the effect I am looking for. I create worlds where the viewer is allowed to see some things clearly, some things opaquely. But all things seen are intended to reflect an outer and inner world of psychological stress, fragility and dislocation. I have come to recognize that my art is tending more and more to show the influence of Op art and minimalism.
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