de la Torre Brothers to Show at Cuidad Juarez El Paso Biennial 2013

MSG artists Einar and Jamex de la Torre are participating in the Bienal Cuidad Juarez El Paso Biennial 2013 at the El Paso Museum of Art June 2-August 18, 2013. Biennial 2013 includes over 40 artists living and working within 200 miles of the US/Mexico border.

Organ Exchange // 2001 // 48 x 48 x 8 inches // Blown glass, mixed media

Including two artworks by each artist, this exhibition constitutes the third collaboration between the El Paso Museum of Art and the Museo de Arte INBA – Cd. Juárez. For more information, visit the El Paso Art Museum website.

View more available works by the de la Torre brothers at Mindy Solomon Gallery //

Jamex and Einar de la Torre at GLAZENHUIS

Mindy Solomon Gallery artists Einar and Jamex de la Torre are participating in the exhibition ’3 Solo Shows’ at Belgian glass museum GLAZENHUIS now through September 31st, 2013. The exhibition presents three very different approaches to art, glass, and the museum environment from four internationally renowned artists: brothers Jamex and Einar de la Torre (Mexico/USA), Petr Stanicky (Czech Republic), and Richard Meitner (USA/Netherlands).

A glimpse into the production and presentation of this exhibition:

Keep Reading // GLAZENHUIS Current Exhibitions

See more of Einar and Jamex de la Torre‘s available works at Mindy Solomon Gallery //

de la Torre Brothers at Glazenhuis, Belgium // Opening this Sunday

Opening this Sunday, March 31st, through September 31st, 2013: Mindy Solomon Gallery artists Einar and Jamex de la Torre will participate in the exhibition ’3 Solo Shows’ at Belgian glass museum GLAZENHUIS.  The museum invited four internationally renowned artists to present solo exhibitions this summer: brothers Jamex and Einar de la Torre (Mexico/USA), Petr Stanicky (Czech Republic), and Richard Meitner (USA/Netherlands).  Each were given a floor in the museum, where they will present a ‘solo show.’

Einar and Jamex de la Torre

The exhibition will present confrontation of three very different approaches to art, glass, and the museum environment. The artists in this group converge in the use of glass for its almost limitless potential to realize form, but within the conviction that material must remain subordinate to perception of art—freed of any obligations in choice and use.

de la Torre Brothers // A Dios Bavaria, 2004

The de la Torre brothers will transform the space into a colorful and vast spectacle imbued very liberally with references to both Mexican folk art and Flemish folklore.

Keep Reading // GLAZENHUIS Current Exhibitions

de la Torre brothers // Mitosis 2008

See more of Einar and Jamex de la Torre‘s available works at Mindy Solomon Gallery //

And, contact the Gallery at 727-502-0852 to inquire about the de la Torre works featured in this post //

The de la Torre Brothers: Home for the Holidays

“We despise all reverences and all the objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our own list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.”

-’Following the Equator’ by Mark Twain

Greed Talisman // 2005 // 48 x 48 x 7 inches // Blown and cast glass, mixed media

Artists and brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre bring their inventive, irreverent, inspired glass and mixed media works—rife with tongue-in-cheek religious iconography and and pop-cultural references—to Mindy Solomon Gallery in ‘Home for the Holidays.’ The exhibition is on view from December 22, 2012-February 2, 2013, with an Opening Night Reception Saturday, December 22 from 6-8:30PM, and Artists’ Talk at 6:30PM.

Animaluchadora // 2008 // 40 x 15 inches // Blown and cast glass, mixed media

The blown and cast glass sculptural works featured in this program are largely taken from the de la Torres’ 2012 exhibition at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. In addition to the museum works, the brothers’ recent explorations in digital art and mixed media round out ‘Home for the Holidays’ at Mindy Solomon Gallery. The works on display showcase the multiplicity of their religious and political story, always with an eye toward humor. One example of note is the sculpture ‘Animaluchador’ (2008). In Spanish, ‘anima’ translates to souls burning, and ‘luchador’ means wrestler. The figure appears to be standing in a religious pose of prayer, but is wearing the costume of a wrestler. His body is engulfed in flames, while he stands astride a pop-cultural doll. The relationship between religious icon and heroic figure (masquerading as an object of significance) personifies the de la Torres’ irreverence for cultural iconography as nothing more than cartoon. This objectification of symbolic masculine and spiritual strength enables viewers to tackle their own senses of religious alienation with candor and humor.

Rally du Mort // 2010 // 26 x 12 x 21 inches // Blown glass, terra-cotta, mixed media

The baroque quality of many of the de la Torres’ forms is the perfect foil for the contemporary nature of the dialogue conveyed by their narrative: a conversation rich in history, religion, and politics. Active in the glass art world since the 1980s, Einar and Jamex de la Torre are well-known for their assemblage style of making. They utilize hot glass as if it were a magic wand flowing with liquid amber―brilliant colors fused together with a nod to the grotesque. Their unique approach has been recognized internationally, and the brothers have exhibited their work in France, Japan, Canada, Germany, Venezuela, and Brazil as well as in the US and Mexico. They are included in the permanent collections of some of the finest glass art institutions in the world.

Read more about the exhibit and view more works by the de la Torre Brothers >>

Exhibition Information:
Mindy Solomon Gallery presents ‘Home for the Holidays: The Inventive, Irreverent, Inspired Works of the de la Torre Brothers‘ December 22, 2012-February 2, 2013. An Opening Night Reception takes place Saturday, December 22, from 6-8:30pm, with Artists’ Talk at 6:30pm.

Mindy Solomon Gallery is located at 124 2nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. The gallery is open Wednesday-Saturday from 11am-5pm. For more information, please contact the gallery at info@mindysolomon.com or 727-502-0852.

Texas Contemporary Art Fair

Mindy Solomon Gallery is proud to be an exhibitor at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair October 18th-21st, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Mindy will be showing work by Jeremy Chandler, Wookjae Maeng, Generic Art Solutions, Kate MacDowell, and Einar and Jamex de la Torre.

Generic Art Solution (G.A.S.) // Libery // 2010 // 30 x 40 inches // archival digital print on photographic paper

Wookjae Maeng // Gaze // 2011 // Porcelain, slip casting

Jeremy Chandler // Ghillie Suit (Pine Straw) // 2011 // 40 x 50 inches // archival pigment print

Elinar and Jamex de la Torre // La Liberte // 2010 // 35 x 23 x 4 inches // glass and mixed media

The Texas Contemporary art fair features presentations from 65 galleries, showcasing contemporary work focused on innovative, progressive, driven artists from around the world.

Show hours are as follows: Preview benefitting Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Thursday, October 18th from 6-7:30pm and Opening Night Party 7:30-9pm; regular show hours Friday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th from 11am-7pm; and Sunday, October 21st from noon-6pm.

Visit www.txcontemporary.com to learn more.

(e)merge art fair – Washington, DC

In October, Mindy Solomon Gallery will be at the (e)merge art fair in Washington, DC! We will show sculpture by Einar and Jamex de la Torre, new work by Christina West, and paintings by Georgine Ingold.  The 2012 Fair takes place October 4th-7th at the Capitol Skyline Hotel in Washington, DC, near the US Capitol and several of the nation’s leading museums. 

(e)merge will present over 80 international exhibitors.

The (e)merge Gallery Platform features galleries and nonprofit art spaces on the show floor and rooms, and the Artist Platform features a vetted selection of works in a variety of media throughout the hotel’s public areas and grounds.  The Educational Platform includes lectures, panel discussions, and tours given by innovative authorities in contemporary art, including collectors, curators, critics, and artists.

Washington, DC, is experiencing a swell of creative energy in its galleries, museums, non-profit spaces, and artist communities. The objective of (e)merge is to internationalize and fuel this vitality, as the city coalesces into a vibrant new center for artistic experimentation, cultural exchange, and curatorial discovery.

The de la Torre Brothers: Museum Shows Abound!

Mindy Solomon Gallery artists and brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre are known for their mixed media works based upon their Mexican-American bi-cultural experience. LA Weekly describes their work as a “raucous parade of unlikely icons, sabotaged masterpieces, reconstituted artifacts and cock-eyed renditions of just about anything you can think of.”

Tara’s Temple, 2011
48x36x3 inches
Mixed Media, Resin Castings, Faceted Glass

Their current exhibitions include:

• ’50 years of studio glass’ Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft through July 1
• The International Glass Prize 2012 taking place in Glazen Huiz, Lommel, Belguim through October 7
• “Mexicanisimo” at San Jose Museum of Art through September 23
• “Trazando la Linea” at CEART, Mexicali featuring the full “La Reconquista” installation, through July 1

La Reconquista

Coming events include:

• Teaching in Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, June 10-23
• Teaching in Pilchuck, Washington Session 6, August 20-31
• Showing work in the Orlando Museum of Art glass show, November 2012

Solos shows include:

• Exhibit at Mesa Center for Contemporary Art, September 14-January 7
• Exhibit at Chrysler Museum, Virginia, September 12-October 28
• Residency at The Chrysler Museum, Virginia, September 17-24
• Featured artist at the International Glass Symposium Novy Bor, Czech Republic,  October 4-7
• Exhibit at Mindy Solomon Gallery in December
• Completion of public art project at San Diego Public Library, with artwork installations in the main glass elevator

Visit the Mindy Solomon Gallery for more information on the artists and to follow news on their upcoming exhibit in December.

SCOPE NY Art Fair Booth

We are at SCOPE New York this week and presenting the dynamic works of the de la Torre Brothers, Generic Art Solutions, Marc Burckhardt, Bonnie Marie Smith, Kurt Weiser, Sunkoo Yuh and James Kennedy.

The Mindy Solomon Gallery works hard to present thought-provoking, high-quality contemporary art works by emerging talent representing the best in sculptural forms, photography, painting and mixed media. (Learn more about G.A.S., James Kennedy, Kurt Weiser, Marc Burckhardt, the de la Torre Brothers).

Booth No. A11 will be on exhibit at SCOPE NY through Sunday, March 11. If you should need entry passes, please contact me or the gallery.

Back home, Meditative Journeys, presenting Korean painter Sungyee Kim and sculptor Kang Hyo Lee is open and on exhibit through March 31. See opening photos here.

SCOPE NY—Booth A11—Contemporary Works of Art

The Mindy Solomon Gallery will be presenting contemporary works of art at SCOPE NY March 7—March 11. Our gallery booth, No. A11, will feature high-quality works by the de la Torre Brothers, Generic Art Solutions, Marc Burckhardt, Bonnie Marie Smith, Kurt Weiser, Sunkoo Yuh and James Kennedy.

SCOPE Art Show Booth A11

Mindy Solomon will be heading to New York next week to participate in SCOPE Art Show New York taking place on March 7—March 11. We will be located at booth A11 and presenting the work of de la Torre Brothers, Generic Art Solutions (featured above), Marc Burckhardt (featured directly below), Bonnie Marie Smith, Kurt Weiser, Sunkoo Yuh and James Kennedy.

We will be featuring a special, VIP reception for James Kennedy in collaboration with the Surface Library on Friday, March 9 from 6—9PM in New York. Please contact us or email to attend this wonderful event. Details and RSVP information will be provided.

SCOPE ART SHOW TO BUILD MONUMENTAL PAVILION ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ARMOR Y SHOW

New York, NY — Following the tremendous success of its Miami edition, SCOP Art Show returns to New York City for the eleventh year, with an exciting, high-profile location across from The Armory Show.

The 30,000 square foot pavilion on 57th Street and 12th Ave will host SCOPE’s flagship fair, SCOPE New York, featuring over 50 international galleries and museum-quality programming that will highlight groundbreaking, emerging work in contemporary art and beyond. SCOPE New York’s First View will take place on March 7, 2012, with proceeds benefitting New York-based non-profit, chashama.

The SCOPE pavilion will also be home to the newly launched SCOPE Foundation Series, showcasing a variety of projects, events and performances across multiple creative genres, including art, design, film and fashion. Proceeds from this series will benefit The SCOPE Foundation, creating continued opportunities for emerging artists and galleries worldwide. (above, de la Torre Brothers, Quinceañera).

With over 45 art fairs spanning more than a decade, SCOPE has solidified its position as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. SCOPE’s extensive reach enables an unrivaled opportunity for networking with art patrons, creative professionals and a culturally relevant public audience.

Renowned for presenting the most innovative galleries, artists and curators, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel and New York have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales of over $200 million and attendance of over 425,000 visitors. (above, Bonnie Marie Smith).