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 1/2 head with chairs mixed media on canvas 1996 |
 interieur mixed media on canvas 1997 |
 snake and leaf mixed media on canvas 1995 |
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June 1998 Artcore is proud to present the work of Mallorca-based Argentine artist Horacio Sapere through the month of June. Sapere's work is both honest and ironic in its depiction of people and the world. Using as iconography the everyday objects with which we surround ourselves - leaves, bottles, flowers - he situates his work firmly in the simplicity and absurdity of our modern world. Painted in the hues of the Mediterranean - rich golds and deep blues - Sapere's art is colour-saturated, using the vibrancy and the depth of that region to inform the style and conception of the finished works. Overlaying images and combining visual elements to create the paintings, the forms themselves are stylized, the figurative elements reduced to simplified outlines to convey the essence of the object. Luminous and resonant, the colour in Sapere's works is essentially primary colour. The artist has used tones that convey the depth of hue that surrounds him in Mallorca, on a scale that encapsulates his environment for the viewer. In his sculptures from the series The Poet's Room, Sapere has used chairs as the pedestals on which rest smaller sculptural objects that resonate with poetic symbolism. The pieces are dedicated to international poets, such as Dylan Thomas, Yukio Mishima and Joan Brossa, and blend emotions with objects that are suggestive of that feeling. Sapere's work has been exhibited internationally, throughout Europe and North and South America. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 5:00 For information, telephone (416) 920 3820 |