A short version of the short film about love, jazz, art, New York, and “Masters of the Imagination, the September 2010 Art Exhibition with works by contemporary artist Ignacio Alperin Bruvera set to some cool jazz.
Article on Ignacio´s Music on Canvas approach to art on today´s Ñ Magazine, Argentina´s best selling arts and culture magazine.
Artículo de Ñ, la revista de Arte y Cultura de mayor circulación en Argentina sobre el “Jazz visual” y la muestra en NYC de Ignacio Alperin.
Music on canvas
The “visual jazz” paintings of an Argentine artist in an annual exhibition of Latin American Art in New York
Artist Ignacio Alperin Bruvera (www.ignacioalperin.com), whose art has been described by some critics as “visual jazz”, will be taking part, together with some of Latin America’s brightest new and estalished artists, in the now traditional annual Latin American art exhibition “Masters of the Imagination”, organized by Agora Gallery in New York City for over a decade now.
In relation to his art and the invitation to participate in the exhibition, Alperin Bruvera said: “It’s an honor to have the opportunity to present my work and receive recognition in one of the world’s great art capitals, a city that I love and one which also has such a deeply rooted relationship with jazz”.
Fascinated by this genre, Alperin constructs his visual language using methods based on classical concepts, but full of creative inventiveness and spontaneous improvisation that reminds more of the work of musicians than that of classical visual artists.
In his paintings, we come across dramatic lines, spiraling or ripping across the canvas, many times giving the impression of stretching beyond the surface, and framed by vigorous colors applied in his characteristic brushwork. Thus he has built his own language, full of movement and nuances, with which he creates points of contact with the viewers, generating a dialogue which is mostly divorced from figurative representation, but built on a visceral form of abstraction that stimulates the imagination and ignites their hearts.
Tracing a parallel to what happens with great jazz, Alperin encourages his viewers to leave the unilateral relationship which very often characterizes the art experience, inviting them to step into the “stage” and become emotionally involved to the point of making each painting their own, thus transcending everyday reality and immersing them into a process with no defined time or space, towards a more universal vision of everything that surrounds them.
“Over the years I have developed my own visual method as a combination of traditional painting techniques and a large dose of improvisation crafted in the style of the great musicians of that genre. Precisely, it is in the United States where my art has been conceptualized by some as “visual jazz”, a term that I like and that, somehow, I share due to the musicality of my work and the movement that I impress on it” said the artist.
A selection of his works is being exhibited at Agora Gallery (http://bit.ly/ddHyff), 530 West 25th St, New York, until 1 October 2010.
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So I finally managed to get things moving. This is my first blog. It will be associated to my new website, and it will include some of the info that my friends get in my Art Exhibition group on FB. I must say that 2010 started with a blast. My mind open to new figures and colors. Always using acrylics but also printing inks. As always music is an intricate part of my art, there is a lot of jazz in what I am doing these days (as always!), but also many other styles. Here are some details of work I have been doing these days, I am very happy with it. I hope you like it too.
Hola! Finalmente ha llegado el momento y aquí estamos. La idea es compartir mi arte con Uds. en mayor detalle. Contarles lo que me pasa, qué me inspira, cómo llego a mis imágenes, por qué hago lo que hago. Es una manera de estar más cerca de mis amigos y de quienes disfrutan de mis obras. Como verán, 2010 llegó muy bien. Con mucha fe y alegría en lo que me está brotando muy naturalmente. Son imágenes más sintéticas, con mucho color, como es mi costumbre, e inspiradas en la música. Mucho Jazz como siempre pero hay más variedad musical, y por ende, mayor variedad interpretativa. Mezclas de pintura y tinta de impresión, trazon limpios, mucho “aire” como diría Juli. Estoy muy contento y espero que les guste. En el sitio ya están posteadas las obras que he estado haciendo en enero. Espero que las disfruten!
IGNACIO ALPERIN: THE ART OF THINKING OUT LOUD / EL ARTE DE PENSAR EN VOZ ALTA 