The Michael Margulies Artist Agency

The Michael Margulies Artist Agency's mission to represent and market leading contemporary artists and artist estates. The agency collaborates with galleries, art fairs, museums, and other art institutions to present and thereby instill the utmost awareness of the firm’s art catalog while operating under an unconventional business model.
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Tonight: Closing Reception for The Valdeziacs

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April 27th - The Valdeziacs

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K I K I   V A L D E S 

  T H E  
  V A L D E Z I A C S 
OPENING RECEPTION:
SATURDAY, 
APRIL 27th 2013 
7PM - 10PM 
101 EXHIBIT 
101 NE 40th Street. (Design District) Miami, FL 33137
Viewing after opening by appointment only.  305.972.8962 
MarguliesAgency.com/101Exhibit.com 
APR 27 - MAY 10 
PRESENTED BY: 
MICHAEL MARGULIES ARTIST AGENCY 
K I K I   V A L D E S 
101 EXHIBIT
101 NE 40th Street 
(Design District) Miami FL, 33137 
305.972.8962 - [email protected] 
MarguliesAgency.com - 101Exhibit.com 
Viewing by appointment only after April 27th 
APR 27 - MAY 10

Kiki Valdes - The Valdeziacs - April 27th

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What is the story of the pieces we will see in the Valdeziacs?

I am mostly addressing and playing with form. I am using a general, non specific cartoon character...meaning it sort of looks like Goofy, Mickey Mouse or Ren and Stimpy. I try to use certain components
of those identifiable images and make them into complete abstractions, or a somewhat still-life of what those shapes can do. I use certain qualities of the curves, exaggerated eyes and big mouths to emphasize the duality of those compositions. There is a constant battle between the graphic figuration that is very familiar to us and what is familiar in painting. 

Are you showing only new works or a mixture of new and previous?

All new, all of the work is from 2012 and 2013...I will have one or two small abstractions from 2010.. they relate to the current work. 

How does the art relate to the title?

I shared my new work with Joe Margulies. I spent Armory week with him and his family. I was curious what he was thinking of the work I was making....and the first thing he said was..."ohh, The Valdeziacs." 
It struck a cord with his childhood. He was clearly referencing his nostalgia he had for the "Animaniacs" and counter imposed the title with my last name. The show was a cartoon from the early 1990's. I never watched that cartoon...but his reaction was the best way to describe the feeling he got. It took him to a place from when he was a kid...meanwhile I never painted any of those characters. He was joking all weekend calling me Kiki Valdeziac. I struggled with a title all month long and I thought his reaction to my work was the most fitting for a title. 


how does the new work represent you as an artist and your maturation process?

It's where I am right now...if you asked me 6 years ago if I would be making this kind of work I wouldn't believe I would go this direction. About 3 years ago, I realized I was taking myself too serious as an artist. I'm a serious person...we all are to some degree. My development does not change dramatically either, there's a gradual change you can see if you pay attention. Those that pay attention are my closest friends, family and those good people from the outside. My work has always dealt with the dark side meeting the light. You see these big happy faces, but are they really happy? Deranged maybe? The work is very open ended for interpretation. That has always been my progress it just changes in what method I'm painting.   

 
THE VALDEZIACS 
ARTIST KIKI VALDES ANSWERS A FEW QUESTIONS ON HIS UPCOMING SOLO EXHIBITION "THE VALDEZIACS" OPENING ON APRIL 27TH AT 101 EXHIBIT - 101 NE 40TH STREET IN MIAMI'S DESIGN DISTRICT 
A Q + A WITH PAINTER KIKI VALDES 

KIKI VALDES 
THE VALDEZIACS 

(Solo Exhibition) 

Opening Reception: Saturday April 27th 

7-10pm

101 Exhibit 

101 NE 40th Street. Miami FL. 33137 
Show runs till May 10th 


"3:30am" (Oil on canvas) 2013 

FUTURESPECTIVE is Here!

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FUTURESPECTIVE - One Week Away!

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JeanPaul Mallozzi - The Biography

Posted 2013-02-03 17:29:10 | Views: 4,732

JeanPaul Mallozzi was born and raised in Queens NYC, and received a scholarship to attend the Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD). He graduated with B.F.A in Illustration. Recently, his solo exhibition entitled kN0B0DY shown at the 101/Exhibit gallery in Miami's design district. His works have previously been exhibited in New York, Washington D.C., Miami, and London. He has been featured by Wonderland magazine, Beautiful/Decay, 3x3 magazine's new talent gallery, and Carpaccio's Guide Vol.6 of emerging artists.
















 














JEANPAUL MALLOZZI 
THE BIOGRAPHY 
Moods and emotions have a color and vibration that manifests itself in the body. People can read emotion on a face and even more so in someone's body language. I chose to combine the two ideas of energy and posture, but instead of a face, I replace it with color and gestural line work. It acts as a keyhole into how a person is feeling from within.
For inquiries regarding works by JeanPaul Mallozzi 
contact The Michael Margulies Artist Agency 
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Master Sculptor: Manuel Carbonell

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MANUEL CARBONELL
Upon graduation in 1945, Carbonell received the title of Professor of Drawing and Sculpture. He then traveled to France, Italy and Spain to work and study. Upon returning to Cuba, Carbonell received many national honors and awards and in 1954 received his first international award for his Capillaina stone carving sculpture “Fin de una Raza” at the Third Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte (Barcelona, Spain).

























In 1959, upon arriving in New York, Carbonell moved from his classical and religious period in Cuba during the 1940’s and 1950’s through the commencement and development of his modern expression of the 1960’s culminating in Madison Avenue, then pinnacle of the art world. In 1963, he celebrated the first of his seven “One Man Show” at the renowned Schoneman Gallery in New York City. During the 15 years that the Schoneman Gallery exhibited Carbonell’s work, Carbonell was the only sculptor among the artists exhibited by the gallery, which included Picasso, Chagall, Braque, Monet, Matisse, Gaugin, and Renoir.




























In 1976, at a formal ceremony at the White House, Carbonell presented “The Bicentennal Eagle” as his gift to the United States of America. The Sculpture is presently part of the Gerald Ford Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Bio continues below)

Manuel Carbonell (October 25, 1918 – November 10, 2011) was a Cuban artist considered among the most important Latin American Masters. Carbonell, Wifrido Lam and Agustin Cardenas belong to a generation of Cuban artists who studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Alejandro in Havana, Cuba between 1915 and 1950. Other students of the Academia during this period include Mario Carreno, Amelia Pelaez, Victor Manuel and Fidelio Ponce. At the Academia, Carbonell studied sculpture under the guidance of Jose Sicre, a former student of Bourdelle, Rodin’s favorite disciple.


The following year Carbonell created the “Madonna of Fatima”, his first bronze monument in America: 26-foot high statue located in Washington, New Jersey. This statue is one of the largest works cast in bronze in America during the twentieth century. In 1987, The Miami Gallery, Beaux Arts Gallery, began representing Carbonell. In 1990, Carbonell moved to Pietrasanta, Italy, where he had his studio for many years, to carve the “Statue of Cuban Apostle Jose Marti”, a 7-foot marble statue for the San Carlos Institute in Key West, Florida.
















One of Carbonell’s most impressive commissioned works of art is the 53-foot bronze monument “The Pillar of History” located at the Brickell Avenue Bridge, Miami, Florida. Created in 1992 the monument reflects the history of Miami’s and its settlers. The monument consists of a 36-foot high bronze bas-relief column that graphically narrates the lives of the Tequesta Indians, Miami’s first inhabitants and features 158 figures. At the top stands a 17-foot bronze sculpture, “Tequesta Family” depicting a Tequesta Indian warrior aiming an arrow to the sky with his wife and child at his side. A more recent monument “El Centinela Del Rio”, a 21-foot bronze and alabaster sculpture is located at Tequesta Point in Brickell Key, Miami. He was also the creator of the 15-foot sculpture “Horse and Rider” a Burt Reynolds’ commission for his former theater.


A CUBAN MASTER



Carbonell’s modern sculptures, like those of great masters, have a unique and unmistakable style that makes his work excel and is easily identifiable. Carbonell imparted to his sculptures a feeling of universal beauty, which transcends the moment and can be appreciated by present and future generations.

His modern sculptures are what throughout the ages have been considered as classical and not mere forms of expression of untrained free association to satisfy the moment. It is this unique mastery and personal style, what creates his transcendence and permanence in the art world.


His modern monumental works, created in his modern and distinctive personal style, are part of important art collections and public spaces, “Couple in Love” adorns the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental, Miami, “Lovers” is found at the entrance of the Carbonell Condominium, named in the artist honor, “Torso” formerly at Selby’s Five Point Park, downtown Sarasota is now at the von Liebig Art Center in Naples, Florida, and “New Generation” in Xujianhui Park, Shanghai, China. The sculpture “Amantes” now graces the grounds of the Hotel Bristol, Buenaventura, Republic of Panama.


Carbonell sculptures are found at important museums and art collections such as The Frost Museum, Miami, Florida, The Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, “The Swire Art Trust”, Lefrack Collection, The Nemeroff Collection, The Finkle Collection and in personal collections such as those of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Burt Reynolds, Kay Ballart, Carlton Varney, Eleanor Kosow, Wayne Huizenga and many others fine art collectors.


Carbonell is also the namesake and major benefactor of the Carbonell Awards, highest achievement award for the theater in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.


Carbonell’s inexhaustible vision and his ever changing-style were the product of a brilliant talent and academic background. Ceaselessly searching for the essence of the form and the absence of details, he struggled to provide a sense of strength, monumentality and simplicity to his work. Carbonell recently passed away at 93 years of age where he continued to work daily in his studio.

For inquiries  regarding works by Manuel Carbonell
contact The Michael Margulies Artist Agency
[email protected]
305.972.8962
786.363.9013
(fax)

Ruben Ubiera: Biography

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RUBEN UBIERA 
Ruben Gerardo Ubiera Gonzalez (born October 19, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican neo-figurative artist, known for his strong use of the line, who has been drawing and painting ever since he had use of reason. Ruben paints and draws in a style considered by many as Pop-surrealism, but he prefers to call it urban-pop, since he has lived most of his life in the urban, populated areas and most of his inspiration is derived from the interactivity between man and his urban environment. 
At the age of 15, his family moved to the Bronx, NY, where he was heavily influenced by the graffiti art that surrounded him, something he wouldn't realize until much later in his life. He strives in all his work to capture an essential part of his past, his present and his subjects through the use of the line and form. His work includes still-life and situational portraiture but Ruben tends to primarily focus on city landscapes. His paintings are, on first examination, noted for being charged with "skateboard- isms,"




























paint drips and the constant presence of graffiti in some shape or form. But, after closer inspection, one notices the detail, sarcastic contrast, the social commentary and human struggle that's felt by the technique and subject matter. "I love art. Graffiti, typography, photography, print... the medium does not matter. If the message and the concept are strong, the final end result will always be strong. The key is to find the medium that will complement the concept. I like to paint on wood and found objects. They carry a rustic appeal that I find to be beautiful. Mixing graphic design on printed pieces with brightly colored paint onto old, worn objects, makes the final art look antiquated, decayed and very interesting to the eye and to the touch. I also love using collages to describe people and the history that got them to where they are today, the mix of hard graphic shapes, typographic elements with anthropomorphic surrealistic images. Contrast in concept, and in execution..." "I paint what I see, what surrounds me. The cosmopolitan city with all of its wonders and aberrations, the interaction of the individual with its urban environment. The everyday and mundane captured in time by an outsider."

The Biography

"I paint what I see, what surrounds me, the everyday and mundane captured in time.” - R.U. 

Michael Margulies Bio

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WHO IS MICHAEL MARGULIES?
As the son of Martin Z. Margulies, one of today’s most highly regarded contemporary art collectors, Michael Margulies has traveled alongside his father for decades visiting the world’s finest art collections. From Paris to Venice, to London and Switzerland, Michael’s global exposure has fostered an unparalleled sense, and keen eye for emerging artists and significant works of art.





In 2008, Michael launched the Michael Margulies Artist Agency with a mission to represent and market leading contemporary artists and artist estates. The agency collaborates with galleries, art fairs, museums, and other art institutions to present and thereby instill the utmost awareness of the firm’s art catalog while operating under an unconventional business model.



With a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami, combined with his distinctive fine art background, Michael has successfully established a solid reputation as the premier contemporary artist agency. For years, he has been a strong advocate to promote local artists and enhance community awareness in the arts. For the past several years, he has actively participated as a committee member for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)’s Young Leadership Circle. Most recently, Michael served as the Host Committee Chair for the inaugural Miami Project, one of the most highly anticipated art fairs held during Miami’s Art Basel 2012.

"I remember from a very young age climbing John Henry, George Segul, and De Kooning sculptures at Grove Isle,” says Michael. “At the time, I didn’t realize the importance of art; it was like furniture to me. As I got older, I realized I had retained an inherent knowledge of art from my childhood, and I knew that I could use this knowledge to contribute to the art community.”
Mike Margulies likes for the attention to be on the artists he represents, but to start off this blog we would like to share with you who he is, then we will get back to the art! 
Family Ties: Joe Margulies, Liz Margulies and Michael Margulies 

FUTURESPECTIVE - Group Show

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OUR LATEST EXHIBITION: FUTURESPECTIVE 

Make sure to join us on Thursday, February 14th for the opening of the group show - "Futurespective." We are extremely excited about this show. We have a blog dedicated to the exhibit and you can view it right here.We hope to see you on the 14th.  We will be updating this blog with more updates on this show.
View latest invite below: 
THE BLOG