Ana Cifuentes http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog I'm colombian, currently living in NYC. My creations combine figurative and abstract elements. I do mostly oil paintings but like also drawings of human body. My paintings try to be a little window to an experience, thought or idea where some meaning is suggested but there is also space for individual interpretation. en Copyright 2013, Ana Cifuentes Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:37:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss admin@artid.com (Admin) support@artid.com (Webmaster) Ana Cifuentes http://artid.com/images/members/676/1680054author_thumb.jpg http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog 92 125 I'm colombian, currently living in NYC. My creations combine figurative and abstract elements. I do mostly oil paintings but like also drawings of human body. My paintings try to be a little window to an experience, thought or idea where some meaning is suggested but there is also space for individual interpretation. About Yayosi Kusama's show at the Whitney,NYC Something amazing abouy Yayosi is her ability to go in her own search through different media and subjects. I was impressed by her non-stop creativity. The temptation to become a brand sometimes constrain artists. Yayosi's work on itself is a statement against the pressure of the time to be captured as a brand. I completely identify with her "eclecticism" as a prevalent trait in 21 century artists.

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/6122 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 MomENTOS, Ana Cifuentes' painting show June28th Check the banner at the Colombian consulate! http://www.consuladodecolombiany.com/

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/6009 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:24:55 +0000 MOMENTOS, Ana Cifuentes' painting show June28th

MOMENTOS is a solo painting show at the Colombian Consulate in NYC. Paintings by Ana Cifuentes
June 28th- July 16th.
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 28th, 6pm
@ Consulado General de Colombia en Nueva York
10 East 46th Street (Between 5th and Madison Ave.)
New York, New York, 10017

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5972 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Diego Rivera at MOMA I saw Diego's mural exhibition at MOMA few days ago. I was fascinated by his ability to tell social truths! So straightforward, so direct, so provoking for a society that can not related to self-critic but in which all discourses are guided and must be alined by political "correctness." It was beautiful to see what he captured and expressed in his painting about social layers...yet there was no audience for this kind of statement at the time. Now he can be heard!

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5921 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:34:35 +0000 Chocolate the trumpeter

The inspiring music of his trumpet made me do this! I sold this painting some calendar days ago.
It feels like a piece of me is gone away... I had a strange relationship with this painting. As part of my "narrative," this painting records an encounter with a great Cuban musician and the traces that encounter left on me. Now, this painting belongs to another person's world. Yet, Chocolate is there in a different way for this new owner than it was for me .

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5920 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000 4th of July

Who would imagine that in this painting Manhattan is getting far while the Staten Island Ferry brings its 4th of July passengers to their destination? Passing by the Statue of Liberty in a safe 4th of July made think about the chaotic impressions of Manhattan 10 years ago when one of its symbols of power was destroyed. This was a peaceful 4th of July, 2011. AC

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5567 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Jazz at Shabbaz

This painting narrates the warmth and playfulness of two jazz musicians performing at the Shabbaz market in Harlem, NYC. I was really touched by the hard core jazz African American singer in her stylish sun glasses accompanied by my friend, another African American musician, who really enjoys making music. Hot and colorful Harlem summer! AC

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5566 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Subjective Narrative Painting Narrative painting is known as a painting that describes an historical event. In current times, photojournalism can accurately and vividly record an event. Yet in the times of subjectivity and personal narratives, I wonder if we could call subjective narrative painting the painting that just describes an event or a particular moment in someone__™s life. Subjective narrative painting would be then the pictorial record of an experience or thought through colors and images. After a vast development of conceptual and abstract art, subjective narrative painting will be a longing for a different form of representation. AC

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5561 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:29:06 +0000 Invitation to my painting show Ana Cifuentes
Silent tales paintings
September 1 through September 30th, 2011 THE BERKELEY GALLERY Berkeley College 3 East 43rd Street, Main Floor, NYC, 10017 (Between Madison and 5th Ave.)
Opening reception: Thursday 9/8/11- 5:30-7:00pm RSVP to Bob Keiber,Curator 212-252-2065
Hours: Mon.-Friday 9:00am __"7:30 pm , Sat. 9:30-3:00pm

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5520 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:17:41 +0000 Ai Weiwei I admire Ai Weiwei's commitment to his time, his people and his country as an artist. That seems to be very costly in the kind of society he was born. Nevertheless, his work and words speak loudly to the rest of us. A.C

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5205 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:13:35 +0000 My thoughts on From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection exhibit at the National Gallery of Art. Washington: I have recently discovered Georges Bellows through his painting ___Blue morning___. Amazing light captured in a maybe not that appreciated French style. Yes, bold with color and light! Beautiful! Cezane__™s eyes were pigmented in red when he painted Brittany Landscape.

]]> http://artid.com/members/anasol/blog/post/5118 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:11:38 +0000 bursting window

Bursting window is a work on which I was experimenting to find expressions of light. The figurative elements are there not to depict a reality but to contribute to the idea that is trying to get express through colors. The unfinished parts are intentional. oil on canvas

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