Cristina Stefan

All around the place, Mixed Media on Paper

2014

"They was proud of him" Turn to the abstract... "You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only c...

"Uncertainties" *** Turn to the abstract... "You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only cl...

"Corruption" Turn to the abstract... "You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear throug...

"He's Strong but Unstable" *** Turn to the abstract... "You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning...

This vibrant abstract work is by Gustavo Ramos Rivera (1940-) The work is a mixed media composition on paper. It measures 20.5 x 26.5 inches. It is mounted on heavy matboard that measures 26 x 33 inches. There are various techniques and materials employed in the creation of this painting. Collage, drawing, painting with oil paint, pastel crayon cardboard and other materials that I cannot identify. The painting is in very good condition. The matboard mounting has a bit of time stain on the edges. It is not presently framed. Gustavo Ramos Rivera was born in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico in 1940, and immigrated to the United States in 1969. He has lived and worked in San Francisco for over 40 years. Ramos Rivera’s work is in the permanent collections of prominent institutions including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, The Mexican Museum in San Francisco and The Nevada Museum of Art. In 2006, the San Jose Museum of Art presented a retrospective exhibition of the artist’s work, which then traveled to additional institutions in California and Mexico. Through his use of color and a personal symbology, Ramos Rivera has created a language that is written throughout his paintings, monotypes, and collages. This singular expression functions on both an intellectual and emotional level and its deployment is reminiscent of the work of Paul Klee, Joan Miró, and Cy Twombly.(1) It also harkens back to the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican art...

Casematte 3 is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by Caterina Pini (Milan, 1968) in 2018. Original Mixed Media. Watercolor, ballpoint pen and wa...

This artwork "Untitled #1" c.1990, is a large mixed media on paper by noted Mexican/American artist Gustavo Ramos Rivera, b.1940. It is hand signed and numbered E.V. 1/2 in pencil by...

Good For Nothing Abstract On Paper 2023 Mixed Media on Paper Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Arts and received a sch...