Roberto Fonfria

Close Before Striking IV. Mixed Media Abstract Portraits on Paper

2014

"The Puppet Man, 1960. By Alexander Calder. Handwriting by artist "EA" down left. Image size: 42.25 x 19 in. Frame size: 50.25 x 27 in. Silver Frame Ha...

David Beckham Portrait by Espoir Kennedy Hand printed lithograph Image Size: 14 H x 11 W inches Paper Size: 19.5 H x 15 W inches Frame Size: 22.75 H x 1...

Tennis, 2018, From the Series "Why This Restlessness?" by Casey Waterman Archival Inkjet Print Image size 31.5 in H x 30 in. W Sheet Size: 50 in. H x 40 in. W Edition 1 of 3 + 1AP...

One Dozen Dreams, 2014 Mixed Media on %100 Cotton Paper Found images transferred to acetate film, collage, acrylics, and graphite. Image size: 15 in. H x 11 in. W Frame size: 19 in....

Close Before Striking VIII, 2014 Image size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W Frame size: 24 in. H x 20 in. W x 1 in. D Collage, watercolor, and graphite Mounted on a white frame. _________________________________ Roberto Fonfría lives and works in Miami, Fl He was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1969 Roberto Fonfría creates stories through a random mix of found images, photographs, drawings, and words. He combines these elements and builds layers and textures using acrylics, common objects, and collage. His work explores human behavior and social rules with a critic eye and humor, touching on personal themes such as dreams, fears, and memories. The images come from old magazines...

Close Before Striking IX, 2014 Image size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W Frame size: 24 in. H x 20 in. W x 1 in. D Collage, watercolor, and graphite Mounted on a white frame. _________________________________ Roberto Fonfría lives and works in Miami, Fl He was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1969 Roberto Fonfría creates stories through a random mix of found images, photographs, drawings, and words. He combines these elements and builds layers and textures using acrylics, common objects, and collage. His work explores human behavior and social rules with a critic eye and humor, touching on personal themes such as dreams, fears, and memories. The images come from old magazines...

Modern Head #5, from Modern Head Series (C. 95). Hand signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Embossed graphite with die-cut paper overlay. Image size 20 x 11.5 inches. Sheet size ...

This work is hand signed in pencil "R. Lichtenstein" at the lower right margin on the overlay board. It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left margin o...

Shepard Fairey God Save the Queen, 2012 Screenprint on wood panel in artist's frame Hand-signed by artist, Signed twice: Pencil signed, dated and annotated AP on the front; also penc...

Ronald B. (R.B.) Kitaj Nancy and Jim Dine, or O'Neill accuses Faulkner of lack of loyalty and support (Kinsman 40), 1970 16 Color Silkscreen with collage and coating on different wove papers Hand signed and numbered in pencil 29/70 on the front. The back (which is framed) bears the Kelpra Studio blindstamp Frame included: held in the original vintage metal frame Very rare stateside. Other editions of this work are in the permanent collections of major institutions like the British museum, which has the following explanation: "The artist Jim Dine and his wife Nancy were close to Kitaj and his family, especially after the death of Elsi, Kitaj's first wife in 1969. They sometimes stayed with the Dines at their farm in Vermont during Kitaj's second teaching sojourn in the United States. Dine and Kitaj held a joint show at the Cincinnati Museum of Art in 1973. In the catalogue both artists contributed an insightful 'essay' on each other with Dine stressing Kitaj's obsession with all things American and baseball-related...' The alternate title, "O'Neill accuses Faulkner of lack of loyalty and support" can be seen on the artwork itself, and clearly is some kind of inside joke among friends. By the way -- do you see the way the colored dots are placed over the figures? Kitaj was doing this well before Baldessari who made it famous; that's how pioneering he was at the time. Referenced in the catalogue raisonne of Kitaj's prints, Kinsman, 40 Published and printed by Chris Prater of Kelpra Studio, Kentish Town, United Kingdom Ronald Brooks (RB) Kitaj Biography R.B. (Ronald Brooks) Kitaj was born in 1932 in Cleveland Ohio. One of the most prominent painters of his time, particularly in England where he spent some four decades spanning the late 1950s through the late 1990s, Kitaj is considered a key figure in European and American contemporary painting. While his work has been considered controversial, he is regarded as a master draughtsman with a commitment to figurative art. His highly personal paintings and drawings reflect his deep interest in history; cultural, social and political ideologies; and issues of identity. Part of an extraordinary cohort who emerged from the Royal College of Art circa 1960, which included Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, and David Hockney, Kitaj was immediately pegged as one of its leading figures. The London Times greeted his first solo show in 1963 as a long-awaited and galvanizing event: “Mr. R.B. Kitaj’s first exhibition, now that it has at last taken place, puts the whole ‘new wave’ of figurative painting in this country during the last two or three years into perspective.” In 1976, KItaj curated the exhibition The Human Clay, and in the essay he wrote for it he proposed the existence of a “School of London”—a label which stuck to a group of painters that includes Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff, Michael Andrews...

Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Image size 19 x 32 inches. Giclee on hand made cotton paper. Artwork in excellent condition. Additional images are available upon reque...

Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Giclee on hand made cotton paper. Image size 19.5 x 19.6 inches. Frame size approx 28 x 27 inches. Artwork in excellent condition. Ad...