Cremata Fine Art / Raúl Cremata

Cremata Fine Art hosts the work of Raúl Cremata, an arts activist and collector. Mr. Cremata has been a constant presence in South Florida’s visual arts community for more than twenty five years. His latest exhibition continues many of the artistic concerns that have become his signature: tropical light and color, Caribbean architecture and exuberant flora. A new gestural ease and sense of line is present in this work.

Opening reception: Friday, May 9th, 2008
Time: From 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.

Raúl Cremata will be signing and giving away limited edition lithographs for all who attend the opening.

Raúl Cremata
Untitled, 2008
Acrylic on canvas © 2008 by Raúl Cremata
Courtesy of the artist and Cremata Fine Art, Miami




Raúl Cremata
Untitled, 2008
Acrylic on canvas © 2008 by Raúl Cremata
Courtesy of the artist and Cremata Fine Art, Miami




Raúl Cremata
Piña, Mamey y Zapote, 2008
Acrylic on canvas © 2008 by Raúl Cremata
Courtesy of the artist and Cremata Fine Art, Miami

Margaret Clifton observes that “the light and atmosphere of the tropic continues to be the aesthetic concern for Raúl Cremata.” She adds: “The now-marchand faces his memories of Miami’s late seventies and eighties and his artistic coexistence with Amelia Peláez, Bermúdez, Emilio Sánchez and Mariano. Cremata finds new life in the chromatic vitality of his pictorial expression.”

The Parisian critic goes to the heart of Mr. Cremata’s identity. “For the painter, the intensity of the color of the tropic, the medio punto, the Caribbean colonial interiors are not product of a recently acquired cultural awareness, a trip to Cuba or a salsa record. This is not ‘a Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon.’ Raul Cremata, from his childhood and youth in Manhattan has been involved in serious probe of the Cuban visual arts, his traditions, and his country’s connections with European modernism. Far from nostalgia, we have found here a true celebration of place and a well thought out sense of identity.”

Mr. Cremata's work appears in many of South Florida's important collections including that of Emilio and Gloria Estefan and Florida International University.


Raúl Cremata
May 5 – May 23, 2008


Cremata Fine Art
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
305.644.3315


Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Mondays by appointment


For additional information contact the gallery
or visit their website: Cremata Fine Art.


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Centro Cultural Español - Coral GablesSantiago Espeche / Tears from the Thaw

Tears from the Thaw is the latest of a series of great impact compositions by Santiago Espeche, created from images obtained by Argentinean satellite SAC-C and manipulated with a special software. The show reports in a subtle way the effects of climatic change in the Argentinean Antarctica.

“For this series I choose a metaphoric form to discuss thaw, a very difficult issue, as one of the effects of global warming. I like to do it in a subtle way”, say Espeche, the son of a diplomatic couple born in Rome. “I was analyzing satellite images for months and found rich palettes that lead me to believe that there was art to be exploited. The variety in tones gives me the variety of the floor, from its topography as the energy that elements irradiate”. Espeche’s relationship with “satellite art” began soon after he started working as an administrative for the National Commission of Space Activities (CONAE, in Spanish).

Opening Reception, Friday, May 2nd, 2008. 8:00 pm.
Addmission is free

Artwork by Santiago Espeche
Soleado fondo de pileta
© by Santiago Espeche

Tears from the thaw will feature images in photo paper and vinyl and a video work with the launch of the SAC-C satellite and images taken in Antarctica and other places in 2000. Related to the exhibition there will be the screening of the documentaries Atrapados en el fin del mundo (Trapped at the End of the world), by Eduardo Sanchez on Tuesday, May 6th at 7:00 p.m. and The Thin Green Line on Tuesday May 13th at 7:00 p.m.

Information for this blog posting provided by:
Miami Art Guide



Santiago Espeche
Tears from the Thaw
Opening Friday, May 2nd, 2008. 8:00 pm
May 2 - May 23, 2008


Centro Cultural Español
800 Douglas Road, Suite 170
Coral Gables, FL 33134
305.448.9677


For additional information contact Centro Cultural Español
or visit their website Centro Cultural Español


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