Dora Franco

Peras en almíbar de vino rojo. From The Bodegones still life series

2020

The artist inspiration is deeply rooted in the notion of discovery through visual reflections and a strong passion for symmetry and linear structure. Her architectural works of Refle...

For this body of works, Krag incorporates live and dry flowers, vines, moss, air plants and ocean driftwood creating botanical instruments that seem to touch on contrasting themes of vitality and decay. He creates breathing and dying objects deeply connected to the passing of time, stilled lives contemplating mortality and the brevity of beauty and life. Photography helps Kevin Krag...

In the mid 1970s, Chuck Taylor sneakers started showing up on the feet of underground rock bands. As much as jeans and guitars, Chucks became part of the rock and roll look. They had a powerful allure and became a fashion icon for anyone with arock and roll sensibility. This piece is an homage to the simple, cheap, and let’s be honest rubber and canvas Chucks. Photography helps Kevin Krag...

In the NX Series, Krag uses guitar necks as the space to recreate the score of a rock and roll song that brings strong personal memories. He marks the notes with nails in the guitar’s fretboard and weaves color threads among them to represent the song’s flow. The guitar as an acoustic object does not exist anymore. The object is a soundless fragment of a broken instrument that — through a mnemonic image of the placement of fingers — is referencing a sound the viewer recreates in his mind. Photography helps Kevin Krag...

Neon Astro Boy. Photography and digital face mounted on plexiglass. No frame needed. About the Artist: Born in Montreal in 1989, Cedric Sequerra has always been fascinated by t...

Wedgwood Sapphire Garden with Pineapple Beets, limited edition photograph, archival, signed and numbered. The Good Dishes integrates memory, legacy, and metaphor with my response to loss. As I witnessed an early generation of family members pass, my cousins and I were each faced with the emotional task of cleaning out the family home. Sorting through the heirlooms, we would determine which items to toss, sell, or preserve. Without fail, when it came to the family’s fine china, that item was always given to the person who most cherished its memory and sentimental value. Growing up in a large Italian family, everything was centered around food and the family table. I remember vividly my mother’s vintage marigold stoneware dishes that she bought at the grocery store back in the early 1970s. She used them every day for as long as I could remember, and they had a life of their own. Along with my mother’s everyday...

Spode Creatures of Curiosity with Romanesco, limited edition photograph The Good Dishes integrates memory, legacy, and metaphor with my response to loss. As I witnessed an early generation of family members pass, my cousins and I were each faced with the emotional task of cleaning out the family home. Sorting through the heirlooms, we would determine which items to toss, sell, or preserve. Without fail, when it came to the family’s fine china, that item was always given to the person who most cherished its memory and sentimental value. Growing up in a large Italian family, everything was centered around food and the family table. I remember vividly my mother’s vintage marigold stoneware dishes that she bought at the grocery store back in the early 1970s. She used them every day for as long as I could remember, and they had a life of their own. Along with my mother’s everyday dishes...

Spode Blue Italian with Lime,, limited edition, archival photograph, signed and numbered. The Good Dishes integrates memory, legacy, and metaphor ...