IMPULSE ART by PONTET

‘Impulse Art’ is a live performance where the rhythm of music inspires artist Daniel Pontet to paint with his feet and hands. It is the type of event that grew out of the Action Painting circles, a movement born in the decade of the 1950s that revolutionized the concept of art. Painters no longer approached their canvas with a set image in mind; it is an interaction between the artist and whatever the material may be before the individual's hands or feet. From this encounter derives an image, a sort of residue -the finished painting- and the canvas becomes just a witness of this moment. In this new redefinition, art is seen as an act rather than a product or an object.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Press (Banda Oriental): ART BASEL WEEK IN MIAMI. IMPULSE ART @ 2013 MIAMI RIVER


Semana del Art Basel en Miami (Diciembre 5-8) 
PONTET: ‘IMPULSE ART’ EN LA FERIA DE ARTE MIAMI RIVER 2013  por Banda Oriental (Nota de Redacción) 

“Cuando estoy en mis performances, una energía mágica comienza a fluír en el aire junto con el ritmo musical que escucho y veo mis pies que danzan impulsivamente sobre la tela. En cierto momento, no siento que soy yo quien está ahí… es la música que fluye a través de mí y me mueve. Aparecen imágenes en mi mente y trato de reproducirlas…”

En diciembre se vive, en el sur de la Florida, uno de los acontecimientos más significativos a nivel internacional y de gran importancia para el país no sólo económica –con un ingreso de millones de dóllares- sino culturalmente: la “Semana del Art Basel”. Los amantes del arte provenientes de todos los continentes, coleccionistas, artistas, gallerías, museos y también curiosos se dan cita en Miami.

Aparte de la conocida feria europea Art Basel, se destacan muchas otras que nos brindan un panorama del acontecer en el mundo del arte, en tan sólo una semana. Son realmente  muy pocos los días para apreciar este enorme volumen de obras y propuestas presentadas por los artistas.


Press: PONTET @ 2013 MIAMI RIVER ART FAIR

'Pontet: Impulse Art. En la Feria de Arte Miami River' Culturales. Banda Oriental Latinoamerica. Año XX, No. 247. Diciembre 2013. Rahway, NJ (pg 33)

Thursday, November 14, 2013

IMPULSE ART by pontet | Hollywood ArtWalk | (Video)


©2013. Impulse Art by Pontet. Video production by Ashok Communications. Images from a Daniel Pontet's live performance at Downtown Hollywood Artwalk organized by Florida's Hollywood CRA, and sponsored by Resurrection Drums. Drumming guided by Jeff Lee, Evan Klene, and Adrian Jones. All right reserved. Miami, FL 2013.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Press (Sun Sentinel): IMPULSE ART @ HOLLYWOOD ARTWALK



Sunday, September 15, 2013. SunSentinel.com (Sun Sentinel. Ft Lauderdale, FL) | pg 3G (SouthFlorida.com)

'FOOTLOOSE. Artist combines painting, dancing, music at Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk'  By Melvin Félix | Staff writer

With a brush or pencil in hand, Daniel Pontet has been painting and drawing since age 4. Now, at 56, he gets his kicks out of making art with his feet. Pontet, who lives in Hallandale Beach with his wife and daughters, has become a fixture at ArtWalk, a free monthly event in downtown Hollywood where he can be seen painting portraits with his toes and heels.

On the third Saturday of every month, Pontet puts away his shoes and glides over a canvas for hours, inspired by the beat of drums banged by local musicians and spectators who want to join in. “The work of art is no longer the painting but the performance itself,” says Pontet, who moved from Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, to South Florida in1991. “The canvas is the stage.”