IMPULSE ART BY PONTET: IMPULSE ART BY PONTET PAYS HOMAGE TO ARTIST CARLOS PAEZ VILARO

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.

Friday, April 4, 2014

IMPULSE ART BY PONTET PAYS HOMAGE TO ARTIST CARLOS PAEZ VILARO

'INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE ARTISTS | MIAMI -a group art exhibition featuring talented artists from around the world (April 17-26, 2014) presents a special live performance 'IMPULSE ART' by artist DANIEL PONTET who will be painting with his feet inspired by 'Candombe' -a traditional rhythm of Uruguay- along with Grammy award winner violinist Federico Britos, Billboard award winner harp player Roberto Perera, Adrian Antoine and 'La Vilaro' -Drums Ensemble directed by Eloy Carrizo.

This special event pays homage to an Uruguayan cultural icon, artist Carlos Paez Vilaro who recently passed away) and it is going to start at 8:00 pm. during opening reception (7-10pm) Paez Vilaro, painter, sculptor, screen writer, musician and architect who championed Afro-Uruguayan Candombe music and dance, created colorful murals in dozen of cities around the world, and build a huge 'living sculpture' that become an icon 50-room hotel, named 'Casapueblo.'

This white building, outside Punta del Este, Uruguay, includes unusual organic forms that bring to mind Salvador Dali's Labyrinthine home on the Costa Brava of Spain, or some of Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona.

IMPULSE ART -hosted by Nina Torres Fine Art- is sponsored by Consulate General of Uruguay and Uruguayan-American Chamber of Commerce, Miami.

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 1950’s, that revolutionized the concept of art. In this new re-definition, art is seen as an act rather than an object. It is the interaction between the artist and the paint. The image on the canvas becomes just a witness of this encounter.

Daniel Pontet was one of the featured performing artists -along with The Dillard Center for the Arts String Quartet- at Miami River Art Fair | Downtown-Miami/Brickell | during 2013 Art Basel week, sponsored by Nina Torres Fine Art.

Nina Torres Fine Art

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