Hunt Slonem is an artist who
combines representational and abstract
expressionism imagery.
Born in 1951 h e is best known for his paintings
of tropical birds, based on a personal aviary in
which
he keeps about 100 live birds of different
species. His fascination with exotica can be
traced to his experiences
as a child in Hawaii and as a foreign exchange
student in Managua, Nicaragua. Slonem went to
Tulane
University ,where received his Bachelor of Arts
Degree
from and studied painting at Skowhegan
School of
Painting and Sculpture. Slonem
has had over
150 solo exhibitions and over 75 museums
internationally include
his work in their collections including the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim
Museum, both in
New York.
Hunt owns several homes including two
Plantations in Louisiana and the Cordt Mansion
in Hudson, New York,
as well as several lofts in New York City.
"One of
his featured works in Gallery Modern "
Al Razza
Razza
was born in Providence, Rhode Island in
1954. He moved to South Florida in 1979,
and currently resides in Coral Springs
with his wife Sheila and daughter
Alicia.
Educated in New England,
Razza received a
Bachelor of Fine Art Degree
from Massachusetts College of Art in
1977.
He also attended
the Art Institute of Boston, the
University of Rhode Island, and Florida
Atlantic University. In 1982, while
working on a Masters Degree at Pratt
Institute in New York, he was awarded an
assistantship and two fellowships. In
1991, Razza won one of the first South
Florida Consortium Fellowships, awarded
for artistic excellence by the
South
Florida Art Consortium and the National
Endowment for the Arts;
which included a
$15000
stipend.
His
work has been exhibited in museums, and
galleries, and is included in many
private and public collections. He has
taught in the Broward County, Florida
School System, and was an instructor at
the Coral Springs Museum of Art for 10
years. He is the owner of the Design
Crafters Inc. now doing business as
Razza's School of Art, located in Coral
Springs.
Purvis Young
Purvis Young February 4, 1943 – April
20, 2010 was an American artist. In the
2006 feature length documentary film,
Purvis of Overtown. came celebrating
one of South Florida's most celebrated
artists.
Young, a self-taught
artist was born in the Miami's
Liberty City district and lived
in Overtown , Young
communicated a social message
with his work, depicting
poverty, crime and other social
issues of his hometown community
. He painted on discarded
objects as his canvases,
including doors, cardboard, and
pieces of wood. Young often
stated that he turned his life
around through art, after
serving a prison term for
breaking and entering in the
mid-1960s. His work is exhibited
in hundreds of museums,
galleries and private
collections
Young lived in a nursing home and used a
wheelchair in his final years, the
result of an extended struggle with
diabetes . He died at Jackson Memorial
Hospital in 2010 and is missed by many .
Be sure and ask about the signature
creations at Art Gallery Modern
Alexander Gore
He
experienced the overwhelming feeling of
freedom after arriving in New York city.
In the following years, he traveled for
many months in Central America,
experiencing the primitive beginnings of
man, art and life. The influence of
Central American and Caribbean art is
visible in Gore's current work.
After 10 years of painting in New York,
the artist moved to Miami The great
change of the light and shade prompted
him to paint weightless forms unknown to
nature: he unlocked his vital energy and
creative spirit.
Gore's style of art reflects a powerful
surrealist influence and incorporates
his many travel experiences. He paints
abstract and semi-abstract forms,
weightless in time and space. His art
expresses an alternative view of
reality- one without borders or
limitations.
"The curved line is a basic element of
nature. It has a vitality and energy
unknown to the straight line". Gore has
created his own style of art the he
calls "Agorism", a style based on that
principle.
Gore's work has been shown in many
museums, art galleries and auction
houses around the world, including
Washington D.C., New York and Miami.
