2011-03-01 10:10:25 - Concha García de Pablos is a contemporary artist who is inspired by the beauty and the holiness of life and considers them to be the main ideas in her artistic work. She successfully transmits the importance that art must have in our lives, since the aesthetic experience is still one of the feelings that provides immense gratification.

Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature a Spanish artist, Concha García de Pablos, in Degrees of Abstraction. The exhibition is scheduled to run from March 25, 2011 through April 15, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, March 31, 2011).

About the Artist
Living and working off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, Concha García de Pablos finds inspiration in the way of life and sense of happiness she finds there, and like Matisse incorporates the bright light and vivid hues native to that region to create the intensity of texture and color that are a hallmark of her paintings. She uses an ancient technique called Encaustic, a process of painting with molten wax and resin that lends the pigments a very strong light, and her attention to

line instills a simple beauty in her work.

What makes Garcia de Pablos’ compositions so compelling is her exploration of the harmony between order and chaos, light and shadow. Her use of texture supports this theme, positioning flat, warm areas next to more aggressive, highly textured spaces. Overall, Garcia de Pablos’ paintings are dominated by a pervading sense of serenity yet simultaneously of great energy and movement, all pointing to the greater truth of the “ying” and the “yang” of our human experience, the oppositional points that fit together to bring balance to the way our lives unfold.

Exhibition Dates: March 25, 2011 – April 15, 2011
Reception: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. - 6 p.m.
Event URL: www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Concha_García_de_Pablos.aspx

About the Exhibition:
Celebrate the spring with Agora Gallery’s new series of exhibitions. Through Contemporary German Art: The New York Experience you can get in touch with the energetic talent of some of the best of German art today. Full of personal insight, yet containing universal understanding and appreciation, these artists use their cultural heritage to create unique and innovative pieces of art. In Degrees of Abstraction you can view the works of artists who get to the heart of the complex mysteries of the world as they treat everything they meet with gentle but creative respect. Delightful but thought-provoking, these images will resonate with something deep within. Passages presents artworks which speak of the life-changing and perception-altering power of journeys both personal and physical. Reflective of the artists’ experience, they will also help viewers themselves to gain a new perspective on everyday life and humanity.

Featured Artists:
Degrees of Abstraction - Did Dontzoff, Jack Cymber, Domingo Martín, Concha García de Pablos, Andreas Hessman, Clive Rowe

Passages - Hanna Westerberg, Rita Aad, Neslihan Ozdemir, Richard Griffith, Jin Hwan Cho

Contemporary German Art - Amalia Gil-Merino, Christian Gipp, Christine Haehner Murdock, Eberhard Marx, Iva Milanova, Corina Schmidt, Renate Thalhammer, Petra Thoelken

About Agora Gallery
Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery, established in 1984 and located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district. It is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. Gallery II, an elegant adjacent gallery space, gives artists the ideal area for a solo or group exhibition of their own, organized and publicized by Agora Gallery. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of international talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. The gallery also runs Agora Art Blog, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.