https://artcritical.com/2010/07/18/eric-gelber-in-conversation-with-roberto-juarez/ Tue, 27 May 2014 20:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 https://artcritical.com/2010/07/18/eric-gelber-in-conversation-with-roberto-juarez/#comment-88134 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:17:49 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=8472#comment-88134 This is a beautifully conducted interview, equally well-presented. I’ve knew Roberto well in the mid=Eighties when I lived in NYC. I was fortunate enough, and he, generous enough, to have an exchange of some Most Tolliver works I owned for some of his work. One of them is a particular treasure: a book of fine, heavy paper, in which he painted a series of works that are similar to the ones described above in this EIghties period. Organic, but not without the containment by use of geometric shape, marvelous contrasts of color. And the everpresent mystery and magic of wondering JUST WHAT am I viewing here???
Indeed, Roberto CANNOT be cubbyholed into a class of “Hispanic” or “Latino” painters. A general sampling, overview, of his work demonstrates that his background is AMERICAN URBAN, highly multicultural, sophisticated, dominated by a masterful technique through which he achieves his goals of imagery that expresses the range from wit and charm to pathos and granduer. ANd yes, there are works that burst from the canvas in tropical abundance, just as in Gaugin or other artists who experienced the tropical and were highly influenced by it.
And I must close by saying the artist, himself, is as delightful, as highly individual and his personality as multicultural as his work. He is comfortable anywhere. I am honored to have known such a great artist and to have my home graced with such brilliant work and my heart and mind filled with fond memories of our times socializing together, attending his openings at Miller, sharing our friends with one another, and most of all, visiting galleries together and having his sharp, educated eye inform me adn enlighten me about art.
Thanks for allowing my post and for your erudite and interesting essay on one of my favorite artists of the age.

]]> https://artcritical.com/2010/07/18/eric-gelber-in-conversation-with-roberto-juarez/#comment-1101 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:02:18 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=8472#comment-1101 Very intrigued to see these paintings…& an intriguing profile…Personally I’ve always seen Mondrian in a direct line with that other Dutchman (Van Gogh,) as referring to nature in all of his work. Will look forward to seeing these works!

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