Current Projects, Mid-Treatment Shots, Locations and Inspirations

SUPERMOONS and spring equinox. A total lunar eclipse accompanied the first in a trio of back-to-back supermoons in 2019.Joe Matus / NASA/MSFC. #spectacular #supermoon #springequinox19
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1960-66, glazed ceramic. #mykindaofart #postmodernismceramics #luciofontana #italianartist #perforatedceramics #ftheesteticvalues #artcollector #artistsoninstagram #artgallery #italianpostmodernism
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Attese. 1959. Oil on canvas with slashes and perforations. The Met Breuer. NYC. Lucio Fontana on the Threshold Exhibit. Retrospective of works in all mediums. #luciofontana #slashedcanvases #post-modernism #artcollectors #artgalleries.
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, La Fine di Dio. 1963. Water based paint on canvas with slashes and perforations.
Lucio Fontana. Concetto Spaziale , Attesa.1967. Water-based paint on canvas with slash.
The Met Breuer. Former Whitney Museum of American Art. NYC. Lucio Fontana. Retrospective of works in all mediums. #luciofontana #slashedcanvases #post-modernism #artcollectors #artgalleries.
Alighierio Boetti, Venticinque su Venticinque. 1988 Embroidery on fabric 40 1/2 x 43 1/2 inches (102.9 x 110.5 cm). MOMA Retrospettive exhibit. #alighieroboetti #embroidered #moma #italianartist
Graffiti War. The Heart artists which has even coveting all these areas with Hearts for years now. One of his walls was insulted by this rather generic graffiti In downtown Manhattan ESL, Soho, NOHO, little Italy, FiDi etc. #heartwins #nychearts #heartartist #nycstreetart.
Quote of the week. #windowsart #nycquotes #streetart
Lucio Fontana, 2 works. Concerto Spaziale. 1967. Polished brass. #
Lucio Fontana. Rings. (Year?) Mother pearl,gold,patina. #luciofontana #lost_wire_wrapping #postmodernism #artjewelry
Encaustic means : "to burn in”. There two known types of encaustic: a hot paint applied in molten state, made of pure beeswax or mixed with resin, and a cold encaustic, usually called Punic wax, based on an emulsion of beeswax treated with an alkali, which could be used alone or mixed with other binding media.It started over 2 millennia ago. The most known creations using this technique are visible in the Roman Egyptian wax portraits, best known as the”El Fayum” mummies portraits. The Hot Wax Method - using heat as the solvent for beeswax based pigmented wax paints. The Cold Wax method - Punic Wax - a process where beeswax is boiled in salt sea water then strained through cheese cloth to remove impurities. This was done several times. They then decreed that the wax be left in sun or moonlight for several days to better bleach it. After this the wax needed to be saponified (made soap-like) by adding sodium hydrogen carbonate (Sodium Bicarbonate). This was mixed together and then later, drained again through cheesecloth, rinsed in lukewarm water and finally air dried. It would then probably have been tempered for painting by mixing with other natural ingredients like kindred oil or egg yolk. #encausticpainting #elfayoumpotraits #artrestoration #artconservationservices #antiquitiesconservation
Jasper Johns-Figure 8( Figure 8). 1959. Encaustic paint on canvas. 51x38 cm. #abstractexpressionism #jasperjohns #encausticpainting #waxpaint.
Ma fille, 2016. NYC. #iloveustella #becauseimthemom #nycartgalleries #artinart
Arnaldo Pomodoro. After conservation treatment. Detail view. Just looking at the square spear jamming the vertical structure. #fondazionearnaldopomodoro #arnaldopomodoro #contemporarysculptures #artconservation #sculpturesconservation #artcollectors #artgalleries #polishedbronze
THE SPIRAL JETTY. ARTIST: Robert Smithson CREATED: 1970 LOCATION: Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake MATERIALS: Black basalt rock, salt crystals, earth, water “Oh, I know. I’ll just move over 6,000 tons of black basalt rock and earth around here and there in the middle of a desert salty lake--in a spiral. Ya, that’s it.” That’s probably pretty close to what went through artist Robert Smithson’s head when he needed something productive to do. And then, bam, a giant art piece was born in 1970. The spiral's coil is 1,500 feet long and approximately 15 feet wide. The jetty disappears and reappears depending on lake water levels--drought years bring it out for all to see. Oh, and there’s a controversy: keep the jetty repaired and lookin’ pretty, or let it succumb to a natural atrophy? It’s a bit of a trek to see it, in 2019 is once again visible after years of being submerged. #robertsmithson #earthworks #spiraljetty #artcollector #art #artinnature