The tradition of landscape painting spans centuries and can be seen as the visual documentation of the natural beauty and abundance of the Americas. These very same paintings were also a device for the American empire to claim ownership and encourage the violent colonization of sacred indigenous lands. When I recreate a landscape painting, I think of those unwritten histories and the people that protect and honor our vast delicate lands.
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Pensive Eye
Contrasting the global, pandemic-enforced trend of living life through technology instead in person, Matthew Couper’s exploration of what social isolation might look like starts from an island in the middle of the ocean. For the artist, desert islands and desert proper are both metaphors for survival and reflect a bigger picture of what survival means […]
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Green Fairy Garden Gate
La Forgia started as a dream of owner Enzo Cinquegrana more than 20 years ago. A sculptor frustrated with the art gallery scene, Enzo dove head first into forging as a method to express his sculptural abilities. When he discovered forged metal could satisfy his need to create sculptural forms and his desire to have […]
