venue:
daas Gallery
1542 Broadway St.
Fort Myers, FL 33901
239-939-1194
Opening Reception: Friday, February 6Th, 2009 6pm-10pm
(in conjunction with February Fort Myers Art Walk)
A new and colorful collection of master pieces will decorate the walls of daas Gallery in the month of February. A group of Latin artists have been invited to be part of Hispania: A Latin Art Collective which will be on display through February 28Th. One of the headliners Frank De Las Mercedes from Masaya, Nicaragua. Currently living in New Jersey, De Las Mercedes has been featured in national and international television shows and publications such as LatiNation, CNN En Español, Noticiero Telemundo and Univision’s “Aqui y Ahora” and Primer Impacto, Reader’s Digest, La Prensa (Nicaragua), Art Business News, American Style, The Artist’s magazine, Orion Magazine and Soul. In 2007 FdLM was invited by The Betty K Studio in New York to take part in an International Art Workshop led by teaching artists Olivier di Pizio and Gonzalo Belmonte of the Ateliers des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. He is also the creator of the acclaimed public project “The Priority Boxes”, have attracted great interest in his work and given him the opportunity to exhibit alongside important artists like Romero Britto and Robert Rauschenberg. With his "Priority Boxes" project, the artist has taken upon the task of sending colorful painted recycled boxes filled with nothing but Peace, Freedom and Hope; to anybody, anywhere in the world, for free.
Colombian artist and Naples resident Juan Diaz and Cuban artists Reynier Llanes and Yuniel Espinosa represent the strong and impressive talent of a younger generation of Latin artists. The impeccable and detailed work of these artists, along with other talents such as Peter Gaztambide from Puerto Rico, spellbind the Hispania collection.
Please visit http://www.daasgallery.com/ for more information. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 3pm (open 10am to 5pm during Fort Myers ArtFest February 7 and 8). Opening reception for this exhibition will be Friday, February 6Th from 6pm to 10pm.
daas Gallery
1542 Broadway St.
Fort Myers, FL 33901
239-939-1194
Opening Reception: Friday, February 6Th, 2009 6pm-10pm
(in conjunction with February Fort Myers Art Walk)
A new and colorful collection of master pieces will decorate the walls of daas Gallery in the month of February. A group of Latin artists have been invited to be part of Hispania: A Latin Art Collective which will be on display through February 28Th. One of the headliners Frank De Las Mercedes from Masaya, Nicaragua. Currently living in New Jersey, De Las Mercedes has been featured in national and international television shows and publications such as LatiNation, CNN En Español, Noticiero Telemundo and Univision’s “Aqui y Ahora” and Primer Impacto, Reader’s Digest, La Prensa (Nicaragua), Art Business News, American Style, The Artist’s magazine, Orion Magazine and Soul. In 2007 FdLM was invited by The Betty K Studio in New York to take part in an International Art Workshop led by teaching artists Olivier di Pizio and Gonzalo Belmonte of the Ateliers des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. He is also the creator of the acclaimed public project “The Priority Boxes”, have attracted great interest in his work and given him the opportunity to exhibit alongside important artists like Romero Britto and Robert Rauschenberg. With his "Priority Boxes" project, the artist has taken upon the task of sending colorful painted recycled boxes filled with nothing but Peace, Freedom and Hope; to anybody, anywhere in the world, for free.
Colombian artist and Naples resident Juan Diaz and Cuban artists Reynier Llanes and Yuniel Espinosa represent the strong and impressive talent of a younger generation of Latin artists. The impeccable and detailed work of these artists, along with other talents such as Peter Gaztambide from Puerto Rico, spellbind the Hispania collection.
Please visit http://www.daasgallery.com/ for more information. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 3pm (open 10am to 5pm during Fort Myers ArtFest February 7 and 8). Opening reception for this exhibition will be Friday, February 6Th from 6pm to 10pm.
