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This Gina Pellón exhibition highlights the artists stylistic use of thick,
vibrant colors in contrast with her loose, erratic brushstrokes.
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“I paint every day… from sunrise to sundown.
In this process, I have the need to create,
to portray emotions,
and once I am about to complete a work,
I get the urge to attack another.”
-Gina Pellón
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Let's Dance
(Ven a Bailar), 2009
mixed media on canvas
57 1/2 x 44 3/4 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
The Hat
(El Sombrero), 2008
mixed media on canvas
32 x 25 1/2 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
The Show is About to Begin
(El Espectáculo Va a Comenzar), 1985
mixed media on canvas
63 3/4 x 44 1/2 inches
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This section presents Gina's superb color consistency and her use
of similar tonalities in two separate compositions.
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Femininity blushes in her canvases, through the feast of
color. The sinuous lines render the coquettish curvatures of
her ladies. Women who exalt dignity and self-assurance in a
world conquered via beauty and elegance, not by conflict
and militancy.
-Ramón Cernuda
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Ready for the Dance
(Lista para el Baile), 2013
mixed media on canvas
39 x 31 1/4 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Cuban Finch
(El Tomeguín), 2010
mixed media on canvas
39 1/2 x 32 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Starry Night
(Noche de Estrellas), 2010
mixed media on canvas
44 3/4 x 57 1/2 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
The Lady in the Blue Dress
(La Dama en el Vestido Azul), 1989
mixed media on canvas
51 x 38 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Silence
(Silencio), 1996
mixed media on canvas
31 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches
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"In the best Cuban plastic tradition, Pellón makes use of a
brilliant palette. As a true colorist, she creates form from
pigment, with frenzied energy. Her compositions might be
described as the work of a highly chromatic expressionist.
Charged with tropical sensuality, they impart a linear vision
of ambient reality. Lines are traced in color, for the most part
pure, whose shimmering luminosity attracts the viewer at
once. There is no striving for effect... What really counts,
what constitutes the attraction of Pellón's painting, is the
rare combination it evinces of imagination and
technical skill."
-José Gómez Sicre
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A continuation of the Gina Pellón exhibition, featuring five of her
paintings on display as part of the main showroom area.
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Lolita of the Opera Carmen by Bizet
(La Lolita de la Opera Carmen de Bizet), 2010
mixed media on canvas
24 x 19 1/2 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Cendras
(Cendras), 1984
mixed media on canvas
25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
The Gold Wind Carried by the Snow
(El Oro del Viento Llevado por la Nieve), 1992
mixed media on canvas
63 1/2 x 51 inches
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"A master of color, Gina Pellón’s style and palette are marked by luminous color and gestural rhythm. Her chosen central theme was the female figure. Prismatic figures of women, faces, groups and gatherings of people stream in her vibrant compositions conveying spontaneity at its best.”
-Nercys Cernuda
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Elements of Gina's well established style transfer over effortlessly
between her mixed media paintings and her collage works.
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Come and Celebrate the Joy
(Ven a Celebrar la Alegría), 2013
painted collage on heavy paper laid down on wood
23 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Rainbow Games
(Juegos del Arcoiris), 2010
collage on heay paper
11 1/2 x 8 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
The Dancer Dances
(La Bailarina Baila), 2010
collage on heay paper
11 1/2 x 8 inches
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Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Happy Young Lady
(Muchacha Feliz), 2010
collage on heay paper
11 1/2 x 8 inches
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Exhibition catalog for Gina Pellón, Still Going Strong, Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, FL, November - December 2010
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