Arturo Herrera

Arturo Herrera, born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1959, is renowned for his boundary-breaking works merging painting, sculpture, and collage.

Recognition

Blue

Yellow

Screenprint

Screen printing, also known as silkscreen printing, is a form of prinmaking that involves transferring ink through a mesh screen onto a substrate, typically paper, fabric, or wood. The process begins by creating a stencil on the screen, traditionally made of silk but now often synthetic materials like polyester. Areas not intended for printing are blocked off, leaving open mesh areas for the ink to pass through. Ink is then applied to the screen and pressed through the mesh using a squeegee, transferring the image onto the substrate below. Each color in the design requires a separate screen, allowing for the creaton of complex, multi-color prints. Screen printing is valued for its bold, graphic quality and is widely used in commercial printing, fine art, and textiles.

Heel to Toe, Toe to Heel

Print

Joan Mitchell

Joan Mitchell was an American abstract expressionist painter born on February 12, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois.

Untitled I

A star of Abstract Expressionism at a time when female artists rarely achieved fame. Mitchell was a peer of Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, and has been exhibited in the Tate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum.

Mitchell's spitbite technique is painted on plates with an acid solution to produce this contemplative, fine mist of color with bold blue and black strokes.

Composition

Mitchell moves from painting to etching here, creating large and vigorous brush strokes in the lens of her highly renown paintings.

Intent

Mitchell is a highly coveted collection, her works continue to hit auction records of $29M.

Ceres Take

Untitled II

Gunther Gerzso

Gunther Gerzso is a contemporary artist known for his unique and captivating style.

Sagrario

Sagario means sanctuary. Densely-packed blue quadralaterals emerge from their sanctuary into two vast areas. One a field of sunny orange, the other a smaller forest of the deepest green.

Mexican artist influenced by the architecture of Le Corbusier, who studied set design and eventually fell in with a group of European Surrealist painters. Gerzso is exhibited in the Tate, Art Institute of Chicago, Hirshorn Museum.

Gerzo uses the language of abstraction to evoke landscapes. He considered these two forms expressions of psychological dispositions, yet tied to the land.

Highly influential artist who made significant contributions to Surrrealism and geometric Abstractionism.

Gustavo Rivera

Gustavo Rivera is a contemporary artist known for his vibrant and expressive paintings.

Large Monotype III

Rivera's monotype emanates energy through rich paint and collage.

Internationally recognized Mexican artist who presides in San Francisco. His rich, cultural monotypes have been exhibited at the likes of Stanford Museum, de Young, Museo Felguerez.

This work is saturated with the richness of Rivera's life across San Francisco, Mexico, and Europe.

This one-of-a-kind Hero work captivates a room. Collect this individual work or pair with other Gustavo monotypes for a stunning series.

null

Front

South American artist known for intricate, mixed media compositions, Herrera has been shown in likes of MoMA, P.S.1, Art Institute of Chicago.

This is a photographic printmaking technique from 1841 used in architectural blueprint drawings.

Delicate balance between the grey and blue inks, the brightness of the paper, and razor sharp registration.

Horizontal work that blurs the lines between print and blueprint.

Mirror

Inspired by a large-scale painting in Berlin, Herrera used printers to produce a screenprint with saturated colors, sharp graphics, and flat ink.

These enigmatic, blue washes are derived from Herrera manipulating 35mm photos by pouring coffee on and freezing the film.

Unique horizontal screenprint with distinct lines and color.

Fetch

Series of six colored etchings that are both sparse and uniquely gestural and playful.

When looking at the six works, meaning is evoked from unconscious memories and recollection of the shapes.

Beautiful series of six 20 x 21 color etchings to engage a room.

Jürgen Partenheimer

He is known for his diverse body of work that spans across various mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking.

Canto V, 5

German artist who draws on theory and prose in his works, Partenheimer's prints and sculptures have been displayed in the MoMA, SF Art Institute, RISDI.

This multimedia series combines etching, lithography, and heliorelief woodblock. Here Partenheimer sets various configurations of blocks against the fluid and rich blue.

A complete vertical experience of blue –&nbsp;the mix of high alpine blues is simulatenously spiritual and earthly.

One of the most renown German artists of his generation, these powerful Partenheimers should be collected.

This screenprint is energetically charged via primary hues, biomorphic abstract forms, and a the precision of the red-blue balance.

Inspired by Mozart’s opera, Così fan tutte, Herrera channels the emotional tension of the protagonists through color-driven movement in this visual dialogue.

Herrara's art has an unforgettable energy with its depicted emotion, movement, and saturated hues.

Heel to Toe, Toe to Heel

Arturo Herrera

Arturo Herrera

Value Indicators

Screenprint

COMPLEMENTARY WORKS