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Art Basel invites Gonzalo Antón
Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 has invited Gonzalo Antón to the Vernissage of the art show, an exclusive invitation-only opening for worldwide art connaisseurs and collectors.
Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States. As the sister event of Switzerland's Art Basel, the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past 39 years, Art Basel Miami Beach combines more than 220 leading art galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa that will exhibit 20th and 21st century artworks by over 2,000 artists.
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La Duquesa (SOLD - Georgia, USA - Private Collection)
«A lot has been written about what makes a good painting. ¿Do you know what is a good painting for me? Something that, hanged in your house day after day, calls your atention and makes you stare.» Late night talk. Technical Information | Title: La Duquesa -The Dutchess-; Size: 1,2 x 1 meter; Technique: Argentinian pigments and oil on framed canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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Procesión (SOLD - Buenos Aires; Argentina - Private Collection)
Via Crucis in Potrerillos, a small town located in the middle of the Andes mountains. Technical Information | Title: Procesión -Procession-; Size: 0,6 x 0,4 meter; Technique: Ink and oil pastels on 400 gr paper, framing with dorado a la hoja. |
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Open atelier
Since September 2008, Gonzalo Anton´s atelier is open for general public to visit/purchase his paintings. You can visit Gonzalo´s atelier in Chacras de Coria main street, a small and peaceful town located at the foot ot the Andes mountains, located only 20 minutes from dowtown Mendoza, the most important western province of Argentina.
Photo: Gonzalo outside his atelier on early September 2008. |
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Coming soon...
In the middle of the XX century, racial prejudice resulted in black people been hanged and burned to death in magnolia trees in the southern estates of the United States. A tribute to their memory. |
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Pescadores trabajando bajo la lluvia
The peaceful moments of melancholy and loneliness that working routines tend to have. Technical Information | Title: Pescadores trabajando bajo la lluvia -Fishermen working under the rain-; Size: 3,5 x 2 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with acrylic on canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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El escape de las 3 vírgenes
A moment of fear. Technical Information | Title: El escape de las 3 vírgenes -Escape of 3 virgins-; Size: 1 x 0,4 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with german pigments on canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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Baño en la mañana
The uncertainty of decistions. Technical Information | Title: Baño en la mañana -Bath in the morning-; Size: 1,5 x 1,5 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with acrylic on canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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Sol naciente
Mendoza is called «Land of the sun and the good wine». Violent red changes significance through the look of the sun. Meaning and feeling as seeing this piece is intended to change from person to person. ¿What does it tell you? Technical Information | Title: Sol Naciente -Rising Sun-; Size: 2,6 x 1,1 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with oil and acrylic on canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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Virgen María
Done using argentinian red wine: the Mother of God. A very weak attempt to capture Mary´s beauty. She was 15 when she received God´s calling. Technical Information | Title: Virgen María -Virgin Mary-; Size: 1,1 x 1 meter; Technique: Argentinian red and white wine with oil and acrylic on framed canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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Desnudo 5
Morning light warms her shoulders. Technical Information | Title: Desnudo 5 -Nude 5-; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Oil on brown paper. |
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Fragil
Someone once said... the tree of freedom must be freshened from time to time with the blood of innocents. Technical Information | Title: Fragil -Fragil-; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Italian oil, acrylic and collage on 300 gr paper. |
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Desnudo 4
A dream of beauty. Technical Information | Title: Desnudo 4 -Nude 4-; Size: 1,8 x 0,7 meter; Technique: Mixed technique on canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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Siesta en el eucaliptus
Just a short break after lunch before leaving your life on the vine year after year for $1 an hour. Technical Information | Title: Siesta en el Eucaliptus -Nap in the Eucaliptus-; Size: 1,3 x 1 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with oil on 18 mm thick rigid support. |
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La sábana azul
As time goes by. Technical Information | Title: La sábana azul -Blue sheet-; Size: 0,8 x 0,45 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with german pigments on canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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El Príncipe
Discover the story behind it . The 5 cent coin on his crown relates this painting to La duquesa. Technical Information | Title: El príncipe -The prince-; Size: 1,1 x 1,2 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with oil on canvas tensed over wood structure. |
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Atardecer en Capri
Italian sky and meditarranean sea: sailing with no preset course. Technical Information | Title: Atardecer en Capri -Capri sunset-; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with german pigments, acrylic and oil on 500 gr paper. |
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Lista del éxodo
Looking for your family´s name to see if they got out. Technical Information | Title: Lista del éxodo -Exodus list-; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Watercolor and pencil on brown paper. |
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Primavera y vino
Joy of life, epicureous colors and vine´s blood. Technical Information | Title: Primavera y vino -Spring and wine-; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with german pigments and acrylic on 300 gr paper. |
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Swamp house sunset
Everglades like scenary where golden sunset sky exist on the water and its reflection on the sky. Technical Information | Title: Swamp house sunset ; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with acrylic on brown paper. |
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Jimena
Young mother and child. Technical Information | Title: Jimena -Jimena-; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Watercolor on brown paper. |
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Desnudo 3
Red hair and blue velvet. Technical Information | Title: Desnudo 3 -Nude 3-; Size: 1,03 x 0,71 meter; Technique: Ink and oil pastels on paper. |
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Perdido en un bosque de bamboo
Blinded from truth, ¿where are you lost? ¿What has love done to you? Technical Information | Title: Perdido en un Bosque de Bamboo -Lost in a Bamboo Forest-; Size: 0,39 x 0,40 meter; Technique: Natural argentinian pigments and water colour on 400 gr paper. |
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Desnudo 1
Bronze and morning. Color of paper and painting changes
with light influence. Please see enlarged details. Technical Information | Title: Desnudo 1 -Nude 1-; Size: 1,15 x 0,78 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with ink and acrylic on special paper. |
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Desnudo 2
Share with me your opinions on this painting. Technical Information | Title: Desnudo 2 -Nude 2-; Size: 0,7 x 0,5 meter; Technique: ink on 400 gr paper. |
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Desierto Mendocino
Listening in silence as rain feeds our crops is an experience that can not be explained. ¿What does the monotonous sound of rain has that takes us to meditation and depths of self conciousness? Technical Information | Title: Desierto Mendocino -Mendoza Desert-; Size: 1,05 x 0,75 meter; Technique: Argentinian red wine, acrylic and water colour on 400 gr paper. |
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Cosecha y Abundancia
A tribute to my grandfather Roberto Amico who spent his life harvesting grapes and growing vines. Abundance in vendimia season is an anticipation of a good year for love and family. Technical Information | Title: Cosecha y Abundancia -Harvest and Abundance-; Size: 1,05 x 0.38 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with argentinian red wine and water colour on 400 gr paper. |
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Eclipse
Every once in a red moon. Technical Information | Title: Eclipse -Eclipse-; Size: 0 x 0 meter; Technique: Oil on brown paper. |
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Argentina 2001
A great economical deppresion struck the argentinian market on 2001. To obtain the money needed banks confiscated the private savings of hundreds of thousands of argentinian, in an unconstitucional and historical event that became known worldwide as "corralito". Technical Information | Title: Argentina 2001 -Argentine 2001-; Size: 0,38 x 0,28 meter; Technique: Ink on 400 gr paper. |
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Fama y Fortuna
Ok, carpe diem. ¿But is that all there is to life? Technical Information | Title: Fama y Fortuna -Fame and Fortune-; Size: 0,32 x 0,26 meter; Technique: Mixed technique with pen on 400 gr paper. |
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Cordillera de Los Andes en otoño
Crossing from Argentina to Chile by airpleane gives a different and shockingly beautiful perspective of the mighty Andes Mountains. But most people see something else in here... As most of the paintings for sale here, this is a painting that depends on viewer point of viewer to complete its meaning. Technical Information | Title: Cordillera de Los Andes en Otoño -Andes Mountains on Fall-; Size: 1,05 x 0.38 meter; Technique: Mixed technique on 400 gr paper. |
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Retrato 1
One of those days. Technical Information | Title: Retrato 1 -Portrait 1-; Size: 0,25 x 0,35 meter; Technique: ink on 400 gr paper. |
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Retrato 2
Be sure that your umbrella it´s upside down. Technical Information | Title: Retrato 2 -Portrait 2-; Size: 0,28 x 0,38 meter; Technique: ink on 400 gr paper. |
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