FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Miami, Florida/January 2013 – Diana Lowenstein Gallery is pleased to present two new exhibitions from
February 9th through April 6th. A reception will take place at the gallery during the Wynwood Gallery
Walk on Saturday, February 9th, from 7 to 10pm.
Felice Grodin | nolo contendere
“The subject is but a force among forces, capable of variations of intensities and inter-connections and
hence becomings. These processes are territorially-bound, externally oriented and more than human in
span and application.”
Rosi Braidotti, Affirming the Affirmative: On Nomadic Affectivity
“In a manner of speaking, we need not confine ourselves to the duality of innocence or guilt. In order to
mitigate “reality” in both concrete and virtual terms, we must go with the flow. And this flow is comprised
of a multitude of forces and frequencies that shape, pressure and contour our experiences. Thus by
operating within the field(s) from which things emerge and recede, one may work tactically in order to
hijack the grain from within the grain.
By exploring through the grain, I attempt to map trajectories. Algorithmic use of off-the-shelf materials,
drawn cartographies of paintings, catalogued art deco buildings in a state of decomposition and
recomposition, and diagrammatic stealth projections are presented not as finite compositions, but
carefully considered mutable moments along their way…
Grodin was born in Bologna, Italy and currently lives and works in Miami Beach. She obtained her
Bachelor of Architecture from Tulane University and her Master of Architecture with Distinction from
Harvard University. Her explorations in alternative architectural landscapes have been exhibited in two
exhibitions, Cartographies and Lost Horizon, at Diana Lowenstein Gallery in Miami. Her work has also
been featured at the Tampa Museum of Art, Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center in Cincinnati,
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts in Tallahassee, the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle
and Dimensions Variable in Miami. Her work is currently featured at Girl’s Club in Ft. Lauderdale.
Santiago Villanueva | Soft &Touch Therapy
“Soft and Touch Therapy - In German, it could be translated as gestalt, denoting form and configuration,
the final product of a perceptive and healing act. From that point of view we can then examine these
artworks. They emerge as a response to the artist’s lifelong pursuit of intangible emotions in which he
creates a unique language of dimensions, colors and textures.
Perfect, meticulous bare objects present themselves as reflective, instantaneous, fragile and
crystalline, plastic and moldable. They speak to us about time, about pain, about ties, about
emotion. But they also silence and obscure. Proximity and distance. Movement and freezing.
Skin and resin. They become dialogue and silence. Provocation. Absolute.” – Ana de Blase
Villanueva was born in Madrid, Spain and currently lives and works in Palma de Mallorca. He graduated
from the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid in 1993. Prior to that, he began studying drawing and
sculpture in 1984. His artwork has been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe.
Diana Lowenstein Gallery | 2043 N Miami Avenue | Miami, FL 33127 | T 305.576.1804
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