After the failure of the "Grupo de Arte Constructivo" (Constructive Art Group), which Torres-García founded in Madrid in 1933—due to the fact that its participants were more surrealists than constructivists—he established the AAC, the Asociación de Arte Constructivo (Constructive Art Association), the following year upon arriving in Montevideo after four decades abroad.

The Uruguayan artists who joined the AAC, including Héctor Ragni, Rosa Acle, Amalia Nieto, Augusto Torres, Julián Álvarez Marques, Carmelo de Arzadun, Zoma Baitler, Carmelo Rivello, Lía Rivas, and the Spanish sculptor Pablo Serrano, were the first in the Americas to produce a significant number of constructive and abstract works between 1934 and 1939.

The AAC’s production exemplifies the fusion of complex and diverse elements: the cultural heritage of European modern art, the appreciation and incorporation of the geometry of indigenous American art, and the unique flavor, color, and texture of the Montevideo environment.

Since the works from this period were not understood by the public at the time, assembling the collection presented here is exceptional, as very few of them have survived. The first historical exhibition on the AAC outside of Uruguay took place at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, in the context of Torres-García’s retrospective and the Escuela del Sur, El Taller Torres-García and its legacy, in 1991.

—Cecilia Buzio de Torres

THE EX-CENTRIC TRANSITION TO SCULPTURE

This is my first sculpture exhibition. As a result of the influence of the vanguard movements, sculpture has ceased to be the exclusive representation of the human figure in bronze, marble or other materials. In my case, my experiences in sculpture are the result of a long evolution that began almost 60 years ago. It stemmed from my inclination to apply painting on non-traditional supports or, what is the same, to highlight the support’s objectuality with the purpose of inviting the observer to view the piece as a whole. This is attested by the works presented in two of my more recent exhibitions, one held at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, in 2017 and the other -even more definitory- held at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, in 2019. ( text from the exhibition catalogue)

in collaboration with galería de las misiones , José Ignacio , Uruguay

Jan 5 - Mar 6 - Galería de las Misiones

José Ignacio - Uruguay

Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. in collaboration with Sammer Gallery, Miami, is pleased to present Space Constructions, an exhibition of constructivist and geometric abstract paintings, drawings, wooden reliefs and constructions by Nikolai Kasak, dating from the 1940s to 1970. Of Belarusian descent, Nikolai Kasak originally considered joining a monastery and dedicating his life to religion. Instead, he pursued his formal training in art in the 1930s and 40s, receiving his undergraduate degree in Warsaw and pursuing his graduate studies in Vienna and Rome. While trained in the academic style of late 19th century Realism, Kasak was profoundly influenced by the artists of the De Stijl, Russian Constructivist, and Suprematist movements, shifting from a figure-based aesthetic to pure abstraction. After living in Rome and Florence from 1945 to 1950, Kasak immigrated to the United States in 1951. He first arrived in Dallas, TX, and subsequently moved to New York, where he would spend the remainder of his life. The artist became involved with the Argentine Madí movement during the 1950s and 60s, after an invitation from Gyula Kosice, and his work was shown in several of the group’s exhibitions. From the 1940s to the 1990s, Kasak wrote a number of theoretical essays including Physical Art – Action of Positive and Negative (1945-46), and From Action to Dynamic Silence: The Art of Nikolai Kasak (1991). For Kasak, “Physical Art reflects a free and deep human understanding of art and the working laws of the visible and invisible worlds. It is an intellectual and spiritual force… an original creative effort to parallel the fundamental organization of the cosmos with the unitary nature of divine reality.”

~ Nikolai Kasak, “Physical Art Manifesto,” 1945-46

Sammer Gallery in conjunction with Galería de las Misiones, Jose Ignacio, is proud to present the exhibition CYP CRISTIALI Chaos and cosmos , an anthology of the works by self-taught artist Carnot Pose.

The creative career of Carnot Pose, better known by the artistic name of Cyp Cristiali, was as intense and radiant as his paintings. His detailed and abundant works originated during a short period, a little more than half a decade of the 70’s. He held only a few ex- hibitions and vanished from the artistic scene as mysteriously as he had appeared.

The mystery began when the artist was already of an advanced age —more than 50 years’ old— with an alias just a little stranger than his own name, and with an extravagant painting technique that, nevertheless, allowed him to obtain outstanding results.

Fully illustrated catalogue is available to download with essay by Pablo Thiago Rocca

URUGUAY POP - Cristiani - Suarez

Sammer Gallery in conjunction with Galería de las Misiones, Jose Ignacio, is proud to present the exhibition Uruguayan Pop, an anthology of the works by artists Ernesto Cristiani and Ruisdael Suarez, who played an important role in the American cultural scene. The present show takes place 44 years after their last joint exhibition at Galería de Arte de la Alianza Francesa in Montevideo. This project presents a selection of their works which, with the exception of Suarez’ extended graphic production, is representative of all the creative periods of these unique artists.

Cristiani and Suarez were markedly different from one another, but they shared two decades of their lives and creativity. Although both of them channeled their creativity and sensibility through various disciplines such as acting, teaching or writing, they found in visual arts the appropriate means to transfer their need for expression and their feelings concerning their social environment.

This exhibition is a selection of the works produced by the artists throughout three decades. As it may be seen from their respective curriculums, the artists showed many of these works in joint exhibitions. In this respect, this exhibition will present their joint works, although these have been ordered in three core units, in chronological order.

Fully illustrated catalogue is available to download with essay by Manuel Neves

For more information and to obtain press images please contact the gallery at info@sammergallery.us

Sep 29 - Nov 29

140 Page Exhibition Catalogue with essay by Manuel Neves

In the Total Absence/Presence of Color

LOCATION

Sammer Gallery Miami

3250 NE 1st Ave. #303

Miami, FL 33137

USA

VIEW ON MAP

DATES

October 24th | Collectors Viewing | 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Closing Breakfast with Adriana Herrera | December 7th | 10:00 am - 12:00 am

BETWEEN TRADITION AND RADICALITY 

LOCATION

Sammer Gallery Miami

3250 NE 1st Ave. #303

Miami, FL 33137

USA

VIEW ON MAP

DATES

May 30– Jun 14, 2019

Opening Reception: May 3, 2019 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.

LOCATION

Sammer Gallery Miami

Mana Wynwood

Miami, FL

USA

VIEW ON MAP

DATES

Dec 5, 2018 – Feb 18, 2019

Opening Reception: Dec 5, 20184 p.m. – 8 p.m.

MIAMI, FL, USA

Dec 3rd, 2016 - March 1st, 2017

Confluentia | Physical Art and the MADI group

Catalogue available

MIAMI, FL, USA

Oct 12th, 2016 - Dec 1st, 2016

Group exhibition: Arden Quin, Kasak, Bonevardi, Carrera, Bolivar, Caraduje, De Haard, Downing, Freire, Shaw, Hilgemann, Martinez

MIAMI, FL, USA

Summer 2016

Group exhibition: Hugo de Marziani, Ana Sacerdote, Miguel Vidal, Maria Freire, Jose Pedro Costigliolo, Lincoln Presno

MIAMI, FL, USA

Saturday December 5th, 2015 - 23rd March 2016.

MIAMI, FL, USA

Thursday, July 16, 2015–Tuesday, September 15, 2015.

MIAMI, FL, USA

Friday, February 20, 2015–Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

Fully illustrated book available.

Patio Sculptures

MIAMI, FL, USA

Thursday, February 12, 2015–Sunday, March 15, 2015

The Art of Line

MIAMI, FL, USA

Saturday, December 6, 2014–Sunday, February 15, 2015

Fully illustrated catalogue available.

Non Figurative Group

MIAMI, FL, USA

Friday, April 4, 2014–Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Non Figurtive Group - FREIRE -COSTIGLIOLO-LLORENS (Installation View)

Creative Happiness

MIAMI, FL, USA

Tuesday, December 3, 2013–Saturday, March 15, 2014

Opening Reception: Monday, Dec. 2, 2013: 7 p.m.— 10 p.m. 

"For me, there are no points of greater importance in the canvas, in the hierarchies; I try to give life to it milimiter by milimmiter."
-Jose Gurvich

Jose Gurvich: Creative Happiness (Installation View)

Fully illustrated catalogue available.

Works from the 50's Oct 10 - Nov 15, 2013

MIAMI, FL, USA

Tuesday, October 1, 2013–Friday, November 15, 2013

Full illustrated catalogue available.

Le periode blanche 100 years 1913-2013

MIAMI, FL, USA

Saturday, June 1, 2013–Saturday, August 31, 2013

MIAMI, FL, USA

Saturday, November 10, 2012–Thursday, January 10, 2013

Minimo (Installation View)

MIAMI, FL, USA

Friday, June 1, 2012–Friday, August 31, 2012

The Form on Light

MIAMI, FL, USA

Sunday, December 4, 2011–Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Romulo Aguerre the Form of Light- Partial Installation View

Fully illustrated book available.

Ana Sacerdote

MIAMI, FL, USA

Sunday, October 2, 2011–Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Partial Installation View

Buenos Aires 1955

MIAMI, FL, USA

Tuesday, February 1, 2011–Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Arden Quin , Seron , Vardanega, Sacerdote, Iommi, Althabe, Alvarez, Bonevardi, Mele, Tomasello

Geometry in Mutation

MIAMI, FL, USA

Sunday, January 10, 2010–Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Dec 1- Dec 6 (Art Basel Week)
Jan 10 - March 10

Full illustrated catalogue available.

Ana Sacerdote and Lyric Geometry

MIAMI, FL, USA

Tuesday, June 1, 2010–Sunday, August 1, 2010

View of Ana Sacerdote and Lyric Geometry Exhibit