Comments on: The Best of Miami: The Rubell Collection, Hernan Bas http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/ New York art news and reviews. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bobhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-89509 Bob Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:25:58 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-89509 Hernans male figures lack any facial emotional expressions. They might as well be mannequins. Some claim that his paintings reflect his life? if that is true then Hernan is hanging out in the woods, half naked with other men? I find that very hard to believe. Hernans male figures lack any facial emotional expressions. They might as well be mannequins. Some claim that his paintings reflect his life? if that is true then Hernan is hanging out in the woods, half naked with other men? I find that very hard to believe.

]]> By: Bobhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-312192 Bob Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-312192 Hernans male figures lack any facial emotional expressions. They might as well be mannequins. Some claim that his paintings reflect his life? if that is true then Hernan is hanging out in the woods, half naked with other men? I find that very hard to believe. Hernans male figures lack any facial emotional expressions. They might as well be mannequins. Some claim that his paintings reflect his life? if that is true then Hernan is hanging out in the woods, half naked with other men? I find that very hard to believe.

]]> By: Art Fag Cityhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-19129 Art Fag City Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:40:34 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-19129 Wow. I wish I had seen those paintings! They look fantastic. Wow. I wish I had seen those paintings! They look fantastic.

]]> By: Art Fag Cityhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-312191 Art Fag City Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:40:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-312191 Wow. I wish I had seen those paintings! They look fantastic. Wow. I wish I had seen those paintings! They look fantastic.

]]> By: Mike @ MAOhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-19128 Mike @ MAO Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:36:35 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-19128 Yes.. seeing the Rubell Collection and the Hernan Bas show was the high point of our trip to Art Basel Miami 07.I thought many of the works in the Rubell collection were some of Hernan's earlier paintings.Hernan's show At The Firepace Project this September.. "Evening Amusement" was much more accomplished. Any doubts I had about his skill were gone.. I only wish the galery had posted all the paintings online...cause I'd really like to see them again!http://www.thefireplaceproject.com/pastexhibitions.html Yes.. seeing the Rubell Collection and the Hernan Bas show was the high point of our trip to Art Basel Miami 07.

I thought many of the works in the Rubell collection were some of Hernan’s earlier paintings.

Hernan’s show At The Firepace Project this September.. “Evening Amusement” was much more accomplished. Any doubts I had about his skill were gone.. I only wish the galery had posted all the paintings online…cause I’d really like to see them again!

http://www.thefireplaceproject.com/pastexhibitions.html

]]> By: Mike @ MAOhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-312190 Mike @ MAO Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:36:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-312190 Yes.. seeing the Rubell Collection and the Hernan Bas show was the high point of our trip to Art Basel Miami 07.I thought many of the works in the Rubell collection were some of Hernan's earlier paintings.Hernan's show At The Firepace Project this September.. "Evening Amusement" was much more accomplished. Any doubts I had about his skill were gone.. I only wish the galery had posted all the paintings online...cause I'd really like to see them again!http://www.thefireplaceproject.com/pastexhibitions.html Yes.. seeing the Rubell Collection and the Hernan Bas show was the high point of our trip to Art Basel Miami 07.

I thought many of the works in the Rubell collection were some of Hernan’s earlier paintings.

Hernan’s show At The Firepace Project this September.. “Evening Amusement” was much more accomplished. Any doubts I had about his skill were gone.. I only wish the galery had posted all the paintings online…cause I’d really like to see them again!

http://www.thefireplaceproject.com/pastexhibitions.html

]]> By: Denny Greenwayhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-19066 Denny Greenway Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:23:38 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-19066 "the distinction between knowing skill, and dexterity with the medium and sloppiness without sufficient resolution." pretty much encapsulates a lot of what goes on today in painting, especially when both are present in one work. What about when skill or craft becomes a precious end in itself as in a Will Cotton? Anyway, I suspect Bas's Swan Prince. The body lacks skeletal sense, the figure can't fit into the simulated space of the shell, the deltoids pop irrationally and the spine is not there, a jelly fish. Intended or not? The brush work seems uncommital in an uninspiring way, not campy enough, not bravura enough, not anemic enough and so on. This argument of shunning skill starts to become a suffocating dictum. “the distinction between knowing skill, and dexterity with the medium and sloppiness without sufficient resolution.” pretty much encapsulates a lot of what goes on today in painting, especially when both are present in one work. What about when skill or craft becomes a precious end in itself as in a Will Cotton? Anyway, I suspect Bas’s Swan Prince. The body lacks skeletal sense, the figure can’t fit into the simulated space of the shell, the deltoids pop irrationally and the spine is not there, a jelly fish. Intended or not? The brush work seems uncommital in an uninspiring way, not campy enough, not bravura enough, not anemic enough and so on. This argument of shunning skill starts to become a suffocating dictum.

]]> By: Denny Greenwayhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/comment-page-1/#comment-312189 Denny Greenway Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:23:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/14/the-best-of-miami-the-rubell-collection-hernan-bas/#comment-312189 "the distinction between knowing skill, and dexterity with the medium and sloppiness without sufficient resolution." pretty much encapsulates a lot of what goes on today in painting, especially when both are present in one work. What about when skill or craft becomes a precious end in itself as in a Will Cotton? Anyway, I suspect Bas's Swan Prince. The body lacks skeletal sense, the figure can't fit into the simulated space of the shell, the deltoids pop irrationally and the spine is not there, a jelly fish. Intended or not? The brush work seems uncommital in an uninspiring way, not campy enough, not bravura enough, not anemic enough and so on. This argument of shunning skill starts to become a suffocating dictum. “the distinction between knowing skill, and dexterity with the medium and sloppiness without sufficient resolution.” pretty much encapsulates a lot of what goes on today in painting, especially when both are present in one work. What about when skill or craft becomes a precious end in itself as in a Will Cotton? Anyway, I suspect Bas’s Swan Prince. The body lacks skeletal sense, the figure can’t fit into the simulated space of the shell, the deltoids pop irrationally and the spine is not there, a jelly fish. Intended or not? The brush work seems uncommital in an uninspiring way, not campy enough, not bravura enough, not anemic enough and so on. This argument of shunning skill starts to become a suffocating dictum.

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