Carlos Cabán

The exquisitely rendered oil paintings of Carlos Cabán emerge from a rich confluence of cultural, spiritual and artistic traditions. He portrays human figures with the exacting precision of traditional portraiture, while his landscapes use the scenery of Surrealism to portray myths that borrow from various Native American cultures. Amazingly, he manages to re-imagine these centuries-old legends using a startlingly contemporary, even post-modern set of aesthetic approaches. Cabán plays with this odd meeting of periods, cultures and styles, occasionally introducing jarring modern details like compact discs into otherwise mystic canvases.

Therein lies the greatest strength of Cabán’s work: its ability to portray ancient ideas and stories with a strikingly contemporary lexicon, translating distant notions into tangible and immediate terms. His paints are applied with great attention to detail, relishing especially in brilliant effects of light and texture. Most of his canvases are dominated by magical blues and earthy greens, which contribute to the sense that we are witnessing primeval legends as they’ve never been told before.

Masters of the Imagination: The Latin American Fine Art Exhibition
Reception: Thursday September 16, 2010 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 9/10/2010 - 10/1/2010

Invitation to Carlos Cabán's exhibition

Lunar Goddesses Oil on Canvas 32" x 39" $10000 Lunar Goddesses Oil on Canvas 32" x 39" $10000	Our Mother (Sacred Geometry) Oil on Canvas 57" x 33.5" $15000 Our Mother (Sacred Geometry) Oil on Canvas 57" x 33.5" $15000
Sun Gods Oil on Canvas 32" x 39" $10000 Sun Gods Oil on Canvas 32" x 39" $10000