CBYE ART GALLERY - The Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble presents:

ARTcracker Gallery

New paintings by Cosme Proenza Almaguer available for purchase

# 13 La puerta (The Door), 2006
Limited edition Giclee Print on watercolour paper,
14” x 18” CAD $200
Original oil on canvas, 130 cm x 97 cm CAD $18,000

	# 1 Sin título, (untitled), 2005 graphite on board, 76,5 cm x 57 cm CAD $5,500
	# 2 DESNUDA Y CON DRAGON (Nude with Dragon), 2005 graphite on board, 57 cm x 76,5 cm CAD $5,500
	# 3 SERIE LOS DIOSES ESCUCHAN from the series The Gods are Listening, 2006 mixed media on board , 76,5 cm x 57 cm CAD $5,500
	#4 LA CIUDAD INSOMNE, (The Sleepless City), 2005 conté on board, 65 cm x 50 cm CAD $4,500
	# 5 Sin título (Untitled, 2005 conté on board, 65 cm x 50 cm CAD $4,500
	# 6 EL GUERRERO, (The Warrior), 2006 conté on board, 65 cm x 50 cm CAD $4,500
	# 7 Sin título, (Untitled), 2002 oil on canvas, 46 x 91,5 cm CAD $11,000
	# 8 Sin título, (Untitled),2003 oil on canvas, 60 cm x 81 cm CAD $11,000
	# 10 Atalaya Serie Islas Náufragas, from the series Shipwreck Islands. 2006 oil on canvas, 81 cm x 60 cm CAD $11,000
	# 11 Sin título (Untitled), 2006 mixed media, 92 cm x 46,5 cm CAD $11,000
	# 12 Sin título, (Untitled), 2006 oil on canvas, 100 cm x 81 cm CAD $15,000

Cosme Proenza Almaguer "Autoretrato" 2004, oil on canvas

International recognition for Cosme Proenza Almaguer’s work reflects the timeless appeal of his subject matter. He received the Lenin Prize from the Art Institute in Kiev in 1983, and in 1997, the Vatican acquired one of his paintings. His recent works depict more fantastic gardens of earthly delights than those of Hieronymus Bosch. Mythical creatures dwell and frolic in classical landscapes. Lurking in the shadows of a world that recalls ‘Middle Earth,’ are hints at the possible presence of human inhabitants. Elaborate drapery clothes figures that never show their faces; hands grow from sleeves attached to an invisible torso. When he chooses to depict a full human body, Cosme (as he signs his work) draws on the classics and on biblical figures. Although the paintings seem devoid of any contemporary references, every so often a young male gazes at the viewer as if he knew us, or, perhaps like some of Caravaggio’s models, as if he lived around the corner, in the artist’s neighbourhood.

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