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'@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ {{Orphan|date=March 2023}} -'''Fernanda Lavera''' is a neo-expressionist artist from [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. Lavera's artistic style was influenced by the street art scene and the Buenos Aires art community. Her art came to an international audience after being spotted by music producer and art collector [[Clive Davis]], who came across Lavera's art during an exhibition that took place at the [[Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires|Palacio Duhau]] in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Magazines |first=Elevated |date=2022-03-23 |title=The Inventive Mind of Painter Fernanda Lavera at Manolis Projects, Miami |url=https://www.elevatedmagazines.com/single-post/the-inventive-mind-of-painter-fernanda-lavera-at-manolis-projects-miami |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Elevated Magazines |language=en}}</ref> +'''Fernanda Lavera''' is a neo-expressionist artist from [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]]. Lavera's artistic style was influenced by the street art scene and the Buenos Aires art community. Her art came to an international audience after being spotted by music producer and art collector [[Clive Davis]], who came across Lavera's art during an exhibition that took place at the [[Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires|Palacio Duhau]] in Buenos Aires.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Magazines |first=Elevated |date=2022-03-23 |title=The Inventive Mind of Painter Fernanda Lavera at Manolis Projects, Miami |url=https://www.elevatedmagazines.com/single-post/the-inventive-mind-of-painter-fernanda-lavera-at-manolis-projects-miami |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Elevated Magazines |language=en}}</ref> == Influences/Styles == -Lavera states that she was influenced by [[Antonio Berni]], an Argentinian Artist from the 1960s, who experimented with [[Nueva Figuración|neo-figuration]] to speak about pressing social matters of the time.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=REVISTA QUÓRUM Edición #4 by florencia abramzon - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/revista_quorum/docs/quorum_04_-_issuu_3_1_ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> +Lavera states that she was influenced by [[Antonio Berni]], an Argentinian artist from the 1960s, who experimented with [[Nueva Figuración|neo-figuration]] to speak about pressing social matters of the time.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=REVISTA QUÓRUM Edición #4 by florencia abramzon - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/revista_quorum/docs/quorum_04_-_issuu_3_1_ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> -Lavera credits a family acquaintance with introducing her to art, providing her with brushes, canvases, and encouragement at a time that was important for her artistic development.<ref name=":0" /> Lavera has also spoken about being inspired by [[COBRA (art movement)|CoBra]], a group of German artists who created [[Neo-expressionism|neo-expressionist]] art after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall|Berlin wall]].<ref name=":0" /> Lavera also stated that she takes inspiration from [[Jean-Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]], [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], and [[Paul Gauguin]].<ref name=":1" /> Speaking about the inspiration of [[Jean-Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]], Lavera commented "The directness and primitivism of Basquiat echoes in me, as I tell histories of my beloved city with graffiti that speaks in a narrative context.”<ref name=":0" /> +Lavera credits a family acquaintance with introducing her to art, providing her with brushes, canvases, and encouragement at a time that was important for her artistic development.<ref name=":0" /> Lavera has also spoken about being inspired by [[COBRA (art movement)|CoBra]], a group of German artists who created [[Neo-expressionism|neo-expressionist]] art after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall|Berlin wall]].<ref name=":0" /> Lavera also stated that she takes inspiration from [[Jean-Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]], [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], and [[Paul Gauguin]].<ref name=":1" /> Speaking about the inspiration of Basquiat, Lavera commented "The directness and primitivism of Basquiat echoes in me, as I tell histories of my beloved city with graffiti that speaks in a narrative context.”<ref name=":0" /> === Issues === @@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ === Cheap Chat === -The solo exhibition, ''Cheap Chat'' took place in July 2022 at the G23NY gallery in New York. The exhibition was a reflection on [[War in Ukraine (2022)|the war in Ukraine]]. Lavera said that the exhibition critiqued how "people who talk about the war yet do nothing about it".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title="Cheap Chat": A Duck And Cat, Small Talk, And The War In Ukraine |url=https://thegarnettereport.com/art/cheap-chat-but-no-action/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=The Garnette Report |language=en}}</ref> +The solo exhibition, ''Cheap Chat'' took place in July 2022 at the G23NY gallery in New York. The exhibition was a reflection on [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|the war in Ukraine]]. Lavera said that the exhibition critiqued how "people who talk about the war yet do nothing about it".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title="Cheap Chat": A Duck And Cat, Small Talk, And The War In Ukraine |url=https://thegarnettereport.com/art/cheap-chat-but-no-action/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=The Garnette Report |language=en}}</ref> === One Thousand Museum === @@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ == Reception == -Record producer and art collector [[Clive Davis]] encountered Lavera's work during a visit to [[Buenos Aires]] in 2016 when he came across Lavera's work during an exhibition that took place at [[Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires|Palacio Duhau]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arte y glamour en la muestra de Fernanda Lavera en Palacio Duhau |url=https://www.infobae.com/vidriera/2016/12/15/arte-y-glamour-en-la-muestra-de-fernanda-lavera-en-palacio-duhau/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref> stating "I immediately felt her enormous talent… a second-generation neo-expressionist with a very special feminine twist, Lavera is the real deal. I love her art and the stories behind her art."<ref name=":0" /> +Record producer and art collector [[Clive Davis]] encountered Lavera's work during a visit to Buenos Aires in 2016 when he came across Lavera's work during an exhibition that took place at [[Palacio Duhau - Park Hyatt Buenos Aires|Palacio Duhau]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arte y glamour en la muestra de Fernanda Lavera en Palacio Duhau |url=https://www.infobae.com/vidriera/2016/12/15/arte-y-glamour-en-la-muestra-de-fernanda-lavera-en-palacio-duhau/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref> stating "I immediately felt her enormous talent… a second-generation neo-expressionist with a very special feminine twist, Lavera is the real deal. I love her art and the stories behind her art."<ref name=":0" /> Artist and art critic [[Bruce Helander]] stated that "it is impossible not to appreciate the artist’s exceptional style that is propelling this talented artist into a genuine art world contender."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Helander |first=Bruce |date=2021-04-28 |title=Manolis Projects opens ambitious show featuring painter Fernanda Lavera |url=https://www.wpbmagazine.com/manolis-projects-ambitious-group-show-fernanda-lavera/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=WPB Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> He described Lavera as having "an ingeniously coded abstract visual message Fernanda carries a distinguished badge of courage and responsibility as a communicator for social justice as well as following an honored tradition of artists who know that “every picture tells a story."<ref name=":0" /> Helander also acknowledged Lavera as having "a distinctive style that combines her colorful Argentinian background, with its vivid influences and rhythmic sensibility, into a strong idiosyncratic neo-expressionist statement with a complex pictorial language that paraphrases juxtapositions of harmony and aesthetic principles of multiplicity."<ref name=":2" /> @@ -38,2 +38,4 @@ [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] +[[Category:Artists from Buenos Aires]] +[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]] '