For our summer 2024 program we are super excited to have our gallery associate Miguel Reyes taking over Established for July and August! He has put together an amazing summer full of art!
POP BEAT
A solo exhibition by Iness Kaplun, curated by Lucia Maldonado and Felipe Santamaria
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In this solo exhibition, artist Iness Kaplun explores the fleeting nature of love and desire in our consumer-driven world. Using pop art icons, Kaplun highlights how temporary love can be in an age of constant consumption.
"Pop" is something that appears suddenly and doesn't last long, while "Beat" is just one heartbeat. The heart symbolizes love and desire, from sexual attraction to liking something in a store window.
Kaplun shows how love can be as short-lived and consumable as the products we buy, making us think about our never-ending desires and the search for something that never seems to be enough.
Her resin-coated pieces shine with attraction. Skulls in her work symbolize the brief nature of love and desire, which lose their appeal once satisfied. Using cut-outs from comics, newspapers, and magazines, she creates popular icons, blending figures and backgrounds in a seamless dance.
To fully appreciate Kaplun's work, you need to get up close and see the story behind the image.
This exhibition features mixed media artworks that embrace pop aesthetics while pondering the connections between love, desire, and culture.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Iness Kaplun is a New York Pop Art artist. Iness works in mixed media, collage using newspapers, magazines, painting and drawing. Her passion for art and painting began at home as a child when her grandfather, himself an artist, painter and decorator, first handed her his brush. Her love of painting has remained within her throughout the years since, continuously reminding her of her roots and where she came from. Iness graduated from Saint-Petersburg University of Technology and Design with a major in Decorative and Applied Arts. Iness currently teaches art and painting to children and adults at her art studio in Brooklyn, in addition to pursuing her own artistic career.
