The Black Pony Gallery announced the first solo online exhibition for Cuban-American artist Aimee Garcia. It runs from February 5 to March 1, 2021. Garcia is unique because she utilizes the style of portraiture. She often uses herself as the subject. Using just a few strong colors- red, green, and black- in the backdrop, she draws attention to a person’s facial expressions. She also includes lines in her paintings, adding the sensation of psychological tension.
Garcia describes her work as a game. “I seek to establish a game with the meaning of the materials and the objects…” she states in her artist statement. One can observe from the many lines and spaces a kind of interplay between the dimensions that encourages one to pull in and out of the painting. It also feels like a video game due to the exactness and precision of the intersecting lines. Each space takes you to another level. Each dimension represents a subtext of thought. A particular curve of the eyebrow leads towards layers of hidden meanings.
Garcia also considers her art to be feminine and universal. The artist has claimed to dedicate herself to the “the universal feminine experience.” Her series of paintings titled Repression presents themes of subordination, suffering, and pain. She combined stark grey and black tones with red intersecting lines to express heavy sensations. The look in the eyes of the subject convey a strong emotional message of confinement.
Born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1972, Aimee Garcia currently lives and works in Winston Salem, NC, USA. Garcia graduated from the Higher Institute of Art, Havana, in 1996. Her works are in public collections such as the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba and the Pérez Art Museum of Miami, USA.
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