"When considering Miguel Arzabe 's bold, woven works, it's unsurprising that he begins by painting two abstract pieces. Vibrant fields of acrylic spread across his canvases before they're sliced into long strips and reconfigured. Resulting are dynamic compositions that meld art historical traditions with Arzabe's Bolivian heritage, drawing on longstanding Andean imagery and weaving practices."
"Next month at Johansson Projects, the Oakland-based artist presents a collection of new wall works and suspended sculptures in Sin Contar Cincuenta. Arzabe refers to his practice as offering a "productive confrontation" of distinct cultures, approaches, and periods, and these new compositions continue his explorations into imagining spaces where differences exist in harmony."
"The artist often roots his work in place and connections to a particular environment, and several pieces evoke vast landscapes and weather. "La Bahía de Niebla," for example, echoes the dense opacity of Bay Area fog, while the elongated form reminiscent of an atoll sprawls across "Isla del Lago.""
Miguel Arzabe paints vibrant acrylic abstracts, slices them into long strips, and reconfigures those strips into woven wall works and suspended sculptures. The constructed pieces combine art-historical practices with Bolivian Andean imagery and traditional weaving methods. The Sin Contar Cincuenta series presents new wall-mounted and hanging compositions that explore cultural convergence and coexistence through form and material. Several works evoke specific environments and weather phenomena, including a piece that references Bay Area fog and another that resembles an elongated atoll across a lake. The exhibition runs January 17 to March 21 at Johansson Projects in Oakland.
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