COCO in LA!

The 25th Annual LA Art Show, the most comprehensive international art show in America, will officially kick-off the city's art season at the Los Angeles Convention Center February 5, 2020. This year will be the largest lineup of art and programming in the city's history, with the LA Art Show Leading the way.

Conde Contemporary, a Coral Gables based art gallery specializing in representational works has been selected to participate. Conde Contemporary shows works by international artists but maintains its Miami focus. "We have an international program but actively seek to represent local artists, of the 16 artists we work with regularly, 11 are based here in Miami", says gallery director Stacy Conde, "We're delighted to expand their audience and show them again this year in LA."

Girl on Couch, 2020
oil on linen
Darian Mederos

Conde, and by extension the gallery, champions artists with strong technique. "Imagination is half the battle, getting what you imagine out of your head and sharing it with the rest of the world through visual art, in whatever form that takes, is the other half. The visual should stand alone in my opinion, the artist's statement should add to the experience, but if the visual expression is so lacking that one must read a book to understand what is before them, then the visual communication between artist and viewer has failed."

"Our artists possess a high level of technical skill across their chosen disciplines and styles, their ability to execute their visions are strong", she continued, "There's been a movement toward representational art for some time now. 'The Comedian' by Maurizio Cattalan this year at Art Basel was the art world's very own 'Mili Vanilli' moment. If he was speaking on the rampant absurdity in contemporary art, he succeeded brilliantly.

(Left : From the Series "Landscapes of The Mind", 2020

oil on canvas by Luis Enrique Toledo del Rio)

Conde Contemporary will highlight painting and sculpture by : Fran?oise de Felice, Darian Mederos, Ernesto Capdevila, Cesar Orrico, Kevin Sloan, Ruben Torres Llorca, Andres Conde, José Bedia, Pablo Santibá?ez Servat, and Adrian Avila.

Visit the Conde Contemporary Booth, 1109/1208. The LA Art Show runs from February 5th - February 9th.