Ascaso Gallery

04/10/2026

Carlos Cruz-Diez
Physichromie 2203, 1987
Mixed media on aluminum
50 × 820 cm | 19.6 × 332.8 in

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Part of Carlos Cruz-Diez’s celebrated Physichromie series, this work investigates color as a dynamic and autonomous phenomenon. Through a carefully constructed system of vertical elements, the artist generates chromatic variations that shift according to the viewer’s position and the surrounding light.

Rejecting the traditional notion of color as a static property, Cruz-Diez transforms it into a temporal experience—one that unfolds in real time. The monumental horizontal format amplifies this effect, immersing the viewer in a continuous field of vibration and optical movement.

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01/07/2026

Agustín Cárdenas’s Violinist series stands as one of the most poetic expressions of his sculptural language—where the human body, musical instrument, and abstract form merge into a single, rhythmic presence. Deeply influenced by Surrealism and African-derived forms, Cárdenas reduces the figure of the violinist to its essential gestures, transforming sound into volume and silence into space.


Agustín Cárdenas
El Violinista, 1989
Edition of 3
Bronze
177 x 121.9 x 53.3 cm | 69.6 x 48 x 21 in

01/06/2026

“FORMS IN SPACE: Contemporary Sculpture & Painting” is a dynamic group exhibition bringing together master sculptors and painters whose work has shaped modern and contemporary art across the Americas and Europe.

The exhibition explores the dialogue between form, volume, movement, and color, revealing how each artist uniquely expands the language of space through sculpture and painting.


A partial view of works by Cornelis Zitman (1926–2016) currently exhibited in our group show. Zitman was a Dutch-born sculptor whose lifelong connection to Venezuela and profound focus on the human figure made him one of the country’s most revered sculptors of the 20th century.


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12/29/2025

In this painting, Alirio Palacios creates a dense, atmospheric abstraction in which earth, light, and gesture merge into a living landscape. Through layered textures and organic forms, Palacios evokes the spiritual essence of the olive grove—timeless, ancestral, and quietly powerful.

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Alirio Palacios
Espíritu del bosque de olivos, 2011
Watercolor, crayon, pastel, ink, and charcoal on handmade paper
220 × 170 cm | 86.6 × 66.9 in

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This work is part of our current group exhibition, “FORMS IN SPACE: Contemporary Sculpture & Painting.”


The gallery will be open tomorrow, December 30, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and will reopen on Friday, January 2, 2026, under regular hours.

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas from Ascaso Gallery 🎄

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a bright year ahead.


Oswaldo Vigas
Paraiso inconcluso, 1990
Oil on canvas
51.1 x 72.8 in | 130 x 185 cm

12/21/2025

Created during Wilfredo Lam’s mature period of the 1960s, Femme au Totem exemplifies his synthesis of Surrealism, Afro-Cuban spirituality, and modernist abstraction. In this pastel, the female figure is transformed into a totemic presence—part human, part spirit—reflecting Lam’s lifelong exploration of identity, ritual, and the invisible forces that shape cultural memory.


Wilfredo Lam
Fenme au Totem, 1967
Pastel on paper
56 x 76 cm | 22 x 29.9 in

12/21/2025

The monumental Manolo Valdés work currently exhibited in our group exhibition is part of a series that reimagines the classical female portrait as a powerful contemporary icon. Drawing inspiration from art history—particularly Renaissance and Baroque queens—Valdés transforms the figure through monumental scale, rich textures, and expressive materials such as bronze, wood, and mixed media.


Come visit the exhibition. Our gallery will be open during regular hours throughout December, except on the holidays: December 24, 25, and 31.


Manolo Valdés
Regina II, 2005
Edition 1/4
Bronze
405 × 390 × 290 cm | 159 × 153 × 114 in


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12/19/2025

ARMAN (Arman Fernandez)
Untitled, 2004
Wood (contrebasse), metal and acrylic on canvas
Triptych
237.7 x 487.7 x 23 cm | 93.5 x 192 x 9 in
(APA # 8006.04.001)


A monumental triptych currently exhibit in our group show “FORMS IN SPACE: Contemporary Sculpture & Painting” from Arman’s iconic Cello / Double Bass series, where music becomes material and destruction becomes composition. Deconstructed double basses are transformed into sculptural reliefs, suspended between sound and silence, order and chaos.

This work embodies Arman’s radical approach to accumulation and fragmentation—celebrating the poetic tension between harmony and rupture. A powerful meditation on time, gesture, and the physicality of music.


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12/18/2025

12/15/2025

Jesús Rafael Soto
La Couleur sur le noir, 1981
Acrylic on wood and metal
142 x 93 x 15 cm | 55.9 x 36.6 x 5.9 in


An early Ambivalencias work, La Couleur sur le noir, 1981 explores the tension between color and black through Soto’s iconic grid. The color squares, activated by vibrating linear elements, appear to shift in depth—emerging and dissolving into the structure—creating movement through perception rather than motion.

This work anticipates Soto’s refined late-period language, where optical instability and chromatic control define his final investigations.

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Una obra temprana de la serie Ambivalencias, La Couleur sur le noir, 1981 explora la tensión entre el color y el negro a través de la icónica retícula de Soto. Los cuadrados de color, activados por elementos lineales vibratorios, parecen cambiar de profundidad—emergiendo y disolviéndose dentro de la estructura—generando movimiento a través de la percepción más que del desplazamiento físico.

Esta obra anticipa el lenguaje refinado de su etapa final, donde la inestabilidad óptica y el control cromático definen sus últimas investigaciones.

12/14/2025

Armando Barrios (1920–1999) was a Venezuelan modernist painter whose work reflects a personal interpretation of Cubism rather than a strict adherence to the European movement.

His style is characterized by structured, geometric compositions, simplified forms, and a strong sense of balance. Barrios often combined Cubist fragmentation with lyrical color harmonies, moving away from analytical cubism toward a more synthetic and expressive language. While his figures and still lifes show clear cubist construction, they retain warmth, rhythm, and a poetic sensibility, influenced by both European modernism and Venezuelan visual culture.

Barrios is considered a key figure in the transition of Venezuelan art from figurative tradition to modern abstraction, bridging Cubism, post-Cubism, and early modern Venezuelan painting.


Armando Barrios
Epílogo, 1993
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm | 31.4 x 39.3 in