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Culture, time and place unite in Guy Marino’s paintings, producingeffervescently euphoric beauty. Stoically painterly, Marino’s works blendthe tangible with the imagined in a practiced aesthetic reminiscent of bothPoussin’s classical purity and Ruben’s evocative stroke. Technically skilledin both painting and photography, Marino’s method is a hybrid of classic andcontemporary. Beginning with a painting or photograph, Marino producesarchival digital prints that are vociferous in color and form. Timeless themesare enlivened through a vibrantly spirited stroke. Moments long relegated tomemory find a fresh voice in Marino’s work. “I tend not to categorize my art,I see it as a living process, always evolving, constantly growing, building onwhat I’ve learned and taking it to uncharted territory searching for that uniquevisual language that can only come through experimentation,” states Marino.Born in Italy, Marino attended Scuola Superiore D’Arte Applicata All’Industria,in Milano, Italy. He lives and works in New York City, where he enjoyed acareer in graphic design before pursuing his passion for fine art.Guy Marinowww.digsarts.comwww.Agora-Gallery.com/Artistpage/Guy_Marino.aspxPaola GuerraKathyArchival Digital Print, Plexiglass Mount 32” x 30”Paola Guerra’s strong portraits depict confident yet vulnerable womenin a unique style that attests to the varied art historical traditions thatoverlap in her region of eastern Italy. Largely self-taught, her acrylic and mixedmedia aesthetic brings viewers into intimate contact with her subjects, theiralternately playful and defiant poses often crisscrossed with abstract lines, likeexpressive shadows from light reflected off shattered glass. These patternsevoke geometric, proto-Cubist forms, but Guerra’s elaborately rendered styleof neo-realism suggests more contemporary sources. Meanwhile, her choiceof more or less famous photographs of well-known women for many canvasesevokes Pop-influenced Eastern European artists like Martin Kippenberger andNeo Rauch.Guerra synthesizes such precedents into a unique mix of styles and a highlydeveloped mode evocative of deceptively distant mementos, like weatheredfamily photos passed down for generations. In this sense, her remarkablecompositions are rooted in tradition, yet they remain undeniably contemporary,being both proudly youthful and ennobled by tradition.The Filter N. 9Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas 18” x 17.5”www.paolaguerra.blog.tiscali.itwww.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Paola_Guerra.aspxYunkap Jung’s stunning oil paintings on canvas create an immediateimpression and are remarkable in their ability to be both subtle andsumptuously bold at the same time. A masterful draughtsman and colorist,Jung employs vibrant reds, yellows and hot pink with calm blues and greensand flashes of white, lending his works a freshness and vitality that is unusualin realist work. His backgrounds and methods of composition make the shapesin his works abstract to some extent and add to the drama of the pieces,imbuing them with an otherworldly quality. He pays careful attention to thepaint, often using strong texture to add depth to the paintings. The balanceachieved in his works goes beyond the canvas surface. Jung speaks to thebody, the heart and the ideal. Having worked hard for recognition in his nativeKorea, Yunkap Jung concentrates on a holistic approach, creating artworkswhich speak to the soul and promote peace.Yunkap Jungwww.jykkap.com.ne.krwww.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Yunkap_Jung.aspxWing Up Oil on Canvas 38” x 38”55 ARTisSpectrum