Fairfield-born artist CORDERO's Spontaneous Female Faces in NYC

Painting stylish, contemporary portraits of women with expressive strokes of oil paint on canvas, CORDERO creates works that confront the viewer: portraits that stare directly outward, with their enigmatic, complex eyes and gazes creating a subliminal dialogue. Each of CORDERO’S images becomes a stylized female face, rendered with exaggerated and dynamic color combinations. Voluptuous, vividly colored lips and carefully articulated eyes serve as points of focus on each canvas. Long strands of multicolored hair frame each carefully contoured, tangibly dimensional face. CORDERO gives each woman well-defined features, cutting into light colors with saturated or dark pigments to create high cheekbones, arched eyebrows and flecks of colored light. When painting the faces, CORDERO is conveying her own soul and emotional experiences to the viewer. She paints intuitively, creating each work in tandem with her materials. Each larger-than-life painting has evolved from the artist’s assertive, playful nature.

An internationally acclaimed artist, CORDERO has shown her work worldwide, from New York to Miami, and in Paris at the Grand Palais for the annual “Art En Capital” exhibition held by the French Ministry of Culture & Communication. In February 2016, she will show her work at Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, Italy.

Exhibition Dates: November 3, 2015 – November 24, 2015

Reception: Thursday November 5, 2015, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/CORDERO.aspx

Featured artists:

Modalities of Expression

Phoebe Webb | Annita Faitaki | Chris Silver | CORDERO | Marlene Kohn | Björn Malm | Alexander Telin | James Chisholm | Jan Kotka | Jana Kamila Masik | George Pavel | Wallace | Lorraine McInnes | Kwesi Bovell | Şebnem Keçeli | Michael McWillie | Nora Maceratesi

About the Exhibition

Translating the Way We Speak: Modalities of Expression

Without limits, the mind, the body, and the soul are free to experiment with the many forms of expression that are introduced and, sometimes, taken away from us. In this exhibition at Agora Gallery, seventeen artists are not contained to one style, medium, or technique as they explore how self-expression can take on a variety of forms. Be it elegant, dynamic, rough, or grandiose - each artwork has a quality that allows the artist to share a moment and feeling recognizable to the viewer but displayed in a manner that is new and unique. In this way, the exhibition Modalities of Expression challenges the audience’s own expressive methods and implores them to open their minds to something new.

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.