Within the work, I am creating a dialogue between the viewer’s understanding of structure and ornament: masculine and feminine. I create ornate visual surfaces using materials such as porcelain, ribbon, wood, and paint. The sculptures refer to architecture and construction, but are imbued with elements and processes that incorporate the decorative. In my most recent works, I am constructing structures and wall elements out of lumber, a traditional material for building.
My use of the decorative becomes the code for my language of desire, sexuality, gender, and pleasure. My sculptural works draw on the history of decorative art and how it is perceived. Anyone can reflect upon the decorative arts, whether experienced through the mediums of architecture, furniture, wallpaper, or manicured gardens. The decorative is often seen as superficial, but I believe in its power to seduce us into greater depths. Mallo currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. He is represented by Praxis International in Miami Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery in New York City Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto, Canada and Sicardi Gallery in Houston. His images have been featured in New York’s Metropolis magazine Azure magazine in Toronto and Leica World magazine in Germany. Luis Mallo has been invited to lecture and talk about his work at various institutions such as: the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC and the Maier Museum of Art in Lynchburg, VA. His photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the George Eastman House in Rochester, the Worcester Museum of Art, the Museum of Art at Fort Lauderdale and the New York Public Library, as well as other public and private collections. He is a recipient of the Cintas Foundation Award and The Art Matters Photography Award. His work has been shown around the U.S., Canada, Latin America, and Europe. Luis Mallo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1962. His work will be shown in May at The Great Nude Invitational Figurative Arts Fair in New York. His painting The Minoan was recently acquired by prominent Chicago collector Howard Tullman. His paintings and writing on art have been printed in American Art Collector (November and December, 2009 and May, 2010) and in International Artist (February-September, 2010). He has been a finalist in The Artist’s Magazine’s figurative painting competition (2009) and in Manifest Gallery’s international drawing annual (2010). His work has been shown at Buzz Coffee in Los Angeles, Lana Santorelli Gallery in New York, and in the national juried group show Au Naturel at the Art Center of Clatsop Community College in Oregon.
Since moving to New York in 2006, Daniel Maidman has sped up his painting schedule. Illustrations from his atlas are currently in use in the United States Army’s forensic field manual. He also spent two years working on an anatomical atlas based on human cadaver dissections in which he participated at Santa Monica College, under the guidance of Dr.
He has attended life drawing workshops 2-3 times a week since 1998. Marlan grew up in Brooklyn and holds a bachelor’s degree from Cleveland Institute of Music and a master’s degree in cello performance from Ohio State University.ĭaniel Maidman was born in 1975 in Toronto, Canada. His latest projects have included jazz guitarist Ben Tyree and the decadent electro-pop/dance phenomenon Jessica 6. In addition to his acoustic work, Marlan is at home in the studio and records and mixes music of all genres. Marlan has recorded world premieres and broadcasts of Phillip Glass, Sir Paul McCartney and alt-pop band Deerhoof, as well as operatic composers Carlisle Floyd, Christopher Theophanides, and film composer Rachel Portman. His work is regularly featured on NPR, WNYC, the WFMT radio network, and Great Performances. After working as a production engineer at Sony records in New York, Marlan served as chief recording engineer and production manager for National Public Radio in Houston where he recorded the Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera, working closely with Conductor Christoph Eschenbach and many of the world’s leading musicians and operatic voices. Marlan Barry is a recording engineer, music producer, and cellist.