Bouncing bands (1979) Painting by Baruj Salinas

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Seller MLA Gallery

Certificate of Authenticity included

This artwork appears in 4 collections

Original Artwork Painting, Gouache on Paper

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 29.9in, Width 22.1in
Categories Abstract

This is an excellent example of an early, original Salinas work on paper, that is from 1979. The media is gouache, pastel, watercolor, charcoal and graphite. These works are absolutely stunning.

Salinas was deeply influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, and his mentor Joan Miro, who he studied with for years, in Barcelona. Salinas is quoted as saying: "Because of my connection and collaboration with poets and writers such as María Zambrano, José Angel Valente, Pere Gimferrer, and Michel Butor, I developed a concept of the language of the clouds. This consisted basically of a grey background with white as the main color of my palette–the white symbolizing clouds. I also used pictograms, ideograms, and strange alphabets like the Greek alphabet, the Hebrew alphabet, and the Iberian alphabet". On another occasion Salinas was quoted as follows: "To me, painting is not work. It is something that transcends labor. I love to be in my studio painting because I forget about everything else. I’m so concentrated on it that it is like a meditation. I concentrate on what I’m doing and I enjoy it while I’m doing it. I enjoy seeing a wide space being developed into something that has life. It’s always been the most important thing in my life. And architecture was never so.”

Salinas has had over 100 solo shows worldwide, and is in the permanent collection of the following museums:

Art Museum of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Arte del Siglo XX, Casa de la Asegurada, Alicante, Spain.
Bacardi Collection, Miami, Fl
Beit Uri Museum, Israel.
Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain.
Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland.
Cuban Museum of Art, Miami, Florida.
Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain.
Fundación Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain.
Fundacion Miguel Aleman, Mexico City
Institute of International Education, New York, NY.
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Musee Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
John Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
Lowe Art Museum (Cuban Collection) Coral Gables, Fl.
McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas.
Museo Alvar Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Ayuntamiento de Soria, Spain
Museo Arte Contemporaneo LatinoAmericano (MACLA), La Plata, Argentina.
Museo Cuevas, Mexico City
Museo de Arte Moderno, Ibiza, Spain.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Museo de Villafames, Villafames, Spain.
Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia.
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
Museo Nacional D'Árt de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Museum of Art, Budapest, Hungary.
Museum of the Americas (OAS), Washington, DC.
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan.
Pemex Collection, Mexico City
Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, Arizona.
Public Library, City of Miami, Miami, Florida.
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas.
University of Ohio Museum of Art, Miami, Ohio.
Villa de Montecatini Collection, Italy
Museo Maria Zambrano, Velez-Malaga, Spain

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Gouache

The substances are diluted with water and rendered pasty and opaque by the addition of gum and honey. The colors become opaque and can, therefore, be superimposed, which makes one paint with gouache as with oil. The gouache is recommended by its bright, fresh and delicate tones.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Artist represented by MLA Gallery

Baruj Salinas

United States

Baruj Salinas is a Cuban-born artist of Sephardic Jewish heritage, best known for his abstract expressionist works that blend vibrant colors, textures, and symbols. Born in Havana in 1935, Salinas initially pursued architecture before shifting his focus entirely to art. His unique style, often characterized by layers of bold color and gestural brushwork, draws inspiration from nature, his Jewish heritage, and the landscapes of his travels.

Salinas moved to the United States in 1959, settling in Miami, Florida, where he became an influential figure in the local and international art scenes. His work has been featured in over 200 solo and group exhibitions across the globe, including galleries and museums in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Israel. He is renowned for his ability to evoke deep emotions through abstract forms, often incorporating Hebrew letters, symbols, and mystical themes.

Throughout his career, Salinas has worked in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, and sculpture. His works can be found in prominent collections such as the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Art Museum of the Americas, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. In addition to his own artistic practice, Baruj Salinas has also mentored younger generations of artists and has received numerous accolades for his contributions to the world of art.