Karen Mazzarella

Osio Cinema, Monterey

oil on canvas
original sold - commissioned piece

The directors at Semana Internacional de Cine (Seminci) in Valladolid, Spain chose this painting as their poster for the 51st Annual Valladolid International Film Festival, October 2006.

From the article: "The Seminci program preview ended with the announcement of the selection of the official poster, which for many years has featured the work of contemporary recognized artists of distinction. This year, perhaps in reaction to public criticism of last year’s poster, the organization has chosen a more traditional painting by Karen Mazzarella, “Osio Cinema”.

The chosen image, found through an Internet search, according to the Valladolid Director, Juan Carlos Frugone, depicts the entrance of a small theater “Osio Cinema”. The billboard features a wide variety of films such as “Fahrenheit 9/11”, “Cinema Paradiso”, and “Flesh Gordon”, among other titles. “The painting conveys much of love, much of cinema, and much of the love of cinema.”

Other internationally-renowned artists’ works have been the official poster of the Film Festival over the years, to include: Edward Hopper, “New York Movie” 1939; William Roberts, “The Cinema” 1920; Jack Vettriano, “An Imperfect Past”; George Segal, “Cinema” 1963.

To see archives of the posters, click http://www.seminci.es/Seminci/Ediciones.asp?menup=80. Or click “archivos”, then “carteles”.

More Work From This Artist


Other Work You May Like

South Beach
Jack Siegel, Artist
$ 3200.00
Dill & Parsley
McCarthy Allen Art
 
Riding Through Gold
Bruce Braithwaite
 
Crossing Broadway
Vincent Liu
 
Lechemere Viaduct #2
Chris Plunkett
 
Diner
M Post van der Burg
 
A Perfect Day
Robert Bora
 
Guardian at the Gate
Bonnie Shapiro
 
SF Lombard Street
Kerima Swain
 
Cherry Grove
Frank Genova
 
Bridge Crossing
Patty Neal
 
Dry Suck
Trevor Young
 
Last Light Over...
Alison Chambers
 
West Side Lights
Nancy Allender
 
Memory of a...
Chung Ae Kim
 
Cesky Krumlov,...
Jillian Mayles
 
 

Recent Comments

0