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Artists from around the world gather around World Art Expo Director Jojo Marengo (seated in center).
If you always wanted to meet some of the world’s leading contemporary artists and see their original works of art on display, now is your chance. The 2009 World Art Exposition will take place June 7 to 14 in multiple locations throughout Orange County.
The festivities will begin with the opening of a solo show with nearly fifty works by world renowned artist Michael Cheval at the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach on Saturday, June 7. Cheval, based in New York, is looking forward to a new show in California. Speaking by phone from New York, he observed “I am based in New York, but have more clients in California and Florida now. There is greater acceptance of surrealism and figurative art there. In New York, tastes are set by curators and critics and there is more emphasis on what is fashionable than what is good art.”
Many artists agree. Five hundred are coming from all over the world to display their talents at the event. Previews of their work online provide a glimpse of the exceptional variety that awaits visitors:
-- Danish painter Lars Bjerre depicts contemporary living with caricatures.
-- Denver artist Tamera Seevers makes intricate sculptures from goose and ostrich eggs.
-- Russian contemporary artist Sergei Aparin creates visual fantasies in color on canvas.
-- Peruvian Carmen Montoya Diaz Del Olmo highlights the beauty of nature with a distinctive Latin American flair.
A total of 43 countries will be represented, making this the largest international art exposition that has taken place in Southern California. If you time your visit for June 12, you can also attend the awards ceremony for the World Masters of the Arts at the Fullerton Marriott Hotel.
You can also hear Michael Cheval and other leading experts on today’s art market at a special presentation Saturday, June 13 sponsored by the World Art Foundation.
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