10 Resplendent Works of Art on Display in "Beauty Reigns"

By San Antonio Current Staff

06/11/2014

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Susan Chrysler White, 'Cradle,' 2010–13. Acrylic on canvas, 77 x 110 in. Courtesy of the artist and Littlejohn Contemporary, New York.

Nancy Lorenz, 'Red Gold Pour,' 2013. Gesso, gilder’s clay, red gold leaf, and pigment on burlap, 10 × 8 in. Collection of Lucy Schwalbe. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Charles Burwell, 'Dialogue in Blue,' 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 128 in. Courtesy of the artist and Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia.

Kamrooz Aram, 'Incident at Varick and Harrison (Palimpsest #23),' 2013. Oil, oil pastel, and wax pencil on canvas, 84 x 66 in. Courtesy of the artist and Green Art Gallery, Dubai.

Fausto Fernandez, 'Love is what you make it out to be,' 2013. Collage, architectural plans, maps, acrylic, oil pastel, and spray paint on canvas, 72 x 72 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Paul Henry Ramirez, 'PLAYCONICS 5,' 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 66 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Rex Ray, 'Cyphellae,' 2005. Oil, acrylic, and cut paper on linen, 76 x 76 in. Courtesy of the artist and Conduit Gallery, Dallas.

Ryan McGinness, 'The Lazy Logic of Ignava Ratio,' 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 96 x 144 in. Collection of Pamela K. and William A. Royall Jr. Photo courtesy of Ryan McGinness Studios, Inc./Art Resource, NY. © 2014 Ryan McGinness/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.), 'We Came From the Stars,' 2011. Acrylic, enamel, ink, colored pencil, organdy, feathers, quills, crystals, and mixed media on ultrachrome prints, 72 × 176 in. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum.