Friday, September 5, 2008

Woodman flick uses Puig art

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By DANA DUGAN
Express Staff Writer

"Ball Espanyol", 2002 by Augusti Puig

In the new Woody Allen movie, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," one of the main plot points involves the heated-up rivalry between ex-spouses played by Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. Once you have stopped panting at this concept, consider that the rivalry concerns a style of painting, and that to illustrate this Allen used the works of Barcelona-based artist Augusti Puig.

As it happens, Gallery DeNovo in Ketchum is the only gallery in the U.S. that represents Puig's striking work.

"We are doing a special free screening of 'Vicky Cristina' for Gallery DeNovo clients and friends," said gallery owner Robin Reiners.

The film will be shown Friday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. for the opening of the Magic Lantern Film Festival. People will need to call the gallery to be put on the list.

Born in 1957 in Sabadell, Spain, Puig is a painter and printmaker whose work considers human uncertainty in his simple yet highly illustrative graphic works. Puig has exhibited at galleries all over Spain, in London, New York City, Washington, D.C., France, Portugal, Japan and at esteemed international art fairs.

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"We've just seen the trailer of the film on the Internet and also we've read some reviews of it as it has been presented at Cannes Film Festival," Puig wrote in an e-mail. "It seems most of the critics have liked it. Because of this news the local TV station has put my atelier on the news. We are all very excited about all this."