LOS ANGELES, CA.- Jack Rutberg Fine Arts presents a provocative exhibition of works by the celebrated contemporary artist from Spain, Jordi Alcaraz. The exhibition extends through 30 November, 2010, and introduces a major new publication on Alcaraz. Jordi Alcaraz: Traslúcido represents the first comprehensive view in America of Alcaraz’s profoundly poetic art. The exhibition brings together large and small scale works which transcend the categories of paintings, sculptures, and drawings as they blend all media, employing assemblage-like manner and installation. Conceptually, Alcaraz extends notions of perspective beyond the realms of the physically-seen. The surfaces of paintings and drawings can be pierced or peeled back in a manner that forces the viewer to consider more deeply the properties of the physical and ephemeral. Utilizing various tools and materials much like an alchemist, Alcaraz creates realms