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Grand Prize Artist of Last Year's Power of Self
Artists,
From Picasso to Bruce Nauman, Frida Kahlo to Jeff Wall, Giacometti to Alice Neel - the self has been subject of endless exploration by the world's greatest artists, allowing the discovery (and re-discovery) of artists' personal identities and artistic styles.
You are invited to join the Power of Self 2011, a world-wide celebration of self portraiture awarding a Grand Prize package that includes One Year of Your Life, Paid For.
Imagine taking a year off to create more art, travel the world or change your life in a way that only you can dream of.
This is about your story, your talent, your vision.
Share it with the world for a chance to earn the reward of a lifetime.
The Time In Children’s Art Initiative is about opening doors for kids in
underserved schools and letting them know that the whole incredible world out there also belongs to them. Stratus Realty Group cordially invites you to join us at Rockefeller Center for the Changing the World Through Art Auction
and Gala to benefit this terrific organization.
March 4, 2011, 7 – 9 p.m.
Malena & David Belafonte and Kathleen & Douglas Landy
Benefit Co-Chairs
Rob Wynne Honorary Chair
Malena Belafonte, Elliot Bellen, Cyndie Bellen-Berthézène,
Spring Dautel, Dalia Fateh, Irene Nickolai, Susan Numeroff
Benefit Committee Co-Chairs Emma Hall & Nilani Trent Young Collectors Committee Co-Chairs
The Hon. David N. Dinkins
Guest of Honor
Artists include: Marina Abramovic, Brian Alfred, Donald Baechler, Judy
Chicago, Fab 5 Freddy, Gregory de la Haba, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Lindsey Nobel, Roxy Paine,
Hyeondo Park, Martin Roth, Maria Joao Salema, Rafael Vargas Suarez, Fred
Tomaselli, Carrie Mae Weems, Lee Wells and many more......
For further information and ticket pre-sales, call 212 209 1552 or please see link http://hiartkids.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ACTION FOR FREEDOM: NEW WORKS BY LEE WELLS
AT ROOSTER GALLERY CONTEMPORARY ART
Rooster Gallery Contemporary Art
announces “Action For Freedom: New Works by Lee Wells," featuring new video action paintings from the “Soul Series,” opening on Thursday February 17, 2011.
Lee Wells
(born 1971), offers a complex intermix of images, which engage issues of war, sexuality, freedom and liberation. Deeply rooted in the history of painting and dialogue of the Avant-garde, “Action For Freedom”, presents portraits of humanity as an attempt to create order within the chaos, confusion and wonder of the early 21st century.
In the main gallery, the “Soul Series,” is comprised of life sized brightly painted, pseudoexpressionist portraits that have aggressive holes blasted through their surface, revealing found video footage of actual social unrest, suicide bombers, police brutality and military combat that expose our totalist media information world. Not only do these works inevitably question the act of painting in line with that of COBRA and Fluxus art but also attempt to offer a perspective into the global post-traumatic stress found within society today.
In the lower level, the artist presents realistic grisaille paintings, which include an oversized portrait of the US Army Ranger, football star Pat Tillman and friendly fire casualty along with small intimate nude portraits of veiled women, which form a silent fetishized audience to Wells’ first feature length film titled “Freedom Club.” Based loosely on the writings of Guy Debord, Ted Kaczynski and his own, the film is an experimental modern day science fiction faerie tale about love, revolution and freedom in the post-technological age.
Wells’ immersive high definition works for “Video Forest” are
currently on view through 2014 at the Kimpo International Airport,
Seoul, Korea, and was most recently commissioned by the Guggenheim
Museum to write an essay on new video art and the Avant-garde, titled, "Andy, Nam June and Me at the Zoo."
His artwork and projects primarily question systems of power and control and have been exhibited internationally for over 15 years, including the 51st Venice Biennale; PS1/MoMA, New York, NY; and the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. In addition, other Wells’ works are held by the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.; the National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.; U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA.; and Hana Bank, Seoul, Korea.
The exhibition catalog, which includes an essay by independant curator Lara Pan, will be publicly presented on Sunday, March 6, in affiliation with the Lower East Side Business Improvement District and the Armory Arts Week 2011
gallery walk. The artist will be present.
For more information please contact: Alexander Slonevsky at +1 212 230 1370 or alex (at) roostergallery (dot) com
Reception: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 6 – 8pm Catalog presentation: Sunday, March 6 2011, 12 – 6pm Exhibition Dates: February 17 to March 13 Hours: Tuesday through Sunday
from 12:00pm to 8:00pm. Closed Mondays. Address: 190 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
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In the lower level, the artist presents realistic grisaille paintings, which include an oversized portrait of the US Army Ranger, football star Pat Tillman and friendly fire casualty along with small intimate nude portraits of veiled women, which form a silent fetishized audience to Wells’ first feature length film titled “
