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Luke Jerram's transparent glass sculptures are created to contemplate the global impact of infectious disease while exploring the edges of perception, scientific understanding and visualization of a virus.

Designed in consultation with virologist Dr. Andrew Davidson from the University of Bristol in England, using a combination of different scientific photographs and models, the sculptures were made in collaboration with a team of specialized scientific glassblowers. Through them the artist reveals the fascinating tension between something that is unusually beautiful but which is also extremely dangerous and plaguing humanity.

Luke Jerram is an inventor, a researcher, an amateur scientist and a multidisciplinary artist. Currently he is a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, England. Jerram is the recipient of numerous awards and grants and his extraordinary projects and installations have won acclaim in cities around the world.

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(Malcolm and Tyson 14 x 11 digital c-print 2009 edition of 30)

(Jonte 11 x 14 digital c-print 2008 edition of 30)

Thanks to everyone who came out to THE GREAT LGBTQ PHOTO SHOW reception last night. The event was a mega success! The gallery was packed with wall to wall visitors and there were still tons of people outside. It's the single biggest opening I've personally participated in up to date and I'm thankful for the opportunity. Check out the show which runs thru July 10, 2010.

June 16 - July 10, 2010
____________________________________________________

This group photography show includes a wide range of imagery--documentary, erotic, political, romantic and more. With more than 80 photographers represented from the US and around the world, The Great LGBTQ Photo Show provides viewers with a broad survey of what contemporary queer photographers are working on today. Additionally, on Tuesday, June 29 from 6pm to 8pm, renowned writer, scholar and photography critic, Allen Ellenzweig, will talk about The Great LGBTQ Photo Show and queer photography today.

The following photographers are included in The Great LGBTQ Photo Show:
Thom Adams, Ajamu X, Michael Alago, Tom Baron, Robert Bianchi, Ripp Bowman, Don Campbell, Luis Carle, Lage Carlson, Aaron Cobbett, Brendon Connors, Larry Cwik, Ricky Day, Beau del'Aire, George Dinhaupt, J.D. Dragan, Jess T. Dugan, Mark Edward, Devin Elijah, Billy Erb, Lola Flash, Warren Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Claude Furones, Alex Geana, Brian Gorman, Rebecca Greenberg, Mareike Guensche, Crystal Gwyn, Kim Hanson, Emeric Harney, Michael Harwood, Dahn Hiuni, Hugh Holland, Charles Hovland, Mikka Jacino, David Jarrett, Angela Jimenez, John H. Johnson, Katie Koti, Molly Landreth, Ross Bennett Lewis, Frank Louis, Ricardo Louis, Janice Marshack, David J. Martin, Dick Mitchell, Greg Mitchell, Pierre-Yves Monnerville, Enrique Jayro Montesinos, Grace Moon, Amanda Morgan, Lara Morgan, Ocean Morisett, Patrick Mulcahy, Peter Pfeffer, Gregory Prescott, Andrew Printer, Xavier Radic, Benyamin Reich, Eric Rhein, Ulli Richter, Garry Rissman, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Nicholas Romanoli, Leslie Satterfield, Mathieu Schmutzler, Larry Schulte, Rick Shupper, Robert Siegelman, Bryan Smith, Lars Stephan, Margaret Stratton, Burt Sun, Thomas TRET Tierney, Enrique Toribio, Douglas Blair Turnbaugh, Taschka Turnquist, Johann Van Wyk, Vega, Adam Vincentz, Sophia Wallace, Cynthia Warwick, Fred Watson, Brett Wexler, Jade Yumang

GALLERY HOURS ARE TUES-SAT from NOON-6PM
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GALLERY WILL STAY OPEN
UNTIL 7:30PM on WED, JUNE 16 and THURS, JUNE 24

ABOUT THE LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION
Described by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times art critic Holland Cotter as "...a thoroughly nonmainstream pearl beyond price," the LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION (LLGAF) is a non-profit foundation established to provide an outlet for artwork that is unambiguously gay and which is often denied access to mainstream venues. Founded in 1990, the Foundation mounts exhibitions of art in all media by gay and lesbian artists emphasizing subject matter that speaks to queer sensibilities, including works with erotic, political, romantic and social imagery. LLGAF also provides special support for emerging and underrepresented artists through The ARCHIVE (a quarterly art journal) and a permanent collection of more than 3,000 works, including pieces by artists Duncan Grant, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Jean Cocteau and Robert Mapplethorpe. Leslie/Lohman is the premier resource for anyone interested in the rich art legacy of the LGBTQ community and its influence on and confrontation with the mainstream art world.


LESLIE/LOHMAN GALLERY
26 Wooster Street
(between Grand & Canal)
NYC 10013
(212) 431-2609
www.leslielohman.org

Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
Noon - 6pm

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(Malcolm and Tyson 14 x 11 digital c-print 2009 edition of 30)

(Jonte 11 x 14 digital c-print 2008 edition of 30)

THE GREAT LGBTQ PHOTO SHOW

June 16 - July 10, 2010
____________________________________________________

OPENING RECEPTION
June 15 (Tues)
6pm - 8pm

I've been invited to exhibit new work in The Great LGBTQ Photo Show at Leslie/Lohman Gallery here in NYC. This group photography show includes a wide range of imagery--documentary, erotic, political, romantic and more. With more than 80 photographers represented from the US and around the world, The Great LGBTQ Photo Show provides viewers with a broad survey of what contemporary queer photographers are working on today. To mark the opening of this exhibition, there will be a public reception on Tuesday, June 15 from 6pm to 8pm. Additionally, on Tuesday, June 29 from 6pm to 8pm, renowned writer, scholar and photography critic, Allen Ellenzweig, will talkabout The Great LGBTQ Photo Show and queer photography today.

I've chosen to exhibit two images from my ongoing portrait series about the African-American LGBTQ community called "A Portrait of The LIfe" (formerly This is The Life). There's exciting news about the portrait project coming soon, but this show is a great opportunity to view samples of the work right now.

The following photographers are included in The Great LGBTQ Photo Show:
Thom Adams, Ajamu X, Michael Alago, Tom Baron, Robert Bianchi, Ripp Bowman, Don Campbell, Luis Carle, Lage Carlson, Aaron Cobbett, Brendon Connors, Larry Cwik, Ricky Day, Beau del'Aire, George Dinhaupt, J.D. Dragan, Jess T. Dugan, Mark Edward, Devin Elijah, Billy Erb, Lola Flash, Warren Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Claude Furones, Alex Geana, Brian Gorman, Rebecca Greenberg, Mareike Guensche, Crystal Gwyn, Kim Hanson, Emeric Harney, Michael Harwood, Dahn Hiuni, Hugh Holland, Charles Hovland, Mikka Jacino, David Jarrett, Angela Jimenez, John H. Johnson, Katie Koti, Molly Landreth, Ross Bennett Lewis, Frank Louis, Ricardo Louis, Janice Marshack, David J. Martin, Dick Mitchell, Greg Mitchell, Pierre-Yves Monnerville, Enrique Jayro Montesinos, Grace Moon, Amanda Morgan, Lara Morgan, Ocean Morisett, Patrick Mulcahy, Peter Pfeffer, Gregory Prescott, Andrew Printer, Xavier Radic, Benyamin Reich, Eric Rhein, Ulli Richter, Garry Rissman, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Nicholas Romanoli, Leslie Satterfield, Mathieu Schmutzler, Larry Schulte, Rick Shupper, Robert Siegelman, Bryan Smith, Lars Stephan, Margaret Stratton, Burt Sun, Thomas TRET Tierney, Enrique Toribio, Douglas Blair Turnbaugh, Taschka Turnquist, Johann Van Wyk, Vega, Adam Vincentz, Sophia Wallace, Cynthia Warwick, Fred Watson, Brett Wexler, Jade Yumang

GALLERY HOURS ARE TUES-SAT from NOON-6PM
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GALLERY WILL STAY OPEN
UNTIL 7:30PM on WED, JUNE 16 and THURS, JUNE 24

Please make every effort to come out to the opening reception and tell all your friends. It's important for us to show the collective strength of our community and our desire to support our artists of color.

ABOUT THE LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION
Described by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times art critic Holland Cotter as "...a thoroughly nonmainstream pearl beyond price," the LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION (LLGAF) is a non-profit foundation established to provide an outlet for artwork that is unambiguously gay and which is often denied access to mainstream venues. Founded in 1990, the Foundation mounts exhibitions of art in all media by gay and lesbian artists emphasizing subject matter that speaks to queer sensibilities, including works with erotic, political, romantic and social imagery. LLGAF also provides special support for emerging and underrepresented artists through The ARCHIVE (a quarterly art journal) and a permanent collection of more than 3,000 works, including pieces by artists Duncan Grant, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Jean Cocteau and Robert Mapplethorpe. Leslie/Lohman is the premier resource for anyone interested in the rich art legacy of the LGBTQ community and its influence on and confrontation with the mainstream art world.


LESLIE/LOHMAN GALLERY
26 Wooster Street
(between Grand & Canal)
NYC 10013
(212) 431-2609
www.leslielohman.org

Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
Noon - 6pm

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A Separate Peace
Curated by Anna Ortt and Shane McAdams
McNeill Art Group Project Space, 143 Reade Street, NYC
June 16 – August 29
Opening Reception, June 16, 6 – 9 PM
Gallery hours by appointment

With the onset of the digital age artists are faced with an unprecedented availability of legitimate content and media for expressing themselves. In order to identify, parse and organize this information, many artists choose to work across media and disciplines, virtually without restriction, embracing new media, while others choose to confront it by returning to traditional modes of mark making and representation, finding novelty in personal mythologies and individualized narratives, creating manageable worlds that do not answer to the pressures outside it.

A Separate Peace features artists who create works featuring their own, unique cosmologies, interior logics and self-enclosed universes in order to maintain an integrity independent of the exterior world.

A Separate Peace features:

Samuel T. Adams
Jonathan Allen
Jeffrey Beebe
Jean Blackburn
Paul Jacobsen
Nick Lamia
Adela Leibowitz
Patte Loper
Shane McAdams
Nat Meade
Dean Monogenis
Christopher Mir
Ryan Mrozowski
Kristen Schiele
Ann Sophie Staerk

For information, please contact Anna Ortt at 917-653-9206 or anna@annaortt.com.
Images for the exhibition can be seen at www.annaortt.com

Shane McAdams is an artist, curator and art critic living in Brooklyn, NY. He has been a contributor to the Brooklyn Rail since 2003 and is former Director of Caren Golden Fine Art. He is currently teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design and preparing for a solo show of his own work to take place this fall at Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, OR.

Anna Ortt has been representing emerging artists in New York City for over 7 yrs, first as an independent curator participating in international art fairs, then as Assistant Director for Littlejohn Contemporary, and finally as a partner of Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery in Chelsea form 2006-2009. Anna is dedicated to finding new emerging art with high craft and concept, and will be focusing on a range of curatorial projects and collaborations.

McNeill Art Group began as an art consulting and acquisitions company in 2005. After establishing a presence as a private dealer and exhibiting artists at international art fairs around the world, McNeill began seeking exhibition opportunities in alternative spaces. McNeill worked with Artisan Lofts to create the McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space in an effort to continue the global movement towards enhancing the visibility of contemporary art while not conforming to the traditional gallery structure. The Tribeca Project Space is on the ground floor of Artisan Lofts in Tribeca, New York.

For more information about McNeill Art Group, contact Beth McNeill at 631-838-4843 or email mcneillartgroup@mac.com.

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Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to announce Retratos Pintados, an exhibition of vernacular hand-colored photographic portraits from Brazil, on view from Thursday, June 24, through Saturday, September 18, 2010

Since the late 19th century through the 1990s, hand-painted photographic portraits were a common feature in homes in the rural areas of the northeastern Brazilian states. At a time when black-and-white photographs were not considered dramatic enough, the retratos pintados ("painted portraits") glamorized and idealized their subjects. Using oil washes and other techniques specific to the region, local artisans embellished the portraits, illustrating the fantasies and desires of their customers. Due to advances in technology, hand-painted photographs have become a rarity in the region, and this unique form of portrait-making is lost. For more information, please visit: http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2010_06-retr_pint/

Retratos Pintados, a book of 61 four-color plates of photographs with an introduction by Martin Parr and edited by Parr and Titus Riedl was published by Nazraeli Press in 2010 and is available at the gallery.

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The brand new GaGa video. Check it out.

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In yet another Urban Pop LIfe exclusive, check out this hot new rising star Britni Elise. Her single Hello is blowing up on radio stations across the country and available on itunes. Stay tuned for more from Britni in the near future, but for now peep the video, listen to the track and let me know what you think.

Britni Elise

Britni Elise Is a singer and songwriter and definitely the uprising star of 2010. Since twelve, she has made it her destiny to become the new Pop ICON of the 21st century. Singing melodies with her father at the age of three was the beginning of her many steps toward success. At eight she performed in the Christian play "The Lord will Make A Way" in Cleveland, Ohio.

In 2001, Britni Elise put her first trio group together; "First Choice" writing and producing eleven of the thirteen songs on the gospel group's debut CD. They performed at various venues in the Cleveland area but split up in mid 2004. Britni Elise continued writing and less than one year later put together an R&B trio called Chosen Fate. She co-wrote and produced five songs for the trio and they also performed at various venues in and around the Cleveland area. Unfortunately Chosen Fate split in early 2007.

Undaunted, Britni Elise began her pursuit as a solo artist. Under the guidance of industry veteran, PJ Jones, Britni Elise spent the summer of 2008 in Atlanta, GA. writing; recording with Charles Farrar (Vyrus) and developing in the infamous Artist Development Center whose success stories include New Edition, Ciara, Usher, and LeToya Luckett. Britni Elise credits the Artist Development Center as the reason for her growing success. She quotes, “I could not have accomplished so much vocally and in my performance if it were not for the grind and hard work at the center. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything in the world”

In 2008, Britni Elise signed with K-Lo Entertainment as its first artist under the direction of famed (Major League) baseball player, Kenny Lofton. Since signing with K-Lo Entertainment, Britni Elise has recorded with the illustrious Harvey Mason of Harvey Mason Media whose discography includes the Dream Girls Complete Movie Soundtrack, More Than A Game Movie, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Tyrese, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears & Whitney Houston.

Britni Elise has been touring all summer opening for Trey Songs, Ginuwine, Monica, Letoya and the first week of the 2009 Russ Buss Tour featuring acts like Mario and the New Boyz!

In February 2010, Britni Elise will be sharing the spotlight with Ginuwine and K-Jon on the Charlie Wilson tour in her hometown, of Cleveland, Ohio. Britni Elise has also signed with the Docherty Talent Agency for modeling, commercials and print work.

Being in love and having that someone that “completes” you, describes her first single on iTunes, “Satisfied” co-written with Charles Farrar (Vyrus). “Satisfied” gained national and international radio exposure (5k spins) and her video directed by Dabling Harward (Spin Flight Studio Productions) was accepted and added to BETJ, VH1 SOUL, MTV, Music on Demand and a host of local video outlets. Her fan base has increased tenfold with the 2009 release of her remix to “Papers” (Usher) and “Turnt Up” (Roscoe Dash) and both continue to receive national airplay. In 1/10, Britni Elise released her first Mix Tape; Mick Boogie presents Britni Elise B.E. Satisfied.

Currently, Britni Elise is recording with Harvey Mason and her second single “Hello” is receiving applause with a standing ovation from around the country.

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(Image: Francesca Gabbiani, The House of Falling Leaves, 2010, giclée print, colored paper, and gouache on Museo Max paper, 30-3/8 x 22 inches, edition of 4)

Francesca Gabbiani: Dream Baby Dream
May 22 - July 10, 2010

Lora Reynolds Gallery is pleased to announce our third solo exhibition of new works by Los Angeles based artist, Francesca Gabbiani, entitled Dream Baby Dream.

Viewed from a distance Francesca Gabbiani's intricate assemblages are easily mistaken for paintings. Their flattened realism is upon closer inspection composed of thousands of densely layered abstract shapes of cut paper. The often decadent imagery present in Gabbiani's work complements and echoes her craft. Influenced by cinema, the interior space - both physical and metaphysical - as well as melancholia, Francesca Gabbiani illustrates surreal fleeting moments.

Francesca Gabbiani: Dream Baby Dream will be on view at Lora Reynolds Gallery, 360 Nueces, Suite 50, Austin, Texas 78701 from May 22 - July 10, 2010. GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. For further information please visit our website, www.lorareynolds.com, contact Emma Cole at 512.215.4965 or emma@lorareynolds.com.

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Every so often the music industry gives birth to a production/writing team that can only be described as unparalleled. Meet the newest offspring, SHALIEK RIVERS and CASHUS C.R.E.A.M., a dynamic duo that go by the name, THE HITTERZz.

Rivers (24) was born in the Bronx, NY, moved to Charleston, SC at the age of 12, and returned to NY after graduating HS. With artists like Babyface and Stevie Wonder as his inspiration, music was firmly rooted in his soul. He signed with Universal Records as a solo artist at 18 and was blessed with the opportunity to work with superstar producers including Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Brian Michael Cox and Alicia Keys just to name a few. He honed his skills from working with them one on one. The studio was his classroom and he learned well. Though the record was never released, Shaliek had come to realize the power of great lyrics and decided to pursue his passion…Songwriting!

C.R.E.A.M. (24) was born in Hartford, CT and raised on the lyrics of LL Cool J and Run DMC. He was offered a full time position working for a Fortune 500 company in his last year of college. So impressed by his potential, the company offered to pay his tuition. Even though he had landed the dream corporate job he quickly realized his heart was not in it.

A meeting with a NY producer, “PKing The Specialist”, provided C.R.E.A.M. with his first production deal and the spark was now lit. He soon abandoned his corporate gig and set his sights squarely on the big apple.

Shortly after he arrived in NYC he was offered a major label deal. However, on his way to the final meeting he received word that the deal had fallen through. It was then that he too realized that he could put his pen to great use crafting songs for other artists.

A chance encounter brought the two growing talents together. Shaliek, with his smooth r & b skills, and C.R.E.A.M. with his melodic hip hop sensibility. It was a match made in heaven. Their chemistry has proven quite productive and is finally receiving the attention of A&R representatives and label heads alike.

“Music is not just a hustle for us, it’s a passion- a way of life. We’ve sacrificed everything for it, and once the heart is set on what the mind wants, losing is simply not an option.” THE HITTERZz

Check out the new joint they wrote for our favorite Pussycat Doll. I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a smash. What do you think?

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(Malcolm and Tyson 14 x 11 digital c-print 2009 edition of 30)

(Jonte 11 x 14 digital c-print 2008 edition of 30)

THE GREAT LGBTQ PHOTO SHOW

June 16 - July 10, 2010
____________________________________________________

OPENING RECEPTION
June 15 (Tues)
6pm - 8pm

I've been invited to exhibit new work in The Great LGBTQ Photo Show at Leslie/Lohman Gallery here in NYC. This group photography show includes a wide range of imagery--documentary, erotic, political, romantic and more. With more than 80 photographers represented from the US and around the world, The Great LGBTQ Photo Show provides viewers with a broad survey of what contemporary queer photographers are working on today. To mark the opening of this exhibition, there will be a public reception on Tuesday, June 15 from 6pm to 8pm. Additionally, on Tuesday, June 29 from 6pm to 8pm, renowned writer, scholar and photography critic, Allen Ellenzweig, will talb about The Great LGBTQ Photo Show and queer photography today.

I've chosen to exhibit two images from my ongoing portrait series about the African-American LGBTQ community called "A Portrait of The LIfe" (formerly This is The Life). There's exciting news about the portrait project coming soon, but this show is a great opportunity to view samples of the work right now.

The following photographers are included in The Great LGBTQ Photo Show:
Thom Adams, Ajamu X, Michael Alago, Tom Baron, Robert Bianchi, Ripp Bowman, Don Campbell, Luis Carle, Lage Carlson, Aaron Cobbett, Brendon Connors, Larry Cwik, Ricky Day, Beau del'Aire, George Dinhaupt, J.D. Dragan, Jess T. Dugan, Mark Edward, Devin Elijah, Billy Erb, Lola Flash, Warren Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Claude Furones, Alex Geana, Brian Gorman, Rebecca Greenberg, Mareike Guensche, Crystal Gwyn, Kim Hanson, Emeric Harney, Michael Harwood, Dahn Hiuni, Hugh Holland, Charles Hovland, Mikka Jacino, David Jarrett, Angela Jimenez, John H. Johnson, Katie Koti, Molly Landreth, Ross Bennett Lewis, Frank Louis, Ricardo Louis, Janice Marshack, David J. Martin, Dick Mitchell, Greg Mitchell, Pierre-Yves Monnerville, Enrique Jayro Montesinos, Grace Moon, Amanda Morgan, Lara Morgan, Ocean Morisett, Patrick Mulcahy, Peter Pfeffer, Gregory Prescott, Andrew Printer, Xavier Radic, Benyamin Reich, Eric Rhein, Ulli Richter, Garry Rissman, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Nicholas Romanoli, Leslie Satterfield, Mathieu Schmutzler, Larry Schulte, Rick Shupper, Robert Siegelman, Bryan Smith, Lars Stephan, Margaret Stratton, Burt Sun, Thomas TRET Tierney, Enrique Toribio, Douglas Blair Turnbaugh, Taschka Turnquist, Johann Van Wyk, Vega, Adam Vincentz, Sophia Wallace, Cynthia Warwick, Fred Watson, Brett Wexler, Jade Yumang

GALLERY HOURS ARE TUES-SAT from NOON-6PM
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GALLERY WILL STAY OPEN
UNTIL 7:30PM on WED, JUNE 16 and THURS, JUNE 24

Please make every effort to come out to the opening reception and tell all your friends. It's important for us to show the collective strength of our community and our desire to support our artists of color.

ABOUT THE LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION
Described by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times art critic Holland Cotter as "...a thoroughly nonmainstream pearl beyond price," the LESLIE/LOHMAN GAY ART FOUNDATION (LLGAF) is a non-profit foundation established to provide an outlet for artwork that is unambiguously gay and which is often denied access to mainstream venues. Founded in 1990, the Foundation mounts exhibitions of art in all media by gay and lesbian artists emphasizing subject matter that speaks to queer sensibilities, including works with erotic, political, romantic and social imagery. LLGAF also provides special support for emerging and underrepresented artists through The ARCHIVE (a quarterly art journal) and a permanent collection of more than 3,000 works, including pieces by artists Duncan Grant, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Jean Cocteau and Robert Mapplethorpe. Leslie/Lohman is the premier resource for anyone interested in the rich art legacy of the LGBTQ community and its influence on and confrontation with the mainstream art world.


LESLIE/LOHMAN GALLERY
26 Wooster Street
(between Grand & Canal)
NYC 10013
(212) 431-2609
www.leslielohman.org

Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
Noon - 6pm

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From CNN

New York (CNN) -- Emmy-winning "Golden Girls" actress Rue McClanahan died of a stroke in a New York hospital early Thursday, her manager said. She was 76.

McClanahan's family surrounded her bed when she died at New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to manager Barbara Lawrence.

The actress' career began on the New York stage in the 1950s, but her long television career was first boosted when producer Norman Lear cast McClanahan in his hit CBS series "All in the Family" in 1971. She appeared in Lear's "Maude" a year later.

Her most memorable TV role was as Southern belle Blanche Devereaux on "The Golden Girls," which ran from 1985 through 1992. McClanahan won an Emmy for best lead actress in a comedy in 1987.

Betty White is the last surviving member of the four "Golden Girls" stars. Estelle Getty passed away in 2008, and Bea Arthur died last year.

McClanahan's last comedic TV role was in an episode of Tyler Perry's "Meet the Browns," taped in 2009.

CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report.

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IN THE ZONE, a century gathering of black & white photographs
by past and present masters
at HENRY GREGG GALLERY in DUMBO
May 13 - June 27, 2010 Opening Night Reception Thursday June 3 from 6-9pm

"All will be yesterday," as the young Hungarian photographer Balazs Turay has observed. Therefore, "nothing has changed, and nothing needs to change, the photo itself will well tell its own tale to each generation to come" adds curator/gallerist Henry Andre Martinez-Reed. "All the photographs in this show, dating from as far back as the 1920s, exemplify the single most important quality to me in a work of art, what the Italians call sprezzatura, an apparent nonchalance, the ability to conceal the careful, conscious effort behind a difficult achievement." Also a musician, Martinez- adds, "In assembling this show, I wanted to have the feeling Duke Ellington must have had when he assembled his orchestra, mixing the ages and styles of his players to generate the tension and passion that guarantees a knock-out performance."

HGG's new show deftly mingles iconic photographs by Robert Frank, Gordon Parks and Russian avant-gardist Aleksandr Rodchenko with sepia-tone masterworks by Georgi Zelma (1906-84), the pioneering Russian photojournalist of the "Eastern Front" school alongside dramatic contemporary Roman cityscapes with crackled surfaces by Balazs Turay. and classic Americana views through the lens of Jim Megargee, professor, author, master printer and documentarian; portraits of New York visual artists from Peter Bellamy's monograph, The Artist Project (1981-1990) and of the city's street life by Brooklyn's Anthony Almeida. New Yorker Robert Herman also focuses on the city's streets. His digital prints, particularly of a near-empty 70s-era subway car, stripped and striped in colored light as it crosses a bridge, are as bravura an achievement as Professor Doug Schwab's gum bichromate nudes and Cornelia Van der Lin's pinhole nudes in their evocation of eternity. Czech scientist turned poet and fine art photographer, Igor Malijevsky, focuses on city life across Europe while North Carolina's Bryce Lankard combines old and new photo technologies in photographs of New Orleans. The photomontagist Mark Blanchette conjures surreal visions layering multiple negatives. Of particular note are photographs by the father and son, both known only as Istvan Soltesz: The father was self-taught and never exhibited, much less celebrated, until his son, by then a professional photographer, assembled a posthumous show of his father's loving pictures of daily life in their Hungarian village. The renowned freelance photojournalist Peter Essick braves impossible conditions the world over, often for National Geographic, to illustrate immediate challenges facing humankind.

"The camera heals us of our separateness," says co-exhibitor Carole Elchert, native of Ohio and longtime chronicler of village life in the Himalayan Mountains. IN THE ZONE endeavors to prove her point.

Inquiries may be directed to the gallery owner, Henry Andre Martinez Reed, at 718-408-1090 or art@henrygregggallery.com. Private viewings also may be arranged; please call 917-335-3673. The Henry Gregg Gallery is located at 111 Front Street, Brooklyn N.Y.,11201, Suite 226 in DUMBO. Open Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat from Noon-6pm, and Sunday from Noon-4pm. By subway: F to York Street or A,C to High Street, Brooklyn.

Henry Gregg Gallery
111 Front Street, Suite 226
Brooklyn, New York 11201
718-408-1090
www.henrygregggallery.com
art@henrygregggallery.com

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LESLIE WAYNE / ONE BIG LOVE / MAY 27 - JULY 16, 2010

Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to announce One Big Love, Leslie Waynes eighth solo exhibition at the gallery. Here Wayne presents small, 13 x 10 inch, oil and mixed media paintings on organically shaped panels, from an ongoing series by the same name. The series was inspired by an article in the New Yorker entitled The Eureka Hunt (July 28, 2008), describing a situation in which a fire fighters instinct saved his life. The article articulated an interesting condition of mental acuity, which is not unlike that of an artist and their studio practice in a moment of inspiration. Noting that artists often try to achieve a state of grace - of letting go or getting in the zone - by listening to music, listening to music became a driving principle behind the development of these paintings, and ultimately a condition of their creation.

Waynes process continues to address the dialectic between material memory and the nature of morphogenesis. One Big Love signals a return to the small format and the nature of intimacy.

Leslie Wayne has presented her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Peace Tower/Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (both 2006); Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL (both 2003); The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (2001); Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (2000); and The Continuous Painting Wall, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL (1999). She was the recipient of a 2006 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting.

A forthcoming solo exhibition at the Halsey Institute for Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC, is slated to open in January 2011.

A full-color catalogue, One Big Love, featuring a conversation by Amy Smith-Stewart, is available.

Concurrent exhibition at the gallery:
Jonathan Seliger: Spoils, May 27-July 16, 2010.

Upcoming exhibitions at the gallery include Arlene Shechet opening September 10, 2010, on view through October 9, 2010, and Yoan Capote, opening October 14, 2010, on view through November 13, 2010.

Gallery hours through Friday, July 2, are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm. The gallery will be closed from Saturday, July 3, through Monday, July 5, for the Fourth of July Holiday. Summer hours beginning, July 6, until July 16, are Monday through Friday from 10 am to 6 pm. The gallery will be open by appointment from July 19, through September 2.

For additional information and photographic material please contact the gallery at info@jackshainman.com.

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