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Monday, October 24th, 2011
The show is organized by my friend, Frank Webster, with Paul Brainard. There are more than 20 people in the show so there will be lots to see.
Die Like You Really Mean It:
October 26 – December 3, 2011
Opening reception: October 26, 6-9PM
Allegra LaViola Gallery
179 East Broadway
New York, NY 10002
917-463-3901
Featuring works of:
Erik Benson, Paul Brainard, Pia Dehne, Hiroyuki Hamada, Elizabeth Huey, Erika Keck,
Emily Noelle Lambert, Frank Lentini, Eddie Martinez, Brian Montouri, Bryan Osburn, Kanishka Raja,
Erika Ranee, Tom Sanford, Christopher Saunders, Kristen Schiele, Ryan Schneider, Oliver Warden,
Frank Webster, Eric White and Doug Young
You can see some works included in the show here and here.
Tags: #54, #56, Allegra LaViola Gallery, Art, Brian Montouri, Bryan Osburn, Christopher Saunders, Doug Young, Eddie Martinez, Elizabeth Huey, Emily Noelle Lambert, Eric White, Erik Benson, Erika Keck, Erika Ranee, exhibition, Frank Lentini, Frank Webster, Hiroyuki Hamada, Kanishka Raja, Kristen Schiele, New York City, NY, Oliver Warden, Painting, Paul Brainard, Pia Dehne, Ryan Schneider, Sculpture, Tom Sanford
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
Participating artists:
Erik Benson, Paul Brainard, Pia Dehne, Hiroyuki Hamada, Elizabeth Huey, Erika Keck,
Emily Noelle Lambert, Frank Lentini, Eddie Martinez, Brian Montouri, Bryan Osburn, Kanishka Raja,
Erika Ranee, Tom Sanford, Christopher Saunders, Kristen Schiele, Ryan Schneider, Oliver Warden,
Frank Webster, Eric White and Doug Young
Allegra LaViola Gallery | 179 East Broadway | New York, NY 10002
T 917.463.3901 E gallery@allegralaviola.com
www.allegralaviola.com
Gallery hours
Wednesday – Saturday: 12-6PM
Sunday: 1-6PM
Opening Reception: October 26, 6-9PM
Allegra La Viola Gallery is pleased to present Die Like You Really Mean It, a group exhibition on view
from October 26 – December 7. The exhibition is curated by artists Paul Brainard and Frank Webster
and features new paintings and sculpture by over twenty artists living in the New York metro area.
The curators have assembled an energetic and dynamic show, where each work registers as a highly
charged expression of the individual artist. Brainard and Webster have maintained a special interest
in choosing works that register not as intentionally ironic but rather as sincerely and at times
viscerally rendered. This exhibition celebrates painting as a healthy, living, and variegated mode of
art making in New York.
The works included in this exhibition are often resistant to purely formalist and conceptual concerns,
engaging themes that extend beyond the material media of painting. Figurative and scenic elements
may invite narrative readings while color is used forcefully, liberally, or selectively. The expressive
qualities of color among the works range widely from Oliver Warden’s transformative explosions of
color, to Hiroyuki Hamada’s restrained, bi-chromatic capsule-like wall reliefs. Also of concern among
the works is the relationship between the human being and its environment, exemplified by Erik
Benson and Kristen Schiele’s depictions of inhabited indoor and outdoor settings, Pia Dehne’s
complex compositions in which figure and ground are enmeshed through lyrical patterns of line and
geometry, and Kanishka Raja’s use of pattern to unite various specific locations depicted in the same
visual space.
Atypically, this show exalts in its contrasts. The works of Chris Saunders and Brian Montouri could
best sum this up. Saunder’s paintings are slick and calm on the surface but belie an unsettling and
subversive content, while Montouri’s vision is a veritable disgorgement of expressionist storm and
bluster. Each artist pushes the medium with equal passion, but in radically different directions, with
starkly different results. This passion however is one thing all of the artists in Die Like You Really
Mean It share in common.
—Paul Brainard, Kristen Lorello and Frank Webster
Tags: Allegra LaViola, Allegra LaViola Gallery, Art, Brian Montouri, Bryan Osburn, Christopher Saunders, Die Like You Really Mean It, Doug Young, Eddie Martinez, Elizabeth Huey, Emily Noelle Lambert, Eric White, Erik Benson, Erika Keck, Erika Ranee, exhibition, Frank Lentini, Frank Webster, Hiroyuki Hamada, Kanishka Raja, Kristen Lorello, Kristen Schiele, New York, New York City, NY, Oliver Warden, Painting, Paul Brainard, Photography, Pia Dehne, Ryan Schneider, Sculpture, Tom Sanford
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Monday, September 5th, 2011
I’ve been contacted by the office of Damir Doma, a French fashion designer, saying that my work is an inspiration for his Autumn Winter 2011-12 collection. It’s great to hear that the work spoke to him. To celebrate the opening of his space at L’Eclaireur, they are showing a few pieces of mine along with his work, his creative setting and etc. There will be an opening at the space on 9/13 from 5-9pm. The event happens as L’Eclaireur participates in Paris Design Week. The event was made possible by the generous cooperation of Bodo Vincent Andrin, Founder & Managing Director of LIGANOVA, who is loaning the pieces for the duration of the show (September 13 – 22). This marks the first public display of works from LIGANOVA’s LIGAart Collection. It’ll be a fun thing to stop by if you are in Paris.
Tags: Art, Bodo Vincent Andrin, Damir Doma, exhibition, France, Hiroyuki Hamada, L'Eclaireur, LIGAart Collection, LIGANOVA, Paris, Paris Design Week, Sculpture
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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
#63 (2006-10). Burlap, enamel, oil, plaster, resin, tar, wax and wood, 45 x 40 x 24 inches
Hiroyuki Hamada: Two Sculptures
IN GALLERY II
September 15 – October 15, 2011
Lori Bookstein Fine Art
138 TENTH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10011
Tel 212-750-0949
www.LORIBOOKSTEINFINEART.COM
Tags: #63, Art, exhibition, Hiroyuki Hamada, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, NY, NYC, Sculpture
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
I’ve been working with 7th graders to put up a show. There is a fancy private school in my area with a
program that lets the kids pick artists, interview them, do studio visits, curate a show with them, make
a catalog, do the opening, and do everything else that’s involved in doing an official exhibition for the public.
OK, they are 7th graders so they get help from their teacher. Sue Heatley, besides working at the school,
is also a sculptor herself and she is experienced in working with art institutions. Please do not underestimate
the tremendous feat of giving a good educational experience to a few dozen 7th graders while organizing
a professional looking show! She’s done a great job.
I will have three pieces in the show. And Drew will also have 3 pieces. Let’s show up for the opening and make
the kids happy!
Here is the info about the show from the school:
The Ross School Gallery presents its annual student-curated exhibition,
highlighting the work of professional artists from the community. This year’s
theme is “Passion and Process.” Curated by Ross School seventh graders,
under the direction of art teacher Sue Heatley, the show will feature works
by Hiroyuki Hamada and Drew Shiflett. The students will host an Opening
Reception on Wednesday, May 25, from 4 to 6pm. The public is invited.
As in past years, the students took on various rolls to organize and present the
show: they visited the artists in their studios, selected work, designed the
installation, organized publicity, and wrote and produced a catalogue.
They also had the opportunity to work with each of the artists in their studios
and will showcase their creations alongside the artists in the show.
Mr. Hamada’s sculptures start with wood, foam and plaster, and they are
finished with textured and painted surfaces. Ms. Shiflett uses handmade papers,
pencil and ink, watercolor and conte crayon with, as she says, “a focus on line,
light, and texture” to create intricately detailed pieces that fall somewhere between
drawing, painting and sculpture. The work of both artists is the result of very
time-consuming and detailed processes.
“Passion and Process” will be on view at the Ross Gallery through June 15.
Tags: #32, #54, #68, Art, Drew Shiflett, exhibition, Hiroyuki Hamada, Painting, Ross School, Ross School Gallery, Sculpture, Sue Heatley
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
Installing a show never gets boring. It’s usually filled with improvisations and surprise gifts of time and space. You go get your rental truck only to find the office is closed and you tell yourself that it wasn’t supposed to snow today… You finally get your truck and find it stuck in snow, making you wonder if it’s even possible to do it today. But things usually fall into the right places just like it did this time. We managed to hang the show with a tight schedule thanks to fine planning by the curator, Jess Frost, and the generous support of Roger Williams University.
The school sits in the beautiful sea town of Bristol, Rhode Island. The school is named after Roger Williams who led an exciting life as a believer of freedom of religion and separation of church and state in 17th century North America. He was also an expert in native American languages (Thanks to Peter Edlund, a wonderful painter, for pointing me to Roger Williams’ life story).
We have 7 paintings by Christopher Saunders and 6 sculptures of mine in the show. The show’s looking great and I’m happy and proud to be a part of it.
WhiteNoise no.6 by Christopher Saunders, 2009, Oil on Linen, 24 x 18 in
#45 by Hiroyuki Hamada, 2002-05, burlap, enamel, oil, plaster, resin, tar and wax, 20 x 25 x 25 in
WhiteNoise no.1 by Christopher Saunders, 2008, oil on linen, 24 x 18 in
#38 by Hiroyuki Hamada, 2000-02, burlap, enamel, oil, plaster and tar, 27 diameter x 13 in
An Exhibition of Paintings by Christopher Saunders and Sculpture by Hiroyuki Hamada
Roger Williams University
School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation
One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809
1-800-458-7144
Gallery web site
Direction
Campus map
Curator Jess Frost
Art and Estate Archive
info@artand estate.com
646-391-5663
The show will be up through 3/30/11
You can see a blog post about the show by the university art web site VARTS@RWU here
Tags: #38, #45, Art, Art and Estate Archive, Bristol, Christopher Saunders, Hiroyuki Hamada, Jess Frost, Painting, Peter Edlund, Rhode Island, Roger Williams, Roger Williams University, SAAHP Gallery, Sculpture, VARTS@RWU, WhiteNoise no.1, WhiteNoise no.6
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
#68 and #60 will be at Scope NYC with Aureus Contemporary (booth A61) from March 2 to March 6, 2011.
March 2 will be press/VIP viewing (3pm to 9pm) and the general admission hours will be noon to 8pm on March 3 to
March 5, noon to 7pm on March 6. The venue is located at 320 West (West Side Highway) across from
Pier 40.
Tags: #60, #68, Art, Aureus Contemporary, Hiroyuki Hamada, New York City, NY, Painting, Scope, Scope New York 2011, Sculpture
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
This is a two person show featuring Christopher Saunders and myself. It opens on 2/23/11 and up till 3/30/11. It’s organized by my dear friend Jess Frost from ART & ESTATE ARCHIVE, NY. I am excited that the show should cast some interesting perspectives on both Chris’ and my works. Jess will be speaking about the show on 3/23/11 at the university.
Tags: Art, ART & ESTATE ARCHIVE, Christopher Saunders, exhibition, Hiroyuki Hamada, Jess Frost, Painting, Roger Williams University, Sculpture
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Thank you to many of you who came to see the show. It will be up through Saturday January 8th.
The closing reception will be on Thursday January 6th 5:00pm to 8:00pm.
Coleman Burke Gallery New York
636 West 28th Street Ground Floor
Between 11th & 12th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
917-677-7825
Tags: #32, #45, Coleman Burke Gallery, exhibition, New York City, NY, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
The show at the Coleman Burke Gallery will be closed on the 24th, 25th, 31st and 1st for the holidays. The rest of the days will follow the
regular gallery hours.
The closing reception will be held on January 6th 2011, 5 pm to 8 pm.
I wish you wonderful holidays, and I wish you lots of happiness for the new year…
Left: #53, 2005-10, 38 diameter x 14 1/2 inches Right: #63, 2006-10, 45 x 40 x 24 inches
Both pieces are on view at the Coleman Burke Gallery till January 8th 2011
Tags: #53, #63, Closing reception, Coleman Burke Gallery, exhibition, Painting, Photography, Sculpture
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