July 14-17, 2011 | Bridgehampton Historical Society Grounds
2368 Montauk Highway (Rt. 27), Bridgehampton

Gitana Rosa Gallery
Visit us at booth #229

artMRKT Hamptons | July 14 - 17, 2011 | www.art-mrkt.com/hamptons

artMRKT Hamptons, a new contemporary and modern art fair, will feature thirty-five leading galleries from across the U.S. who will present painting, sculpture, drawings, photography, video and installation. Showcasing a tightly focused selection of work by important artists in a boutique setting, artMRKT Hamptons will create an ideal context for the discovery, exploration, and acquisition of art.

regular fair hours:
Friday, July 15th - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday, July 16th - 11:00am to 7:00pm
Sunday, July 17th - 11:00am to 6:00pm

Southampton Hospital Benefit Preview Party
Thursday, July14th - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
The Southampton Hospital Benefit Preview Party requires a separate ticket purchase. All proceeds go to the Southampton Hospital. Benefit Preview Party Tickets include a VIP Pass. For more information visit www.art-mrkt.com/hamptons/programs-and-events.

venue:
Bridgehampton Historical Society Grounds
2368 Montauk Highway (Rt. 27), Bridgehampton
Easy to get to and plenty of onsite parking. For more information including a map visit www.art-mrkt.com/hamptons/directions.
www.art-MRKT.com/hamptons

REVENGE OF THE BULLS
New paintings by Andrés García-Peña
May 13th - May 28th

Opening Reception
May 13th, 6-9pm
in conjunction with the WGA's 2:ND Friday Art Crawl

These paintings represent the latest iteration of the "Revenge of the Bulls" series by the artist Andrés García-Peña. The series initially began in 1993 in Barcelona, Spain. It was sparked by childhood memories of a bird’s-eye-view from an Aunt’s balcony overlooking the Plaza Santa Maria in Bogotá, Colombia. This latest interpretation continues to see the matador avenged among a rabble of carousing bulls. The artist has incorporated vibrant colors and his brushwork has achieved a painterly gestural manner.

"Andrés García-Peña started his career in New York City as a muralist and prominent figure in the East Village art scene of the Eighties. Since then he has lived and worked in Barcelona, and currently keeps his studio in Brooklyn. World renown as the "Central Park Gondolier," García-Peña has exhibited internationally, with solo shows in Mexico, Colombia, Holland, Spain, Sweden and throughout the United States.

García-Peña's paintings, rich narratives woven in broad cultural tapestries, are overflowing with a love of life- from a passion for its absurd pathos to a deeper appetite for its more carnal delights. A poetics of time and place, García-Peña's art is strung between the street vernacular of the urban world and the more subtle mysteries of the land. García-Peña slips between the chaotic extremes of our cultural schizophrenia, creating seamlessly fluid epics in which impossible juxtapositions and fantastical whimsies float in a suspension of belief. Here the transgressive is a metaphor for the sublime and the quotidian a means to mesmeric hallucination." - Carlo McCormick

Gitana Rosa Gallery presents original fine art works from emerging and established contemporary artists. We advocate for charity by hosting art exhibitions throughout New York City and the United States. Williamsburg’s first green gallery, we incorporate sustainability into our business model as well as give back to our community by providing our space to stimulate dialogue, promote sustainable pathways of living and inspire positive ideas.

Gallery Hours:
Thursday and Friday 1-7pm
Saturday 12-6pm
Monday-Wed by appointment only

Directions:
L/G to Lorimer / Metropolitan stop, walk west on Metropolitan
past underpass, make left on Havemeyer and take 1st right
onto Hope Street. Gallery is a half block up Hope Street.
For press inquiries contact Vanessa Liberati: Vanessa@GitanaRosa.com (323) 559 - 2383
(718)387-0115

FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/gitanarosa.ny

TWITTER:
http://twitter.com/#!/GitanaRosaNYC

BLUEPRINTS
an exhibition

Gitana Rosa Gallery is proud to present an unusual and lively exhibition of ideas, plans and process from a wide range of artists and designers.The majority of creative work follows a line from conception through to realizations, the final product being an amalgamation of all the events leading up to its birth. ‘Blueprints’ is a celebration of this line, with its diverse and often indescribable formulas that are experimented with and worked through to reach that moment of completion and satisfaction. With ‘Blueprints’ we hope to remind our audience of the intensely playful nature of creativity.

Curated by Hannah Haworth & Aaron Valentin


Participants:

Tom Billings
Donna Dennis
Maria Estevez
Alyssa Ettinger
Amy Helfand
Roberto Jamora
Michael Krynski
Vanessa Milan
Adrian ‘Viajero’ Roman
Ted Southern

Opening reception:
Friday, January 14th, 7-10pm
In conjunction with WAG's 2:ND Friday's Art Crawl

Gitana Rosa Gallery
19 Hope Street, Brooklyn NY 11211
718-387-0115
gitanarosa.com
info@gitanarosa.com

~ Opening Holiday Party ~
GIFTED: Pop-Up Shop
Thursday December 2, 7-10pm

Gitana Rosa is converting into a gift shop for the holidays!!
Are you looking for a unique little something?
Expect everything from apparel, jewelry, ceramics
as well as artworks, greetings cards and other
handmade treasures, all chosen by our guest curators:
Laina Karavani and Brian Whiteley.

(exhibit runs through to January 8th)
Opening Holiday Party
Thursday, December 2nd, 7-10pm

WGA Every 2:ND
Friday, December 10th, 6-9 pm

Live Music & Cocktails
Saturday, December 18th, 2-7pm

Closing Reception
Thursday, January 6th, 7-10pm

A Pop-Up Shop at Gitana Rosa Gallery

IAN CARPENTER
GRAHAM CARTER
ZORAN CRNKOVIC
YAMAL CUPID
KATE DURKIN
VICTORY GARDEN
REBECCA GOYETTE
HANNAH HAWORTH
JENNIFER HERROLD
YEJI JUN
SONOMI KOBAYASHI
CHRISTINA LARKIN
JOSH MCCUTCHEN
RONDA MESSER
JAKE NELSON
CHRISTINE NGUYEN
MARK NILSSON
BENJAMIN PETERSON
LISA PETKER-MINTZ
DELICATE RAYMOND
SKYWALK DESIGNS
GRAHAM SLICK
JODI TAYLOR
GARRY WADE
BRIAN WHITELEY
JODI ZIPKOFF

Joanna Mulder
“I FEEL YUCKY, The Candy Colored Nightmare”

Artist Statement:

The body of work entitled "I FEEL YUCKY, The Candy-Colored Nightmare” is the beginning of a larger series that explores not only the juxtposition of bright, cartoonish imagery with themes of depravity and putrification, but also joyously celebrates the mindbending genre of psychedelic art. The series was conceived as a basic study of hedonistic
creation, ignoring all but one pre-set parameter, a focus on concepts that thrilled me and only me.

As a professional illustrator/graphic designer, the majority of my artistic endeavors are generated purely from the direction of others, attempting to capture THEIR vision, according to THEIR specific tastes, with little to no personal fingerprint. This project equally embodies the opposite of this, allowing me to bring to life all of the things that live inside of me, with the carefree attitude similar to that of a child inventing their own imaginary friend. There are no boundaries here.

This project is also an act of bloodletting, allowing the content to pour out and relieve the constantly building pressure of the beehive buzzing inside my skull. I am an advocate of being completely immersed and moreover hoplessly lost within one’s own imagination, and for me, it is my only defense mechanism against the constant daily demands and horrors of “reality”. As I shut down, zone out, drift off, float away, these are the places I go.
I really like it there. And when I am forced to come back from the other side,....I FEEL YUCKY.

Gitana Rosa Gallery Presents:
HUNG
Checking Out the Contemporary Male
September 17 – October 16, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, September 17, 7-10PM
Closing Party, in conjunction with the WGA Second Friday’s Art Crawl: Friday, October 8, 7-10PM

Juan Betancurth
Tom Billings
Melissa Carroll
Michael Decker
Benjamin Fredrickson
Alexander Kargaltsev
Ross B. Lewis
Adam Miller
Catalin Moldoveanu
Bruno Perillo
Fedele Spadafora
Nicholas Velasquez
Carolyn Weltman
Barnaby Whitfield
Daniel Maidman

To kick off the fall season, Williamsburg’s Gitana Rosa Gallery, refracts the male gaze.

Hung, a multimedia exhibition, hones in on the male nude. A heroic figure in Greek, Roman and Renaissance art, the male nude proves more fascinating than ever. Whether relegated to obscurity or exalted past recognition, men’s bodies continue to challenge both men’s and women’s perceptions.

Love them or hate them, Hung’s male nudes tease the line between the sensuous and the glaringly obvious to present a nuanced portrait of the contemporary male.

The exhibition runs from Friday, September 17th – October 16th, 2010. Opening night will be sponsored by Hangar One Vodka, Kraken Rum and Brooklyn Brewery. Please also join us for the Hung Closing Party, in conjunction with the Williamsburg Gallery Association Second Friday’s Art Crawl, on October 8, 2010 for late night hours and musical performance.

Gallery hours: Thursday and Friday 1-7pm and Saturdays, 12-6pm and by appointment.

For more information, contact Vanessa Liberati Vanessa@gitanarosa.com or 718.387.0115
Gitana Rosa Gallery is located at 19 Hope Street, between Havemeyer and Roebling (L to Bedford) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. www.GitanaRosa.com

GITANA ROSA @ BOOTH 415B

July 9-11, 2010

July 8, 2010 - Opening Preview Party
benefits LongHouse Reserve

Sayre Park
Bridgehampton, NY

ArtHamptons returns as one of the highlights of the Hamptons summer season. Now in its 3rd successful year, ArtHamptons has established itself as one of the top new art fairs in America. Expect to see a mesmerizing display of post-war and contemporary art, presented by a renowned lineup of international galleries. It’s all assembled in a museum-like setting. There’s important art pieces for every budget and level of art collector. It’s all here for you, from paintings, works on paper and printed editions to photography, art glass, ceramics and sculpture.

New Convenient Location
This year ArtHamptons moves 2 blocks west to Sayre Park’s 5 bucolic acres. The site is located between Bridgehampton Commons and the Hamptons Classic field, just 1 block north of Montauk Highway on Snake Hollow Rd.

Opening Preview Party benifiting LongHouse ReserverThe Hamptons art buying event of the year. Be among the first to view, reserve and buy from 80+ revered galleries. Sponsored by Hamptons Cottages & Gardens Magazine. Admission benefits East Hampton’s LongHouse Reserve.

Works by:

Fedele Spadafora, Adam Miller,
Alexandra Pacula, Bruno Perillo,
John Plunkett, Lisa Petker-Mintz,
Tom Bob, Suzy Q, Sonomi Kobayashi, Tom Billings, Andres Garcia-Pena,
Fabio D'Aroma, Tara DePorte, Brett Wintle,
Charles Yoder and others...


Primarily focusing on four contemporary Bushwick painters – Fedele Spadafora, Adam Miller, Alexandra Pacula and Bruno Perillo.

Individualistic in subject matter and technique, Spadafora, Miller, Pacula and Perillo reinforce the vibrancy and relevance of oil painting. With a provocative mix of abstract and representational elements and references ranging from Impressionism and Expressionism to Classicism and Pop Art, the works by these four artists are
rooted in art history, yet connect powerfully to contemporary viewpoints.

The artists work out of studios in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, and have shown together in seven previous exhibitions. Recent shows include Oil Slick, June 2010, presented by Gitana Rosa, and Corpus Hermeticum,
May 2010, presented by the Nerdrum Institute (which also featured the paintings of the Norwegian master Odd
Nerdrum) and Carnivale, November 2009 presented by Gitana Rosa Gallery.

Fedele Spadafora is an American painter whose figurative work deals with contemporary urban themes. His work shows a wide range of influences, including sources as diverse as the Renaissance, popular culture, and
his deep Italian roots. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1990, Spadafora spent six years in Prague, where, among other things, he co-founded the alternative publishing venture, Twisted Spoon Press. He is currently working on the “Hula Hoop” series, of which three paintings are being shown at ArtHamptons.

Adam Miller began an apprenticeship with the artist Allen Jones at the age of thirteen. At sixteen, he was accepted to the prestigious Florence Academy of Art in Italy where he underwent extensive training in classical
painting techniques and studied the masterpieces of the Renaissance. During those four years, Miller traveled throughout Europe studying the masters. His work has been commissioned by Robert Pamplin Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Portland Art Museum, Mike Tyson and Eric Rhodes, publisher of Fine Art Connoiseur.

Alexandra Pacula’s vigorous painterly scenes of urban nightlife offer an insight to human interactions, seductions and desires. Pacula moved from Poland to the U.S. at the age of fourteen. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2002 and finished a
Master of Fine Arts degree at Montclair State University of New Jersey. Her work has been included in many exhibitions around the U.S. as well as Spain and London. Pacula was recently awarded a Fellowship in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts for 2010. Other awards include the Robert Sterling Clark
Visual Art Space Award in 2010 and Winner of Saatchi Showdown Competition in 2008.

Bruno Perillo graduated from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2002. As a conceptual realist Bruno uses the painted portrait as a mode to express ideas that the
person/model/artist identifies with the sacred and profane allegorical motifs of the past through the use of contemporary posturing. Bruno’s
varying techniques and styles are inspired by the Tenebrist lighting of the Italian Baroque and the Realist/Naturalist movement that emerged out of the mid 19th Century French Academy. Many of Bruno’s paintings belong to prestigious private collections in America and Europe. Some of his other collectors include, various Government Officials, Foreign Diplomats, Federal Judges, State Assembly Members and others. Bruno is
represented by several galleries and he currently lives and works in Brooklyn NY.

For press inquiries contact:
Vanessa Liberati
Vanessa@gitanarosa.com
323-559-2383

More information about ArtHamptons is available at: www.ArtHamptons.com

A group show of Gitana Rosa artists who generally use oil or acrylic paint as their medium. In this show we are presenting their drawings.

Featured Artists:
Tom Billings
Tom Bob
Tara DaPorte
Fabio D'Aroma
Andres Garcia-Pena
Sonomi Kobayashi
Michael Krynski
Dahn Maier
Adam Miller
Alexandra Pacula
Bruno Perillo
Lisa Petker-Mintz
John Plunkett
Suzy Q
Fedele Spadafora
Claire K. Stringer
Aaron Valentin

Gitana Rosa Gallery presents:
(in conjunction with)
Bushwick Open Studios:

"OIL SLICK"
A benefit for environmental recovery.

Located at:
The Bogart Street Studios
1 Grattan Street (at Bogart) in Bushwick.
Morgan stop off the L train.
Harrison side exit.

"Oil Slick" is a response to the continuing oil spill in the Gulf that began in April of this year. A diverse group of artists, who use oil painting as a medium, collaborate to bring awareness to and raise money for the process of recovery to the region along the Gulf of Mexico. Artists will be donating 35 percent of the sales of their work to The Nature Conservancy's "Fund For Gulf Coast Restoration". The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization that is currently active in environment restoration and marine and wildlife relief along the affected coasts.

Our exhibit will be open from June 5th through the 13th with 2 events.
The opening will be held during the weekend of the Bushwick Open Studios.
OPENING NIGHT: Saturday, June 5th, 5-10pm.

Live DJ & performance by
the Himalayas at 7pm
as well as the work being exhibited.

CLOSING PARTY: Saturday, June 12th, 5-10pm.

Viewing Hours:
Saturday and Sunday, June 5 & 6 / 12-6pm
Saturday and Sunday, June 12 & 13 / 12-6pm

Artists include:

Bruno Perillo
http://www.brunoperillo.com/

Adam Miller
http://www.adammillerart.com/

Alexandra Pacula
http://www.alexandrapacula.com/

Charles Yoder
http://www.charlesyoder.com/

Fabio D'Aroma
http://www.artnet.com/artist/424411475/fabio-daroma.html

Fedele Spadafora
http://www.c2gallery.com/fedelespadafora.php

Melissa Carroll
http://melissannecarroll.blogspot.com/

Richard T Scott
http://www.richardtscottart.com/

Sonne Hernandez
http://www.artnet.com/artist/425934530/sonne-hernandez.html

Suzy Q
http://www.suzystudio.com/

Catalin Moldoveanu
http://bos2010.artsinbushwick.org/directory/?listing=455

Sonomi Kobayashi
http://www.sonomikobayashi.com/

Michael Krynski
http://michaelkrynski.com/

Ahni Kruger
http://www.ahnikruger.com/

Andres Garcia-Pena
http://www.andresgarciapena.com//

John Plunkett
http://www.plunkettartstudio.com/paint/paint.html

Aldo Sampieri
Laura Enama
Gagik Vardanian


Venue provided by:
56 Bogart Street, LLC.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
PLEASE CONTACT:

Vanessa Liberati
Founder / Executive Director of:

Gitana Rosa Gallery
19 Hope Street 1st Fl. #7
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718*387*0115- land
323*559*2383- cell
vanessa@gitanarosa.com
www.gitanarosa.com

Bushwick Open Studios

http://bos2010.artsinbushwick.org/

The Nature Conservancy

http://blog.nature.org/tag/gulf-oil-spill-tnc/

http://www.nature.org/multimedia/features/art31637.html?src=sp3

Heart Strings is a collection of works that document the relationships that bind, twist, and lift life. Each piece expresses a key moment of the lives that come together to help mold an individual. From letting go of past loves, to creating a life with another, to helping to end a life, DePorte's work uses bold colors and strong lines to entangle the audience in the disturbing beauty of her works.

www.taradeporte.com

Closing Reception
Friday June 4th, 7-10pm

SPONSORED BY BROOKLYN BREWERY