EXHIBITION: February 11th - March 11th, 2012

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery

presents

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GIOVANNI CERRI

L P o r t r a i t s

Leonard Cohen 2011, Oil on Canvas, Cm 50 x 50

Bob Dylan 2011, Oil on Canvas, Cm 50 x 50

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OPENING RECEPTION

on Saturday, February 11, from 4 - 7 p.m.

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Giovanni Cerri (Milano, 1969) began his activity as a painter in 1987 and since then has had numerous exhibitions in Italia and abroad. His personal shows are as follows: 1995 – Galleria Cortina – Milan; 2000 – Galleria Artistudio/Magrorocca – Milan; 2002 – Galleria Monogramma – Rome; Cortina Arte – Milan; 2006 – Galleria Blanchaert – Milan; 2007 – Galleria Palmieri – Busto Arsizio; 2008 – Spazio Tadini – Milan, ComoArte – Como, Avanguardia Antiquaria - Milan; 2009 – Galleria Gli Eroici Furori – Milan, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Gazoldo degli Ippoliti (MN), Ex Chiesa di San Pietro in Atrio – Como, Orenda Art International - Paris;  De Luca Fine Art | Gallery – Toronto, Galleria Cappelletti – Milan, Galerie Kuhn & Partner – Berlin; 2011 – Spazio Arte - Milan, Avanguardia Antiquaria – Milan, Galleria Berga – Vicenza.

   

Among the group shows in which he has participated: 1998 - "Milano-Berlino" / Metropoli a confronto – Galerie Verein – Berlin; 2002 – "Arte per tempi nuovi" – Galerie Die Ecke – Augsburg (Germany); 2006 – Premio Michetti – Francavilla al Mare (CH); 2008 – "I Cerri. Giancarlo e Giovanni. La pittura di generazione in generazione" – Museo della Permanente – Milan, "Maestri di Brera" – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Shanghai; 2010 – Le Meduse – Fabbrica del Vapore – Milan, "Riprogettare l’Archeologia" – Triennale di Milano; 2012 - "Le Meduse, mare nero" – Gallery at Avalon Island – Orlando, Florida U.S.A.

   

In 2011, he exhibited at the  54th Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi.

 

This is Giovanni Cerri’s second exhibition in Toronto at De Luca Fine Art | Gallery . In 2010 he had his first personal exhibition entitled "Hurricane of Light", presenting a cycle of works on the theme of the city, the main subject of his work. This exhibition, entitled "LPortraits", is a series of portraits of the most famous faces of pop rock from the United States and Canada. Cerri, remaining faithful to his pictorial language, has interpreted famous "icons": from Bob Dylan to Patti Smith, from Neil Young to Leonard Cohen, from The Ramones to Aerosmith. A gallery of faces where the artist tries to also communicate the expressive "atmosphere" of these musicians, and trying to translate the spirit of their music in to images.

 

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in the same format of the LPs with texts by Alberto Figliolia and Bruno Milone.

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  This exhibition runs from February 11th - March 11th, 2012 at  
De Luca Fine Art | Gallery located at 217 Avenue Road, Toronto.

Join us at the opening reception on  
Saturday, February 11th, from 4 - 7 p.m.  

 

Don’t miss it ! We look forward to seeing you !

R.S.V.P. to invite@delucafineart.com   

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Press Release: “The Painter in the City” by André Krigar

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents

“The Painter in the City”

André Krigar

Toronto, September 20, 2011 – This exhibition runs from October 5^th to October 28^th, 2011 and marks the first exhibition at the De Luca Fine Art | Gallery new location, at 217 Avenue Road, Toronto.

The opening reception is on Wednesday, October 5^th, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

Please R.S.V.P. to invite@delucafineart.com

With his canvas, brushes and oils André Krigar travels the world to capture urban- scapes and moments of life as he experiences them while portraying them.

From Berlin, Germany André travels to Toronto, Canada for his first time. In this exhibition De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents a series of works that depict our city through the eyes of this traveller artist.

André Krigar is a contemporary painter, who is very comfortable in allowing the strong impressionistic influence in his paintings. They hide something magic. The longer one looks, the more difficult it becomes to turn away. André beautifully captures or even interprets (which gives it that magic touch of what it could appear “naïve” at first) that exact light, of that exact moment when he was there painting. André’s use of colours and the Monet-like manner of conducting the brush on the canvas create a “real” feeling of being there, “inside the painting”. One can almost smell and hear the subject.

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, established in 2004, is now located at 217 Avenue Road, in the heart of the Yorkville Designer District steps away from the Designers Walk and is dedicated to representing and introducing Italian and International Artists to Canadian audiences. In collaboration with select Italian Galleries, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery introduces established and emerging Canadian Artists to Europe. De Luca Fine Art | Gallery’s mandate is “representing a bridge” between Cultures.

For more information regarding this event and/or our services, consultation, and art rental program please visit www.delucafineart.com

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Art-Hopping: Power Plant, Gallery TPW, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery

This weekend, resist the urge to do the same old bar hop and try a more sophisticated means of indulging your party ADD: the art show hop. Okay, so we just invented that term, but the city does have three rad art happenings going on almost simultaneously this Friday, November 30. And we say, why choose?

To start your adventure, knock back a whiskey for warmth and head down to the Harbourfront, where the Power Plant is holding an opening reception for its winter 2007–08 program, featuring three solo exhibitions. "Steven Shearer," an eponymous retrospective of the Vancouver artist’s work, is filled with nostalgic, archivist, multimedia explorations of male adolescence and heavy metal (think of it as a visual Fargo Rock City). Toronto’s Stephen Andrews is presenting "Cartoon," a 45-second crayon-on-mylar animation—intended to approximate the CYMK dot-matrix of a newspaper photo—that juxtaposes a car commercial deemed too violet for television with images of the Iraq war. Finally, Los Angeles-based Andrea Bowen’s "The Weight of Relevance" is timed to open on World AIDS Day and examines the creation—and creators—of the world's largest piece of folk art, the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The public reception starts at 7 pm and is free to the public; exhibitions will be on display from December 1, 2007 through February 10, 2008.

Next, take the 501 to Ossington: Gallery TPW's 21st annual Photorama features provocative, forward-thinking work by scores of contemporary artists, from Stephen Andrews (again) to Balint Zsako. With most pieces priced under $600, it's the perfect place to do some early shopping for the art lovers on your holiday list (or snag a guilt-free gift to yourself). Bonus: the event, which runs from 6 to 9 p.m., is sponsored by Grolsch, meaning (cross your fingers) lots of free beer. And if not? Make sure you leave yourself time to swing by the newborn Baby Huey (70 Ossington) for a $3.50 pint of PBR before heading to your third and final destination...
...De Luca Fine Art | Gallery (1153 Queen Street West, Unit 203) presents "Chilling the Warm Heart of the Earth", a display of new works on paper by Juno Youn, as well as a host of local collaborators. The 7-10 p.m. opening reception is 19+ and guest list only; RSVP to contact@delucafineart.com. Show runs through December 15th, but note that the gallery operates by appointment only.
Now, having drunk your fill of art, you'll find yourself across from more literal drinking opportunities on Queen West's hipster strip: The Gladstone, Beaver, Beaconsfield, Drake... same old bar hop? Yeah, whatever. We'll see you there.
Photo courtesy of Gallery TPW.

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