ANNOUNCEMENT

"Untitled" by Vincenzo Petropaolo

Vincenzo Pietropaolo

"The McMichael Tree Project"

January 8 - April 22, 2012

at the McMichael Canadian Collection

This is the first time that Vincenzo's photographs of Trees Series are in a major exhibition, which also includes his earlier work on Olive Trees as well as the more recent Toronto Tree Portrait Series, and many others.

We hope you will get a chance to see it.

For further information, please go to the McMichael Canadian Collection web
site: www.mcmichael.com 

and for more info on Vincenzo Pietropaolo, please contact the gallery at:

217 Avenue Road

Toronto, Ontario

M5R 2J3

(1) 416-537-4699

http://www.delucafineart.com/The%20McMichael%20Tree%20Project%20Exhibition.pdf

In Retrospective

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery is extremely pleased to present Vincenzo Pietropaolo's photographic exhibition "In Retrospective".

Vincenzo Pietropaolo's  honest and poetic images provide our audience the opportunity for investigating similarities  and differences of the Canadian experience of the Italian Diaspora.


Book: $50 (plus HST)

To purchase copies, please contact Corrado De Luca:

corrado@delucafineart.com or order by phone 416-537-4699
　

Payments can be made by Visa, Mastercard, American Express or by cash.

With our apologies, this is NOT a wheel chair access event.　

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de luca fine art | gallery

1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6J 1J4
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Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm 

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Solo Exhibition

IN RETROSPECTIVE

by Vincenzo  Pietropaolo

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery hosted the solo exhibition of International artist Vincenzo Pietropaolo “In Retrospective” on Thursday, June 16^h, 2011, from 6 pm to 10:00 pm.

 

  

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, established in 2004, is located at 1153-A Queen Street West, in the heart of the Queen West Gallery District in Toronto and is dedicated to representing and introducing Italian and International Artists to Canadian. In collaboration with select Italian Galleries, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery introduces established and emerging Canadian Artists to Italy. 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 http://www.delucafineart.com/ or follow us on www.twitter.com/delucafineart

CBC.ca ~ On the art of storytelling

 

Vincenzo Pietropaolo in Retrospective
Jun 16 to Jul 2
De Luca Fine Art Gallery

In Vincenzo Pietropaolo's hands, photography becomes a kind of language and his books intermingle photographs and words with mutually reinforcing effect. In his various photographic series, Vincenzo's honest and poetic images move us, documenting instants of Italian immigrants' challenging everyday life (Not Paved With Gold); telling the little-known story of Canada's migrant workers (Harvest Pilgrims); and, more recently, capturing images and telling stories of an invisible minority whose members often live and die unacknowledged and unremembered (Invisible No More: A Photographic Chronicle of People with Intellectual Disabilities). This exhibition offers a comprehensive look at the many series produced
through the years.

For more information, check out the De Luca Fine Art Gallery website.

To read the entire posting, please visit cbc.ca website or click the link below:
http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/columnists/whatson/2011/06/17/on-the-art-of-storytelling/

Opening Reception: In Retrospective by Vincenzo Pietropaolo

Vincenzo Pietropaolo is an independent documentary photographer. For those who still need convincing, his work makes an irrefutable case for photography as art. In Vincenzo’s hands, photography becomes a kind of language and his books intermingle photographs and words with mutually reinforcing effect. Vincenzo finds his subjects – or, perhaps as often as not, they find him – when travelling. In his various photographic series, Vincenzo’s honest and poetic images move us, documenting instants of Italian immigrants’ challenging everyday life (Not Paved With Gold); telling the little-known story of Canada's migrant workers (Harvest Pilgrims); and, more recently, capturing images and telling stories of an invisible minority whose members often live and die unacknowledged and unremembered (Invisible No More: A Photographic Chronicle of People with Intellectual Disabilities).

VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO
IN RETROSPECTIVE
DURATION: June 16th to July 2nd, 2011

PHOTO EXHIBITION

RECEPTION: June 16th, 2011 6 to 10 p.m.

de luca fine art | gallery

1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6J 1J4

T: (1) 416-537-4699 info@delucafineart.com

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
by appointment or by chance

PHOTO EXHIBITION

VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO

"IN RETROSPECTIVE"

DURATION:
June 16th to July 2nd, 2011

RECEPTION:
June 16th, 2011 6 to 10 p.m.

1153-A Queen Street West,
Unit 203, Toronto

T: (1) 416-537-4699 

Please R.S.V.P.  to invite@delucafineart.com  (or please click here! )  

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PRESS RELEASE: “In Retrospective” by Vincenzo Pietropaolo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents

“In Retrospective” by

Vincenzo Pietropaolo

Toronto, June 3, 2011 – In occasion of the participation to the 54TH International Art Exhibition of the VENICE BIENNALE “Padiglione Italia” in the World. De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents a retrospective of over 40 years of works by Toronto based photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo “In Retrospective”.

The show will run from June 16th to July 2nd, 2011.

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery is hosting the opening reception on Thursday, June 16th, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203, Toronto. Please R.S.V.P. to invite@delucafineart.com

Vincenzo Pietropaolo is an independent documentary photographer. For those who still need convincing, his work makes an irrefutable case for photography as art. In Vincenzo’s hands, photography becomes a kind of language and his books intermingle photographs and words with mutually reinforcing effect. Vincenzo finds his subjects – or, perhaps as often as not, they find him – when traveling. In his various photographic series, Vincenzo’s honest and poetic images move us, documenting instants of Italian immigrants’ challenging everyday life (Not Paved With Gold); telling the little-known story of Canada's migrant workers (Harvest Pilgrims); and, more recently, capturing images and telling stories of an invisible minority whose members often live and die unacknowledged and unremembered (Invisible No More: A Photographic Chronicle of People with Intellectual Disabilities). This exhibition offers a comprehensive look at the many series produced through the years.

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) is proud to present Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities have launched a special event. For the first time ever the Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale has been extended over the national boundaries to include the Italian Cultural Institutes in the world. The aim of the project, which has been devised by Vittorio Sgarbi, art director of Padiglione Italia, is to map out Italian creativity abroad. Each Institute has elected a number of Italian artists or artists of Italian descent living and working in its own jurisdiction, active in various disciplines, from painting to sculpture, photography, video, design, graphics. The artists selected for Toronto are Tony Calzetta, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Francesca Vivenza. A collective exhibition of their works will be on display from June 6 until the end of the Venice Biennale, November 27 at the Institute. This exhibition was curated by: Adriana Frisenna, IIC Acting Director and Corrado De Luca, of De Luca Fine Art | Gallery.

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, established in 2004, is located at 1153-A Queen Street West, in the heart of the Queen West Gallery District in Toronto 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 http://www.delucafineart.com/ or www.twitter.com/delucafineart

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54TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION – VENICE BIENNALE

Monday, June 06, 2011 - Sunday, November 27, 2011

AT THE 54TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION – VENICE BIENNALE

PADIGLIONE ITALIA  

WORKS BY TONY CALZETTA, VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO, FRANCESCA VIVENZA

The Italian Cultural Institute is proud to present Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. On display works by Tony Calzetta, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Francesca Vivenza.

June 6 – November 27, 2011

Istituto Italiano di Cultura 496, Huron St., Toronto

Gallery hours Mon - Fri: 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Free admission

Infoline: 416-921-3802 ext. 221

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities have launched a special event. For the first time ever the Padiglione Italia at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale has been extended over the national boundaries to include the Italian Cultural Institutes in the world.
  

The aim of the project, which has been devised by Vittorio Sgarbi, art director of Padiglione Italia, is to map out Italian creativity abroad.

Each Institute has elected a number of Italian artists or artists of Italian descent living and working in its own jurisdiction, active in various disciplines, from painting to sculpture, photography, video, design, graphics. Over 400 artists’ portfolios have been submitted to a special commission made up of art historians and critics and chaired by Vittorio Sgarbi and 219 have been chosen.

The artists selected for Toronto are Tony Calzetta, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Francesca Vivenza.

A collective exhibition of their works will be on display from June 6 until the end of the Venice Biennale, November 27 at the Institute. The exhibition has been filmed in a video which will be screened at the Padiglione Italia on a multimedia installation created by Benedetta Miralles Tagliabue. The accompanying music, “Da Pitagora e oltre”, has been composed for the occasion by Ennio Morricone. The exhibition has been curated by Adriana Frisenna (IIC Acting Director) and Corrado De Luca, (from De Luca Fine Art Gallery)


A special bilingual catalogue edited by Skira and curated by Francesca Valente (project coordinator) will accompany the exhibition.

Tony Calzetta
Over the last 30 years, since graduating from York University with an M.F.A., Tony Calzetta has exhibited continually in solo and group exhibitions. He works mainly on canvas and paper and occasional in the areas of sculpture and printmaking. He published two major livres d’artiste, Acts of Kindness and of Love in collaboration with writer John Metcalf, and more recently How God Talks In His Sleep and Other Fabulous Fictions with writer Leon Rooke. In addition to commissioned works he is represented in public and private collections in Canada, U.S. and Europe and in 2004 was elected as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.).

Vincenzo Pietropaolo is an independent documentary photographer who lives and works in Toronto. He is internationally best known for his empathetic social documentary photo essays on immigration, work, and labour movement. He has published 8 photographic books, among which Making Home in Havana, Not Paved with Gold and Harvest Pilgrims. His latest large documentary project, Invisible No More (Rutgers University Press, 2010), deals with Canadians with intellectual disabilities.

Francesca Vivenza graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, Milan, Italy. Vivenza has been living and working in Toronto since1970, and has exhibited since 1966. Her practice consists of mixed-media works, which include bookworks, cut-out collages and site-specific installations, that she calls Tentative Itineraries. Vivenza addresses themes of travel, distance, disorientation, and questions the stability of taken-for-granted sites of personal identity as home, nation and native language. 

For additional information regarding this event and/or our services, consultation, and art rental program please visit www.delucafineart.com/ or follow us on www.twitter.com/delucafineart