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De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents

“Making Mince Meat Out of dArt Magazine ”

A one-man exhibition by Steve Rockwell

Toronto, June 23, 2011 – De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents Steve Rockwell’s one-man exhibition “Making Mince Meat Out of dArt Magazine”. The show will run from July 7^th to July 30th, 2011.

The opening reception is on Thursday, July 7^th, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203, Toronto. Please R.S.V.P. to invite@delucafineart.com

We eat with our eyes as much as our stomachs. Food and visual art share a profound history throughout the ages. Ten years before launching dArt International Magazine, publisher Steve Rockwell served an actual sandwich as art at the Arnold Gottlieb Gallery in Toronto. Then as now, Steve exhibited collage works along with his food creation. James Chatto, then food critic with Toronto Life Magazine liked the collage works, but also deemed the edible offering a "first-rate sandwich" in his review in the gourmet section of Toronto Life. In this exhibition Steve Rockwell creates a subject for his collages that might be consumed by both eye and stomach. Here at De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, by making an art magazine the subject, Steve Rockwell links reading and eating, delivering a readers and eaters digest, if you will.

Last year the Steve Rockwell Sandwich celebrated its twenty-first birthday in an exhibition at the Fran Hill Gallery. Restaurant owner, Saeed Mohamed of BQM~the Burger Shoppe, went by to view and to sample. The results were positive, and Saeed was inspired to begin working on a new menu selection for his restaurants. Steve Rockwell, De Luca Fine Art | Gallery and BQM~the Burger Shoppe, are pleased to introduce the dArt Burger.

As part of this exhibition De Luca Fine Art | Gallery features for the first time two art short films produced by Steve Rockwell & Ben Marshall and directed by award winning director James Cooper.

The opening reception on July 7^th will be filmed as part of a short documentary about the making and unveiling of the dArt Burger.

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 www.delucafineart.com

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For media inquiries please contact:

Corrado De Luca

corrado@delucafineart.com

T: (1) 416-537-4699

Jes E. Sladojevic

marketing@delucafineart.com

T: (1) 416-537-4699



de luca fine art | gallery: In Retrospective

de luca fine art gallery: In Retrospective: "De Luca Fine Art Gallery is extremely pleased to present Vincenzo Pietropaolo's photographic exhibition 'In Retrospective'. Vincen..."

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.　

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

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INTRODUCING

the Creation of "The dArt Burger"

A film by James Cooper
Much more to come.....


Steve Rockwell

July 7 – 30, 2011Opening Reception:

Thursday, July 7, 2011  
6 – 10 pm
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After Party:

210 Ossington Ave. Toronto ON M6J 2Z9 PH 416.850.1919
Sun-Wed 12pm-11pm
Thu-Sat 12pm-12am

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BEHIND THE PHOTO SHOOT of

 The dArt Burger at  de luca fine art | gallery

Corrado De Luca and Steve Rockwell

  

Steve Rockwell





Saeed of BQM (Osslington), Corrado and Steve

 

Behind the shooting at De Luca Fine Art Gallery

James Cooper shooting

Steve RockwellJuly 7 – 30, 2011

Opening Reception:

Thursday, July 7, 2011  
6 – 10 pm

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Thu-Sat 12pm-12am

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dArt Magazine and BQM Introduces The dArt Burger

Making a Meal Out of a Cubist Still Life

Steve Rockwell

Steve Rockwell, The Steve Rockwell Sandwich, 1989.
Photo credit: Skip Dean. Courtesy of the artist.

 “There has been nothing new in art since 1915” was something that I blurted out to an art professor 21 years ago at a party. It turned out to be an awkward conversation stopper, and obviously untrue in terms of art history. I was only trying to get across that the seeds of most of the art that followed had already been sown by then. Personally, the notion has proven to be a nugget of nutrients when it came to panning ideas. Collage elements in a typical Cubist still life from the year 1912, not only banished illusionism, but made it possible to view the painting and its components as concrete objects. By serving an actual sandwich as art, as I first did in 1989, the object was consumed and ingested as well as viewed.
In a recent show, I embedded Dutch Panter cigar tins, clear Cuban cigar tubes, food lids, and a wine cork into mahogany supports. My focus had been various forms of human consumption, in this case eating, drinking, and smoking. Frequent subjects of early Cubist works were pipes, wine bottles, playing cards, and fragments of daily newspapers. A popular inclusion was the word “journal,” which could be variously sliced into “jour” and “jou,” day and play respectively in English. “Journal” and “jou” happens to be other Cubist elements that I have “actualized” in my work. The journal is dArt International magazine, which I released in Los Angeles in 1998, and continues to be served. “Jou” refers to Color Match Game, which was created in 1987 and continues to be played in tournaments across North America. One could say that the bulk of my work may be apprehended through reading, eating, and playing. 
www.steverockwellart.com
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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/

Congratulations Danielle!

We are pleased to announce that you are the winner of the "5 x 7 Easel Back Frame".

Danielle attended the opening reception for Vincenzo Pietropaolo "In Retrospective" and participated in the contest by filling out a ballot at the door.

For her participation, she is the winner of the 5 x 7 Easel Back Frame, made by Roma. We wish her our best. Enjoy.

We also want to thank all of you who entered; we received many entries. Our only regret is that there can only be one winner tonight, the good news is that your ballot will be entered in our next frame contest / draw that will be announced after August 30, 2011 end date. 

If you wish to participate and cannot attend the gallery to fill out a ballot and/or drop off a business card. You may also submit your entry by mail or e-mail.  Subject: "5 x 7 Easel Back Frame" with your contact information where you may be reached. (Please read contest rules posted, June 1, 2011 on this blog.)

Get ready, the next winner may be you.
(a photo of the frame will be posted at a later date)

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

http://www.delucafineart.com/

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm 

by appointment or by chance

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.

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de luca fine art | gallery: PHOTO EXHIBITION

de luca fine art gallery: PHOTO EXHIBITION: "VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO 'IN RETROSPECTIVE' DURATION : June 16 th to July 2nd , 2011 RECEPTION: June 16 th, 2011 6 to 10 p.m. 1153-A..."

PHOTO EXHIBITION

VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO

"IN RETROSPECTIVE"

DURATION:
June 16th to July 2nd, 2011

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

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The Italian Cultural Institute

Reception Night: 

June 6, 2011

THE 54TH INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION 

VENICE BIENNALE

PADIGLIONE ITALIA  

WORKS BY

TONY CALZETTA,

VINCENZO PIETROPAOLO,

FRANCESCA VIVENZA

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.

Istituto Italiano di Cultura

496 Huron Street,

Toronto, Ontario

Duration: 

June 6 – November 27, 2011

Gallery Hours

Mon -  Fri:

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Free admission 

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

 

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.

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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For media inquiries please contact:

Corrado De Luca
corrado@delucafineart.com
T: (1) 416-537-4699

Jes E. Sladojevic
marketing@delucafineart.com
T: (1) 416-537-4699

Steve Rockwell – The Splice of dArt

Opening at Fran Hill Gallery
Thursday evening June 2, 2011

Art dealer/gallery owner Corrado de Luca and artist Peter Templeman

http://www.artoronto.ca/?p=623

Congratulations, Charmaine!

We are pleased to announce the winner of the "5 x 7 Easel Back Frame" is Charmaine Gooden.

Charmaine attended the gallery and participated in the contest by either drpping off a business card or by filling out a ballot which happens to take place every three months, showing once again that it can be you.

For her participation, she is the winner of the 5 x 7 Easel Back Frame, made by Roma. We wish her our best. Enjoy.

We also want to thank all of you who entered; we received many entries. Our only regret is that there can only be one winner. 

Our next frame contest / draw begins on Thursday, June 16, 2011

~ Reception Night.

If you wish to participate and cannot attend the gallery to fill out a ballot and/or drop off a business card. You may also submit your entry by mail or e-mail. 

Subject: "5 x 7 Easel Back Frame" with your contact information where you may be reached. (Please read contest rules posted, June 1, 2011 on this blog.)

Get ready, the next winner may be you.
(a photo will be posted at a later date)
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

http://www.delucafineart.com/

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm 

by appointment or by chance