Tribal Art

Corrado De Luca

Corrado De Luca, owner of De Luca Fine Art | Gallery tours William Jamieson's 6,500 square foot one bedroom unit in an exclusive part of downtown Toronto. Bill uses most of his space to display real mummies, authentic shrunken heads and his collection primitive and tribal art.

You may have heard of Torontonian Bill Jamieson's, recently discovered acquisition of the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses I,  in a collection he purchased from a defunct museum in Niagara Falls, Ontario in the 19th century. The pharaoh was later repatriated to Egypt.

Bill is an Historian, ethnologist, museologist, ancient and tribal art dealer and collector. Bill’s interests evolve around the forgotten cultures and customs of the South Pacific, Indonesian, African, South and North American Indians, and Egyptian. His fascination with artifacts from these cultures, as well as oddities and curiosities from around the globe, especially objects of the Macabre.


Contact the gallery for more information.


1153 Queen Street West, Unit 203
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6J 1J4
T: (1) 416-537-4699
contact@delucafineart.com

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
or by appointment

Website
http://www.delucafineart.com/

Blair Prentice Blogspot News

Blair Prentice collaborated with celebrated artist, Juno Youn, on two pieces about the issue of global warming that will be exhibited in a show titled, "Chilling the Warm Heart of the Earth" at De Luca Fine Art | Gallery.

 

Read Blair Prentice Blog:

blairprentice.blogspot.com/2007/11/chilling-warm-heart-of-earth.html

blairprentice.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html


For more information regarding this exhibition, please contact us:

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

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

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
or by appointment

www.delucafineart.com

Torontoist.com

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.

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
or by appointment
http://torontoist.com/2007/11/arthopping_powe.php
http://www.delucafineart.com/

"Chilling the Warm Heart of the Earth"

De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents: "Chilling the Warm Heart of the Earth" with works by Juno Youn, Manuel Bujold, James Mejia, Fiona Smyth, David Liss, Casey McGlynn and others

The opening event will take place on Friday, November 30th, 2007 runs Fri. to December 15th, 2007


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

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

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
or by appointment


http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/280764


http://www.delucafineart.com/

Announcement from the Italian Cultural Institute

Corrado De Luca announces the opening of De Luca Fine Art | Gallery on Thursday, May 4, with a reception from 5:30 pm to 9:00 PM at 1153 Queen Street West, Unit 203, inside the Woolfitt building, across the street from the Drake Hotel.

Corrado De Luca is both filmmaker and art dealer: His filmography includes: Interview with the Mythfish, Stoned (Milan International Short Film Festival), the documentary films; ParkdAlien (BRAVO!), Barbers (Omni Television). For ten years Corrado has been promoting his father and other established Italian contemporary artists in Canada by curating exhibitions in collaboration with several galleries in Toronto such as Joseph D. Carrier, Odon Wagner, Drabinsky and Mittica. More recently he has hosted receptions in his studio which led to the opening of De Luca Fine Art | Gallery. The inaugural exhibition features new work by Corrado’s father, Giuseppe De Luca, one of the most expressively modern traditionalist painters in Italy today. His innovative methods have shattered conventional impressionistic techniques with powerful results. His paintings remain a testament to a profound consideration for felt emotions and tangible experience. De Luca Fine Art | Gallery will be a by-appointment-only atelier, or “salotto”, with public receptions that will offer collectors the opportunity to acquire work by some of the finest artists in Italy today, including Pedretti, Cassinari, Ossola, Sesia, Crippa, Maio, Rognoni, Martinelli and Calia, as well as emerging artists Emanuele Gregolin, Mauro Bordin and Claudio Rubino. De Luca Fine Art | Gallery will also feature Italian Canadian artists.

http://www.iicbelgrado.esteri.it/IIC_Toronto/webform/SchedaEventoAltrove.aspx?citta=Toronto&id=31

1153 Queen Street West, Unit 203
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6J 1J4
T: (1) 416-537-4699
contact@delucafineart.com

Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
or by appointment

http://www.delucafineart.com/