Sunday, October 30, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
18th Annual Venetian Ball 2011
De Luca Fine Art Gallery is proud to announce that owner Corrado De Luca involvement as an Event Supplier for this years Venetian Ball 2011. 
The 18th annual Venetian Ball will take over the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, celebrating all things Italian – including the 40th anniversary of Villa Charities and the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.
The performance will feature numerous top-tier Canadian artists that will not only be a show-stopper, but also a complete surprise. The format of The Venetian Ball will see 2,000 guests attend a cocktail reception and a once-in-a-lifetime concert of Italian music. During the concert a short documentary created and directed by Corrado De Luca will be viewed. Following the concert, guests will be treated to a wide array of food stations from some of the city's top restaurants. For more than 600 VIP guests, the Four Seasons stage will be transformed into a dining experience catered by an award-winning chef, followed by an evening of dancing and celebration.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Janet Bellotto: “The Lure”
November 3 – November 27, 2011
Opening: Thursday, November 3, 6 - 9 pm.
Opening: Thursday, November 3, 6 - 9 pm.
De Luca Fine Art | Gallery
217 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON, M5R 2J3
T: 416-537-4699
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www.delucafineart.com.
217 Avenue Road
Toronto, ON, M5R 2J3
T: 416-537-4699
E-mail: contact@delucafineart.com
www.delucafineart.com.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5pm
The The Lure emerges from olfactory
investigations borrowing from fact and fiction. Inspired by the mirage
of aromas from perfume salons that attempt to seduce passers-by, Janet
Bellotto entertains the gallery with an installation of illuminating and
fragrant objects and scintillating video. At a time when illnesses
travel instantaneously around the globe, scent emerges and vanishes like
a mirage, and yet resonate memories and emotions. The objects in
Bellotto’s work acts in the tradition of aromatherapy while entertaining
how certain smells can conjure up memories of place. The Lure attempts
to tap into the history of per fumum (Latin) – which translates as
“through the smoke”, where aromatic smells have been used for medicinal
and cosmetic purposes.
Janet Bellotto is an artist from Toronto, who splits her time teaching in Dubai at Zayed University. She graduated from the Sculpture/Installation program from the Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, and received an MFA in Sculpture/Studio Arts from Concordia University. Her practice encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, video and performance. She continues to write and curate, while exhibiting both locally and internationally.
Recent exhibitions include: 2011 Untitled Original, CDA Projects, Istanbul Contemporary Crosscurrents: Portraits and Electronic Arts, Streaming Museum in Dubai (www.streamingmuseum.org); A Cozy Lie, Redhead Gallery, Toronto; 2010 – 12th Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt; Drowning Ophelia, Stratford Gallery, Stratford; 2009 – Point of Encounter, Tashkeel, Dubai; 2008 – In-Situ, The JamJar, Dubai; WAVE, The LAB, New York City; 2007 – Dehisce, kkprojects, New Orleans, USA.
De Luca Fine Art | Gallery, established in 2004, is now located at 217 Avenue Road. The gallery represents and introduces 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.
For more information regarding this event and/or our services, consultation, and art rental program please visit www.delucafineart.com
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Through The Lens. A Photographic Journey with Vincenzo Pietropaolo
By Phil Anderson
Photographs from the Not Paved with Gold series, explained Pietropaolo, exemplified the disillusion many new Italian immigrants felt arriving in Canada expecting more opportunities than existed.
Upon meeting with documentary photographer, Vincenzo Pietropaolo at Toronto‘s De Luca Fine Art / Gallery, now on Avenue Road, he explained of how he captured images of the Italian community as a young boy, an immigrant child. The camera allowed him access to another world. As a young man he played pool in a then local pool hall which is now part of a trendier world for visitors to the neighbourhood.
His art practice has evolved into many photographic series and eight photographic books such as Celebration of Resistance (1999), Harvest Pilgrims (2OO9), Making Home in Havana (2OO2) and Not Paved With Gold(2OO6) as well many writings and essays.
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| Commmunity meeting with government officials from Not Paved with Gold: Italian-Canadian immigrants in the 1970′ ©Vincenzo Pietropaolo |
Pietropaolo‘s latest book,
Invisible No More (2O1O),
is an exploration into the lives of Canadians with intellectual disabilities and their families. Like most of his photographic work it has a social commentary that gives us all a better understanding of his subject matter and tells a poignant story with pictures. All Pietropaolo‘s portraits are engaging and immerse the viewer into the world of the subject. Pietropaolo successfully takes the viewer with him into these new worlds.
Invisible No More (2O1O),
is an exploration into the lives of Canadians with intellectual disabilities and their families. Like most of his photographic work it has a social commentary that gives us all a better understanding of his subject matter and tells a poignant story with pictures. All Pietropaolo‘s portraits are engaging and immerse the viewer into the world of the subject. Pietropaolo successfully takes the viewer with him into these new worlds.
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| ”David in his mother’s arms”, from the book Invisible No More: A Photographic Chronicle of the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilties. ©Vincenzo Pietropaolo |
Pietropaolo’s exhibit at De Luca Fine Art / Gallery (June 3 – July 2) was just coming to an end and it had encapsulated much of his early work from the 1970‘s documenting, the Toronto Italian community, immigrant farm and factory workers in Toronto and workers from across Canada. One of his most memorable experiences as a photographer was documenting workers across Canada as part of a commissioned project by the Canadian Auto Workers. He was allowed access to over 100 factories and workplaces across the country. When asked how workers felt about being photographed he said most were elated and asked what they should do. He asked them to just go about their work as usual. Some of the workplaces also thought, “why didn’t we think of creating a book commemorating our workers”, explained Pietropaolo.
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| Workers in a sock factory in Toronto’s garment district. From Not Paved with Gold: Italian-Canadian Immigrants in the 1970s ©Vincenzo Pietropaolo |
He said while today we talk about eating “local“ produce consumers don’t realize how many farms use migrant workers that leave their families for 3-6months of the year in order to support them. One photographic image in the exhibition captures this misery well. It is a letter written to a family in Jamaica from an migrant worker in Ontario.
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| Tony Peart’s letter to his wife, from Harvest Pilgrims: Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada. ©Vincenzo Pietropaolo |
All of the works in the De Luca Fine Art / Gallery exhibit were black and white silver gelatin prints. Pietropaolo has embraced digital photography as most professional photographers have partly because of the demands of the profession. A little of the old magic has disappeared with the new technology but it has new advantages.
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| Ancient Monolith (olive tree #1), Calabria, Italy, 1979. ©Vincenzo Pietropaolo |
Pietropaolo is also in a current exhibition as part of the Venice Biennale – Padiglione Italia the 54 th International Art Exhibition In Honour of the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy curated by Vittorio Sgarbi at the Istituto Italiano Di Cultura (June 6 – November 27, 2011). The exhibition includes artist Tony Calzetta and mixed media artist, Francesca Vivenza as well as Vincenzo Pietropaolo. One can look forward to seeing more works by Pietropaolo and getting a further glimpse into the world as he captures it with images.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
André Krigar Paints on Location in Yorkville
André Krigar finds inspiration on the northern edge of downtown, the premier area of upscale Yorkville. It stretches along Bloor between Yonge Street and Avenue Road, — André Krigar sets up between the two smaller streets north of and parallel to Bloor, Cumberland Avenue and Yorkville Avenue — André captures luxury shops, shoppers as well as pedestrians as they stop for a glance at the strong impressionistic influence in his paintings.
“The Painter in the City” by
André Krigar
This exhibition runs from
October 5th to October 28th
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 5th, 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.
For more information regarding this event and/or our services, consultation, and art rental program please contact:
Corrado De Luca
For more information regarding this event and/or our services, consultation, and art rental program please contact:
217 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2J3 Canada T: (1) 416-537-4699
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Press Release: “The Painter in the City” by André Krigar
217 Avenue Road, Toronto, ON M5R 2J3
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
De Luca Fine Art | Gallery presents
“The Painter in the City”
André Krigar
The opening reception is on Wednesday, October 5th, 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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Corrado De Luca
corrado@delucafineart.com
T: (1) 416-537-4699
Jes E. Sladojevic
T: (1) 416-537-4699
Thursday, June 23, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
Toronto, ON M6J 1J4
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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 7th to July 30th, 2011. The opening reception is on Thursday, July 7th, 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 7th 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
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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".
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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)
With our apologies, this is NOT a wheel chair access event.
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
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 am to 6:00 pm
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 am to 6:00 pm
by appointment or by chance
Monday, June 20, 2011
INTRODUCING
the Creation of "The dArt Burger"
A film by James Cooper
Much more to come.....
Steve Rockwell
July 7 – 30, 2011Opening Reception:
After Party:
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A film by James Cooper
Much more to come.....
Steve Rockwell
July 7 – 30, 2011Opening Reception:
Thursday, July 7, 2011
6 – 10 pm
de luca fine art | gallery
1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203
6 – 10 pm
de luca fine art | gallery
1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203
After Party:
210 Ossington Ave. Toronto ON M6J 2Z9 PH 416.850.1919
Sun-Wed 12pm-11pm
Thu-Sat 12pm-12am
Sun-Wed 12pm-11pm
Thu-Sat 12pm-12am
de luca fine art | gallery
Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
by appointment or by chance
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
by appointment or by chance
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BEHIND THE PHOTO SHOOT of
The dArt Burger at de luca fine art | gallery
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| Corrado De Luca and Steve Rockwell |
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Steve RockwellJuly 7 – 30, 2011
Opening Reception:
After Party:
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| Steve Rockwell |
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| Saeed of BQM (Osslington), Corrado and Steve |
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| 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
6 – 10 pm
de luca fine art | gallery
1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203
1153-A Queen Street West, Unit 203
After Party:
210 Ossington Ave. Toronto ON M6J 2Z9 PH 416.850.1919
Sun-Wed 12pm-11pm
Thu-Sat 12pm-12am
Sun-Wed 12pm-11pm
Thu-Sat 12pm-12am
de luca fine art | gallery
Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
by appointment or by chance
by appointment or by chance
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