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AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY, 511 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York City, is proud to showcase in its MAY 4-JUNE 5, 2012 exhibition leading Contemporary Master Artists whose work explores the abstract, figurative and natural worlds, exalting the realm of the aesthetic through brilliant coloration and dazzling form. This special, "Salute To The Stars!" exhibition offers a sparkling, star filled tribute which will dazzle the senses of both art acquisitiors and art aficionados alike with its incandescent renewal and regeneration of the visual realm. Pulsating with dynamic synergy and artistic creativity, these artists' sophisticated, eclectic and often joyful representations of the world shine the spotlight on a unique, universal artistic language.
STARLIT CANDESCENCE is a star-filled artistic compendium that intriguingly shines the light and unravels the mysteries of the world, allowing our horizons to expand to form new viewpoints as it explores the profound complexities of the human nature, encouraging its audience to interact with its powerful and forceful messages. The results of this dazzling survey are utterly compelling works whose bold intensity and dynamic truths reverberate in each canvas. PHILIP CATANIA offers a parallax vision in his surrealist, fantasy dreamscapes on life as he communicates the powerful energy and the shifts in human emotions in his visceral canvases which become which become visual, expressive metaphors to mirror the individual moods of human nature. MAL LUBER conjures Surrealist dreamscapes with fantastical fantasies which metamorph into a magical, whimsical, kingdom where the supernatural, coexist harmoniously in a grandiose vision of pure tranquility to become symbols for peace and harmony. MILAGROS MELENDEZ's new "Elements" series pays tribute to the beauty of differences and similarities of various cultures by focusing on diverse elements such as the native art and national cuisine while showcasing the cultural iconography of the country. BARBARA MUIR is inspired by her travels and invites us on a visual odyssey to various cultural capitals as we view close-up portraits of three young women who are featured in exciting artistic centers where their silhouettes are juxtaposed against the iconic symbols of these cities.
SYNERGY of the STARS reflects three contemporary international stars representing Italy, the United States and New Zealand whose aesthetic search for new artistic horizons explore inner visions and emotions rather than words. Transforming the banal into poignantly mystical beautiful abstract works of art, these artists explore the unconventional, always evolving into a profound metaphoric message. Their metaphysical search is visually expressed through a variety of materials and mediums creating a virtual fireworks display of creative and exuberant energy. PAOLA CECI's striking abstract digital print series "Surfing the Colors," explores the process of an imaginary journey through inner worlds where each photo becomes an island and every spectator is transformed into a sailor who glides from one photo to another. Dr. J. DULE challenges the eye with abstracted expressions that reflect the deepest visceral qualities of the human heart by revealing a huetopian quest which reflects a myriad of colors, juxtaposed against a polarity of shapes that pulsate with an electric energy and are ignited by his dynamic use of brilliant and bold pigments which capture the dichotomy of human emotions. DARRYN MARSHALL intermingles the vibrancy of his cultural ancestral roots into mixed media organic paintings and wood and stainless steel low-relief sculptures which are inspired by his rich, historical heritage.
STARLIGHT SYNCHRONICITIES is a celestial constellation showcasing four American incandescent artistic lights who intricately interweave a universal tableaux, reflecting an expressionist connection between humankind and the wonderment of our world. By emphasizing ravishing color juxtapositions which are showered with stardust and sun-kissed hues, these masterful artists communicate the ambrosial joys of our environment, and interject their luminescent compositions with exciting, positive spiritual energy MARIAN ADCOCK continues the tradition of Botanical art with her saturated washes of vibrant wax and oil-based colored pencils drawings of plants and flowers which re-create a magical, enchanted kingdom of nature and burst with delicate color as she ethereally illustrates the splendor of the natural terrain. ANN GORES follows the legacy of 17th century Dutch Masters as she visually captures and treasures the simple pleasures of life with her transluminescent still life paintings which bountifully overflow with a wealth of cornucopic pictorial details to become artistic metaphors for the blessings of the world and the bounty of the earth. ANDREA HARRIS explores the joy of the natural world in her quartet "Four Seasons" Trees Cycle which reflects the sensitive transfiguration of the sublimity and majesty of the changing seasons on tree landscape and offers a parallax vision which communicates the powerful energy and the shifts in nature’s mood as they emblematize and mirror our own individual moods. KAREN PONELLI's iconographic visions of nature emotionally respond to the organic transplendence of the floral kingdom as she adopts expressionistic principles to transmit the harmonic potential of pure nature in her luscious floral paintings which viscerally illuminate the sublime beauty of the terrestrial realm.
COLLECTOR's CHOICE
Dr. JUDITH MONTEFERRANTE's latest Western photography collection offers an exciting visual odyssey where her camera's lens pays a star-spangled tribute to the majesty of the purple light and golden vistas of Western America's natural panoramic splendors, inspired by her cross-country travels with her husband.
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