Press Releases
David Leventi: Operas and Prisons
Installation views of David Leventi: Operas and Prisons | October 2015 Exhibition at Arthur Roger@434
Simon Gunning: The River and the City
Installation views of Simon Gunning: The River and the City | October 2015 Exhibition at Arthur Roger Gallery
David Leventi: Operas and Prisons
In his second exhibition with the gallery, photographer David Leventi presents his images of the interiors of world-famous opera houses juxtaposed with images of the interiors of the last remaining domed prisons. Together, they are a study in contrasts – the lavish social theaters versus stark dwellings of incarceration and deprivation.
Simon Gunning: The River and the City
This exhibition, the artist’s fourth with the gallery, includes recent works on canvas and paper. The intricate compositions of the medium- to large-scale paintings reveal familiar scenes – ships lined up in the winding Mississippi river with its lush green borders flecked with buildings; industrial cargo lifts and cranes dotted with spotlights reflecting in the placid water; dogs and cats frolicking in streets lined with shotgun homes and jutting stoops; vendors selling fresh produce from over-filled trucks.
Bruce Davenport, Jr. – The Dapper Bruce Lafitte Introduces: Draw Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee
Bruce Davenport, Jr. – The Dapper Bruce Lafitte Introduces: Draw Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee| August 2015 Exhibition at Arthur Roger@434
Gordon Parks: Ali
Whitfield Lovell: First Impressions
Willie Birch – Seen and Unseen: Coupling
Bruce Davenport, Jr. – The Dapper Bruce Lafitte Introduces: Draw Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee
This is Bruce Davenport, Jr.’s second exhibition with the gallery. The four large-scale works are tributes to renowned heavyweight boxer champion Muhammad Ali. Each vivid color marker drawing, rendered in the artist’s celebrated style, is a variation of a common composition – an aerial view of a boxing match. Featured in the ring are the referee, Ali, and his opponent – Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier among others. Surrounding the ring are meticulously rendered rows with throngs of spectators. Bordering this narrative are snapshots of Ali in action, along with memorable quotes such as, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” and “Your hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see.”