The White Room Gallery June 18-Jul 14, feature photography Grg Lotus

THE WHITE ROOM GALLERY

Presents

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

June 18 - July 14

Opening Reception Sat. June 22nd 5-7pm

Featuring Italian Vogue Photographer

GREG LOTUS 

“The Black Room” features pop artist

JOHN JOSEPH HANRIGHT

CURATORS’ QUOTE

‘When Lewis Carroll sent Alice through the looking glass, she entered a fantastical world replete with an engaging ensemble of characters and everything including logic, in reverse.  

In our ‘Through the Looking Glass’ exhibit the viewer is also transported and there is also an engaging ensemble of characters, but nothing is in reverse.   Unless, of course, you back up to get a closer look. 

 

Featured artist Italian Vogue fashion photographer Greg Lotus creates a world where it is perfectly normal for a sophisticate to be across from a large, perfectly coiffed poodle enjoying a champagne lunch or to witness a giraffe striking a pose or to come upon a woman disguised as a peacock lounging on a crimson divan.   

 

Drawing inspiration from classical paintings and a wide array of sources and life experiences, Lotus reinterprets in his own evocative way the use of light and shadow, playing with angles and composition to enhance the graphic quality of his images. 

 

Lotus is a master of allure.  All his narratives draw the viewer in.  Why did that woman dive through the front window of that ’58 corvette? Are those two lovers or does he work for her or both?  Why is that woman eating an enormous egg?  And what’s up with the spaghetti?

 

In The Black Room another world presents itself only now with words telling a story alongside the characters as mixed media artist John Joseph Hanright presents a heart asking who is the victor and vivid pink lips questioning what is fabulous and Mickey Mouse as a possible bruiser.  

 

Hanright is a painter and assemblage artist who brings together a combination of vintage pieces from the 40s, 50s, and early 60s alongside contemporary imagery to form paintings that reflect on history while commenting on current times. 

 

Though Hanright’s work mixes paint and collage while Lotus is all seen through the lens the two artists come together beautifully in this exhibit with vibrant and engaging creations and unlike Alice, you don’t have to climb through a mirror to see them.’

OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDE

Taylor Smith

Josh Mayhem

Rafaelle Ferrari

& more 

PERMANENT COLLECTION INCLUDES

Russell Young

Nelson De La Nuez

Craig Alan

Markus Klinko

Punk Me Tender

Additional images attached 

Greg Lotus-Photography

-Giraffe

-Champagne Poodle

-Spaghetti

-Through the Window

John Joseph Hanright- Mixed Media on Panel

-Bombshell

-Time to Play

3 Railroad Avenue

East Hampton, NY 11937

www.thewhiteroom.gallery

OPEN  12-5pm

Tues to Sunday

Press inquiries: Andrea 

art4thewhiteroomgallery@gmail.com

917.526.2767 

631-237-1481

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Andrea McCafferty + Kat O'Neill

Owners+Directors

The White Room Gallery

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Owners+Directors

The White Room Gallery

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Catch Long Island White Room Gallery at Scope Miami 2023

SCOPE Beach Miami 2023 Installation by Tomislav Topic

SCOPE MIAMI BEACH

SCOPE RETURNS WITH A CURATED 22ND MIAMI EDITION Following the record-breaking success of SCOPE Miami Beach's 21st anniversary, the show returns for its next edition on the iconic sands of Miami Beach. This critically acclaimed show will host over 110 highly curated exhibitors and a focused schedule  of experiential programming by featured sponsors and partners, including morning wellness, talk series, performances, and exclusive evening events. SCOPE Miami Beach opens on Tuesday, December 5th, with the Platinum VIP + Press Preview  and will run December 5 - December 10, 2023. Catch the  White Room Gallery     Below Steve Zaluski: RhythmPainted Aluminum Sculpture 40 x 16 x 16 in         Lynn Savarese Cadenza (Custom Sizes and Framing Also Available) Archival Pigment Print Mounted to Plexiglass/Ltd Ed/10 60 x 40 in Lynn Savarese Dive into Dawn I (Custom Sizes and Framing Also Available) Archival Pigment Print Mounted to Plexiglass/Ltd Ed/10 45 x 45 in Lynn Savarese Dive In I (Custom Sizes and Framing Also Available) Archival Pigment Print Mounted to Plexiglass/Ltd Ed/10 45 x 45 in Lynn Savarese Red Ball's Crescent Moon (Custom Sizes and Framing Also Available) Archival Pigment Print Mounted to Plexiglass/Ltd Ed/10 45 x 45 in Greg Lotus Giraffe- Various sizes and prices are available upon request Photography 40 x 60 in Nelson De La Nuez New Attitude Framed Mixed Media Sketch 40 x 48 in Seek One Virgil Vision Mixed media on wood panel with epoxy resin finish 48 x 48 in Seek One Abstract III Framed Mixed Media on Wood Panel 61 x 53 in Seek One Converse X Virgil Framed Mixed Media on Paper 40 x 40 in Kevin Barrett Bix Bronze Sculpture 65 x 20 x 20 in 3 RAILROAD AVENUE EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937 US 631-237-1481 | 917-526-2767 #whiteroomgallery#fineartmagazine#fineartmaiamifun#stevezaluskiart

The White Room Gallery exhibits: A UKRAINE FUNDRAISER Saturday November 25th 6:30 to 8:30 PM

THE WHITE ROOM GALLERY

A UKRAINE FUNDRAISER

To aid refugees in this war-torn country

At our new East Hampton location!

Saturday November 25th  6:30 to 8:30 PM 

To aid refugees in this war-torn country

At our new East Hampton locatio

The works of 5 Ukrainian artists will be for sale: Miroslav Duzinkevych; Julia Beynenson, Sasha Odesa, Valeriy Puzik, and Alisa Kutsak.  The evening will also include a musical performance by Alla Rodina (the National artist of Ukraine) and Aleksandr Bolotin (an award winning pianist). Our special guest will be a famous Ukrainian journalist Julia Gorodetskaya. 

$20 donation at the door.

100% of donations and art sales will be given to the selected charities.

This first includes a portion to Universal Aid for Children, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fulfilling medical, educational and emotional needs of refugees, orphans, orphanage graduates, and people with disabilities in Ukraine. The second organization is Ukraine Immigration Task Force, a nonprofit organization that helps Ukrainians fleeing the war to find refuge in the United States, aiding newcomers with social services, resettlement assistance, and social advocacy.

The gallery will also be exhibiting …….

COLORFUL INTERPRETATIONS 

CURATORS’ QUOTE

For the premiere exhibit in our new East Hampton location we wanted to celebrate the distinct hallmark of artistry, that which makes each artist unique - their point of view, simply put how they interpret and execute that compelling and, at times, challenging inner voice.  To that we wanted to add another layer – the power of color.  The theory of color fascinated philosophers like Aristotle and scientists like Newton for centuries.  da Vinci meditated under a purple light for inspiration.  A study in the 80’s found that jail cells painted pepto bismol pink were found to alleviate aggression.  And there’s a reason the backstage rooms are painted green as green is not only seen better by the human eye than any other color in the spectrum, but it is proven to reduce the heart rate. 

Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky said, “Color is a power which directly influences the soul.”  English painter David Hockney said, ‘I prefer living in color.”  And Russian-French artist Marc Chagall said, “Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music.” Van gogh studied color theory to discern how colors worked and learned that complementary colors like red and green, yellow and purple and blue and orange intensify one another.  

Years later, Warhol, understanding interpretation, intrigue and his audience, used brighter color on Marilyn’s lips and eyes to draw the viewer to those specific points of allure. 

 

The White Room has always been a blank canvas, open to a myriad of interpretations and with this exhibit that canvas comes to life with diamond dusted femme-fatales, cafes, dancers and surfers in a style reminiscent of French impressionist Edgar Degas, Gray Gardens Soup cans telling you that it’s, ‘Time to play’ and abstracts that twist and turn alongside sculptures that do the same.  Add to that spiked-heels under water and mysterious sun-glassed women in tropical paradises.  But we would be remiss if we did not applaud the 31st year of The Hamptons International Film Festival with an homage to the twins from The Shining and Blockbuster who went from 9000 locations in 2004 to one in 2022 with each closing door repeating the same refrain ‘Why the hell didn’t we buy Netflix when we had the chance?’ But who knew streaming would take off just like IBM never thought anyone would want a computer in their home.  

 

Some of the artists in the exhibit you will recognize, some are new to the gallery, emerging and established, together showcasing an engaging palette of imagery and interpretations that is nothing if not colorful.

Lina Condes (sculptures) and Gregory Goy (paintings). 

3 Railroad Avenue

East Hampton, NY 11937

www.thewhiteroom.gallery

OPEN  12-5pm

Friday to Sunday

917.526.2767 

631-237-1481--

Andrea McCafferty + Kat O'Neill

Owners+Directors

The White Room Gallery

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