New River Fine Art would like to congratulate Hunt Slonem for being included in “Personal Structures”, the upcoming 2022 Venice Biennale exhibition, in Venice, Italy. 

This year’s exhibition revolves around the concept of “Reflection intended with the double meaning of a visible episode, perceived by the eyes; and a mental deed, as an act of thinking and pondering by the mind.” 

New River Fine Art is proud to be one of the premiere galleries who exhibit Hunt Slonem’s work. 

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To learn more about works by Hunt Slonem please visit https://newriverfineart.com/artist/hunt-slonem or give us a call at (954) 524 2100 

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New River Fine Art welcomes works by Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, Joan Miro, in our Springs Selections exhibit.  

Miro’s surrealist and abstract designs play with a pageantry of colors, shapes and lines. His imaginative creations are a perfect addition to our exhibition going on now. 

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Joan Miro (1893 - 1983)

Plate VI from Espriu, 1975, (/50)

Aquatint and etching with engraving in colors with carborundum

41.30 x 35.50 in

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To learn more about Spring Selections or works by Joan Miro please contact New River Fine Art at (954) 524-2100

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Our Spring Selections exhibit is going on now! Stop by to see our unique and carefully curated selections, like these colorful resin lollipops from Miss Bugs 

The message behind the colored lollies containing a range of pharmaceuticals is to “critique contemporary society's obsession and consumption of social media” 

Miss Bugs has long explored ideas around addiction to digital technology, and how our reliance on such devices acts as a dangerous “anesthetic” that dulls reality 

Each lolly is created using three layers of different coloured resin, containing a mix of surgical blades, syringes and various painkillers

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Miss Bugs

Lolly Specimen Cabinet, 2021

Cabinet Displaying 21 Unique PU Resin, Medical Lollies

23.60 x 42.90 in

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To learn more about Springs Selections or to see more works from Miss Bugs please contact New River Fine Art at (954) 524 2100

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Check out the Wall Street International to see artworks from our Spring Selections exhibit running now until May 5th!

https://wsimag.com/newriverfineart/artworks 

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Our Spring Selections Viewing Room and Exhibition are now LIVE on Artsy

To see select works by artists such as Miss Bugs, Andrew Cotton, Joan Miro, Marlene Rose, David Salle, Hunt Slonem and others, please visit 

https://www.artsy.net/viewing-room/new-river-fine-art-spring-selections-2022?utm_content=viewing-room-gallery-share 

For more information contact New River Fine Art at (954) 524 2100

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Spring has sprung here at New River Fine Art 🌱🌼 

We invite you to view our Spring Selections exhibit starting today through May 5th. 

The works featured in this year’s selection put an emphasis on the blossoming new season and welcome viewers to explore refreshing pastel palettes, floral prints, playful pop-art, and lively sculptures. 

For more information or to see images from the exhibit please visit https://newriverfineart.com/show/new-river-fine-art-spring-selection-2022 

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Dominic Besner’s artistic process allows him to create magical architectural structures in which the inherent shapes depict a fantasy version of cities and their characters. 

Besner’s ethereal characters, which often appear to be in masks, are symbolic of the theater. Their expression of the ephemeral in life is rarely melancholy. The character is active, as a thinking being, or one that amuses. Besner’s characters enjoy unraveling themselves in front of us. The character is fully aware of our presence; it watches us, possibly even asking us the same questions which inspired the artist to create them.

To learn more about works by Dominic Besner please contact New River Fine Art at (954) 524 2100

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Les grands deus, 2020

Acrylic, Oil Stick, Modeling Paste, China Marker and Spray Paint

60 x 60 in

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Wishing the happiest of birthdays to our #wcw Jennifer JL Jones! 

Jennifer's work is an exploration of beauty and energy. Her mixed media paintings are meditations on the duality of nature – both its physical reality and intangible spirituality. 

Jennifer’s focus on multiple layers of abstraction and refined glazing techniques allow her work to result in elegant, ever-shifting paintings that combine a poetic, sensual grace with consistently bold execution. 

Happy birthday Jennifer!💙

To learn more about works by Jennifer JL Jones please contact us at New River Fine Art!

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Thank you to everyone who attended our booth at the 2022 Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair! Here’s some highlights from this year's show..

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Thank you, Funding Arts Broward!!!

FAB is pleased to welcome New River Fine Art as its newest corporate partner!

As one of South Florida’s oldest and most prestigious #fineart galleries, New River Fine Art presents original works and fine prints from Impressionist, 20th Century, Post War and Contemporary Masters, Mid-Career and Emerging Artists. Located in the heart of historic Las Olas Boulevard, the gallery uses its collection and resources to provide educational and cultural experiences for residents and visitors. It offers an outstanding schedule of special exhibitions and lectures for patrons.

FAB hosted its first corporate partner event at New River Fine Art on Feb. 24.

Thank you to Lisa Burgess for her generosity of spirit and for sharing space with us as we expand our corporate family!

#supportthearts #funding #browardcounty #arts #culture #giving #newriverfineart #LasOlasblvd #FortLauderdale #corporatepartner #fundingartsbroward

Running March 24th-27th at the Palm Beach Convention Center you can find our exhibit located at Booth H9

For more information on the fair please contact New River Fine Art at (954)-524-2100

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Read about our "Colorology" exhibit for the upcoming Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary art fair featured in the Wall Street International

For more information about the fair and vip ticketing please contact (954)-524-2100

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Today’s #womencrushwednesday we are featuring Marlene Rose! 

Marlene’s stunning sandcast glass works are not only award-winning but also internationally-known. 

Considered the foremost sand-cast glass artist in America, her work has a quality of timelessness reflecting both ancient and modern.

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New Works From Dominic Besner!

Mixed-media master, Dominic Besner, brings elements of nature and human activity into his work. Besner beautifully blends the figurative and the abstract while using a wide array of colors to catch viewers attention.

One of Besner's new works, Hoof!! Hoof!! Ride Rallye, is designed to show the vibrations of contemporary society while also presenting excellent craftsmanship. 

His paintings employ acrylic paint, structural mortar, china marker, and aerosol paint to give even the most mundane scenes a vibrant energy.

To see more works by Besner, please contact New River Fine Art

Hoof!! Hoof!! Ride Ride Rallye, 2021 | Acrylic, Oil Stick, Modeling Paste, China Marker and Spray Paint 60 x 108 x 2.50 in 

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Women's History Month is celebrated each March and recognizes the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. 

In celebration, New River Fine Art would like to spotlight our accomplished and skillful women artists. 

Today's Artist, Estella Fransbergen is an international sculptor whose works put a focus on elegance, femininity, and the female form.  

Fransbergen’s inspiration for her art comes from mother nature. To highlight the beauty of mother nature, each naked torso is adorned in a shower of natural gemstones and other organic materials. Each sculpture is built by hand using a coil building technique, before being exposed to primitive firing techniques of sawdust and raku. Fransbergen’s one of a kind pieces celebrate both human form and individuality.   

For more information on works by Estella Fransbergen please contact New River Fine Art

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Today, as we remember the death of rapper Notorious B.I.G., we pay homage to the New York City hip-hop music culture and street art scene that inspired many neo-expressionist artists such as Basquiat and Andrew Cotton. 

Cotton abstractly captures street art legend Basquiat on this 60 x 40 mixed media canvas available at New River Fine Art Gallery

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Pietro & Riccardo Ferro

Plate #18 - Murano Glass, 2021

Hand Blown and Hand Carved Murano glass - 5 Layers

14.56 x 11.50 x 7.50 in

This, and over 30+ Murano Glass masterworks will be on display for the LA MOLERIA: Pietro & Riccardo Ferro exhibition which opens March 3, 2022.

Be sure to check out our other selections of Ferro Murano Glass on our website at www.newriverfineart.com

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LA MOLERIA: Pietro & Riccardo Ferro exhibition catalog is now live.

Take a moment to see these exquisitely beautiful Murano Glassworks.

https://issuu.com/newriverfineart/docs/ferro_catalog_final_for_issuu_2-17-2022_v2

Presale of the Murano Glass Masterpieces begins in the coming days.

The Staff of New River Fine Art is super excited about the Buzz centering on the Jennifer JL Jones exhibition, “Gentle Wild”.  The installation of the exhibition has started to happen, and the artist arrives shortly.

We will see you all Thursday night at 6 pm

822 E. Las Olas Blvd

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

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#JenniferJLJones #NewRiverFineArt #GentleWild #installation #artist #artopening #exhibitionopening #lasolasblvd #LisaBurgess

Lisa Burgess, Owner and President of New River Fine Art and Principle at Burgess Modern + Contemporary; Representative Chip LaMarca, Republican member of the Florida Legislature representing the state's 93rd House District; and Tara Forman in Tallahassee, FL.  advocating for Arts & Culture.

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New River is proud to announce new work by International Sculptor, Estella Fransbergen. The new sculptures by the artist resonate elegance, perfection, class, and femininity.

Estella Fransbergen

EF12001, 2022

36 x 15 in.

High Polished Bronze, Selenite, Quartz, Crystals

(No Shoulder)

Base: Natural Selenite

email info@newriverfineart.com for more details on new work by Estella Fransbergen.

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New River Fine Art is proud to share the exhibition catalog for the “Jennifer JL Jones: Gentle Wild” exhibition.

With full color plates and a catalog essay that speaks volumes of her work, “Gentle Wild” is an amazing exhibition of beautifully painted artworks by one of today's most sought after contemporary painters.

See the “Gentle Wild” exhibition catalog at:

https://issuu.com/newriverfineart/docs/jennifer_jl_jones_gentle_wild_final_catalog

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Don’t Count the Days…Make the Days Count!

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Dominic Besner

L'empreinte-pièce, 2020

Acrylic, Oil Stick, Modeling Paste, China-Marker, and Spray Paint

30 x 24 in

Email info@newriverfineart.com for more information

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)

Spring Day, 2022| Paint on wood panel | 48 x 80 in

Purvis Young is among the most important self-taught artists to have emerged from the Outsider Art movement. Young transcended the labels of “Outsider” and “Self-Taught” and is today considered one of the forefathers of Street Art. His work is collected by over 60 museums including the Museum of Modern Art, NY, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco and shown at influential art fairs around the world. He was born in Miami’s Liberty City and grew up on the streets of Overtown. 

Young, harnesses the force of an unspoken, divine intervention; a spiritual dimension manifested through his ritualistic and repetitive narratives of protestor, slave, horse, and angel- a conjectural world where good and evil endlessly jostle over man’s mistakes, sins, judgements, reigns, and demises.

Welcome to 2022!!!

Be sure to stop by New River Fine Art gallery to see all the new artworks available.

 DM us for inquires!

The New River Fine Art Gallery infuses its impressive selection of Masterworks with fresh offerings from Contemporary Painters, Sculptors, and Glass Artists to create a collection that is both historically important and current with today’s Art Market.

#NewRiverFineArt #LisaBurgess #LasOlasBlvd #Contemporaryart #contemporaryartgallery #modernart #HuntSlonem #BrendanMurphy #AndrewCotton #SalvadorDali #Chagall #Miro #EstellaFransbergen #MissBugs #JenniferJLJones #MarleneRose #PurvisYoung #TomBates #DamienHirst #DavidSalle #HappyNewYear #Welcome2022 #2022 #NewYearNewMe #LasOlasblvd

Jennifer JL Jones’ Solo Exhibition

Takes A Walk on the Wild Side

Gentle Wild, a solo exhibition of new works by nature-inspired abstract artist, Jennifer JL Jones, follows on the heels of her previous sold-out exhibition at New River Fine Art and pays homage to Flora and Fauna while juxtaposing serenity and calm with the raw, high-energy ferociousness found in Mother Nature.

 New River Fine Art is pleased to announce Gentle Wild, a solo exhibition by Internationally Acclaimed Contemporary Artist, Jennifer JL Jones running from Feb 3, 2022 – March 3, 2022, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

 Gentle Wild explores what the artist sees as “echoes of life”. In Gentle Wild, artworks reveal abundant wildflowers, vibrant gardens, and ocean rhythms within the cherished and tranquil moments of external and internal reflections. Yet, Gentle Wild also portrays other powerful forces found in Nature – a raw energy of untamed fierceness. Jones reveals brutal strength and power through bold and bright colors. She often describes her paintings as “inner self-portraits”, siting nature in its many layered, intangible forms as a guide and source of ethereal connection and engagement. 

High Resolution Images are available from Diego Dietrich, Marketing Director at marketing@newriverfineart.com or by calling 954.524.2100

As we begin to wrap up 2021, Andrew Cotton is still hitting hard with new works in the gallery. He never slows down!!! Be sure to stop in the gallery to see all the new work by this contemporary artist.

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Andrew Cotton

Bit Frida, 2021

Mixed Media on Canvas

58 x 41 x 3 in

email info@newriverfineart.com for more details

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Amazing!!!!

@jenniferjljonesstudios

Thrilled to see these beauties installed in this incredible home in North Carolina!

Knowing the collectors are just as wonderful makes it even better. Thank you so very much to my collectors for sharing

#artcollection #newriverfineart #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting

Details Details Details

Sneak Peek……Detail of lush layers from Jennifer JL Jones's first completed painting of many to come for her upcoming solo exhibition scheduled to open February 3rd, 2022 in Ft Lauderdale, FL at @newriverfineart 💫

Mark your calendars! We are so excited for this show and this new series of paintings in progress!

This is going to be awesome!!!!!

#soloexhibition #JenniferJLJones #upcomingexhibition #GentleWild #lushlayers #NewRiverFineArt #sneakpeek #LasOlasBlvd 

MARLENE ROSE | NEW ARRIVALS 

Marlene Rose's ingenuity, craftsmanship and dedication to the glassmaking process continues to produce extraordinary works of art.

New River Fine Art is excited to spotlight the new Marlene Rose artwork in the gallery now!

Stop by the gallery, call, or email to inquire about the newest selections of sand cast glass by one of the most recognized contemporary glass artists. 

#MarleneRose #ingenuity #craftsmanship #dedication #glassmaking #artwork #contemporaryart #fineartglass #artglass #NewRiverFineArt #Gallery #NewInventory #sandcastglass #glass #castglass #contemporaryglassartist 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and New River Fine Art is happy to be working with The American Cancer Society and the Las Olas Company to #turnthecitypink ! 

On October 13, 2021, New River Fine Art will donate 10% of all proceeds from sales on this day to the American Cancer Society.

We appreciate your participation and support for this important cause. 

If you have any questions, you may reach out to Wissam Elghoul, Gallery Director at 954-524-2100.

See our new window display on Las Olas Blvd for our #turnthethecitypink participation with the excitingly pink Brendan Murphy hearts and Hunt Slonem Glass Bunny.

#Turnthecitypink #BreastcancerAwareness #BrestVancer #BreastCancerawarenessmonth #NewRiverFineArt #Theamericancancersociety #lasolascompany #10percent #donation #foragoodcause #helpustomakeadifference #BrendanMurphy #HuntSlonem

We are so excited to help support and share the new NFT project by artist, Brendan Murphy and his team at Boonji Project.

EXPLORE THE GREAT BEYOND WITH BRENDAN MURPHY!

Boonji Project, launched on the Ethereum blockchain, is a collection of unique digital non-fungible tokens created by world-renowned artist Brendan Murphy.

Your Boonji Avatar NFT not only serves as a piece of collectible digital artwork, but also as a passport that allows you to travel through an unexplored galaxy with the Boonji Spaceman.

For more information about this groundbreaking NFT launch and Boonji Project visit:

https://www.boonjiproject.com

New River Fine Art is proud to announce new artwork by International Sculptor, Estella Fransbergen.

The new selections of sculptures contain exquisite Diamonds, Crystals, Lapis, and Quartz.

Be sure to stop into New River Fine Art this week to see these amazing beauties for yourself.

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Estella Fransbergen

EF722170

2021

High Polished Bronze, Black Diamond, European Crystal, Bronze, Herkimer Diamonds

46 x 14 x 14 in

 #EstellaFransbergen #Estella #Bronze #Diamond #BlackDiamond #EuropeanCrystal #Crystal #HerkimerDiamond #Herkimer #Sculpture #ContemporaryArt #NewRiverFineArt #dress #exquisite

A departure from the signature split portrait series, Andrew Cotton delivers a powerful abstract painting that is bold and dynamic. The figure on the right side of the composition is reminiscent of Bruce Nauman, while the editing and mark making is a bit Twombly-esque.

We think Cotton is onto something here!

Now available.

Andrew Cotton

High Five, 2021

Oil Paint, Indian Ink, Oil Stick, Charcoal, Spray Paint, on Cotton Canvas

84.50 x 66.50 x 2 in

#AndrewCotton #NewRiverFineArt #abstract #bold #bright #colorful #BruceNauman #CyTwombly #newpainting #nowavailable #seeitinperson #dmforinquiry #FortLauderdale #Florida #LasOlasBlvd

New River Fine Art is proud to announce new artwork by Internationally known, Glass Artist, Alex Gabriel Bernstein. The elegance, sophistication and integrity of his new work is amazing. Come in to see them in person.

Images:

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Blue Morning | Cast and Cut Glass | 18.25 x 18.25 x 3 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Blue River | Cast and Cut Glass | 9.50 x 21 x 3 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Ice River | Cast and Cut Glass | 10 x 21 x 3 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Amber Ray Sunset | Cast and Cut Glass | 20 x 20 x 3 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Steel Wheel | Cast and Cut Glass, Fused Steel | 18 x 18 x 3 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Blue Stone | Cast and Cut Glass, Fused Steel | 18 x 17.50 x 3 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | New Spring Half Moon | Cast and Cut Glass, Fused Steel | 7.75 x 15.50 x 3.75 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Gold Wing | Cast and Cut Glass | 20 x 48 x 3 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | New Stacked Stones | Cast and Cut Glass | 33.50 x 7 x 3

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | New Amber Stone Burst | Cast and Cut Glass, Fused Steel | 25 x 10.75 x 4 in

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972) | Green River | Cast and Cut Glass, Fused Steel

Andrew Cotton as featured in the new edition of FORT LAUDERDALE ILLUSTRATED –

Article Excerpt: “…His exclusive work in partnership with New River Fine Art on Las Olas is thanks to its president, Lisa Burgess. “I gave her 15 pieces, and she sold everything,” shares Cotton.

“She’s keeping me super busy, and it’s fun.”

At New River Fine Art, his contemporary artwork is on display, including his series titled Split Portraits. The juxtapose art features the likeness of an icon—those who influenced the culture and Cotton’s career—in black and white. “On the other side, depending on who the artist or the icon is, I then paint that in a dimension of how they see and view the world and explore that side,” says Cotton.

Purvis Young, a Black American born in Florida, lived through Miami’s 1960s race riots, was personally affected by the Civil Rights Movement, and the embodiments of the Black Power struggle. As an artist and as a citizen, he along with others in Miami, had major grievances, including deplorable housing conditions, economic exploitations, bleak employment prospects, racial discriminations, and poor police-community relations. Purvis Young unequivocally expressed societal and racial issues, serving as an early activist through his art – thoughtfully dissecting politics and bureaucracy. Originally labeled as an Outsider artist for his lack of formal art education, Contemporary collectors now consider him a pioneer and early forefather to the Street Art movement. He utilized a new type of urban storytelling, employing a graphic tale that is unique, fresh, and raw - often coined Urban or Social Expressionism.

In "Submission + Authority", primitive renditions of people on horses, marchers, and troopers are on the move, aligning and realigning; engaged in civil disobedience. Our mind’s eye makes out the metaphysical struggles of a people, of poverty, and systematic strain. A painting mostly of monochromatic earth tones is accented by black and red markings.

 Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)

"Submission + Authority" | Drawing from the 1990's #428

Acrylic paint and Ink on paper

11 x 8.25 in

#PurvisYoung #PYoung #Outsiderart #Miami #submission #authority #raceriots  #urbanexpressionism #socialexpressionism #horses #NewRiverFineArt #civildisobediance #poverty #struggle #marchers #protests

In “Hutch Polo”, a 36 x 48-inch oil on canvas harnesses the notion that less is more. The dozen plus white rabbits huddle together in a bunny bacchanalia. Gestural outlines define the subjects. Drawn in a very rhythmic course, Hunt seemingly channels the late de Kooning and his abstract expressions. The play of foreground and background is a push and pull compatibility from negative to positive and back again. “Hutch Polo” is a calligraphic flurry of black lines that grace the minimalist aesthetic.

 Image: Hunt Slonem | Hutch Polo, 2021 | Oil on Canvas | 36 x 48 in.

 #HuntSlonem #Slonem #HutchPolo #oiloncanvas #whitebunnies #bunnies #NewRiverFineArt #contemporaryart #gestural #outlines #dekooning #foreground #background #calligraphicflurry #blacklines

Hunt Slonem’s new portrait of President Lincoln feels a bit personal. Abraham Lincoln is more than a historical curiosity to Slonem, to the artist, there’s a kind of spiritual connection between the two men.

“I work with diviners and mystics…[Lincoln] guided me to paint certain things, like my doves, he wanted me to paint them as a symbol of freedom,” says Slonem.

“President Lincoln”, an oil on wood painting measuring 20 x 16 inches, is an eloquently simplistic rendition of the famed lawyer, statesman and president with its black and white pinstriped background reinforcing the iconic portrait.

Slonem paints President Lincoln with such piercing eyes that we are metaphysically drawn into the historical cannons of this great man and begin to see the presidential epitome of the American Dream.

“Lincoln was one of our greatest Presidents. He was a complete free-being and a great soul, and he changed American life in ways that were profound and wonderful. I am fascinated by who he is and who he continues to be in our popular culture,” he says.

Image: Hunt Slonem | President Lincoln, 2021 | Oil on Wood |20 x 16 in

#HuntSlonem #Slonem #AbrahamLincoln #Lincoln #PresidentLincoln #President #NewRiverFineArt #Lawyer #statesman #iconic #icon #spiritualconnection #HonestAbe #AbeLincoln #FortLauderdale #Florida #LasOlasBlvd

SUNSET ORANGE

Hunt Slonem, the colorful monarch and jubilant mastermind artist in an imaginative land of butterflies, birds, and bunnies heralds a new decree of three-dimensional artworks that dazzle, entertain, and astonish. Continuing in his bold and brilliant investigation of the world’s flora and fauna, Hunt Slonem’s groundbreaking metamorphic transformation gives birth to a wonderfully refreshing realm of casted bronze, blown glass, neon, and multimedia-based au-courant artistry, in addition to his signature minimalistic and bold animal paintings.  Whipping the viewer into an ecstasy of artistic bliss, his new sculptures are a diverse mixture of ornate blue-chip craftmanship populated by Gothic Pop Art pageantry.

Hunt Slonem

Sunset Orange, 2020

Hand Blown Glass, Velvet, Ornate Wood Frame

27 x 17 x 9 in

#HuntSlonem #bunnies #bunny #handblownglass #fineartglass #NewRiverFineArt #ContemporaryArt #sculpture #glasssculpture #florafauna #mastermind #ornate #bluechip #craftsmanship #GothicPopArtPageantry

MAMAMITA

John Seery (born 1941) is an American artist who is associated with the lyrical abstraction movement. He was born in Maspeth, New York, was raised in Flushing, Queens, and as a teen, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio.

Seery studied at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1959 to 1963 then continued his studies at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Ohio State University in Columbus. He moved back to New York City in 1964 and remained there until 1978, when he moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was on the faculty of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston and was a visiting lecturer at Harvard University during the 1980s.  In 1990, he moved to Hawaii, where he lived and worked until 2003. He currently lives in Florida.  In 2010 Katie Donoghue interviewed John Seery for WhiteWall Magazine. When asked about his association with the Lyrical Abstraction Movement, he had this to say: “This period was not an act of contrivance by the artists. The name came from a collector named Larry Aldrich. Many at the time thought Lyrical Abstraction was reaction against some previous form of painting, but it was an affirmation of painting. Rather than attacking the painting from the outside, it was more of an entering into or inhabiting the painting.”

Mamamita, a 57.5 x 52-inch acrylic on canvas, painted in 1975 is a prime example of the post Abstract Expressionist aesthetic Seery captured while following through on the sediments of the Ab Ex movement.

Seery’s Lyrical Abstraction was a type of freewheeling abstract painting that returned to various forms of painterly, pictorial, expressionism with a predominate focus on process, gestalt, and repetitive compositional strategies in general.

Image: John Seery | Mamamita, 1975 | Acrylic on canvas | 57.50 x 52 in

RING BUDDHA MINI -Lime Green

Marlene Rose's work has a quality of timelessness reflecting both ancient and modern. When casting sculptures she incorporates relics of modern life, interesting objects that have been cast away, industrial waste items that seem to unite present and past. In the end, the completed piece transcends the sensibility of mere time. Each piece is hand cast in sand from molten glass in a spectacular process of heat and light. The energy of this dangerous dance of creation reflects in the finished work. They celebrate the unique properties of glass, of transparency, shine, and reflection. The glass immortalizes a glimpse of something fleeting beyond the moment, taking that moment, and freezing it over…

#MarleneRose #glass #castglass #sandcastglass #reclaimedsteel #steel #buddha #meditation #NewRiverFineArt #sculpture #lasolasblvd #transparency #shine #reflection #innerpeace #momentintime

Maquerelle des princes de nuit

Dominic Besner

Maquerelle des princes de nuit, 2021

Acrylic, oil stick, modeling paste, china marker and spray paint

54 x 60 x 0.50 in

Besner was born in 1965 in North Lancaster, Ontario. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Montreal in 1992. This early education allowed him to focus his thoughts on the nature of the city and its components. The artist is entirely open to the vibrations of contemporary society which he seeks to remodel in new forms of plasticity, hovering somewhere between the figurative and the abstract. His aim is not to create an ideal or to reproduce nature, but rather to give form to the energy emanating from the metaphysics of human activity. The fantastic creations to which he gives birth on the canvas are a synonym of human fragility, of the brevity of life, by which he is both awed and troubled. Besner draws on the energy from the heart of the city, with its noise and fast-paced activity, which he then modulates in his painting. The characters depicted are necessarily imbued with the same sense of dizzying movement associated with urban press. They live in the echoes and the ambience of the city, which the artist depicts using colours, lines and motifs.

#DominicBesner #Maquerelle #acrylic #oilstick #modelingpaste #chinamarker #spraypaint #Besner #NorthLandcaster #Ohio #nature #metaphysical #figurative #energy #spiritual #goddess #humanfragility #motifs #NewRiverFineArt #LasOlasBlvd

CONDO | New Arrival 

Andrew Cotton

"Condo", 2021

Mixed media on canvas

48 x 36 in

Andrew Cotton uses in his contemporary street portraits that give us a hybrid model of duality. From splatter-painted Pollock to Graffiti styled Basquiat, Cotton separates his subject in two; part anatomically correct portraiture juxtaposed with the preferred visual nomenclature of such identify. We see a split personality, the outward appearance and the inner (conceptual) appearance – simultaneously of these chosen movie stars, artist, musician, actresses, and celebrities, civic leaders, and poets.

The artwork of George Condo (above portrait by Cotton) is populated largely by dramatically stylized, almost cartoonish, characters with exaggerated, often grotesque features such as protruding over or under bites, ghoulish expressions, or is fractured nearly beyond recognition.

#GeorgeCondo #Condo #AndrewCotton #NewriverFineArt #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryPortraits #Contemporarygallery #LasOlas #NewRiverFineArt #streetportraits #hybrid #splitpersonality #portraiture #simultaneous #cartoon #cartoonish 

More of Andrew Cotton's artwork can be seen on the NRFA website at: https://www.newriverfineart.com/artist/andrew-cotton

‘Study of a Nude’, a painting of an anonymous nude figure standing within a transparent cubic structure, was produced in 1953 by Francis Bacon and was subsequently transformed into a series of giclée prints mounted on aluminum in 2015.

This work, like many others Bacon created in the 1950s, was principally inspired by the 19th century photography pioneer Eadweard Muybridge, who produced a series of images of animals and humans to demonstrate the kinetic potentials of photography. Similarities emerge in the painting’s reduced color palette, limited to shades of grey, and the dynamic appearance of the naked body, seemingly revolving around its center.

The sense of bodily discomfort and isolation is highlighted by Bacon’s trademark ‘space frames’, abstract lines surrounding the painting’s subject like cages or transparent architectural structures. These elements contribute to emphasize the sense of the utter loneliness and spiritual desolation. The animated body of this artwork reflects Bacon’s fascination with classical and Christian imagery, exemplified in this instance by the figure’s pose which resembles the religious imagery of the suffering Christ.

The vulnerable position of the artwork’s subject, caged and exposed, almost dehumanized by his lack of identity, suggests of the countless psychological traumas of modern life.

AFTER FRANCIS BACON (BRITISH, 1909-1992)

Q4 Study of a Nude, 1953/2015

Diasec-mounted giclée print in colours, on Alu Dibond support, with printed signature and numbered '461/500' in black ink on the publisher's label affixed verso.

Co-published by The Estate of Francis Bacon and Heni Productions, 2015,

610 x 510mm (24 x 20 1/8in) (SH)

Available Now

DIGGING BOY

Eric Fischl’s sublimations on mylar with pins on paper give an artistic approach to the thesis of human portrayals. Fischl explores the psyche of interpretation- of how we see ourselves versus the image we portray to those around us.  He emphasizes this in the stacked translucent layers of images. The artworks are interpreted narratives that focus on the characters in the story.

Ever-present is Fischl’s disconnection of the characters in a society that does not support the collective. There is a selfless pose that is contradicted by an external posture. Body language reads louder than the internal dialogue of the mind’s constant chatter of self. In the artwork, how we perceive our own actions might not adequately reflect the reality of a dominant disposition seen by others. Their relations are unknown creating plots and tales foretold only by the viewing audience, making elaborate connections where none might exist.

Image:

Eric Fischl |Digging Boy, 2018, (9+1 AP , 1 TP/1) | Sublimation on Mylar with pins and digital pigment print on paper, mounted on acid-free board |34.50 x 48.50 x 3 in

Ranging from 24-ct gold glazes to three different types of bronze patina – pearly white, traditional bronze, and highly polished bronze – Estella Fransbergen female form driven sculptures range in color as well as aesthetic, giving off energies that can stretch the spectrum from elegant and regal to naturalized earthen tones.  

In her metaphorical forms, she uses the torso to represent nature, adorned with feathers, branches, leaves, semi-precious gems, and rare stones that have formed over millions of years. 

By channeling ancient science, she can elegantly recount that each stone has a symbolic meaning, and our eyes detect the unique beauty of what lies within each. 

Estella Fransbergen  | EF712166, 2021  | Clay Yellow Gold with white gold texture overglaze one shoulder,   |freshwater pearls, Swarovski’s, quartz  | 32 x 13 x 13 in 

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Marlene Rose's work has a quality of timelessness reflecting both ancient and modern.  Each piece is hand cast in sand from molten glass in a spectacular process of heat and light. They celebrate the unique properties of glass, of transparency, shine, and reflection. And because these are cast objects, they hold in their form the memory of the shapes and textures of the materials that formed them; they are fine-grained, rugged, or smooth, transparent, or translucent, colored, or clear.

Images:

Stone Buddha - Aqua, 2013

Sandcast Glass

19 x 8 x 7 in

DM for Acquisition

#MarleneRose #Ancient #Modern #glass #castglass #sandcastglass #Buddha #Butterfly #memories #translucent #NewRiverFineArt #Gallery #contemporaryart #LasOlasBlvd #FortLauderdale #artoninstagram

Mr. Brainwash wrangles with our collective psyche to commandeer our mind’s eye as he thrusts forward a vivacious encounter of his fragmented explosions of popular culture psychedelia. The showmanship and personality flows from hand to canvas in such an unequivocal way, that nothing is obscured in the transmission of transcendental pop art pizzazz.  The viewer steps into an alternative macrocosm of bold color, graffiti style markings, and splatter paint pièce de resistance.  Black stencils, silkscreened iconology, and audacious street art aesthetics gyrate and pulse within an indefatigable composition.

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Mr. Brainwash (b. 1966)

Banksy Thrower, 2019

Silkscreen and Mixed Media on Framed Canvas

34 x 30 in

DM for acquisition

#MrBrainwash #Brainwash #Vandalized #vandalizedcanvas #NewRiverFineArt #ContemporaryArt #Banksy #BanksyThrower #PopArt #psychodelia #showman #popartpizzazz #LasOlas #FortLauderdale #artoninstagram #arttobuy #contemporaryartcollector

With Market Art + Design The Hamptons approaching fast, we would like to take a moment to spotlight some of our exhibiting artists. ~

@AndrewCottonArtist

Andrew Cotton uses elements of art history, art movements, and signature aesthetics in his contemporary portraits that give us an unusual hybrid model of unsymmetrical duality. His Pop Iconology allows us to reference a culture in such a way that visual familiarity, recognition, and acceptance is reinforced through relatable imagery.  From splatter-painted Pollock portraits to Graffiti-style Basquiat busts, Cotton separates his subject in two. Part anatomically correct portraiture juxtaposed with the preferred visual nomenclature of such identify, we see a bold and beautiful split personality. Cotton makes the outward appearance of his subjects and the inner, conceptual appearance exist simultaneously. 

Visit our viewing room on artsy at: 

https://www.artsy.net/viewing-room/new-river-fine-art-market-art-plus-design-hamptons-new-river-fine-art?utm_content=viewing-room-gallery-share

KAWS, 2021 Mixed Media on Canvas 60 x 48 x 3 in

Buddhas Grand Blessings (Shanghai Edition) mimics the free roaming, role-playing, and first-person perspective games. Grey and anonymous people wait for Super Buddha to ‘bless’ them with enlightenment by awakening their spirituality, activating their colorful chakras, and give them purpose through healing.  Super Buddha imagines this bestowment of wisdom as a counteracting weapon to the current video game controversies of addiction, aggression, and violence.  

Super Buddha sees his artwork as a positive propulsion strategy to spread the message that there should be positivity and consciousness in every facet of life. "I see so many things wrong on the spiritual and humanistic level, so my art's intent is to shed more light on consciousness and provide good fortune to everyone,” says Super Buddha. 

Miro Tuesdays in the New River Fine Art Gallery

One of our recent acquisitions that are available for purchase.

Dm for details.

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Joan Miro (1893 - 1983)

Les Armes du Sommeil (68/75), 1970

Etching and aquatint in colors with carborundum on Mandeure rag paper

25 x 30.75 in

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#Miro #JoanMiro #LesArmesduSommeil #Etching #aquatint #NewRiverFineArt #LasOlasBlvd #Florida #FortLauderdale #ModernMasters #MasterArtist #artoninstagram

Happy Monday!!!

New artwork by @andrewcottonartist on display @newriverfineart. The new split portraits are amazing.

Andrew is on fire with this series.

Stop in the gallery to see these in person before they are gone.

CNN

New River Fine Art is so excited this morning to see artist, Brendan Murphy on CNN. Thank You to writer/ correspondent, Chloe Melas & CNN. We are proud to present the artwork of Brendan Murphy at New River Fine Art.

Read the full article here:

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/spaceman-sculpture-antigua-brendan-murphy/index.html

#BrendanMurphy #NewRiverFineArt #RichardBranson #JeffBezos #caribbeansea #Boonjispaceman #hodgesbayresort #antigua #MichaelJackson #SerenaWilliams #NovakDjokovic #WarrenBuffet #RobertDeNiro #RyanGosling #JeffKoons #spaceman #FortLauderdale #Florida #ChristopherHarding #Miami #Caribbean #ContemporaryArt #LisaBurgess #contemporaryartcollector

EVENING RECEPTION

Join New River Fine Art for an evening reception celebrating the artwork of Eric Fischl.

July 23, 2021

6 – 9 pm

822 E. Las Olas Blvd

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Call 954-524-2100 or email marketing@newriverfineart.com for more information.

New River Fine Art is honored to represent the artwork of Eric Fischl, an internationally acclaimed American painter and sculptor.

His artwork is represented in many distinguished museums throughout the world and has been featured in over one thousand publications. His extraordinary achievements throughout his career have made him one of the most influential figurative painters of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Wednesdays are for Buddha Blessings 

A bit of artistic-driven enlightenment on this midweek slump.

“What You Seek Is Seeking You.”

Stay tuned for a major announcement on Super Buddha’s upcoming NFT drop with New River Fine Art.

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Super Buddha

What You Seek Is Seeking You, 2021

Mixed media on wood

60 x 45 x 3 in

Tuesday Torres

A spotlight on Gustavo Torres’ sculptures during this early weekday morning.  Notice the details in the castings.

Gustavo Torres began sculpting at a very young age in Mexico, training with accomplished artists. Torres left Mexico after receiving his BFA to pursue a career in art in the United States. Mainly influenced by Alberto Giacometti as well as the Nuns of Guadalajara, Torres is both a talented visual artist and a master craftsman, whose visual imagery reflects the quiet, deep spirit of an ancient culture.

His experiences while attending a private Catholic school as a child had great impact on his early art education, and religious symbols were his subjects during these formative years.

Torres' style is both primitive and abstract and he looks to create a ''spiritual balance'' in his art. He strives to elevate the human spirit by using primitive and natural forms reminiscent of Mayan and Spanish cultures.

EXCITED ABOUT THESE NEW ARRIVALS

Announcement coming soon!

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Eric Fischl

Two Women and a Boy, 2017, (TP 1/1)

Sublimation on Mylar with pins and digital pigment print on paper, mounted on acid-free board

73.50 x 57.50 x 3 in

Fischl was born in 1948 in New York City and grew up in the suburbs of Long Island. He began his art education in Phoenix, Arizona where his parents had moved in 1967. He attended Phoenix College and earned his B.F.A. from the California Institute for the Arts in 1972. He then spent some time in Chicago, where he worked as a guard at the Museum of Contemporary Art. In 1974, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to teach painting at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Fischl had his first solo show, curated by Bruce W. Ferguson, at Dalhousie Art Gallery in Nova Scotia in 1975 before relocating to New York City in 1978.  Fischl's paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints have been the subject of numerous solo and major group exhibitions and his work is represented in many museums, as well as prestigious private and corporate collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modem Art in New York City, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, St. Louis Art Museum, Louisiana Museum of Art in Denmark, Muse Beaubourg in Paris, The Paine Weber Collection, and many others. Fischl has collaborated with other artists and authors, including E.L. Doctorow, Allen Ginsberg, Jamaica Kincaid, Jerry Saltz and Frederic Tuten.

LOVERS

New River Fine Art invites you to see our new selections of fine art glass. Stop by and speak with our Fine Art Glass specialist, Sergio Gnesin.

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Lovers - Murano Sommerso Glass

2021

Calcedonia Glass, 27 x 10 x 10 in

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Calcedonia (Chalcedony) is a glass made with silver and other elements in Murano during the mid-fifteenth century.

#Fineartglass #sommersoglass #lovers #birds #calcedoniaglass #MuranoGlass #Murao #Chalcedony #Glass #artglass #NewRiverFineArt #SergioGnesin

PICASSO

New Arrival

From splatter-painted Pollock portraits to Graffiti-style Basquiat busts, Andrew Cotton separates his subject in two. 

Part anatomically correct portraiture juxtaposed with the preferred visual nomenclature of such identify, we see a bold and beautiful split personality. 

Cotton makes the outward appearance of his subjects and the inner (conceptual) appearance exist simultaneously.

Image:

Andrew Cotton

Picasso, 2021

Mixed Media

60 x 48 x 3 in

#Portrait #Picasso #PabloPicasso #Pollock #Graffiti #Basquiat #AndrewCotton #splitpersonality #NewRiverFineArt #LasOlasBlvd #contemporaryart #contemporarygallery #appearance #abstractfigure #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #modernart

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 

We are so proud of NRFA President, Lisa Burgess (third from left).  She is pictured here at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital for the announcement of the new art committee. They  will be raising funds and advising on art for the 4-story expansion of the hospital!

She will be working with an amazing group of advocates!

Thank you all for your support!

#JoeDiMaggioChildrensHospital #artcommittee #expansion #hospital #JoeDiMaggio

Juneteenth

June 19th, is now the 12th federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. That was also about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Southern states.

It is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983.

As we reflect on this holiday and this wonderful and federally sanctioned celebration, we think of the artist, Purvis Young and his social and political artistic commentary on the civil rights and urban violence.

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Image:

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)

Battle for Freedom, Circa 1990

Paint on panel with wood frame

48 x 35 in

Glass

Hunt Slonem Salon Bunnies and Alex Gabriel Bernstein. A wonderfully elegant glass arrangement in the gallery now! The complementing aesthetic is perfect. The rhythm of colors across the wall and down onto the bookcase is fabulous. Come see our current selections of both artists now for great Father’s Day gift ideas.

#HuntSlonem #AlexGabrielBernstein #Glass #ArtGlass #castglass #blownglass #cutglass #fineartglass #color #bunny #NewRiverFineArt #LasOlasBlvd #Florida #ContemporaryGallery #ContemporaryArt

FRIDA

Andrew Cotton

Frida, 2021

Mixed Media

60 x 48 x 3 in

Originally from North London, Cotton received his art education at the prestigious Central St. Martins School of Art in Holborn, London. His work is now found in galleries throughout the US, luxury hotels, corporate headquarters, and private residences. 

Although there is an edgy style that spans his repertoire of contemporary portraits, urban landscapes, and abstract explorations, there is also a certain authenticity that dates back generations. Cotton’s father and grandfather owned a printing company in East London doing printing and design work for large retail and clothing stores. Cotton grew up seeing first-hand the techniques of block, offset, silkscreen, and commercial printing processes and pulls direct inspiration from those early formative years through his own use of wheat pasting, paper collage, and large-scale Xerox prints.

HENI Leviathan was delighted to release a set of eight cherry blossom prints by Damien Hirst, The Virtues, published by HENI Editions. The eight prints are each titled after one of The Eight Virtues of Bushidō according to Nitobe Inazō – Justice, Courage, Mercy, Politeness, Honesty, Honor, Loyalty, Control.

In 1900 Nitobe Inazō published a book, Bushidō: The Soul of Japan, which narrates for Western audiences the samurai code of ethics known as Bushidō. According to Nitobe, Bushidō literally translates to ‘Military-Knight-Ways’ and lists the ways in which fighting Japanese nobles were expected to maintain themselves 

Modern | Post-War | Contemporary

New River Fine Art

822 E. Las Olas Blvd

Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33301

954.524.2100

www.newriverfineart.com

#NewRiverFineArt #ContemporaryArt #ModernArt #PostWar #ArtGallery #Artforsale #visitus #Stopby #artconsultant #artadvisor #artadvising #artcollectingmanagement #artconsultant #artconsulting #LasOlasBlvd #FortLauderdale #Florida

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Hunt Slonem | Salon Bust Series | Glass | Sizes vary | Credit: Shaun Cruz

“At first glance, my pictures seem well behaved, as if – that is a still life, O.K. But these things have such crazy give-and-take that I feel they get really very wild” T.Wesselmann

Wesselmann is considered one of the major artists of New York Pop Art, along with Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.

 Wesselmann rejected Abstract Expressionism and made collages and assemblages that incorporated everyday objects and advertising ephemera.

The artist’s works are in major private, public, and corporate collections nationally and internationally, including the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

Tom Wesselmann (1931 - 2004) |Still Life with Matisse and Johns, 1993, (82/90) | Screen print in colors on paper | 45.25 x 59 in

NEW ARRIVAL

Brendan Murphy

Moonlight + Sunshine, 2021

Oil on Chrome Panel

72 x 60 x 3 in

Murphy’s fingerprint paintings, when crafted using a reflective silver-based chrome, cause viewers to confront themselves while gazing quite literally at his work.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!

 Stop by New River Fine Art this holiday weekend. We are open all three days.

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 Andy Warhol’s 1981 “Myths” portfolio is among the artist’s most sought-after print series. 

The 10 silkscreens showcase a variety of fictional characters, from Uncle Sam to Santa Claus and Superman, that Warhol viewed as essential components of American culture. While Warhol often used found images for his portraits of celebrities, he took a different approach for the “Myths” portfolio.

The Pop artist invited friends and actors into his studio to pose for his Polaroid camera, dressed up as Dracula, Uncle Sam, the mammy archetype, and the Wicked Witch of the West from the film The Wizard of Oz.

The resulting silkscreens are quintessential Warhol, showcasing the power and persuasion of popular culture. 

MORNING LIGHT

Enjoying the Morning Light as it comes into the Gallery with @JenniferJLJonesStudios and @MarleneRoseGlass.

Be sure to stop by the holiday weekend to see our newest artworks!

Jennifer JL Jones |Snow Oak, 2018 |Mixed media painting on wood | 60 x 54 x 2 in

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Jennifer JL Jones | Huntress I, 2019 | Mixed media painting on wood | 36 x 30 x 2 in

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Marlene Rose | Ring Buddha Mini - Lime Green, 2021 | Sandcast glass and reclaimed steel | 14.50 x 12 x 7 in

"It's Time To Groove Boonji Spaceman" by Brendan Murphy in Antigua!!!

From Town & Country to Departures Magazine, Murphy's international presence is unrelenting. His giant spaceman is generating massive buzz for this contemporary artist. 

New River Fine Art is proud to offer new artworks by Brendan Murphy as we celebrate his recent achievements. 

Call 954.524.2100 or email to reserve your artwork now.

Selections Selling Fast!

Brendan Murphy (B 1971 - ) is a widely known contemporary artist whose works are found in prominent private collections and galleries around the world. Since his early career, Brendan has blended abstract and figurative forms to reveal meaning with deeper contemplations through his sculpture and painting. 

NEW ARTIST

ANDREW COTTON

Originally from North London, Cotton received his art education at the prestigious Central St. Martins School of Art in Holborn, London. His work is now found in galleries throughout the US, luxury hotels, corporate headquarters, and private residences. 
 
Although there is an edgy style that spans his repertoire of contemporary portraits, urban landscapes, and abstract explorations, there is also a certain authenticity that dates back generations. Cotton’s father and grandfather owned a printing company in East London doing printing and design work for large retail and clothing stores.  Cotton grew up seeing first-hand the techniques of block, offset, silkscreen, and commercial printing processes and pulls direct inspiration from those early formative years through his own use of wheat pasting, paper collage, and large-scale Xerox prints.
 
Being a teenager in East London during the graffiti boom, Cotton was immediately drawn to the pioneers of the UK graffiti scene. But, wanting to develop his career as an international artist, he found himself residing in New York City at the early age of 24. Here he found inspiration in the DIY aesthetic of the street art market.

Enjoying our new gallery installations on this fantastic Monday!

Stop by the gallery this week to see all the selections.

Pictured:

Estella Fransbergen

EF3212155, 2021

Clay, High Fire, two shoulders Selenite, Swarovski’s, Electroplated Leaf’s On a large Crystal base

66 x 27 in

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Brendan Murphy

Answers, 2021

Oil, acrylic and gouache on canvas

72 x 96 in

Ocean Eyes

Photographer and surfer Daniel Fuller’s new book highlights the various facets of the ocean, including its beauty, mystery and danger.

Retrieved from Venice Magazine at 

ANDREW COTTON

Pop Iconology allows us to reference a culture in such a way that visual familiarity, recognition, and acceptance is cemented through relatable imagery.  Styles, Movements, Aesthetics are all tools that artist, Andrew Cotton uses in his contemporary street portraits that give us a hybrid model of duality. From splatter-painted Pollock to Graffiti styled Basquiat, Cotton separates his subject in two; part anatomically correct portraiture juxtaposed with the preferred visual nomenclature of such identify. We see a split personality, the outward appearance and the inner (conceptual) appearance – simultaneously of these chosen movie stars, artist, musician, actresses, and celebrities, civic leaders, and poets.

Originally from London, Andrew Cotton now calls South Florida home. His edgy style spans contemporary portraits, urban landscapes, and abstract explorations.  As an underground artist in Brooklyn, Cotton's work is now found in galleries throughout the US, luxury hotels, corporate headquarters, and private residences.

Cotton received his art education at the prestigious Central St. Martins School of Art in Holborn, London.

 New River Fine Art is proud to be showing the new work by Andrew Cotton.

"Basquiat" | Andrew Cotton | 60 x 48 in | Mixed media | 2021

Celebrate Earth Day Weekend at New River Fine Art with the artworks of Hunt Slonem.

Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies, and tropical birds.

Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Stop by the gallery and see our current Hunt Slonem selections.

www.newriverfineart.com

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#HuntSlonem #EarthDay #EarthDayWeekend #EverydayisEarthDay #NewRiverFineArt #petbirds #birds #neoexpressionist #bunnies #butterflies #tropicalbirds #museum #SolomonRGuggenheimMuseum #MetropolitanMuseumofArt #WhitneyMuseum #MiroFoundation #NewOrleansMuseumofArt

Start your week off right by stopping by New River Fine Art and seeing the selections of @HuntSlonem artwork we have in the gallery.

Or visit the gallery’s online selections of Hunt Slonem art at: www. newriverfineart.com/artist/hunt-slonem

Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. Since 1977, Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions at prestigious galleries and museums internationally.

Slonem’s work is in over eighty museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

Super Buddha’s stenciled quotes are modest artist-derived dharmas - aspirations for wealth, love, direction, peace, and appreciation.  

And, at the end of the day, these spray-painted word balloons of Pop Art positivity make every effort to provide wisdom, kindness, patience, generosity, and compassion in a non-regulated, dog-eat-dog artworld. 

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Super Buddha

Buddha's Emotions (Purple Hues) (7/21), 2021

Digital Inkjet Print, Epoxy Resin, Metal

36 x 36 in

Check out our latest email campaign on artist, Dominic Besner.

Click here:

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Murphy relies on phrases, idioms, and slogans, not the abstract gestures of painterly expressionism to impart his world of visual plotting. We follow the lines of text and letters as they churn and agitate our subconscious. Deep into the artworks’ composition we reflect on our own reality - insecurities, loves, passions, and longings, to find a constantly evolving truth. A circumstantial experience driven by impulsive stimuluses, this artistic candor is where dreams point to wants, and desires are wonders that leave us having more questions than artist-provided answers.

Words like “Dream” and “Love” are accentuated by “Believe” and “Power”, in the painting, “Twilight”, as the viewer wrestles to conceptualized script that relates to nothing and everything in an almost half empty, half full experience.  Our eyes spin and rotate within these powerful and almost prophetic phrases of eccentric exaltations. Neither pompous nor pretentious, the sayings by Murphy conjure an unconscious aura of inner peace that summons all of us through a string theory connectiveness.  Murphy provides foundations and formulas to show we are all one in the same - with similar needs, aspirations, longings, and unattainable hungers.

The bellows of the angelic figure grace the ears of those listening for the holy songs of emancipation in Purvis Young’s painting, “Three Angels, while the Bronze sculpture of Gustavo Torres is a metaphor for the journey of life. One watches over the other in New River Fine Art

Images:

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)

Three Angels, circa 1980's

Acrylic on board

24 x 48 x 0.75 in

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Gustavo Torres

Symbolic Forms of Life III, 2016

Unique Bronze Sculpture

18 x 7 x 25 in

NEW ARRIVALS

New River Fine Art is super excited as we expect a wonderful shipment of Andy Warhol prints.

Known as “Sunday B. Morning” prints, these prints are recognized as authentic reproductions in Andy Warhol’s catalogue raisonne', with some of them being signed by Warhol himself using the phrase: “this is not me. Andy Warhol.”

In 1985, a third series was produced with a stamped signature and these became known as the European Artist’s Proof Editions.

These prints are made from reproductions of Warhol’s original silkscreens from 1967. They are stamped in blue ink on the back and are referred to as the Blue Ink series.

Their dimensions are 35.5 inches square and are printed on museum board/paper with high quality archival inks just like the originals.

These Sunday B. Morning prints are produced with the same quality and integrity as Warhol’s original Flowers' screenprints.

Image:

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

Flowers 11.64  / 11.73 From the Sunday B. Morning Edition, 1970,

Silkscreen in colors

36 x 36 in

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NEW RIVER FINE ART HIGHLIGHT

Hunt Slonem

"Opal Rose", 2020

Hand-blown Glass

18 x 7 x 7.50 in

Jennifer JL Jones

"Earthly Delight III", 2020

"Earthly Delight I", 2020

"Earthly Delight V", 2020

Mixed media painting on wood

12 x 12 in

Super Buddha Quote of the Day: “Happiness is Reality Minus Expectations…”

Image:

Super Buddha

Happiness is reality minus expectations, 2021

Mixed media on board with resin

36 x 48 in

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Super Buddha is Now Available at New River Fine Art.

Super Buddha says:  Patience is a Super Power”

Image:

Super Buddha

Gratitude, 2021

Mixed media, epoxy resin

23 x 23 x 2.50 in

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Super Buddha

Patience is a super power, 2021

Mixed media, epoxy resin

23 x 23 x 2.50 in

Super Buddha is Now Available at New River Fine Art.

NRFA is Happy to Announce – Super Buddha is Now Available at New River Fine Art.

Image: Super Buddha | “Happiness is reality minus expectations” | 2021 | Mixed media on board with resin | 36 x 48 in

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Super Buddha moved to the United States before settling in what he considers his "hometown" of Shanghai, China. It is here in Shanghai, Super Buddha attended high school and continued to pursue an Art & Design Degree.

While in China, he began obsessing with the unique style of Eastern Art and focused significantly on immersing himself into this distinct culture that he was encountering firsthand.

As an artist, Super Buddha embraced the rare and underground Urban/Contemporary art scene in Shanghai, where much of his influence would eventually stem from. He is currently credited as being one of the Pioneers of Street/ Urban / Graffiti Art in Shanghai.

THANK YOU!!

Today we take a moment to say “Thank You” to our collectors and clients who continue to support New River Fine Art and our artists. It is rare to see the intimate spaces that our art creates in their homes. Thank you for sharing these memories and moments with us. Hunt Slonem new glass artworks installed and eloquently on display.

Question: What do Algebraic- Order of Operations math equations, astronauts, massive thumbprints, and conceptual diagrams on human emotions have in common?

 Answer: Brendan Murphy

New River Fine Art is especially pleased to announce Contemporary Artist, Brendan Murphy will be joining the artist roster rotation at the historic Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale based Modern and Contemporary art gallery. Murphy joins a notable and distinguished artist directory that includes the likes of Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Hunt Slonem, Mr. Brainwash, Andy Warhol, Purvis Young, and many others.

Image: Brendan Murphy | “Answers” | 2021 | Oil and mixed media on canvas | 72 x 96 in.

Brendan Murphy (B. 1971) is a widely known contemporary artist whose works are found in prominent private collections and galleries around the world. Since his early career, Brendan has blended abstract and figurative forms to reveal meaning with deeper contemplations through his sculpture and painting.

Brendan believes it is in art’s potential where we can most universally transmit positive energy. He recognizes the effect this energy, when experienced as a collective, can have on society as a whole.

“Answers” now available at New River Fine Art

Alex Gabriel Bernstein 

Steel Blue Circle

Cast and Cut Glass

Approx. 14 in. diam.

Alex Gabriel Bernstein presents a bold and refreshing exploration of visual form and storytelling through the art of glass. Bernstein skillfully combines metaphor with the impact and optical quality of glass.  His cast, carved, and polished glass sculptures provide the viewer with intimate narrative landscapes, drawn from light, form, and color. Alex explores ideas about the passage of time and the processes of creation and transformation.

The forms of Bernstein’s pieces, as well as the techniques he uses to work the glass, mirror processes in nature such as oxidation, erosion, growth, and decay. As a result, many of his pieces evoke images of flowing water, ice crystals, mountain peaks and jagged canyons, all structures that seem solid and unyielding but are in constant flux.  The work reflects his sense of exploration: an exquisitely cut geometric crystal sculpture set against a brutal, rusted steel backdrop, volcanic bursts of cut-glass spewing from a steel-encrusted base, layers of transparent color intermingling with ambient light. Alex’s sculptures reflect his feelings and sensitivity to others, curiosity, and enthusiasm for bringing new dimensions to his sculpture.

Others will seek to employ Alex’s techniques, but none will achieve the depth of expressionism, his ability to depict the emotions and responses that objects, and events arouse in him. This is the underlying strength of his work in glass.

Alex Gabriel Bernstein (b. 1972)

Amber Pull

Cast and Cut Glass

New Arrival

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Award winning artist Alex Gabriel Bernstein presents a bold and refreshing exploration of visual form and storytelling.

Bernstein skillfully combines metaphor with the power and sensuality of sculpted glass. His cast, carved and polished glass sculptures provide the viewer with intimate narrative landscapes, drawn from light, form and color.

 Alex explores ideas about the passage of time and the processes of creation and transformation.

The forms of Bernstein’s pieces – as well as the techniques he uses to work the glass – mirror processes in nature, such as oxidation, erosion, growth and decay. As a result, many of his pieces evoke images of flowing water, ice crystals, mountain peaks and jagged canyons – all structures that seem solid and unyielding but are actually in constant flux.

The work reflects his sense of exploration: an exquisitely cut geometric crystal sculpture set against a brutal, rusted steel backdrop, volcanic bursts of cut glass spewing from a steel-encrusted base, layers of transparent color intermingling with ambient light.

 Alex’s sculptures reflect his feelings and sensitivity to others, curiosity, and enthusiasm for bringing new dimensions to his sculpture.

 Salvador Dali

La Femme aux Cheveux d'or et son Garde
1967
Ink and Watercolor
12.75 x 17.75 in

Special to our collectors and clients...

"La Femme aux Cheveus d'or et son Garde" is a unique and ORIGINAL watercolor and ink on paper executed in 1967.

The artwork is signed on lower right.

**The work relates to the frontispiece for Poemes Secret, a suite of 18 etchings commissioned by Pierre Argillet based on the writings of Guillaume Apollinaire, a French writer important to the literary development of the Surrealism movement.

In this work, Dali illustrates the sensual poems Apollinaire wrote in love letters he sent to the schoolteacher Madeleine Pagès from the battle trenches of World War I.  

A bare breasted Madelaine is featured with an appendage supported by a crutch, her golden tresses cascading down her back as a guard (presumably Apollinaire) wearing a flamboyantly plumed hat, stands watch next to her with spear in hand.  

 Provenance:

Pierre Argillet, Paris, France
Private Collection

In the summer of 1946 to Vallauris, at the age of 64, Picasso and then lover, Françoise Gilot and companion, Louis Fort attended the annual pottery exhibition in Vallauris. Charmed by the quality of ceramics exhibited by artisans from the area, Picasso would go onto met and befriend Madoura Pottery studio owners, Georges and Suzanne Ramié. Picasso would return to Vallauris in the summer of 1947, and Georges and Suzanne Ramié were very hospitable to Picasso, and even put all their other studio artisans at his disposal. Over the next 25 years Picasso would create over 3,500 plates, vases, pitchers, and other forms. Picasso would work with Madoura Studio until around the time of the artist’s death in 1973.

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Such was his eccentric life; Picasso won a goat in a local French lottery. Pablo would describe at length how he adored this goat, regardless of its unruly behavior. As someone who struggled with formality himself, Picasso may have seen an element of himself in this maverick animal. It is believed that although the goat had arrived in his possession purely by fortune, the artist had desired having a goat as a pet since all the way back in 1904.

March brings bright and bold color into the gallery. Exciting news is afoot! Stay tuned for major upcoming announcements.

Current Gallery installations:

(Left to Right)

Jennifer JL Jones (b. 1971)

Carnival of Saints, 2020

Mixed media painting on wood

50 x 40 in

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Hunt Slonem

Orphio, 2020,

(9/9)

Bronze

15.50 x 8 x 9.50 in

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Jennifer JL Jones (b. 1971)

Pachu'a, 2019

Mixed media on panel

60 x 54 in

Check out some of our new arrivals!

Stop by the gallery to see what is new.

Images: 

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

Butterfly Spin Painting, 2009

Circle Spin Painting, 2009

Heart Spin Painting, 2009

Skull Spin Painting, 2009

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Mr. Brainwash (b. 1966)

Balloon Heart - Chrome Pink (2/8), 2020

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

Uncle Sam from Myths (FS II. 259) (6/200), 1981

Screen-print on Lenox Museum Board

38 x 38 in

 Now Available at New River Fine Art

Andy Warhol’s 1981 “Myths” portfolio is among the artist’s most sought-after print series.

“Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can’t see,” the artist once observed. “You live in your dream America that you’ve custom-made from art and schmaltz and emotions just as much as you live in your real one.”

Nowhere is this national fantasy clearer than in Warhol’s Myths series of from the early 1980s.

 The 10 silkscreens showcase a variety of fictional characters, from Uncle Sam to Santa Claus and Superman, that Warhol viewed as essential components of American culture.

 While Warhol often used found images for his portraits of celebrities, he took a different approach for the “Myths” portfolio. The Pop artist invited friends and actors into his studio to pose for his Polaroid camera, dressed up as Dracula, Uncle Sam, the mammy archetype, and the Wicked Witch of the West from the film The Wizard of Oz.

Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)

Reflections on Conversation (31/68), 1990

Lithograph, screen-print, woodcut on paper and metalized PVC on paper

47.37 x 60.75 in

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Reflections on Conversation 1990 is from a group of seven Reflections prints which Lichtenstein worked on at Tyler Graphics in Mount Kisco, New York during 1989 and 1990. These prints are recorded in the artist’s catalogue raisonné and described as combining ‘lithography, screenprint, and relief with collage and embossing. Swan Engraving, Bridgeport, Connecticut, processed the magnesium plates.’ (Corlett 1994, pp.221–6).

“PROTA”, by Hunt Slonem…One of the wonderfully whimsical bunnies in a variety of media in HUNT SLONEM: Through the Looking Glass, closing on Feb 21, 2021 at New River Fine Art. Be sure to stop by the gallery before next week to see bunnies in Bronze, Neon, Blown Glass, Oil on Canvas, and many other variations on the beloved nursery rhyme cuddly.

Hunt Slonem (born Hunt Slonem, July 18, 1951) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of butterflies, bunnies, and his tropical birds, often based on a personal aviary in which he has been keeping from 30 to over 100 live birds of various species. Slonem's works are included in many important museum collections all over the world; he is exhibiting regularly at both public and private venues, and he has received numerous honors and awards.

HUNT SLONEM: Through the Looking Glass | New River Fine Art | 822 E. Las Olas Blvd. | Fort Lauderdale, FL| 33301 | 954.524.2100 | www.newriverfineart.com 

As we wind down the last days of the #HUNTSLONEM: Through the Looking Glass exhibition at New River Fine Art, we want to share a selection of IG friendly images that are based on the exceptionally remarkable photography of @ShaunCruz. Shaun documented this exhibition for us and we love the documentation. HUNT SLONEM closes on Feb 21, 2021. So, we invite all of you out the gallery to see this amazing exhibition. Visit our website at www.newriverfineart.com for more information and artworks available from the exhibition.  DM us with any questions . 

Continuing in his bold and brilliant investigation of the world’s flora and fauna, Slonem’s groundbreaking metamorphic transformation gives birth to a wonderfully refreshing realm of casted bronze, blown glass, neon, and multimedia-based au-courant artistry. 

Be sure to stop by the gallery before Feb 21, 2021 and see this amazing exhibition and installation of butterflies, birds, and bunnies.

Happy President’s Day from New River Fine Art.

 The holiday is the combination of days that originally had been set aside to honor Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but has become much more — it is a chance to remember each of the individuals who has held the office, and the sacrifices they and their families have made to ensure our country’s institutions continue to function in an orderly manner, even when they have confronted tests few could have imagined.

Although most federal state and local office may be closed, NRFA is open! As you and your family enjoy the day, stop by the gallery to see the final days of HUNT SLONEM: Through the Looking Glass exhibition.

ART is the Perfect Gift for Valentine's Day! 

We have put together a wonderful selection of artworks that are perfect gift ideas for that special someone. 

Images:

Henri Matisse, Vigne

Salvador Dali, Meeting of Dante and Beatrice, from the Divine Comedy

Marc Chagall, Les Amoureaux de L’lsba

Borowski, Love Messenger

Jennifer JL Jones, Earthly Delight IV

Takashi Murakami, Small Flower Painting with Yellow, White, and Purple Flowers (64/ 300)

Marlene Rose, Butterfly- Gold with Red Rainbird

Debbie Carfagno, 12 Roses

Daum, Daum Orchid Amethyst pate de Verre Vase

Pietro & Riccardo Ferro, Caged Heart

Mr. Brainwash, Balloon Heart – Chrome Pink (2/8)

Damien Hirst, Heart Spin Painting

Hunt Slonem, Sunset Orange

Hunt Slonem, Untitled

Hunt Slonem, Carmine Red

Hunt Slonem, Red Bunny

Mr. Brainwash, Balloon Girl 

Dichroic Paintings

Slonem’s new dichroic painting series emerged, quite literally, through the looking glass.

The lush, dimensional line work of Slonem’s oil paintings led him to explore the layered complexity of dichroic glass.

Originally created by NASA as a coating for space-bound scientific instruments, the luminescent dichroic coating serves as an undulating canvas for the artist to carve his form into.

Presented in a custom-made ocular glass frame design sourced from the 18th century.

Dichroic glass is glass that has been coated with metal oxides in vapor form. The identifying feature of dichroic glass is the two-color shift depending on the lighting.

To make dichroic glass, the glass is placed in an airless vacuum chamber, then quartz crystal and metal oxides are heated to a vaporous form using electronic beam gun and the glass passes through the environment of vapor, coating the face and creating the color.

    Damien Hirst b.1965

    Heart Spin Painting

    2009

   acrylic on paper

   21 h × 20¼ w in

   53 × 51 cm

 Created with public collaboration at the Damien Hirst Spin                         Workshop to celebrate the opening of Requiem at the                             PinchukArtCentre, Ukraine.

  Bears Hirst stamped signature and inscription ‘This painting was          made by to celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst, Requiem, at the      PinchukArtCentre on Damien Hirst [stamped signature] (c)Damien      Hirst’ to verso with ‘Hirst’ blindstamp.