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Endless Summer
July
5
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August 25, 2024
RECEPTION:
July 5, 2024
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24-06
Jerry Gallo – ‘Within and Then Some I, Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”, 2024
About the exhibition
Gallo and Herzfeld share a love of saturated color and animated brushstroke. Gallo’s interest lies in the abstracted landscape while Herzfeld confronts the figure. Together, their work creates a feast for the eyes.
Artist Talk
Jerry Gallo and Barbara Herzfeld
August 25, 2024
2pm
Join artists Jerry Gallo and Barbara Herzfeld on Sunday August 25 at 2pm for a conversation about their work. This Artists Talk will mark the closing of our current exhibit ENDLESS SUMMER that features Jerry and Barbara’s vibrant, compelling paintings.
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Sumo 2’, Watercolor, 24” x 18”, 2016
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Sumo 3’, Watercolor, 22” x 15”, 2016
Jerry Gallo – ‘Tumultuous’, Acrylic on corrugated board, 50” x 34”, 2024
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Sleepers 8’, Acrylic on canvas, 36” x 24”, 2022
Jerry Gallo – ‘And the Days Go By’, Acrylic on canvas, 52” x 36”
Jerry Gallo – ‘Within and Then Some III’, Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”, 2024
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Sleeper 10’, Acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20”, 2022
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Sleeper 9-The Pink Umbrella, Acrylic on canvas, 20’’ x 20’’, 2022
Jerry Gallo – ‘Embers’, Acrylic on canvas, 37” x 24”
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Birches”, Sumi ink and pastel, 12” x 18” and ‘Thunderstruck in the Badlands’, Sumi ink and pastel, 12” x 18”
Jerry Gallo – ‘Mr. Diengly’, Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
Jerry Gallo – ‘Within and Then Some II’, Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”, 2024
Jerry Gallo – ‘Peel the Curtain’, Acrylic on board, 20” x 18.5”
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Sleepers 16-Endangered Species’, Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”, 2022
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Let’s Dance’, Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 18”, 2021
Barbara Herzfeld – ‘Blue Boy’, Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”, 2023
About the Artist
Jerry
Gallo
Jerry was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and currently resides in Shandaken and Yonkers NY. His work explores form, balance and color while often suggesting a story line / narrative for the viewer to complete. Jerry employs forms, shapes and patterns, at times derived from nature, to convey ideas, emotions, and sensations. The subconscious and conscious playing out with the past informing the present.
Jerry currently exhibits at Gallery 18 in Riverdale NY, TheDrawing Rooms in Jersey City, NJ and has exhibited at Andes Academy of Art,Andes NY, Urban Studio + Unbound in Yonkers NY and on Yellow Fine Arts. He has had a solo exhibit at Polk State College, FL and has participated in group exhibitions, including exhibits at the Brooklyn Museum of Art,NY, Saint Stephen’s of Hungary Church, NY and ArtWork/MoMA EmployeeExhibition, NY. His work is in several private collections and in the collection of Conde' Nast.
Barbara
Herzfeld
My practice is about exploring my past and present to develop a visual language for flesh. Bodies, and the expression of my own body and sexuality, are central to my work and how I connect to my content. I began with sumo wrestlers, which I reinterpreted as the sensual push/pull of lovers and the ambiguity of passion vs. aggression. Now my subjects are women and men, usually solitary, occasionally as lovers, often asleep. I am inspired by memories, and also contemporary and vintage photos to which I connect viscerally.
Matisse asked..."What is my relationship with the model?"
I love the demanding immediacy of life drawing, a part of my artistic practice that I share with the model. It is a conversation with someone who is speaking with their body, and I use my emotions and intellect to express my side of the conversation through mark-making. I'm also obsessed with vintage photography and wish I could time travel. Drawing from carefully chosen black & white or sepia photos provides the opportunity to enter the past and look around, deliciously rendering and transforming that world as I draw.
