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Saturday, May 15 – Sunday, August 22, 2010
Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery, Queen’s Road,
Bristol BS8 1RL
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ART FROM THE NEW WORLD
Mother Nature and British Aviation law will not stop the arrival of a shipment of America’s most exciting Urban and Contemporary Art, which is UK-bound to form ART FROM THE NEW WORLD, the ground-breaking exhibition from Los Angeles’ noted Corey Helford Gallery. The world-class, and as yet unseen collection of work from a formidable group of 49 of the fi nest emerging and noted American artists will now open to the public on SATURDAY 15 MAY. Originally scheduled to be air freighted from the USA, this priceless collection will now arrive from the New World by sea, thanks to the intervention of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökulle volcano.
Hotter than any lava eruption, ART FROM THE NEW WORLD will be the must-see contemporary art exhibit for 2010. It is a transatlantic collaboration between the Corey Helford Gallery and Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery; a space that is emerging as the leading UK venue for urban art after hitting headlines in March for topping the Art Newspaper’s annual worldwide survey of museum attendance for 2008/9. ART FROM THE NEW WORLD will build on the massive success of last summer’s Banksy vs Bristol Museum, the exhibition that catapulted Bristol to the top of that survey, drawing almost 4,000 visitors per day.
ART FROM THE NEW WORLD presents a diverse range of artists, spanning the spectrum from pop surreal and neo-fi gurative to street art in the exhibition. Virtually all of the works have been specifi cally created for the show and will infi ltrate not only the exhibition gallery, but most of the ground fl oor of the museum. There will be a full programme of events accompanying the exhibition and visitors will have the opportunity to buy a limited edition set of prints signed by the artists. Highlights include:
• A fi fteen-foot tall “ice cream cone” balloon sculpture created by, and topped with the characters of well-known street artist Buff Monster (who is featured in Banksy’s new fi lm, Exit Through the Gift Shop). The artist will also be on-site creating a “live painting” of murals on select museum walls during the days immediately leading up to the exhibition.
• On opening day, paintings by world-renowned artist Gary Baseman will come to life as a special collection of his costumed characters makes a rare appearance to interact with museum guests.
• The Todd Schorr painting “An Ape Allegory”, featured in San Jose Museum’s Todd Schorr retrospective and on loan from the Corey Helford private collection will be on display in the main rotunda.
• Artist Mike Stilkey will transform a wall of 2,000 books* into a ten-foot “canvas” for his work. The unique sculptural installation will greet visitors as they enter the museum.
ART FROM THE NEW WORLD will open to the public in Bristol, England on Saturday, May 15, 2010 and will be on view through August 22nd.
Participating artists include: JOSH AGLE (SHAG), JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, CHRIS ANTHONY, VAN ARNO, GARY BASEMAN, RAY CAESAR, COLIN CHRISTIAN, SAS CHRISTIAN, LUKE CHUEH, COOP, DAVE COOPER, RON ENGLISH, NATALIA FABIA, KORIN FAUGHT, SARAH FOLKMAN, MELISSA FORMAN, AJ FOSIK, CAMILLE ROSE GARCIA, MERCEDES HELNWEIN, DAVID HOCHBAUM, SYLVIA JI, ERIC JOYNER, DAVE KINSEY, KUKULA, JOE LEDBETTER, HENRY LEWIS, LOLA, TRAVIS LOUIE, MICHAEL MARARIAN, ELIZABETH MCGRATH, MIA, BRANDI MILNE, BUFF MONSTER, MICHAEL PAGE, MARION PECK, JOSHUA PETKER, CARLOS RAMOS, JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ (KMNDZ), GRETCHEN RYAN, MARK RYDEN, TODD SCHORR, KATHY STAICO SCHORR, MIKE STILKEY, GREG SIMKINS (CRAOLA), JOE SORREN, DAVID STOUPAKIS, ADAM WALLACAVAGE, MARTIN WITTFOOTH, KENT WILLIAMS
for more informations contact or visit Corey Helford Gallery www.coreyhelfordgallery.com / Belinda Chun, manager of Ray Caesar, www.belindachun.com belinda@belindachun.com