In October 1985, John Wessel and Billy O’Connor opened their
first Gallery on Via di Ripetta in the historic center of Rome.
After more than 140 exhibitions in Italy, New York, and currently
Lambertville, New Jersey, the Gallery is proud to present “25
Years / 25 Works,” an exhibition of 25 works by artists from
the gallery: Mike Bidlo, Bruce
of Los Angeles, Marina Cappelletto,
Craig Coleman, John
Dugdale, Luis Frangella, Jim
French David Halliday,
Brandon Herman,
Horst P. Horst,
David Levinthal,
Blake Little,
George Platt Lynes,
Robert Mapplethorpe, Donald Moffett,
Eadweard Muybridge,
Walter Robinson, Howard
Roffman, Adam Rolston, Bruce
Sargeant, Andres Serrano, Luke
Smalley, Iké Udé,
Wilhelm von Gloeden, and Rhonda Zwillinger.
The exhibition features iconic works from shows of the last quarter
century and highlights the diverse range of genres promoted by the
Gallery, including photography, paintings, and sculpture. Among
the artists included are: Mike Bidlo, who emerged from the art scene
in the 1980's East Village at the same time as the opening of the
gallery, and is here represented by one of his Warhol “appropriationism”
screen-print paintings of Jackie Onasiss. John
Dugdale, a master of antique photographic processes, will be
included with one of his famous signature cyanotype still lifes.
George Platt Lynes, well known
for his work in ballet and fashion, is equally respected for his
extensive nude images of the male body. His work served as a historic
inspiration for the Gallery’s many exhibitions of male image
art, past and present. Donald Moffett, one of several Gallery activist
artists who produced political and AIDS-related work, is represented
by one of his thought-provoking and confrontational 1990's light
box works “You, You, You.” Rhonda Zwillinger, another
of the renowned East Village artists, and who inaugurated the Gallery’s
Rome venue, is well known for encrusting objects such as shoes,
furniture, and candelabras with elaborate beading. Her “Toute
Suite,” an entire bejeweled baby-grand piano (her largest
single endeavor), will be on view for the first time in over 15
years.
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Mike Bidlo (Not) Warhol (Study for Jackie), 1985
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