Celebrated Artist Joe Lasker presents his first one-man Connecticut
Show
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on: May 6, 2008, 8:00 am
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Release Author: Joe Lasker, National Academy, American
Artist
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Release Summary: Joe Lasker, National Academy, American Artist
will be presenting his first one-man show in Connecticut on May
31st from noon to 5 p.m in Norwalk, CT. After 14 one-man shows
in NYC, this is a first – exhibiting his art to his hometown
audience in Village Creek, the inspiration of so many of his famous
works.
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For further information, contact:
Mary Pugh, 203-838-1038
marypugh@optonline.net
David Lasker, 416-469-0849
dl@linktomarket.com
Link
to the art in the show: www.joelaskerexhibition.com
Celebrated
Artist Joe Lasker presents his first one-man Connecticut Show
VILLAGE CREEK VISIONS:
CELEBRATED ARTIST JOE LASKER PRESENTS
HIS FIRST ONE-MAN, CONNECTICUT SHOW
"There is a psychological warmth and penetration in the work…
especially stimulating canvasses… marvelously effective...
a tour de force." — The New York Times, 1947-74
"Extraordinary technique, engaging wit…Lasker's riffs
on art history, life and convention are delivered with refreshing
charm, irony and skill." — Mary Schneider Enriquez,
Art News, January, 2004
(Express
PR) South Norwalk, Conn., May 6, 2008– After 55 years and
14 one-man shows at New York's Kraushaar Galleries,
the distinguished American painter Joe Lasker
is pleased to present his works in his first one-man show in Connecticut.
The exhibition and sale will take place on Saturday, May
31, from noon to 5 pm., Pre-sale by appointment from May 25-30.
The exhibition and sale of cityscapes, landscapes, portraits,
fantasies, interiors, seascapes and still lifes will take place
in the home of Mary Pugh at 9 Outer Rd. Norwalk CT,
which boasts dramatic views of the marshlands and Long Island
Sound that have long inspired Mr. Lasker. The mid-century house
itself is an important work by architect Edgar Tafel,
author of Apprentice to Genius: Years with Frank Lloyd
Wright.
Mr. Lasker's works repose in the permanent collections of the
Whitney Museum of American Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, California Palace
of the Legion of Honor, Baltimore Museum, Wadsworth Atheneum,
Tel Aviv Museum and many other museums.
Corporate-collection representation includes Aramark, First National
Bank of Chicago, 3M, Upjohn Pharmaceuticals and U.S. embassies
in Tokyo and Harare.
His many prizes include Prix de Rome and Guggenheim Fellowships
and numerous awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,
and the National Academy of Design (where he is a National Academician
and the former Secretary).
He is also an author and illustrator of many books. His illustrations
will be on exhibit along with his oil paintings.
In Canada he is represented by Liss Gallery,
www.lissgallery.com.
He does not have a gallery representing him at present in the
US. For more information and a wide-ranging portfolio, please
visit his Web site, www.joelasker.com.
The exhibition website is at www.joelaskerexhibition.com
which has a wide range of art - showing something for all budgets:
large, medium and small pieces plus many illustrations. Art can
be ordered from the site.
WHAT: One man show: Joe Lasker,
National academy artist
WHEN: Saturday, May 31, from noon to 5 pm., Pre-sale
by appointment from May 25-30.
WHERE: 9 Outer Rd, Norwalk, CT
More Info: 203 838 1038 Mary Pugh
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Web
Site: http://www.joelaskerexhibition.com
Contact
Details: Mary Pugh
9 Outer Road
Norwalk, CT 06854
203 838 1038
fax 206 984 4343
outerroad@optonline.net