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Current

Judy Rifka - a glance through the rearview mirror.
an assessment of her formidable art: 1974 - present 15 Sep - 31 Oct 2021 Judy Rifka was born in 1945 in New York City and studied in 1966 at the New York Studio School and in 1967 at Skowhegen School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine. She lives and works in New York City. Launch Viewing Room

Past

(Re)Birth of Venus
Renaissance Painting 2.0 9 Jul - 22 Aug 2021 Beautiful blonde waves, a gracile nude female figure and a mythical scallop shell - In the mid 1480s, the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli changed the art world with his tempera masterpiece The Birth of Venus. His Italian Renaissance artwork set new standards for fine art and inspired artists all over the world in the centuries that followed.

Almost 540 years later, in (Re)Birth of Venus - Renaissance Painting 2.0 some of todays most talked about contemporary artists take a deeper look at Botticelli's masterpiece and reinterpret the mythical moment of the goddess’ arrival on land after her birth. As part of a Renaissance revival in this day and age, painting, sculpture, craftmanship and street art merge together in this show.
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Capturing the current Zeitgeist: Rulton Fyder in dialogue with conceptual art contemporaries
12 - 27 Jun 2021 Fyder utilizes the sense of familiarity elicited from known significant works in the contemporary art world to add new conceptual layer and imagery thus creating completely new works that document and archive our current society and times while having the artist’s self-inquisitive journey in the rapidly advancing digital age, characterized by the endless circulation, reshuffling, remixing and exchange of ideas.

Fyder engages in dialogues with works from his contemporaries and past phenomenal artists who have left marks in the history of conceptual art. Read more

Postcard Paintings
by Jorge Galindo 19 Apr - 16 May 2021 Jorge Galindo's latest series of works draws inspiration from old postcards featuring floral imagery. Inspired by, what he calls "unreal compositions and colours", the show is led by Gran Bouquet (2020), a triptych that stands at 250 x 600 cm (98.5 x 236 in.). Read more

The Proof Is Only Ocular
There Will Be No Audio Tours 17 Jan - 19 Apr 2021 PULPO GALLERY is pleased to present THE PROOF IS ONLY OCULAR as it takes a closer look at artists with a penchant for painting, drawing, and transcribing words, texts, and acronyms, and how such verbalization makes us see differently. We at PULPO GALLERY view art as the true lingua franca of the world that has the power to unite. It transcends boundaries, dictates, and rules. It blurs reasoning and clarity to allow for surprise, delight and magic. It turns the obvious on its head and makes truth seem like a dare. Read more

Lockdown Diaries: the soothing effect of Nicolas Party's still lifes
Finding calm through art. 1 Dec 2020 - 31 Jan 2021 With most of the world going in and out of lockdown constantly, our lifes have changed drastically. No more socializing at gallery openings, no more late nights at the museum and first and foremost: much more time being spent at home.

At PULPO GALLERY, we are blessed to be surrounded by art both in the gallery and at home. It was one artist in particular that had a soothing effect on us: Nicolas Party. His still lifes radiate such peace and calmness that we couldn't help but sit down, relax and marvel at their beauty. Read more

Jochen Cerny
Emerging Artists Viewing Rooms - Part 1 15 Nov 2020 - 15 Jan 2021 Investment banker, family father and friend to Andreas Gursky. Jochen has an impressive life story to tell. It was a re-union with the latter, childhood friend and world famous photographer Andreas Gursky that caused Jochen to reinvent himself as an award winning photographer. Read more

New York's Art Scene in the 80s
through the Eyes of Contemporaries 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2020 Doing a show about the New York City art scene of the 80s had been on our mind for a long, long time. Exciting art movements seem to come about... Read more

Portraits
1962 - 2017 25 May - 31 Aug 2020 Portraits: 1962 - 2017 examines the use of portraits in art across different mediums such as photography, oil paintings and drawings. The journey takes us from Europe to Asia and... Read more

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