Bertrand Delacroix Galley to Show Recent Works by Joseph Adolphe

Written by Ingrid Tasselhoff Sunday, 05 February 2012 02:08

New York City.- The Bertrand Delacroix Gallery is pleased to present “Toro Bravo”, an exhibition of recent works by Joseph Adolphe, on view at the gallery from February 9th through March 9th. Echoing the anxiety of an age marked by austerity and personal uncertainty, Adolphe’s subjects vary between the beaten down fighter, the agile and stoic beast, the exposed human and the vulnerable child – each of them leaving their life force in the ring. Strength and individuality are measured by their ability to endure the respective hardships of their personal confrontations with the world. They are brave despite facing a constant barrage of disappointments, setbacks and unfulfilled dreams. Any remaining optimism seems to slip into darkness. While the trajectory of Adolphe’s paintings follows this same course there is nevertheless an illogical optimism reflected in the confident and powerful force of his marks and colors, as if to say that, ‘in spite of the downfall of the proud, we still stand, bloody and marked, broken, but beautiful’.

Joseph Adolphe was born in Calgary, Alberta Canada in 1968. He moved to NYC in 1992 to attend the School of Visual Arts, where he received an MFA in 1994. Joseph’s paintings are in several corporate collections but mostly in the homes of some very good people. He currently exhibits with The Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT.  He is also a Professor, teaching drawing and painting in the Department of Fine Arts at St. John’s University in New York. He lives with his wife and children in the Westville section of New Haven.


Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, a newly-opened contemporary art space in Chelsea, represents emerging as well as established artists. Their program has a diverse group of local and international artists who constantly challenge and redefine their work. The gallery's artists are interested in setting limitations for themselves and pushing the boundaries of those limits with innovation. Within that framework, the gallery is a voice of encouragement, facilitating dialogues, defining trends, and contributor to the current renaissance. Thus, In addition to the regular program, BDG will collaborate with curators and develop an exploratory agenda to present a series of projects that aim at discovering and encouraging provocative, invigorated new work. BDG Projects will host a wide range of projects, from quiet, meditative pieces to full-scale, site-specific installations. The space will focus on a variety of ideas to provide artists with a venue for showing challenging, cutting-edge works untested on main street. Works will range in scope and content, but will remain parallel to the gallery’s direction and intent. It is conceived as a space open to experimental works and nurturing to non- commercial concepts. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.bdgny.com

---

Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~