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Malcolm Liepke is one of the most influential figurative painters of the last 30 years.  That might sound like a sanctimonious claim, but I don’t think it’s an unrealistic one.  There are definitely a handful of painters out there trying to capture their own incarnation of Liepke’s thick, direct approach that lends to a certain emotional sensitivity.  More importantly, there are so many young artists that view him as a gateway  towards understanding the relevance of the same dead painters that have been putting high schoolers to sleep in art class slide shows since the 60′s— Degas, Sargent, Lautrec, Cassatt, Whistler—- He references those painters, but in a simplified way that really appeals to a contemporary audience.  His work reads as classic, but it also reads as something approachable, and physically possible by another human being.  It’s messy.  It’s beautifully flawed.  It shows evidence of an actual human being touching the canvas, as opposed to a cherub or some other inexplicable super human element.

His brush strokes are soooo simple, that they become inspirational.  His work has that kind of appeal that makes people want to do something in reaction to it– whether it’s buying a painting for themselves, googling the hell out of his work, or picking up a paint brush to figure out how the guy does it.  Whether you like his work or not, it’s hard to avoid his influence in the generation of figurative painters that has followed his wake.

Malcolm T. Liepke, “Resting Redhead,” Oil on Canvas, 22″ x 34″

This HAS to be one of the very first transparencies ever produced for Arcadia Gallery.  This is for a hand drawn lithograph from the very last series of prints ever produced by Malcolm T. Liepke.  It was the same lithography process that Toulouse Lautrec used in the 19th century.  When the giclee print was embraced by the mainstream (mall) art market in 2001, it literally killed the print market over night.  This great litho from Liepke marks the end of an era.

Malcolm T. Liepke, “Alone Together,” Hand Drawn Lithograph

The new one man summer exhibition entitled “Desire” by Malcolm T. Liepke opens tonight from 6-8 pm. The entire exhibition can be viewed on our website.

The new Malcolm T. Liepke invites just arrived earlier today.  These will be in the mail shortly to announce the show which opens a week from today.  The invite gives a little preview of what is to come with 3 full color images.  The work is slowly beginning to trickle in.  We are eagerly awaiting the rest of the show as there are about 9 empty frames ready to be filled with the new work, and more frames on the way.   Liepke’s show opens July 15th from 6pm-8pm.  A few of these works will be on display at Art Hamptons through the weekend starting tonight.
Stay posted on the blog as we will be posting any updates we have of the new work.

Greetings all!  It’s officially summer in New York, and what better way to celebrate than by shipping out to the Hamptons for an art fair.  Steve and Michael J. are setting up the booth right this minute, and I thought it would be a great time to give you a preview of the new work that will be debuting at the show.

Art Hamptons opens Thursday night July 8th for the Opening Preview then continues Friday and Saturday from 11am-7pm, and Sunday 11am-6pm.  The show takes place at Sayre Park, Bridgehampton at  223 Hampton Road, Southampton, NY 11968.  Feel free to stop by to say hello and check out our booth.  It’s right in the center of the show at Booth #306-308.

If you happen to be in the city this week, feel free to stop by the gallery as we have a summer group show going on with some cool stuff from Jeremy Lipking, Michael Klein, and Joseph Todorovitch.

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We are proud to announce that our last show of the 2010 Summer Show season will be none other than Malcolm T. Liepke.  This special summer exhibition called “Desire” will be a small, but very specific body of work that explores passion and seduction.  Stay posted on our blog for updates and sneak previews of the show.

Arcadia Gallery returns tho the Annual event of the east end, ArtHamptons 2010. With new works from Malcolm Liepke, Jeremy Lipking, Michael Klein, Michael Chapman, Joseph Todorovitch and many more. This year, ArtHamptons will include 80 Galleries from around the world in a 50,000 square foot air conditioned tent.

Arcadia Fine Arts Booth 306-308

Show hours

Thursday, July 8, 6pm – 9pm
Opening Preview Party

Friday, July 9, 11am – 7pm
Saturday, July 10, 11am – 7pm

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Julio Reyes @ the Arcadia booth with American Art Collector editor Amy Elliot

Julio Reyes was one of the many artists whose work was featured at our booth this month at the Los Angeles Art Show 2010.  We received a bunch of new work for the art fair, most of which is posted below.

The show this year was at the LA Convention Center for the second year in a row, a marked improvement from the previous years spent at The Barker Hangar.  Response this year was great, as there were lots of red dots scattered throughout the booth.  Collectors seemed enthusiastic to be collecting again.

Joseph Todorovitch stopped by the booth for a while.  He brought in a significant amount of new work including a piece called “Succulents” that he is submitting for the 2009/2010 Portrait Society of America competition.  We are eagerly looking forward to his upcoming show with us in October 2010.  Todorovitch also had a piece in a group show that same weekend called Who Killed The Music, which was curated by Will.I.Am, which also featured a new piece from Jeremy Lipking.

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