If you’re a passionate art lover seeking creative stimulation, we have just the opportunity for you! This weekend, Haven Gallery invites you to delve into a world of artistic wonder. Explore their latest exhibitions, featuring the works of Marc le Rest, Alex Garant, and Tina Yu, alongside The Unseelie Group Show. The fusion of unique perspectives and styles converge for an experience that will surely ignite your imagination.
From opulent kingdoms and the contemplative nature of humanity to fantastical sculptures and the mysterious dark fae court, join us in this inspiring adventure where the light of each artist shines and beckons you forward. View each collection in their entirety, and all available inventory, by visiting the Haven Gallery website!
Marc le Rest | Alex Garant | Tina Yu | The Unseelie Group Show
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 13, 2024
Opening Reception with Artists: July 20, 2024 | 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: July 13 – August 11, 2024
Haven Gallery
50 Main St., Northport, NY 11768 | ph. (631) 757-0500
To inquire, please contact Erica at Haven Gallery via email [email protected]
About the Gallery //
Haven Gallery is run by Erica Berkowitz and Joseph Weinreb. The gallery first opened in 2015 in the Carriage House of historic Northport, NY. Within two years, the gallery doubled in size and expanded into the entire Carriage House building. Through their successful in-house exhibitions and presentations at art fairs both domestic and international, Haven opened a secondary location at 90 Main St., in 2020, during the height of the Covid pandemic.
It was at that point, that Erica and Joseph knew it was time to find a permanent location for their artists. In January of 2022, they bought the building at 50 Main st., and opened its doors as Haven Gallery’s perennial home.
Haven Gallery’s focus is on exhibiting emotionally, intellectually and imaginatively driven, representational artwork that connects the audience and artist with universal axioms and passions. We work with both emerging and established artists who transcend their medium and subjects by exploring the world around them as well as the one within themselves.
Marc le Rest, Audrey and the Monkeys
Press // Haven Gallery is pleased to present a collection of fourteen new paintings from French artist Marc le Rest for his third solo show entitled “Audrey and the Monkeys” at the gallery. “Audrey and the Monkeys” celebrates the detail work and aesthetics of historic attire and costumery as well as the presence and nobility of the artists chosen sitters. Notably, Le Rest’s human muse for the collection, Audrey Hepburn, signifies the iconic and powerful connection faces and styles hold for the viewer. The actresses elegance and recognizability make her a natural sitter for the artist as he honors her legacy with cascades of opulent lace and fashions.
Le Rest channels poignant expressions and emotive gazes in both his human and animal sitters. A reverence for all living things is felt deeply in his emotively painted portraits.
About Marc le Rest//
Born in the remote Armorica in France, Marc le Rest turned his back in his early age to a promising career within the Holly Church and dedicated himself to the Arts and the kingdom of lingerie in Paris. But soon, he deserted the French capital for New York, where he became an acclaimed garden gnomes designer. After a while he abandoned his decorative dwarfs to settle down among a bunch of drug dealers in Mexico, from where he flew to Bollywood, hoping to break through in Indian cinema.
In vain. So he withdrew along an Angels Bay back in Armorica and completely gave in his penchant for scabrous old ladies and lilliputian geishas, to whom he devoted three illustrated books. But he had to rush away from his ocean retreat and went hiding up the Black Mountains where he ended up by taking care of the dead people. And there, stroke by a sudden compulsion, he undertook to decorate with lace, penis and sumos, bodybuilders and alligators, and quantity of others harmless creatures.
In the same life, Marc le Rest contributed as a textile designer to the collections of Hermès, Armani, J.P. Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel and Etro in Europe, but also collections of the major home furnishing textile companies in the United States.
Alex Garant, Wandering the Half Dreamed
Press // Haven Gallery is pleased to present “Wandering the half-dreamed”, a collection of new works exploring the multi faceted nature of identity as we dream.
“Wandering the half-dreamed” explores the idea that people walk through their dreams as different versions of themselves. Each piece in this collection depicts figures navigating surreal dreamscapes, highlighting the fluidity of identity and the limitless possibilities within our subconscious.
Alex Garant
About Alex Garant //
Internationally renown as the Queen of Double Eyes, Alex Garant studied visual arts at Notre-Dame–De-Foy College just outside Quebec City. After graduating in 2001, she ultimately settled in Toronto, Canada. She decided to truly commit to her passion for Arts after suffering from a heart attack in 2012, changing forever how she would see the world.
As a pioneer of Contemporary Figurative Op Art, her oil paintings offer a graphic quality combined with traditional portrait techniques. Garant establishes herself as one of the leaders of analogue Glitch Art by using patterns, duplication of elements, symmetry and image superposition as key elements of her imagery. Her paintings are a reflection on human duality, the battle for self-definition between one’s inner self and outer persona.
Represented by galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Australia, her works have also been shown in several museums including the Museum of Art and History (MOAH) in California, the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Arizona, the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaii and the Fullerton Museum Center in California. She has been featured in Hi-fructose, Juxtapoz, Beautiful Bizarre, the American Art Collector magazine and on multiple online platforms including VICE, The Huffington Post, Buzznet and many more.
Tina Yu, Before I Wake Up
Press // Haven Gallery is pleased to present New York based artist Tina Yu, for her second solo show “Before I Wake Up” at the gallery. “Before I Wake Up” is a collection of thirteen highly imaginative sculptures representing the whimsical elasticity of the subconscious mind as it flourishes in the dream world. Pastel hues and warm tones accentuate surreal forms and fanciful narratives, deriving influences from Chinese mythology, pop culture and Yu’s personal stories. Playful and joyous, these chimeric beings co exist in a peaceful, jubilant harmony, reminding us of the integral balance found and needed in nature.
About Tina Yu //
Tina is a Chinese-raised New York-based sculptor/artist. After developing an interest in sculpting in college, she decided to pursue her passion after getting a BFA degree in Graphic Design from Pratt Institute. Drawing inspiration from movies, animals, nature, Chinese culture, family, childhood memories, and imaginations, Tina brings her imaginary characters to life through sculpting.
The Unseelie Court, Group Exhibition
Haven Gallery is pleased to present “The Unseelie Court”, a group show celebrating the dark Fae court found in Scottish folklore and contemporary mythologies.
Exhibiting Artists //
Arkadiusz Dzielawski, Annie Stegg Gerard, Kit Curry, Jennifer Hrabota Lesser, Alexandra Verhoven, Nola Won, Michele Melcher, Kari Christensen, Lisa Lach-Nielsen, Andrew Currey, Julia Jenkins, Shannon Taylor (Magic Dreamweaver), Shelby Clark, Valerie Savarie, Bill Ross, Julia Gabrielov, Jana Brike, Lynne Bellchamber, Amelia Leonards, Laura Colors, Tomoko Miyanagi, Meguro Miro, Nadezda, Laverinne, Tyler Hughes
