As a continuation of Park West Gallery's summer initiative, Park West CARES donated close to 1000 items of clothing to Vista Maria on Friday, August 20th. Throughout the summer months of July and August, Park West CARES has already donated clothing to a number of non-profit organizations and plans to extend the summer initiative into the fall. Upcoming donations include Covenant House, Counterpoint Crisis Shelter and Genesis One Transitional Youth Center.
About Vista Maria Vista Maria's mission is to heal Michigan's victimized girls and women with best-practice treatment programs designed to meet their unique needs while serving other vulnerable children and families within Southeast Michigan. Vista Maria's success is based on the philosophy of Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, who founded the Sisters of the Good Shepherd - the community of women who founded Vista Maria. Her compassion, empathy, and interest in helping marginalized women and children evolved out of her own experience as a troubled adolescent. Therapy at Vista Maria is designed around each girl's individual experiences and needs. This encompasses a variety of activities that address the physical, spiritual, intellectual, and recreational well being of the girls.
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| Csaba Markus “Veritas” (2006) | Park West Gallery Collection |
Following is an excerpt from an original article written by Park West Gallery Director, Morris Shapiro:
In the contemporary world of art a battle is currently raging. As the 20th Century clicked over to the 21st, it provided a convenient demarcation point for this struggle, but it has really been ongoing for at least 90 years. The conflict is about the search by artists of our time for the fundamentals of aesthetics which have long ago been “thrown under the bus.” The word, “aesthetic” is derived from the Greek word, “aesthesis,” which means “perception with feeling,” and in so simple a joining of two phenomena, the entire history of western art criticism has rested. Perception of course deals with the sensorial response to art: what we perceive and experience through our limited senses as we take in what exists before us for contemplation. Feeling, results in what we take from that contemplation and from whatever “information” our senses provide. That is, how the information affects the perspective we bring to the contemplation of an artwork. That perspective is made up of our emotions, our experiences, our education, our dispositions, our passions, our prejudices and the myriad other qualities that define who we are each individually. All through the storied evolution of aesthetic philosophy two halves have formed the whole of the aesthetic experience. They are the “yin and yang” of art and their measure must each be taken to develop a true analysis of any work of art in any medium. “Form” is the physical body, the manifestation in concrete reality of the work of art before us. In the visual arts (for which we will confine our discussion here) form may include the medium employed, the size or format of the work, the use of line, color, texture, contrast, the composition of the work, or any number of other “physical’ attributes. “Content,” on the other hand, is what the work of art is communicating to us as we experience it during contemplation. All art has something to communicate, even if the communication is about the absence of communication...
Also by Morris Shapiro:
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David Willardson “J’Adore” (2006), from the Park West Gallery Collection.
©Collectors Editions. All rights reserved. ©Disney. |
With his unique combination of pop art and action painting, David Willardson has illustrated everything from Disney characters to Hollywood movie posters. Nicknamed "Pep Art," Willardson's painting style was an immediate hit with Disney executives and continues to please art collectors around the world. Whether a Disney fan or a Jackson Pollock aficionado, you can't help but be moved by the infusion of color, personality and energy that permeates the artwork of David Willardson.
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Take a trip back to the decade of hula hoops, sock hops and Elvis by watching some hilarious footage of Salvador Dali as a contestant on the popular game show What's My Line? (original air date January 27, 1957). The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations. Although the artist doesn’t speak much more than to answer “yes” or “no,” the episode starring Salvador Dali was quite entertaining.
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The Do Good Detroit Blog, sponsored by The Detroit Free Press, recently featured an article discussing Park West Gallery's summer donation initiative, Park West CARES. The Do Good Detroit Blog is described as “where to find out about who is doing good and how you can do good in our community.” Park West is honored by the mention and proud to share the article with all of our readers!
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Grace Centers of Hope CEO Rev. Kent Clark (left) accepted a donation of artwork
and clothing from Park West Gallery CEO Albert Scaglione (right) on August 13, 2010. |
Grace Centers of Hope has been providing its services to Southeast Michigan as a homeless shelter since 1942.
“We are very grateful for the wonderful generosity of Park West Gallery,” the Rev. Kent Clark, CEO of Grace Centers of Hope, said in a statement. “This donation is not the first time they have supported our organization. For the past several years, Park West Gallery has been a valued partner in our efforts to address homelessness in Michigan.”
The Grace donation Friday was one stop during Park West’s Southeast Michigan donation blitz throughout August.
“Gallery Gives Paintings to Pontiac Shelter” – Read the full article
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"Foundation Gets Art Gift Valued at $1.3 Million" - Read the full article here
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Albert Scaglione with Yaacov Agam at his home in Jerusalem; the artists signs editions
of his artwork for Park West Gallery. Photo ©Park West Gallery, 2010 |
Jerusalem, Israel
1992 ~ Written by Mitsie Scaglione ~
In reflecting back on the last 30 years with Yaacov Agam, I realized I could write a volume on the memories that our family has shared with the artist and his family. From our first meeting at his studio in Paris, to his farm outside of Paris, to his home in Israel—we have watched each other’s children become adults and begin their careers...
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- Read more of Mitsie’s Memories: A Tribute to Marcel Mouly
- Visit Park West Gallery to learn about artist Yaacov Agam and view his artwork
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Noah puts finishing touches on his World of Color Vinylmation™ artwork
at Disney’s California Adventure Theme Park. Photo credit: Noah Fine Art |
World of Color Vinylmation™ by Park West artist Noah is being released Saturday, August 14 at Disney’s California Adventure Theme Park. A fantastic new nighttime spectacular, World of Color™ weaves water, color, fire and light into a kaleidoscope of fantasy and imagination. The attraction uses more than 1,000 jets of water to form incredible shapes in time to the music as Disney characters come to life. For the premiere World of Color Vinylmation™ event, Noah was asked to paint a large 5-foot-tall Vinylmation™ piece as well as an original painting; both will be displayed on opening night.
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| August 6, 2010: A Park West Gallery volunteer loads boxes of clothing onto the Capuchin Soup Kitchen truck. |
For the third consecutive Friday, Park West CARES, Park West Gallery’s summer donation initiative, gave several hundred items of clothing to a local non-profit organization. The Capuchin Soup Kitchen of Detroit, which provides material, psychological and social needs to the less fortunate, was given over 750 pieces of clothing. The pick up took place on August 6 at Park West Gallery in Southfield, Michigan.
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A V&A employee admires Pablo Picasso’s front cloth designed for the Ballets Russes
1924 performance of “Le Train Bleu.” [Photo: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images] |
On Thursday, a rarely seen Pablo Picasso work was hung at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. In fact, the gigantic canvas curtain has spent most of the last 80 years rolled up in storage.
The piece measures 34″ x 38″, qualifying it as the largest painting ever designed by Picasso. It was purchased by the museum in 1969 and will be the star of a retrospective opening this fall— Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929.
More about this HUGE Picasso and the exhibit at the Park West Gallery Art Blog
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Park West Gallery has become one of the longest running and largest dealers of Picasso graphic works internationally. Learn more about the collection
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| Detail from “Allure” (2005), Peter Nixon | The Park West Gallery Collection |
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Guest auctioneer Stoney Goldstein (left) and Children’s Home Society supporter
Todd Nordstrom (right) stand in front of artwork donated by Park West Gallery. |
On Thursday, July 19th, Park West Gallery co-sponsored the Nordstrom Network’s 11th Annual Happy Hour to benefit Children’s Home Society of Florida’s Back-to-School Drive. The event was attended by over 120 people, and featured a live Art and Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction.
Park West Gallery donated artwork for the auction and Park West Executive Vice President Stoney Goldstein was the guest auctioneer. 100% of the auction proceeds will go to purchase back-to-school supplies.
Read more about this successful event at the Park West Gallery Art Blog
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Simon Bull paints the famous Drive Through Tree along the Avenue of the Giants,
a scenic highway running through California’s Humboldt Redwoods State Park. |
On a recent trip through Northern California, artist Simon Bull brought his video camera along to document his plein air painting journey. Travel with the artist and watch as he captures the beauty of nature on canvas.
Watch the video on the Park West Gallery Art Blog
Learn more about Simon Bull at the Park West Gallery Artist Biographies, or view selections of his artwork from the Park West Gallery Collection
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| Thomas Kinkade "Evening Majesty" (1999) | Park West Gallery Collection |
Congratulations to this week's winner of the Park West Gallery Vote for Your Favorite Thomas Kinkade Contest:
Yoko M. won Evening Majesty!!
Click here to enter to win your favorite Thomas Kinkade artwork.
Winners will be randomly selected every Friday. You can vote once per day, so come back and vote daily!
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| Linda Le Kinff signs an edition of her graphic works at Park West Gallery. |
Visit the Park West Gallery Art Blog to watch exclusive video of Gallery Director Morris Shapiro speaking with contemporary French artist Linda Le Kinff about her graphic works. In the video, Le Kinff talks about how she incorporates the printing processes of serigraphy and lithography into art editions distributed exclusively through Park West Gallery.
Watch more artist videos at the Park West Gallery YouTube Channel
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| July 30, 2010: Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries picks up a donation from Park West Gallery as part of the Park West CARES summer initiative. |
On Friday, July 30, Park West CARES, Park West Gallery’s summer donation initiative, gave several hundred items of clothing to The Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM). The DRMM is one of the largest providers in the fight against homelessness and substance abuse in the country.
This was the second week in a long lineup of Park West CARES donations scheduled to take place throughout the summer.
Read the full story at the Park West Gallery Art Blog
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