"Boys of the Oaks" by April Clary
Opening Reception
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
6:00 pm
Venue: daas Gallery
1542 Broadway Street
Fort Myers, FL 33901
239-939-1194
http://www.daasgallery.com/info@daasgallery.comSkin – A collection of provocative and uncensored, yet tasteful and brilliant master pieces by three prominent South West Florida artists. April Clary, Doug Heslep and Daniel Lovely accepted daas Gallery’s invitation to expose these images freely and without boundaries. The group, in alliance with the gallery, plans to break the mold and dare to display images intended only for mature audiences. Beautiful nude bodies of both male and female are the common subject for this exhibition.
As a contemporary gallery, daas wants to break the mold and educate. The human body, in nude, has been the main subject of classical masterpieces for centuries. Renaissance Masters like Sandro Botticelli (Birth of Venus, 1985-86) as well as 19th century artists like Evard Munch (Madonna, 1894-95) and William Blake (The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve c.1825) have used the nude figure as a way to represent everything from divinity to impurity. Twentieth Century masters such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Henri Matisse all explored the possibilities of the nude and created remarkable images.
As a tribute to the body, the soul and all its components, daas Gallery invites visitors over the age of 18 to enjoy the work of our artists. “Skin” will be on display from Friday, January 2nd through Saturday, January 31st, 2009. The Opening reception is scheduled for Friday, January 2nd, 2009 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. For more information, please visit
http://www.daasgallery.com/ or call 239-939-1194.
