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 Neil Bernstein
Famed Holocaust Artist
"Arizona 911 Carnage from the US Border"

Bernstein's controversial memorial works (paintings, sculpture and architectural structures) are exhibited and acquired by museums and collectors throughout the world. The works are historically grounded in world events using an eclectic collision of disparate elements which range from the sacred to the profane. "My purpose has always been to provide the public with something more potent and effective than the commonplace - a means of transformation - mythological beasts - for issues like 9/11 and the holocaust - a representation of the un-representational"

Bernstein has lectured at colleges and appeared on numerous TV programs to discuss 9/11 and art.

ARTIST STATEMENT: Induced by the tempests of innovation, my studios breed a mythological vessel and alter-world for the interpretation of historically significant events. Catalytic cyclones, the works mix classic car parts, carnival implements, vintage motorcycles with archeological and sacred materials (World Trade Center debris, Egyptian pyramid dust, carnage remnants. NB.

Neil's exhibit at the gallery on 4th Avenue was a permanent exhibit which was installed for
6 months in 2008 before our move to the new location. 
We hope to be coordinating a new installation around December of 2008

Michael Hyatt

Since 1968, photographer Michael Hyatt's work has ranged from street photography in Boston, Los Angeles, Mexico and Ireland to documenting the performances and backstage activities of prominent punk rock and roots rock bands in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1986. Since moving to Arizona in late 1986, his camerawork has focused on a variety of subjects including the U.S./Mexico borderlands.

Key pieces of Mr. Hyatt's Migrant Artifacts (an unsettling view of the perilous trek that has become one of the most controversial issues in today's national and international political debate) were featured in the recent Heart's Path Exhibit at El Ojito Springs, which ran from October 2007 to January 2008.

Coppelia's View

Coppelia Tarantal, of Tucson, Arizona, lived in Africa for two years working with traditional Himba tribes and in the emerging rural community of Opuwu.  Her powerful images chronicle her immersion into an area highly impacted by the widespread epidemic that is HIV/AIDS in Namibia. Coppelia's exhibit ran for 12 weeks in 2008..
 


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