NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Rody in Pathways. The exhibition opens September 26, 2017 and runs through October 17, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, September 28 from 6-8 pm.
The paintings of Rodica Iliesco, known professionally as Rody, capture a romantic and dream-like vision of Paris both during and after the Belle Epoque (1871-1914). She depicts a city of love, light, and beauty, filled with artists and poets whose lifestyle is free, fun, and as sparkling as champagne. Rody also loves to paint the grittier side of old Paris, with loose women and men who gamble and go looking for a fight. She takes inspiration from old photographs of the city and her own imagination, wanting her work to serve as an escape from reality. In every composition, Rody adds a splash of red, to “wake up the eye” and give her paintings a sense of joy and boldness.
Rody was born in Romania, but grew up listening to her father’s stories of being an artist in Paris in the 1920s. When she finally traveled to Paris to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, she says she felt like she had come home. Rody is now an Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Montmartre.
Exhibition Dates: Sept. 26 – Oct. 17, 2017
Reception: Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Event URL: https://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Rody.aspx
Featured Artists:
Enrico Ambrosio | Lorena Becerra | Anita Birkenfeld | Rody | Hanneke Kempers | Nancy McLean | Iva Milanova | Frédérique Négrié | Alaleh Ostad | Elke Riedel | Svetlana Sintseva | Bekir Smolski
About the Exhibition
Pathways
Pathways is a group exhibition that blurs the boundaries between fantasy and reality through a survey of the works of twelve artists. The exhibition considers how a variety of media, including paintings, sculpture, digital compositions, photography, and multimedia collages, can intertwine both the everyday and the ethereal into a collection of dynamic compositions.
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