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Christophe Roberts and Hebru Brantley are opening at the Lyons Wier Gallery in New York with their  Journey of a Thousand Eyes and Wait a Cotton Picking Minute exhibitions, Friday, September 10, 2010 6:00 – 9:00 pm and the exhibit runs from September 10 – October 10, 2010. MNP talked with Roberts this past winter about his art in the DOJO. Don’t miss it folks!

Mass Media meets Mass Production: New works by Chicago natives Hebru Brantley and Christophe Roberts will be presented at Lyons Wier Gallery in concurrent exhibitions that blur the boundaries between fine art, social commentary and consumer products. Each artist will present a body of work that engages and navigates contemporary urban realities with critical wit, precision, agility, and vision.

Journey of a Thousand Eyes 2010, Mixed media
38 x 38 x 24 inches

Amongst the Hustle 2010, Mixed media and collage
57 x 67 inches

: Images courtesy of the Lyons Wier Gallery :

The Windy City Times recently talked with Aldo Castillo, Associate Director of the Miami International Art Fair, which happens January 13-17, 2011, about closing the award-winning gallery bearing his name and now identifying with a larger world. Below is an excerpt from the interview:

The art fair you’re becoming director of takes place in January?

Yes, Jan. 13-17. That’s the one I’m directing, but I’m helping, shaping the fair so it becomes competitive. Because the gallery behavior has totally changed-you don’t see that many customers walking by into galleries anymore. Galleries are facing new challenges and they have nothing to do with the economy, they have to do with technology. Galleries now depend on their websites for people to know where they are or what they do. Many people who like art like to go to art fairs because it’s like a little museum coming to you for three days or four days. When it comes to the business of people looking at art, art fairs are the prime today the main venue for selling art.

Why did you decide to keep your gallery here online?

Because I am considered one of the main voices for Latin American art. I have studied the movements in Latin American art, what sells, what doesn’t sell, the prices, the authenticity of the work, so I am a key person that is knowledgeable about that. When I decided to close the gallery, all these people advised me not to do it-to keep the name alive. It’s better to keep what I have done open.

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