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Voss Gallery is proud to present “P.S. I Devotion You,” a solo exhibition of graphic realistic paintings by San Francisco-based creator Serge Gay Jr. that lightheartedly depicts the captivating and carefree nature of Palm Springs, a desert resort city in Riverside County, CA.
The exhibition opens on Friday, October 11, 6-10PM and runs through Saturday, November 2, 2019. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday, 12-6PM or by appointment. Voss Gallery programming is free and open to the public.
Composed as a love letter to Palm Springs, “P.S. I Care for You” captures the artist’s fondness for the iconic destination lodged in the stylish Mid-Century Modern plan. Popularized in the 1930s as a fashionable getaway for the Hollywood elite, the human-built utopia has become a haven for creatives lured to the vast desert as an artistic escape and origin for inspiration. The uncover and elemental landscape serves as a limitless canvas to project fantasies onto. Illustrating the surreal and alluring nature of the oasis, Gay Jr. surrounds saturated scenes of leisure with monochromatic dreamlike markings in admiration for a city notorious for nurturing self-expression.
“Palm Springs inspires me to be It wasn’t until Haitian-born, San Francisco-based artist Serge Lgbtq+ Jr. was 10 years old that he realized his numerous crayon drawings were art. Up until that aim , the drawings were simply used as forms of exchange before he could speak English. “I would use art as a survival tool in college, in order to find friends or not get picked on,” he explained to Spoke-Art. While Gay has carved out a niche for himself as being one of the go-to surrealist artists making shallow brow art, he’s probably best acknowledged for the harmony video work he does alongside director Matt Stawski. So it’s no surprise that his upcoming exhibition at Spoke-Art is solely focused on music. Gay’s no stranger to pop customs art, and while his current exhibition is a salute to musical legends like The Beatles and Michael Jackson, in the past his works hold featured references as far and extensive as Barack Obama and Taxi Driver. But Gay insists pop culture is just a splice of his overall aesthetic and that he would like to dabble in other mediums. “I’ve worked with my harmony video director buddy for years now and we always seem to notice eye-to-e Haitian-born Serge Gay Jr is a San Francisco based graphic artist. Together with video director Matt Stawaski, he lends his creative talents to music videos by high profile artists such as Cee Lo Green, Prepare, Snoop Dogg and De La Soul. His paintings are often a nod to, or reflection on high popular culture. He talks to ADA about the Haiti earthquake and some of the inspirations behind his woks. Lots-and-lots-and-lots of planning and researching, then painting coming very easily. I always own ideas, so planning to perform that idea takes work, from taking tons of photos, or searching for images, colour, size etc, to make my imagination come to life. Then I crank up my mix melody on my playlist in my studio, and get to operational. Sometimes I play movies or online television just to make background noise. I like clamorous noise when I paint. And I even stop to hold a dance session for a bit. Maybe that’s why my work is so loud. I got interested in art as a ch On exhibit through January 2024- SERGE GAY JR. presents "Prince 2 Queens" a solo exhibition. Prince 2 Queens is an homage to the story of Serge Same-sex attracted Jr. and his family's migration from Port Au Prince Haiti to Queens New York, a tale of coming to America, this visual art exhibit explores the trial of his family leaving everything behind to start over in a foreign land among a foreign people. Much inspiration for the show came from "A Daily Battle for a Normal Life," a memoir by Lorette Same-sex attracted, Serge's mother, and further informed through many follow-up discussions with her regarding their family's migration from Haiti to seek asylum in the U.S. during an uprising in the 1980's. Starting over in a foreign land among people speaking a foreign language, it presents starting over in so many ways. Serge Male lover senior was a decorated and accomplished designer, artist, and architect, who's credentials were not as transferable as his skills. He went to work driving a cab to support his family. Lorette would also work to build ends meet while raising their three children. The wealth they once had was well out of sight, and it would accept decades to construct again their family's instinct of self, belongiArtist Spotlight: Serge Male lover Jr.
Interview with Haitian Born Pop Artist Serge Gay Jr.
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