NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Maurizio Zafret in From Italy with Love. The exhibition opens June 14, 2018 and runs through June 21,  2018 with an opening reception on Thursday, June 14 from 6-8 pm. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting artists is encouraged to attend.

About the Artist

Maurizio Zafret creates photomontages that collage various aspects of the everyday into introspective portraits. A single of Zafret’s images often contains details from as many as ten separate photographs, creating a dense network of layers, textures, colors, and patterns. Incorporating images of graffiti, newspaper clippings, clocks, and ropes, the artist experiments with form, color, and composition in his pictures that capture entirely unique interior worlds.

Isolated, walking figures, and sparse trees are recurring motifs in Zafret’s photographs on plexiglass. Long, cast shadows, soaring hawks, and rippling pools of water also populate his images to create unusual, even surreal compositions that feel simultaneously familiar and dreamlike. Solemn but colorful, lonely but bursting with information, and deteriorating but dense, these works are layered to create narratives of irony, mercy, and humanity, all siphoned through a nuanced and attentive lens.

Exhibition Dates: June 14 - June 21, 2018

Reception: Thursday June 14, 2018 6-8 PM

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/Maurizio_Zafret.aspx

Featured Artists:

Paolo Domenichini |  Cristiano Mazzoli | RABARAMA | Maurizio Zafret | Angelica Pedini | Nello Petrucci

About the Exhibition

From Italy with Love is the first in a series of annual exhibitions presented by Agora Gallery featuring works from contemporary Italian artists. This iteration, organized in collaboration with Contemply, Florence, Italy features works by six artists who use painting, sculpture, collage, and photography to expand upon the figurative tradition historically associated with Italian art and culture. Utilizing diverse approaches to interrogate old themes, the artists in this exhibition convey varied perspectives on the body.

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.