'Modern Masters' Exhibition Features Laurence Gartel & Barry Gross At 1310 Gallery Sailboat Bend

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Oct. 10, 2023 - PRLog -- You are cordially invited to experience the Opening Reception of 'Modern Masters', featuring renowned contemporary artists Laurence Gartel and Barry Gross at 1310 Gallery Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, October 13th from 7 – 10pm. The exhibition runs from October 13th through November 3rd. This Event is Free & Open to the Public. The exhibition features artist Laurence Gartel, known as 'The Father of Digital Art' and legendary master painter Barry Gross, known for his figurative paintings and portraits.

About the Artists

Laurence Gartel: Known as 'The Father of Digital Art', Gartel's vision was to create electronic images, capture them with a still camera off a monitor as there were no saving devices or software to store the created picture. He saw these images as works of Art that would eventually replace painting. In 1985 he taught Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer to create the album cover for Debbie Harry (Blondie.) It was a moment when "Pop Art met Digital Art." In 1991, he produced his famous ABSOLUT GARTEL ad for Absolut Vodka. Gartel had a feature exhibition at the Norton Museum of Art, and in 2009 he received the Palm Beach Photographic Centre's prestigious FOTOmentor Award. In his 40+ year career he created artwork for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards; Newport Jazz Festival; NASA; Monaco International Film Festival; Feature of the 113th New York International Auto Show; Oslo Motor Show Norway and much more.

Barry Gross: The paintings of Barry Gross are timely indications of our current period of spiritual wonderings and temporal questioning. Barry paints visions, dreams, and distant memories, peopled with beautifully articulated figures. A master painter, Gross' work, which is spatially and iconographically complex, invites the viewer to solve the riddles of time and place, to attempt to determine the state of consciousness, and to establish the contextual and stylistic heritage. His emphasis on the placement of precisely rendered human forms within mystic landscapes provides the viewer a space of personal contemplation and reverie. His works are in the collections of actor Burt Reynolds, financier Malcom Forbes, and entertainer Elton John, just to name a few.

1310 Gallery at Sailboat Bend is located at 1310 SW 2nd Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312. See link for more details: https://www.themiamiartscene.com/event/modern-masters-ope...