Gallery at Avalon Island

Presents

The Internationals

Chidi Kwubiri – Nigeria
Ekatherina Savtchenko – Russia
Johann Eyfells – Iceland
Ken Hiratsuka – Japan
Paolo Buggiani – Italy
Robin Van Arsdol – United States
With Special Guest Artist, the Late Keith Haring


Opening Reception is Thursday January 21, 2010
6 – 9 PM
Refreshments will be served and the public is invited
This is a FREE Event

The exhibit will be on display from January 21 – February 12, 2010

Gallery Hours
11 – 4 PM Thurs. – Sat.

Gallery at Avalon Island is located at

39 S. Magnolia Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
Phone: 407-803-6670
Jeff@GalleryatAvalonIsland.com

Gallery at Avalon Island will be hosting The Internationals Exhibit January 21 – February 12, 2010. Our opening reception will be held Thursday January 21st from 6 – 9 PM. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.  Musical entertainment provided by Joseph Martens. This is a FREE event.

This is a group exhibit of well established, International painters and sculptors who are each from a different country and are all coming together in one location for this unique show.

Gallery at Avalon Island is located at 39 S. Magnolia Ave., in downtown Orlando at the corner of Magnolia and Pine. Convenient parking is available in the library parking garage, adjacent to our gallery. Hours of operation are Thursday through Saturday from 11 am – 4 pm and by appointment. Contact gallery director Jeffrey W. Shonkwiler at 407-803-6670 or by email at Jeff@GalleryatAvalonIsland.com. www.GalleryatAvalonIsland.com

About The Internationals
by Robin Van Arsdol

What is the significance of location to an artist’s identity? Is his or her environment that important to what an artist makes? Gallery at Avalon Island is pleased to present an exhibition by 6 living artists, all born in different countries and living in various locations, entitled The Internationals. Can there be a relationship to their differences? Maybe, maybe not.

For this exhibition, the connection is Orlando based artist/curator Robin Van Arsdol. Whether it is exhibiting in Colon, Germany with Nigerian born Chidi Kwubiri or at the Castello dell’Aquila in Northern Italy with the beautiful, Russian born Ekatherina Savtchenko, while in Europe International contacts are always possibilities. “Ah, but didn’t Buggiani live in New York City in the 1980’s?” states curator Robin Van Arsdol. “We know that Ekatherina now has a studio in Manhattan and didn’t Ken Hiratsuka  have a studio in the East Village? Didn’t Eyfells once live in New York City as well? No way! But it’s true.”

Music provided by Joseph Martens
Beer provided by City Beverages