hcg gallery

HCG GALLERY // JAN 30 // 5:30 - 8:30PM

HCG Gallery
1130 Dragon St, Suite 190
Dallas, TX 75207
www.hcggallery.com

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The Art of Christopher Ciccone

In his HCG exhibition, Christopher Ciccone combines paintings on glassine and
canvas, polaroid photography, easy-marker drawings on canvas and video works in
a show that “comprises and defines my “Hollywood” period. A time of drastic change
and life-altering decisions, both personal and professional. My art spared me full-on
insanity”.

Late one night in Christopher’s Hollywood apartment as he shared cocktails with a
young man he had met earlier that evening, he became so inspired by this person
that he felt an undeniable urge to paint him. He had not been painting for many
years and had never actually had a live human being sit for a painting. “Without
hesitation I asked the young man to strip and take a seat in a high backed antique
English chair”. Without canvas or heavy paper to work with he scrambled to find
something to paint on. He came across a roll of glassine (a type of wax paper used
commonly to wrap and ship artworks in). He ripped some from the roll, grabbed his
paints and began to paint the young man poised before him. That was the moment
his work changed into the expressionistic, haphazard and figurative outlines of friends
and lovers that exists in his current body of paintings. “I had never felt my imagination
so unleashed as I did that night”....

A follow-up to his New York Times best selling memoirs, “Life with my Sister Madonna”;
Christopher will be releasing a book of erotic photography and poetry in late 2010.
Many of the polaroids were candidly captured during late night “miscellaneous”
activities. Some soft and poignant, others purely hedonistic, the polaroids warm
tonality allow the sometimes intense subject matter to be easily taken in. This body of
photography can be previewed in his HCG exhibition, before it’s release next year.
“These photo’s enlarged from the original single polaroids, are as raw and candid as I
intended. Un-retouched and unaltered".

Video works of Madonna’s “The Girlie Show” tour, which Christopher directed, along
with a music video he directed for Tony Bennet and an especially contemporary take
on Dolly Parton will be in rotation during the exhibition.

With past art exhibitions in New York and Paris, designing and directing major concert
tours and music videos, and designing residential interiors, restaurants, hotels and
furniture and writing a best selling book; Christopher Ciccone’s creative background
runs the gamut..

All work is available for pre-sale and the artist’s reception is open only to it’s guest list.
You must RSVP to attend this event.

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