Archived Exhibitions

Vered Gallery is pleased to present #NSFW: BODIES, a group exhibition featuring figural works by both renown Modern Masters and Contemporary artists, established as well as emerging.  NSFW, the internet acronym for “Not Safe For Work” playfully eludes to Vered’s Contemporary spin on traditional nudes and portraiture, subject matter commonly not considered appropriate for public viewing.  Included in this exhibition are paintings, photographs and sculptures by Milton Avery, Willem de Kooning, David Hockney, Steven Klein, Eric Fischl, Larry Rivers, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ray Caesar, Colin Christian, Michael Dweck, William King, Adam Handler, Adam Miller, Ashley Maxwell, Taylor Pilote, Peter Buchman and Jessica Lichtenstein among others.

Highlights in this exhibition include Larry Rivers’ lyrical triumph, Ochre Dance, an homage to Matisse’s seminal masterpiece La Danse.   Case Study #13 image no. 01, a stunning photographic portrait of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a modern family in crisis, by celebrated Fashion Photographer Steven Klein. And, Untitled 1969 (woman in high heels), a unique painted armature for an unrealized sculpture by Willem de Kooning.

The unique perspective of this exhibition allows for the viewer to observe art of the nude and portraiture through the eyes of some of today’s most exciting new talents alongside works of the Modern era from which it was inspired.  One can see clearly see the evolution of the nude through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries both aesthetically and conceptually, as one moves from Man Ray’s portraits of Kiki de Montparnesse (1928), to Bert Stern’s iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe (1962), and from David Hockney’s cubist, photo collage rendition of actress Theresa Russell (1983) and finally onto Jessica Lichtenstein’s frolicking, computer generated lovelies.  The viewer will witness dramatic shifts in how New Contemporary Art movements relate to the subjective concept of physical beauty and understand how today’s radical new ideas were informed by Modernism while at the same time trying to reject it’s tradition, just as Modernism was by Classicism of the nineteenth century.

Also on display will be work from Marilyn Minter, Hunt Slonem, Hans Hofmann, Tim Conlon and many more.

Collector’s Choice is an annual group exhibition of Vered Gallery artists selected by Vered Gallery’s clientele. This special exhibition includes contemporary works by Ron Agam, Ray Caesar, Tim Conlon, Adam Handler, Wolf Kahn, Steven Klein, Adam Miller, Nathan Sawaya and Dean West.

PEEP SHOW, Jessica Lichtenstein’s
first solo exhibition in the Hamptons
opens Memorial Day Weekend.

Lichtenstein, known for her anime
inspired, doll filled tableaux and the
wildly imaginative worlds she creates
with her “Word Sculptures”, opens
Peep Show with a reception at the
gallery, Saturday, May 25th 9-11pm
The exhibition will run through Monday,
June 17th.

Vered Gallery opens its new exhibition Needful Things with a Collector’s Preview Thursday, October 4th at 5pm.  This annual fall group exhibition features new works by Colin Christian, Grant Haffner, Ray Caesar, Adam Handler and Ron Agam as well as special selections by Yayoi Kusama, Will Cotton and Robert Mapplethorpe.

Now in its third consecutive year, Art on the Edge comes to the newly launched Vered Contemporary. Art on the Edge, the only exhibition of its kind in the Hamptons, is an annual survey of New Contemporary Art featuring the most provocative new painters, sculptors and photographers working in their respective mediums today. Each year, the eclectic nature and quality of work featured in Vered’s Art on the Edge exhibits have made it the “must-see” summer event for savvy art collectors in the Hamptons. The exhibition opens with a Reception Saturday, May 26th 8-10pm and continues through Monday, June 18th.

Caesar’s new body of work has a deep personal meaning for him as it touches on the hidden places in his psyche as well as reflects on childhood experiences.  Virtually all of his work deals with coming to terms with  the subconscious elements of his life and the way he experiences the world around him.

“My work seems to keep on the regular themes of “Hunting Back Innocence” and “Revelations of Light” and the painful process of “Self Examination” and hidden voices calling like sirens in the night. Premonitions and the worlds of pleasure and pain and ugliness and beauty and humiliation and dignity. For many people what I do is art, but for me the pictures are a communication from my subconscious to my conscious mind.” – Ray Caesar

Art on the Edge 2011 continues to showcase the most talented artists working in New Contemporary Art. This special exhibition brings to the Hamptons the best in cutting edge painting, sculpture and photography by the most exciting artists working today. The exhibition opens with a reception Saturday, July 9th 9-11pm and continues through August 1st.

With this Annual exhibition Vered Gallery continues to represent a new environment dedicated to recognizing and supporting the significance of New Contemporary while showcasing the cutting edge talent that is increasingly pervading mainstream culture. The continued goal of the exhibition is to further advance the dialogue of new contemporary art movements from around the world. This year’s exhibition includes the work of fifteen artists representing three continents.

Vered Gallery features Couture Shock, the first solo exhibition of work by hot, new fashion photographer Raul Higuera. Couture Shock features highlights of Higuera’s wonderfully bizarre, sexy surreal fashion stories straight from the pages of Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Harper’s Bazaar.