Jacques Philippe Hebert: Nature's Structures Transformed by Fire.
(Arts & Culture) (OPEN PR) - Agora Gallery is proud to present Jacques Philippe Hebert in Beyond Borders: Exhibition of Fine Art from Canada. About Jacques Philippe Hebert: Just as he subjects Venetian glass to the heat of a kiln and brings out the crystalline intricacies lying dormant in its structures, Canadien artist Jacques Philippe Hebert removes organic forms from their environment and redefines them through the fervor of his art. The familier shapes of flora, the human body, minerais and deep-ocean life are transformed in a kiln at high temperatures and elevated to a level where they exist provocatively on the edge of abstraction. Colors in Hebert's works seethe as light itself is captured within the glass' magnifying qualifies and primordial bubbles. Even his liquid-blue oceans bum with cherry-red veins. Hebert's work is highly cross-referential, as it speaks of the universel structures and tensions which underlie ail phenomenon in the naturel world. Whether they suggest crystals, summer lightning, underground mot systems or water ripples, the vortices emanating from Hebert's work graphically display a certain undeniable truth: There is a white-hot core from which ail things emanate, and Jacques Philippe Hebert's artwork has captured it. Exhibition Dates: October 1, 2008 through October 21, 2008 Opening Reception: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 6-8 pm Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am - 6pm Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery dedicated to the promotion of national and international artists, providing quality and original art to established and emerging collectors, catering to special events in support of fine art, organizations that foster social awareness and promote environmental issues. The gallery is also the publisher of ARTisSpectrum Magazine and the sponsor of Art-Mine.com. Agora Gallery 530 West 25th St Chelsea, NY 10001 212-226-4151 Amanda@agora-gallery.com