Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Exhibit, Color of Rock
We are proud to announce that "The Color of Rock" by Philip Burke will be moving from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH to the ECHO Gallery in Daytona Beach, FL for the American Music Festival. The dynamic larger-than-life exhibit will run from September 1, 2010 - November 15, 2010 and will be free to the public during the regular operating hours of the Ocean Center's ECHO Gallery.
Artist Philip Burke’s unique portrait collection, "The Color of Rock," showcases all original oil paintings from his years contributing to Rolling Stone along with other musical icons from his personal archives. Having also appeared on the pages and covers of Times, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and many other nationally and internationally circulated publications, Burke is internationally renowned for his unmatched style, explosive use of color, sparing brush strokes and distorted renditions of his subjects. While Burke’s subjects run the gamut of celebrities, from political to business, to sports and the arts, his highest energy and vibrancy seem to converge on his rock and roll portraiture.
In his multi-million dollar exhibit with works ranging in size from 40 inches to 12 feet, Burke’s goal is to show different personality aspects of the rock stars he portrays in addition to a different sense of the subject’s sensitivity. Audiences will experience the fiery brightness and mystique of musical artists as creatively captured on canvas through this unique exhibit brought in for the American Music Festival as well as an ambient soundtrack that accompanies the Hall of Fame exhibit.
“My goal,” Burke said, “is to try to create an image where you feel like you can talk to that person or listen to that person, so when you look at the painting, maybe you get a chuckle, but you also get a different sense of the person’s sensitivity or different aspects of that personality. So when you look at it, you perceive it’s another human being, rather than a cartoon. In a sense, I’m reflecting a departure from the history of caricature. When I’m doing a caricature, I try to give each feature its own treatment, or distortion. What really brings each particular caricature into focus is the relationship of features to each other. In my mind, my work always looks the same -- pull out the character and bring it to the max -- each painting has to be as different as each person is.”
Wednesday, September 1 - Monday, November 15 • FREE ADMISSION
ECHO Gallery • Ocean Center
*Please note the exhibit will be open to the public until November 15, 2010 during regular gallery hours.
