ARTROM Gallery, in Rome, is honored to have been asked by the New Zealand Embassy, Rome to represent them at this Festival in Teramo, in the visual arts section, with a solo exhibition of works by artist Clay Bodvin.

The Artrom Gallery Collection - Reformatting the Still Life.
Large-scale prints of Clay Bodvin - July 1 - 10, 2008

Happening Culturale Internazionale, 4th Edition
Via Nicola Palma 18, Teramo ITALY - Teramo Città Aperta al Mondo (City open to the World)ARTROM Gallery, in Rome, is honored to have been asked by the New Zealand Embassy, Rome to represent them at this Festival in Teramo, in the visual arts section, with a solo exhibition of works by artist Clay Bodvin.

The Artrom Gallery Collection - Reformatting the Still Life.
Large-scale prints of Clay Bodvin - July 1 - 10, 2008

Happening Culturale Internazionale, 4th Edition
Via Nicola Palma 18, Teramo ITALY - Teramo Città Aperta al Mondo (City open to the World)Describing the Festival, the Committee says "...This is a festival which interweaves sports and culture, bringing together young and old from every part of the world. The idea and theme focusing on a message of peace, tolerance and the desire to be open and share these ten days together. The consequence revealing the ease in which people are capable of creating friendships and a true desire to discover cultures other than their own. A wonderful result!" See details at http://www.teramomondo.com

ARTROM Gallery explains: we will curate this exhibition - focussing on fourteen, 65 x 60cm archival inkjet-prints from three different series groups - in which Clay Bodvin developed his 'photomedia painting' techniques.

These ornate 'rooms' have something precious and inviting about them. Rich, dense saturated primary colors serve a precise function; to model and exalt the objects presented, to enhance and justify them. Bodvin uses a collage approach of decorative motifs, at times of different scale, which is very effective in achieving 'environment', not of a specific space, but of a sense of place that is almost tangible.

His master is obviously Matisse, and Clay indeed learned his lessons well. The ornamental rhythmical lines of contrasting tints are a direct homage to the Fauvist painter. Bodvin's force is composition and he chooses an organizational harmony, of objects and the sensations they evoke, beyond perspective.

Also available will be a wide selection of smaller works of the same series. All of these are also available through ARTROM Gallery on-line. Make enquiries to - info@artromgallery.com

The work can be seen at - http://www.artromgallery.com/clay_bodvin/clay_bodvin.htm