Happy New Year!

Just to ease you into 2009, I thought I would post a nice video about New York-based artist Harvey Dinnerstein.

Dinnerstein is one of the world’s foremost contemporary realist painters. His hauntingly penetrating portraits and allegorical street scenes, painted over the course of five decades, depict New York’s rich pluralism, struggles, and resilience. And, funnily enough, the subway paintings remind me of travelling on the TTC here in Toronto!

The video promotes UNDERGROUND TOGETHER:The Art And Life Of Harvey Dinnerstein—the first career-spanning monograph of the artist, published to accompany a major travelling exhibition of his work. A luscious retrospective, the book is packed with 200 full-colour illustrations accompanied by insightful essays by gallerists Raman Frey and Wendi Norris.