Hervé Di Rosa
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Hervé Di Rosa (b. 1959) is a French painter.
Born in Sète, France, Hervé Di Rosa is a French painter who brings to life the unique characters who populate his work through the making of paintings, sculptures, installations, animation movies, editions, portraying these unique individuals. In America we had Haring, Basquiat, Scharf and graffiti. In France we had "Figuration Libre" with Di Rosa, Combas, Blanchard and others with Di Rosa at the lead. His universe is filled with humor and excitement and his passion for kitsch or "Art Modeste." Di Rosa built a Museum dedicated to Modest Art in Sète, France. In August 2006 he will have a show of his work at the Bass Museum in Miami. He shows regularly with the Gallery Haim-Chanin in New York and Louis Carre et Cie. in Paris.
[edit] Selected exhibitions
1981 Eva Keppel Gallery, Düsseldorf, Swart Gallery, Amsterdam. - « Ateliers 81-82 » ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
1982 New York, « Statements New York 82. Leadinq contemporary artists from France », Holly Solomon Gallery. First encounter with Keith Haring, Tseng Kwong Chi, Kenny Scharf, Nicolas Moufarrege, .... Gillepsie-Laage-Salomon Gallery, Paris.
1983 « Villa Medicis hors les murs » PS1 New York. « Blanchard, Boisrond, Combas, Di Rosa » au Groninger Museum à Groningen. - Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
1984 Hervé and Richard (Buddy) Di Rosa, Robert Fraser Gallery, London. « French Spirit Today » USC Fischer Art Gallery, Los Angeles and Contemporary Art Museum, La Jolla. « 5/5 : Figuration Libre, France-USA » (curated by Otto Hahn and Hervé Perdriolle) : Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rémi Blanchard, François Boisrond, Robert Combas, Crash, Hervé and Richard Di Rosa, Keith Haring, Louis Jammes, Tseng Kwong Chi and Kenny Scharf.
