DATES: June 15-16, 2002; Opening Reception Saturday, June 15, 5-8 pm; Hours Daily, Noon - 5 pm.

PLACE: YELLOW BARN GALLERY, Glen Echo Park, 7300 McArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, Maryland. 301 371-5593

Come join Walter Bartman in celebrating KEVIN BERLIN'S solo "Homecoming" exhibition entitled SIX MONTHS IN ITALY to be featured at Yellow Barn Gallery, in cooporation with National Park Service, Glen Echo Park, 7300 McArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, Maryland on June 15th and 16th, 2002. The exhibition marks Berlin's first local solo show since he graduated from Walt Whitman High as a Presidential Scholar over 18 years ago. The Opening Evening will be highlighted with a real Tuscan style "Acqua e Cioccolato " reception and feature the US debut of the Internationally known Artist's new works painted over the past six months in Florence, Italy.

Berlin's previous one-man show "SEX & DRUGS NEW YORK" opened on September 11th, on Rue Beaubourg in Paris, France, inspiring the Artist to move his studio to the relative calm of Florence, Italy. Living incognito on the 4th floor of an ancient palazzo, on the corner of Florence's famed San Ambrogio outdoor market, Berlin spent the last six months living "La Dolce Vita" and painting. The subjects for Berlin's new large canvases and small works on paper include: tomatoes, flowers, wine, chocolate, empty plates of pasta, and red Gucci shoes.