Kevin Berlin: “The Secret Life Of Ballerinas”
Live performance
Swan Lake meets MMA (Mix Martial Arts) It's a fight! Two classical ballerinas finally get their chance to face off. Winner gets the flowers! Took place live during Art Chicago, at Kevin Berlin's solo exhibition "Secret Life of Ballerinas", Kasia Kay Projects Gallery.
Dates: April 15 - May 21, 2011.
Opening Reception: Friday, April 15th, 6-8 pm.
Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, 215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago IL 60607 P. 312- 944-0408
www.kasiakaygallery.com
Art Chicago April 28 - May 2, 2011.
Opening Reception for Art Chicago: Thursday, April 28th, Booth number 12-614. Open daily through April 31.
Classical ballerinas: Melanie Hortin and Jessica Wolfrum
Referee: Kevin Berlin
Videography by Lab3 Productions
Editing by Maurizio Trapani
For over 20 years, artist Kevin Berlin has been exploring the secret life of ballerinas. Focusing on moments backstage and behind the scenes, Berlin has worked with some of the most famous dancers and theaters in the world including Kirov Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia, The National Opera and Ballet in Kiev, Ukraine and Florence Dance Center in Florence, Italy. Kevin Berlin, as a sculptor, has created monumental portraits in bronze and cast glass posed for by Anastasia Volochkova, Maestro Luciano Pavarotti, and Maestro Valery Gergiev.
Artist Kevin Berlin uses performance as a platform to open a conversation about important social issues. The performances are presented live at art fairs, galleries, and street settings. Recorded in short video/documentary format, they eventually find a global audience online.
Kevin Berlin is an international artist best known for painting, sculpture, and performance. Berlin shares his time between Southampton, New York and Florence, Italy. Berlin, a Yale University Alumnus, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Shanghai Daily, The Miami Herald, USA Today, MTV, Tokyo Television, BBC Radio and over 40 television stations. Berlin's works are found in the collections of Buzz Aldrin, Barton G., Kim Basinger, Henry Buhl, President George W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, General Motors Corp., National YoungArts Foundation, HRH Princess Antonella de Orleans-Bourbon, Quincy Jones, Luciano Pavarotti, Ron Rice, and Pieter & Marieke Sanders. Recent solo exhibitions include New York, Miami, London and The Hague.
www.kevinberlin.com
@kevinberlin
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