DFN Gallery is pleased to present NYC, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and mixed media depicting New York City, featuring the work of over 40 established contemporary artists.

New York City is the muse and model for many of the world’s best representational artists.  Inspired by their surroundings, the artists in NYC capture the city’s unique street life, architecture, topography, and energy.              

The centerpiece of the exhibition, Christopher Evans’ painting “In The Light Of Memory: A Spherical Panorama From The South Tower of The World Trade Center,” provides a 360-degree view of the New York metropolitan area that is no longer available.  NYC also includes the work of a number of artists who had participated in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s studio program at The World Trade Center, including Olive Ayhens, Jacqueline Gourevitch, Carl Scorza, and Robert Selwyn.

NYC includes three generations of New York-based artists, and includes a wide range of approaches and styles: Chuck Connelly, Rackstraw Downes, Pamela Talese, and Jordan Wolfson work directly from life; Tom Birkner and Douglas Safranek reference on-site studies in their studios; Ben Aronson, Susan Grossman, and Dan Witz roam the New York streets with cameras in search of a starting point for their compositions; Rick Finkelstein and Tula Telfair create images derived from experience and imagination.    

NYC includes work by:

Woojung Ahn, Al Alexander, Ben Aronson, Olive Ayhens,
John Berens, Tom Birkner, Robert Birmelin, Lisa Breslow,
Frederick Brosen, Colin Brown, Orly Cogan, Chuck Connelly,
Matthew Cusick, Tim Daly, Stephen Dolmatch, Rackstraw Downes,
Christopher Evans, Rick Finkelstein, Cornelia Foss,  Jane Freilicher,
Jacqueline Gourevitch, Red Grooms, Susan Grossman, John Hardy,
David Holmes, Peter Homitzky, Yvonne Jacquette, David Kapp,
Alex Katz, David Levine, David Mahler, Joan Mateu,
Gang Qian, Doug Safranek, Peter Schroth, Carl Scorza,
Robert Selwyn, Joan Semmel, David Shevlino, Bernardo Siciliano,
Pamela Talese, Tula Telfair, Josette Urso, Adele Ursone,
Dan Witz, and Jordan Wolfson