Serge Strosberg - The expressionist of fashion @ Brenart Art Gallery
28 Dec 2011 - 11 Feb 2012

From his apartment in Downtown Manhattan, painter Serge Strosberg watches the workings of his bustling neighborhood unfold. He stands alone, his eyes tracking the movements of the tiny people strolling down Broadway five floors beneath him. The city, with all of its complexities, is the strength behind his art, his muse. He absorbs the breadth of life strewn before him and distills it, so all that remains in his painting is the raw and unadulterated essence of what he has seen—Strosberg's work manages to be both beautiful and bright, while maintaining a disquieting, but intriguing, dark side.
In the four years since he moved to New York from Paris, the renowned Expressionist has witnessed nothing but perpetual change—both minute and momentous—the likes of which only New York can provide