Atlantean Frescoes

#FFFHEX contemporary art gallery is pleased to announce “Atlantean Frescoes,” an exhibition of paintings by Travis Iurato. Please join us for an opening reception at the gallery Saturday, November 26 from 6–8 P.M. The exhibition will be on view through December 17 and can be viewed Saturdays 1–6 P.M. and by appointment.

“Atlantean Frescoes” is a new body of work inspired by Iurato’s 2014 visit to Bavon, VA. The artist reflects on the water and marine motifs while imagining the frescoed walls that would decorate the mythical lost city of Atlantis. Iurato seeks to “touch people in a deep place, to stir them with ancient feelings” and simultaneously “excite them with something new.” His series of slab-like patterned paintings in ink echo preserved artifacts while speaking to life by the water in the 21st century.

Travis Iurato (born 1985, Tucson) lives and works in Flagstaff, AZ where he is the Artistic Director of the Flagstaff Arts Council and co-directs curatorial project New Age Drinks. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union in New York in 2009. Iurato currently has an exhibition “100 Dibujos de 100 Cosas” at the Museum of Northern Arizona and has also shown his work at venues including Satellite Contemporary (Las Vegas), Studio DTFU (Dallas), Ferro-Strouse Gallery (Miami) and Recession Art (Brooklyn).

For more information or to make an appointment to view the exhibition, please contact the gallery at (804) 384-6288 or by email [email protected].