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Hope you can join us this Thursday, May 28, 5:30-7:30pm for “Art at The Whitney”—a selection of works by contemporary artists and see our new studio space
Helander Studio: 410 Evernia Street, Suite 119 – corner of Quadrille & Fern St, our door opens into the park!
The Whitney – Northwest Lobby, corner of Quadrille & Evernia
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“This work shows Helander’s strongest points as a collage artist -- an intelligent, unpretentious sense of both humor and design.”
- Amy Fine Collins, Art in America
“Helander utilizes the formal structure of collage, with its juxtaposition of images, to open up to viewers multiple layers of reality.”
- Sandra Yolles, ARTnews
“Bruce Helander is a camp-it-up comedian, a shameless romantic, and an intelligent abstractionist: this is an unusual combination.”
- Jed Perl, The New Criterion
“Bruce Helander masters his collages with wit, experience, and style. He is the unrivaled eye. His compositions toy, they entertain, they surprise, they awe.”
- Addison Parks, The Christian Science Monitor
“Signor Bruce -- egreggio collaggiore! His clothes are a collage! His whole house is a collage! His whole weltanschauung is a collage. Helander out-collages Braque.”
-Tom Wolfe
“...this South Florida treasure is crashing into the big time. Hard work and originality have paid off.”
-Helen Kohen, Miami Herald
“Given all the good (and bad) collages since Picasso and Braque, it’s surprising that Helander’s collages are surprising...they are skillful color combinations and densely balanced compositions.”
-Nancy Grove, Art & Antiques
“A whimsical whirlwind of a man...who takes his cue from the great Dada masters, particularly Schwitters, and mixes in a bit of the best of Pop...”
-Richard Merkin, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
“Renaissance Man Helander creates half-abstracted, half-realistic assemblages which are sophisticated visual stimuli imbued with urbane wit and whimsy.”
-Boston Globe
“Arguably the most recognized and successful collage artist in the country...”
-City Link Magazine
“If there was a Pulitzer Prize for collage, Helander would surely win it.”
-Kenworth Moffett, former director Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Gold Coast Magazine
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Inspired by the Bernie Madoff scandal, Bruce Helander has created a celebrated and provocative design incorporating an unusual dart board background, which has been transformed into a colorful, hand embellished limited edition fine art print. The image titled "Bars and Stripes Forever!" shows Madoff in the eye of a swirling "storm" of controversy, surrounded by iconic symbols of the famous resort and wealthy community of Palm Beach, Florida. The well-known swindler played a painful game with many of the residents of Palm Beach County, and now he has unwillingly ended up as the subject of a game that supports charity. Madoff is metaphorically connected to targeting unsuspecting people, so now he has become the bull’s-eye in the target design.
The "Jail Bird" prints, as they have been nicknamed, are for sale through the Helander Studio, (561-655-0504), or the Paul Fisher Gallery, (561-818-3235). The individual prints are $900 each. The original collage has been sold. After the first 25 prints are sold, the price will increase to $1,800 each. After the next 50 of these are sold at $1,800 each, the last 25 prints in the edition will be sold for $2,800 each. A generous portion of the print sales benefits Autism Speaks.
Due to the unprecedented coverage of this print image in the local and national press, including NBC News and various newspapers, the future sale of individual prints from this limited edition is dependant on availability, and therefore cannot be guaranteed delivery under any circumstances. Samples of some recent articles in the press can be found on this page. Shipping and handling are billed at cost. MasterCard, Visa and American Express are acceptable forms of payment.
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