- Gail Potocki
Gail Potocki (born 1961,
Detroit, Michigan , U.S.) is an award-winningSymbolist artist utilizing the skills and techniques of the Old Masters in the 21st century. Influenced by 19th century artists likeFernand Khnopff ,Jean Delville , andDante Gabriel Rossetti , Potocki's first monograph, "Gail Potocki: The Union of Hope and Sadness" was released in the Summer of 2006 and features text byThomas Negovan ,Richard Metzger and Jim Rose of theJim Rose Circus . Gail was the First Place winner of the First International Online Symbolist Art Exhibition, and has exhibited at numerous exhibitions worldwide, sharing wall space withGustav Klimt ,Egon Schiele ,H. R. Giger ,Salvador Dalí , andErnst Fuchs .Gail currently lives in
Chicago .Television, Interviews
*"Life's Lesson: The Studios of Howard Street", Channel 21,
Chicago , Jan 2004
*"Iz This Art?", Channel 26, Chicago, March 2002
*"ArtBeat Chicago: "Preserving the Arts: Drawing on the Past",PBS Channel 11, Chicago,October 18 ,2000 "(regularly re-run)"Books
* "The Union of Hope and Sadness: The Art of
Gail Potocki " (2006) byThomas Negovan with introduction by Jim Rose of TheJim Rose Circus An exploration of the
Symbolist painting ofGail Potocki ; more than 100 works are represented and discussed. The 208 page hardcover book also includes essays fromRichard Metzger , the host of BBC's Disinformation: the Series and neuroscientist Marina Korsakova-Kreyn.Press
*"The Sentimentalist" magazine, Winter 2001: "Gail Potocki: A Modern Symbolist"
*"ArtsOnline: The Arts Council of England" online news magazine,September 9 ,2002 : "No Longer a Dream but a Reality"
*"Inscape" magazine, Winter 2002: "When Dreams Become a Reality"
*"American Artist Drawing" magazine, Winter 2005: "Gail Potocki"
*"Snake Oil", author: Jim RoseExhibitions
*Gail Potocki's art has been exhibited in the US,
Germany ,Austria ,Italy ,Switzerland , andScotland .External links
* [http://www.gailpotocki.com/ Gail Potocki:Official website]
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