Trigg Ison Fine Art will host the first west coast retrospective exhibition of paintings by American artist Chuck Connelly at Trigg Ison Fine Art, 511 North Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood, CA. The private opening, “Chuck Connelly: Rediscovery,” will be held on October 29, 2009 and will include a full color catalog of the exhibition with a forward written by fine art critic and museum curator Peter Frank. The exhibition will be open to the public from October 30th and run through November 24th, 2009.

Connelly emerged as a favorite within the American art world during the neo-expressionist movement of the 1980’s with promise of becoming one of the next inspiring heroes of art and American art culture as a master class American painter. His paintings were represented by some of the most significant galleries in New York including Annina Nosei Gallery where his paintings were exhibited alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Rauschenberg and Julian Schnabel. In 1989, the paintings of Connelly were prominently featured in Martin Scorsese's film, "New York Stories: Life Lessons." Although Connelly enjoyed success in the 1980’s he never achieved his true potential due to his self destructive behavior that alienated those around him.

Trigg Ison became inspired with Connelly in Jeff Stimmel’s 2008 HBO film, “Chuck Connelly: The Art of Failure: Not for Sale,” which has just won an Emmy Award. “The paintings were incredible, executed in myriad styles, textures and pallets, each demonstrating an extremely high and consistent level of intellect and talent. Captivated, and intent on bringing to the world's attention this stunning body of work, the galleries efforts now culminate with this  exhibition of more than thirty original oil paintings, each hand selected directly from the artist's personal lifetime collection. Chuck Connelly is now poised and ready to take his place in history as one of most versatile, creative and prolific living American artists. It is our pleasure to welcome the artist and his paintings to Los Angeles for this first west coast retrospective exhibition.”