Corey Helford Gallery
presents new works by
 
JAMES NACCARATO
“The Inevitable March Into Madness”
 
Opening Reception Saturday, October 13, 2007 from 7-10pm
On View October 13 – November 3, 2007

Corey Helford Gallery                  
8522 Washington Boulevard          
Culver City, CA  90232              
T: 310-287-2340              
www.coreyhelfordgallery.com
Open Tuesday - Saturday, Noon to 6:00pm

Corey Helford Gallery is pleased to present “The Inevitable March Into Madness,” an exhibit of new works by Southern California artist James Naccarato. For his first solo show at the gallery, Naccarato will unveil a series of oil paintings about man’s insatiable thirst for the very marrow of life. It is about humankind’s relentless quest for total domination over science, technology and nature itself. Greed devours everything as the monoliths suck the very life from the earth. As the end draws near, we follow “The Inevitable March Into Madness.”
 
Drawing inspiration from the world around him, Naccarato creates a unique universe populated by an array of celestial creatures and twisted, dreamlike landscapes that explore relationships and their organic, symbiotic and fragile nature. He personifies his figures with love, loss, solitude, sorrow, ridicule, and rebirth. The reception is open to the public and will take place on Saturday, October 13 from 7 to 10pm. “The Inevitable March Into Madness” will be on view until November 3, 2007.

James Naccarato was born in Kingston, New York and raised in California. At a young age, he took a strong interest in 16th and 17th Century classical painting, cubism, and surrealism. Growing up, Naccarato was inspired by California culture and identified with street art, comics, and various underground art movements. He attended the Laguna College of Art and Design where he studied Fine Art and Illustration and developed his signature style of painting. Naccarato is known for his colorful and playful creatures who often have a fictional quality to them, and at the same time feel very natural, organic and possibly preternatural -- perhaps even “real.” The artist lives in Long Beach with his wife and three children, and his work has been featured in numerous national exhibitions at galleries including CoproNason, Limited Addiction Gallery, Track 16, M Modern, and Lineage Gallery. For more information about James Naccarato, please visit www.jamesnaccarato.com.

Located in the Culver City Art District, Corey Helford Gallery was established in April 2006 by Jan Corey Helford and her husband, television producer and creator, Bruce Helford (The Drew Carey Show, George Lopez, The Oblongs). Passionate art collectors, the Helfords are producers on the art documentary The Treasures of Long Gone John and have partnered to open their first gallery. Corey Helford Gallery presents a wide range of artists, from members of the new fine art movement, such as Andrew Brandou, Natalia Fabia, Korin Faught, Eric Joyner, James Naccarato, David Stoupakis, and photographer Chris Anthony, to early Modernist William S. Schwartz. Notable shows include Charity By Numbers, which was co-curated by Gary Baseman and featured an unprecedented lineup of artists including Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Shepard Fairey, Todd and Kathy Schorr, Camille Rose Garcia, and Michael Hussar. Corey Helford Gallery presents new exhibitions approximately every four weeks. For more information and an upcoming exhibition schedule, please visit coreyhelfordgallery.com.