By Clara Peters
ROME, March 17 — John Cabot University graduate Jeanne Stavropoulou Rossi opened her new gallery Spazio Officina in Rome's Piazza Bologna last week to a packed house of admirers.
Rossi is passionate about contemporary art and is striving to create a vessel of ideas -- those of her own and of others.
Spazio Officina is located in Piazza Bologna on via della Lega Lombarda 48 in what used to be a factory for construction materials in the 1950’s. The gallery is one large and spacious room, with a simple style leaving the focus on the pieces.
The exhibition, which will run through April 1, is a “Tribute to Marilyn” by contemporary artist Gian Marie Montiner, the Paris-born artist inspired by Andy Warhol and the “Pop Art” school.
In this exhibition, ten of the pieces are dedicated to the endless beauty of Marilyn Monroe. The other 14 pieces are abundant in color and light, collages that were inspired by New York City, where the artist lives for part of the year.
Montiner’s artistic career has been influenced by cities in the American South, including New Orleans and Charleston, S.C.
Montiner was moved by the sound of the southern blues music and strove to combine the musical aspect with his own works.
The artist has now become a follower of the Buddhist religion, which has given him a chance to intimately reflect upon his works.
All benefits made from the exhibition and cocktail party, will go through Suor Dominique to support orphans of the tsunami in Mattakotuwa-Chilawo, Sri-Lanka.
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