Son of Harlem—Preston Sampson Returns

SON OF HARLEM – PRESTON SAMPSON RETURNS TO PRESENT
NEW DIRECTIONS SPRING 2013 EXHIBITION AT THE SOL STUDIO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On April 25, 2013 from 7-9 pm, The Sol Studio located at 2073 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between 123rd and 124th Streets in Harlem, will host the opening reception for Preston Sampson’s New Directions Spring 2013 Exhibition. The Sol Studio is a strong addition to the Harlem art scene recognizing the deep cultural legacy of the community. It is committed to driving a burgeoning gallery presence on lower Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard joining several other established and emerging galleries. Exhibit curator and former gallerist, Camille Love of Atlanta, Georgia says “The work of Preston Sampson is especially suited to the emerging space, The Sol Studio. It’s vibrant! Its contemporary! Its special!”

Preston Sampson, who spent much of his childhood in Harlem, has a Fine Arts degree from the University of Maryland and has been published by The Smithsonian Institute, Town and Country, Playbill, American Visions, and Black Enterprise magazines. He has been critically recognized in the Washington Post for his first retrospective at the University of Maryland in 1997, and also in the 2011 review featuring his Common Threads Exhibit and the Working Man Series.

He combines the skillful use of acrylic paints and vigorous broad brush strokes to create a canvas pulsating with rhythm and movement. A jazz enthusiast, Sampson’s most exuberant paintings are the expansion of melodic ideas. He sees his figurative portrayals as attempts “to emote, to touch, to move you to the center of it all, to enable you to feel certain changes, like fleeting moments of memory.”

The Sol Studio is designed as a creative studio space to engage the exceptional talent of the Harlem community. Inspired by the affirming legacy of James Van Der Zee, who shaped the images of a people during the Harlem Renaissance, The Sol Studio provides a creative outlet for Harlem Renaissance 2.0 artists. From savvy and sophisticated to fun and funky, this bold, contemporary space has the unique flexibility to go from an art exhibit, design space or photo shoot backdrop to a cocktail party, meeting space, or intimate-event venue.

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For more information contact Joye Speight
joye@thesolstudio.com
(646) 559-8368