Dorothy Circus Gallery will open its 2014 schedule in 2014 with the long-awaited solo exhibition by Ray Caesar titled " The Trouble with Angels".

The exhibition will open on Friday February 14th 2014 at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome, where it will be on display until April 2nd 2014.

Alongside with new artworks in edition of 20, made specifically for the gallery that represents him exclusively for Italy, will be displayed also 5 brand new unique edition pieces, the renowned single varnished collected by Madonna and other graet collectors.

The 18 works on display, including editions and unique editions, will create a rich overview of the dreamlike, enigmatic and seductive universe of Ray Caesar, who for years amazed us for the richness of his imagination, full of renovated psychic scenarios and technically stunning details.

As a skilled tailor, Caesar dresses his angels of seductive harmonies, inspired by the memory of his times and of his personal desire, sewing puzzles and mysterious symbols among defined details of his artworks so that we are assaulted by new questions and suggestions.

What is coming out from the thoughts of the " Etudiant "? What happens the day after yesterday? And why was the lovely creature in the carriage left nearby the sea?

Art opens the doors of our perception, confirming its immense evocative power, which once again is used by Ray Caesar to interpret and fulfill our desires, first of all, the desire to escape and to visualize a possible journey of the mind, which brings us through familiar and reassuring places, and at the same time deep into the secrets and dark corners of our mind.

Ray Caesar’s Time and Space draw us like a magnet, the vibration of technology belongs to us, the rich imagery of quotations, from Watteau to Boldini, does not relive the past, but it makes the past contemporary and present.

The works in the exhibition " The Trouble With Angels" will be published in the third volume of the annual catalog of Dorothy Circus Gallery titled " The Doors of Perception " coming out on September 2014.

The first and the second volumes of Dorothy Circus Gallery’ Trilogy " Once Upon a Time" and " Walk on the Wild Side " featuring the 2011 exhibition by Ray Caesar " Would You Be My Miracle? " are already published.

We are pleased to announce that Ray Caesar, for the first time in Italy, will attend to the opening, at Dorothy Circus Gallery in Via dei Pettinari 76 starting at 7:00 pm Cocktail outfit is requested and is appreciated a Red dress code.

On February 14th 2014 at 4.30pm there will be a meeting with the artist, reserved to Press and Collectors.

Saturday, February 15th 2014 The exhibition "The Trouble With Angels" will open, simultaneously with Rome, for an institutional showcase at the prestigiuos Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana in Turin, where it will remain on display for two months.

In the Turin exhibition, will be exhibited some of the artworks in edition of 20 that will be in the Rome exhibition, along with other works from private collections exhibited exclusively in Turin.

The Ray Caesar’s unique editions will be on display exclusively in Rome.

During the Ray Caesar exhibition at the Dorothy Circus Gallery, which will occupy the whole main “Red Hall”, will exhibit the Canadian artist Anita Kuntz with the new series entitled " The Bestiary " in the Gallery’s project space " White Velvet Room " normally dedicated to a permanent exhibition of Ray Caesar’ art.

Ray Caesar is an international well-known artist, undisputed leader of Digital Art. He was born in London in 1958, showing a deep interest for art as a child, drawing on everything that would come in his way including floors and walls. He has worked in several fields, attended many art schools, and realized building project works for architectural studios, agencies of digital technique, computer modeling, digital animation and has also made visual effects for both television and film. Ray Caesar’s artworks have been exhibited in the greatest gallery all over the world. In June 2010 he joined the “Art From The New World” at the City Museum of Bristol and the Pop Surrealism show, at the Museo Carandente of Spoleto, curated by Dorothy Circus Gallery, his official Italian Agent. In January 2012 Ray Caesar art has been shown in a Group Show at the “Musee de la Halle St Pierre” in Paris France.

In Italy, Ray Caesar’s artworks has been recently exhibited also in the Pop Surrealism “Stay Foolish” show that took place in the Museum Casa Del Conte Verde in Rivoli, Torino, moreover a selection of his Art has been displayed at the prestigious location in Torino Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana. The Artist brought the attention of the media because he turned down the pop Star Madonna who wanted him to make her portrait. Ray Caesar is a favorite with celebrities such as Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Kate Moss, Sir Elton John, Mickey Rourke and Kate Beckinsale and his Art is coveted by Riccardo Tisci designer di Givenchy, the Hearst Family. Each one of his works is like a little piece of a big puzzle. Like Mary Shelley who deconstructs the human body in order to reconstruct it, so does Ray Caesar. In his creations he gets together fragments of decorative styles and architectural ages to give birth to a timeless beauty. In this mix of Art Decò, Victorian style and visual codes from the early 1900’s, his works really stand out for their personality and charm. Absolute master of digital technique he is a reference point to all the artists who faces this artistic discipline. Caesar works in Maya (a 3D modeling software used for digital animation effects in film and game industries), using it to create his figures as well as the virtual realms in which they exist. Through the program, he builds digital models with invisible skeletons and anatomical joints that can be bent and manipulated to assume any pose. He wraps the models in rich textures, adding hair, skin, eyelashes and fingernails.

Then places them in digitally lit, impeccably detailed 3D environments built with architectural layers, windows, wallpapers, curtains and furnishings. Caesar’s meticulous process incorporates elements of drawing, painting, collage and sculpture, working countless hours to achieve every remarkably intricate tableau. Further emphasizing his sculptural technique, Caesar compares his process of 2D printmaking with imagery created in 3D as being similar to the practice of capturing stills from video and film. With full control over dressing, posing and lighting his figures as well as every element of their surroundings, Caesar’s craft is an advanced extension of a childhood obsession-playing with dolls. Fantasy, escapism, human cruelty and disguise are reoccurring themes explored within his dramatic narratives. Betraying the seemingly child-like innocence of the figures is their piercing, knowing gaze-exposing inner strength in contrast with their fragile physical appearance. Dark details manifest from deep within the artist’s vast imagination to define simulated realities, transporting the viewer into sanctuaries created for his lost ghost-children who emerge from shadows into safe refuge, carrying macabre secrets and hidden truths.

Dorothy Circus Gallery
Via dei Pettinari, 76
Rome 00186 Italy
Ph. +39 06 68805928
info@dorothycircusgallery.com
www.dorothycircusgallery.it

Opening hours
Monday from 10.30am to 6.30pm
Tuesday - Thursday from 10.30am to 7.30pm
Friday and Saturday from 11.30 to 8.00pm

Related images

  1. Ray Caesar, Tea With Me And He, 75 x 100cm
  2. Ray Caesar, Day After Yesterday, edition unique, 60 x 76cm
  3. Ray Caesar, The Forgotten, 75 x 100cm
  4. Ray Caesar, We Three Kings, 76 x 76cm
  5. Ray Caesar, Bejeweled, unique edition, 76 x 76cm
  6. Ray Caesar, Desire, 60 x 100 cm