The recently renovated Bentley Projects debuts their expanded event venue and their new gallery space on November 3rd with a new exhibition SURVEY: 12 Artists 3 Dimensions.
For the last 30 years Bentley Gallery has been showcasing contemporary art in a variety of mediums, known as a world-class art destination of the southwest, owned by Bentley Calverley. They have been exhibiting contemporary painting and sculpture by both international and national artists in addition to a small selection emerging artists while maintaining an impressive rooster of artists. They have an extensive background with representing and selling in the secondary art market, specializing in artwork from the mid- and late-20th-century in addition to offering a variety of ancient art and Asian artifacts.
Calverley opened Bentley Gallery in Old Town Scottsdale in 1990 and Bentley projects in 2004, with change and decline in the art market she chose to close and relocate Bentley Gallery to Bentley Projects in 2012 to the heart of the Warehouse District in downtown Phoenix. In the last 3 years they have seen a substantial increase in events and a transition to more art fairs and online art sales leading them to an even bigger restructuring of Bentley Projects. To better accommodate events and larger groups of people they have downsized Bentley gallery to about 13,000 square feet resulting in a separate art gallery transforming the remainder of the space into a premiere multipurpose event space now known as Warehouse215 at Bentley Projects with more information available online at http://warehouse215.com.
November celebrates the new Bentley Gallery and welcomes their latest exhibition SURVEY: 12 Artists 3 Dimensions curated by Bentley Gallery Director John Reyes in collaboration with Mark Moore Gallery. SURVEY: 12 Artists 3 Dimensions is a stunning collaborative sculpture exhibition that aims to “Show is a dynamic survey of contemporary sculpture brought to life in our new exhibition space”, comprised of highlights from artists represented by the gallery. Showcasing an incredible list of 12 artists including Charles Arnoldi, Dominique Blain, Stephanie Blake, Jonathan Cross, Peter Millett, Woods Davy, John Luebtow, Mark Pomilio, George Thieves, Jeremy Thomas, Yoram Wolberger, and Denise Yaghmourian. Highlights of the exhibition include a graphic and pop fused painting by Yoram Wolberger titled “RedGunBlueGun”, as well as Phoenix based artist Denise Yaghmourian showing her latest untitled sculpture series.
Be sure to stop by and check out all the changes at Bentley Projects and don’t miss this exhibition, which will be on display through November 28th, 2015. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30am to 5:30pm and by appointment. Bentley Gallery is located in the warehouse district in Downtown Phoenix at 215 E. Grant Street. For more information about Bentley Gallery visit: http://bentleygallery.com/ and follow them on social media at @bentleygallery.
