Some of the greatest artists producing today are the “Street Artists”, muralists and graffiti artists. Using public spaces as their gallery, these artists break the walls and formality of brick-and-mortar galleries and Art museums and bring their work directly to the public. Be it on the side of a train car, the side of a building or gracing an underpass, these artists deal with not only beauty and good design, but they also address fragility and impermanence in their work. GALLERY ONE EIIIEVEN made friends with muralist and street artist Anat Ronan several years ago through social media. Anat is from Israel and now lives and works from her studio in Houston. She was invited one year to participate in the CHALK A BLOCK area at MAYFEST where she produced a wonderful painting on the sidewalk in front of the Police Jury offices of the wildlife of Vernon Parish. Then a few years later Anat came again to MAYFEST to teach a chalk drawing class with attendance by artists from across the state. It is the love of public street art and the association with Anat that brings the next exhibit at GALLERY ONE EIIIEVEN.

Ideas were tossed about on how to represent her talent and the talent of two of her associates in the street art field, because in addition to doing monumental outdoor murals and hyper realistic 3D chalk street paintings, Anat produces wonderful easel paintings. 

So, from March 6 to April 26, GALLERY ONE EIIIEVEN will host an exhibit of paintings and prints of the work of Anat Ronan, Tetiana Talanova and Alex Maksiov. Tetiana and Alex are from the Ukraine, are formally trained, and Alex holds the distinction of painting the largest street painting in the Ukraine, on the side of a 16-floor building!

The exhibit will end on April 26 with a public reception that will also be the evening of the ART OF THE EAT 3.