Sip 4: 4th Annual Wine Tasting

 

Our 4th annual wine tasting was held on June 17th as an exclusive event at the Jack Shainman gallery. Renowned African American artist Kerry James Marshall’s work was on display and the artist was in attendance at the event. Jazz artist Teodross Avery also performed. Proceeds benefited the work of the Wall Street Alphas Charitable Foundation.

Sip 4 was a great opportunity to socialize with friends and enjoy the brilliance of a rare talent. "Marshall’s work is based on a broad range of art-historical references, from Renaissance painting to black folk art, from El Greco to Charles White. A striking aspect of his paintings is the emphatically black skin tone of his figures, a development the artist says emerged from an investigation into the invisibility of blacks in America and the unnecessarily negative connotations associated with darkness." (PBS.org).