By Rachel Montoya
Art is an expression of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture. Art also comes in various branches of creative activity, such as photography, ceramics, music, literature, and dance. There is a common thread in between these activities – Passion. Passion will take you places, and passion also takes place in the gallery called Rebecca Fine Art Gallery. RFA Gallery is the passion of humanitarian, businessperson, art collector & owner Rebecca Pikus.
“Art is an extremely powerful force,” stated Rebecca. “It can make us envision peace or war or love or hate. Today we live in a world of anxiety. There is war, global crisis of refugees, and financial crises. I know that art can reflect all those things but it can also uplift us. Art is power.” Rebecca’s mantra is “Art Feeds the Soul — and We are all Hungry!”
What you will not see at Rebecca’s gallery is Commercial Art. What you will see is Fine Art! RFA Gallery features many different mediums of artwork – sculptures, paintings, works on paper, holograms, lithos and photographs. This Saturday, Oct. 1, from 5-8PM the gallery will host an Artists Reception for internationally-renowned artist — Joe Novak. He is represented in many museums and private collections worldwide. Novak is also the Guest Curator of RFA Gallery’s current Exhibition (which runs through Dec. 31): “VISUALLY SPEAKING: COLOR & LIGHT”. This is a special opportunity that the Desert has not seen before, the coming together of works from over 50 artists. Some of the works are from well-known, award-winning artists like Joe Novak, Robert Rauschenberg, Agnes Pelton, Mario Pikus, August Muth, James Turrell & Peter Busa. Other exciting artists represented by the Gallery include Robert Tahar, Donald Spencer, Charlie Ciali, Nathan Slate Joseph & Robert Reeves. Novak wants to illustrate the early masters of modern art and the influences they had on the artists who came after them as well as the collaboration among these artists over the years.
“Just a year ago the Gallery opened its doors — and it has been an amazing journey” noted Maris Kazaks, Director & Curator of RFA Gallery. “It started from an empty, industrial-looking warehouse, and within a year the space has evolved into a Museum-quality showroom. Within months of opening, the Gallery was voted one of the “Top Ten Galleries in the Desert”. People have been noticing the activity on Perez Rd., and once they step in the gallery and see the art – they say they would never have expected anything like this. Perez Rd. Art District has definitely started to attract people’s attention not only locally, but nationally & internationally. 16 and counting Art-related businesses are building a new International Art Destination and this is only the beginning.”
Join the celebration of REBECCA FINE ART GALLERY’s One Year Anniversary & Artists Reception for JOE NOVAK this SAT, OCT. 1 from 5 – 8 PM, 68895 Perez Rd., #7, Cathedral City, CA. (760) 534-5888 – Visit Fineartvortex.com – Open Bar, Music and Great Art
