Frank Leslie Hampton
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featured artworks by a chashama artist-in-residence
April 17 - 27, 2008
Thursday - Sunday, 2 - 6p
Closing Reception, Saturday, April 26, 6-9p
chashama 461 Harlem Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
New York, NY
Frank Leslie Hampton is a painter/photographer working mostly in large formats. His work can be seen by Googling "Frank Leslie Hampton" for hits of his public artwork. Leslie is happy to exhibit his new artwork at the chashama Harlem Gallery space this month. Many viewers may have seen his "Riding the Redbird" in the subway stations as part of the MTA UNDERGROUND series. His mosaic work can be seen at the Tremont Station in the Bronx (D line). Hampton acknowledges that "there are social and economic problems in many of our urban areas. However, negative and sensationalist images of New York often seem to be the only ones that many people are people exposed to." His artwork is a colorful celebration of apartment life in New York. Frank's retrospective works span over the past 40 years of creative insight, here and abroad.
featured artworks by a chashama artist-in-residence
April 17 - 27, 2008
Thursday - Sunday, 2 - 6p
Closing Reception, Saturday, April 26, 6-9p
chashama 461 Harlem Studios Gallery
461 West 126th Street
New York, NY
Frank Leslie Hampton is a painter/photographer working mostly in large formats. His work can be seen by Googling "Frank Leslie Hampton" for hits of his public artwork. Leslie is happy to exhibit his new artwork at the chashama Harlem Gallery space this month. Many viewers may have seen his "Riding the Redbird" in the subway stations as part of the MTA UNDERGROUND series. His mosaic work can be seen at the Tremont Station in the Bronx (D line). Hampton acknowledges that "there are social and economic problems in many of our urban areas. However, negative and sensationalist images of New York often seem to be the only ones that many people are people exposed to." His artwork is a colorful celebration of apartment life in New York. Frank's retrospective works span over the past 40 years of creative insight, here and abroad.
