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Mountain Climbers – 2012 – Allan Teger, Florida, USA

January 3 thru February 16, 2013 – Sin City Gallery
Teger has made his creative mark on the art scene by using the nude human form as a literal landscape for inquisitive fun-spirited scenarios that are often creatively suggestive. Examples would be a skier going down a breast or his winning image last year of mountain climbers going up a breast. Other images feature landscapes ranging from rolling farmlands to beaches and outer space.

The art world is sitting up and taking notice of this self-taught photographer’s signature format and sexy-fun style. He was recently featured in the “Huffington Post” and “Juxtapoz Magazine” and has released his book “Bodyscapes” on Amazon. The former psychology professor’s collection shows more than 100 black and white images photographed in a single exposure without any post processing or manipulation and is a result of his 35-year career.

© Allan Teger

“Sin City Gallery is excited to present Allan Teger’s thought-provoking body landscaping photography,” said the gallery’s curator, Dr. Laura Henkel. “Teger’s ingenious edgy images continue to add to the sexual tension that is becoming the gallery’s distinct position in the Las Vegas’ growing and sophisticated downtown art scene.”

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Steve Diet Goedde - Midori, San Francisco, 1996<br />13” x 19” Ultrachromium Ink Print - Series of 10

From July 5 to August 26,2012 – Sin City Gallery
Recent erotic photographic explorations by World-renowned photographer Steve Diet Goedde, that expand his traditional means of taking images.

In addition to his trademark black and white medium-format work, Goedde finds inspiration from a variety of low-fi equipment as point-and-shoot cameras and the iPhone. Many of his new images, which have never been made public before this exhibition, are of Goedde’s muse and girlfriend Yee and possess a very candid and personal feel.

Steve Diet Goedde - Gina Velour, Chicago, 1996 - 13” x 19” Ultrachromium Ink Print - Series of 10

Goedde has been taking erotic photographs since 1990. His recognizable work has adorned magazines and gallery walls worldwide. His models include such icons as Dita Von Teese, Masuimi Max, Aria Giovanni, Justine Joli, and Emily Marilyn.

Goedde was born and raised in St. Louis, Mo., and learned the basics of darkroom work and photography from his father, who was an amateur photographer. By the age of 13, Goedde was obsessed with taking photographs and started educating himself about photographers who inspired him, most notably Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman and Diane Arbus.

Steve Diet Goedde - Gina Velour, Super 8, 1997 - 13” x 19” Ultrachromium Ink Print - Series of 10

He moved to Chicago in 1985 to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he studied filmmaking and painting. He refused to study photography stating that he had already acquired his aesthetic and visual style. His work was compiled in two hardcover monographs, “The Beauty of Fetish: Volumes I & II,” by renowned photography publisher Edition Stemmle in 1998 and 2001 respectively. A career retrospective was released by Slish Pix on DVD in 2005 entitled “Living Through Steve Diet Goedde” and featured animated photo galleries, interviews, commentary, and behind-the-scenes footage.

A fusion of music and photography happened in 2009 when Goedde collaborated with French composer Robert Waechter on a CD released by ReadyMade Music in France entitled “GoeddeConcerto” in which the concert master of the Philharmonic of Nice, France, interpreted 21 of  Goedde’s photographs into 21 mini-concertos.

Goedde currently lives in Los Angeles.

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Heather Hermann - Farewell Cosmos - Oil on Canvas - 36” x 36”

From May 31st 2012     – Sin City Gallery
Romance and technology merge as one. Heather Hermann aka “Calliopie” presents a elegantly sexual view into the philosophy of love, and the fascination of repressed desires exemplified by the classic hard-style of pre-WWII Art Deco Germany.
Heather is 23 years old and is a native of Las Vegas. Attended LVA and graduated with a diploma in AP Visual Arts and Photography.

Heather Hermann - The Execution of Princess Von Hildus and Her Hero - Oil on Canvas - 30” x 48”

She is a current local rising Las Vegas artist star and has participated in several events contributing to the Cast and Reunion Showgirl Reunions, First Friday and much more. Heather works with Sin City Gallery and is prepping to show at Blackbird Studios this winter.
Heather now works at Emergency Arts in the Las Vegas Downtown Area.

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Birdlife IV, 2012 mixed media on record cover 13.5 x 13.5”

Until March 23, 2012 – Sin City Gallery
JK Russ was born in Motueka, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and worked in publishing, layout and computer graphics before acquiring a BVA from Manukau School of Visual Arts in Auckland. As an artist, she work in the mediums of photography, painting, collage and performance art. She have also co-curated four group exhibitions: ‘Sexhibition’ in 2007, ‘Prologue’ in 2006, and ‘Boganville’ and ‘Unleashing the Bogan’ in 2002. In 2009 she received a Creative Communities grant to put together a photography exhibition ‘I go where the party takes me’ which toured Thermostat Art Gallery in Palmerston North, the Wallace Trust Gallery in Auckland, and the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui. In July 2010, JK Russ moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Remy Holwick

Until January 29, 2012 – Sin City Callery
At the center of each of us is an “anima motrix” or “moving spirit.”  In the 17th century, the astronomer Johannes Kepler used the term to describe the gravitational power of the sun that caused the order and orbit of the planets. In the context of the current Sin City Gallery exhibition, “anima motrix,” it is interpreted as the incredible gravitational power of female sexuality that is the driving force that pervades our existence and orders our lives.

The new art show for January at Sin City Gallery features three female artists, Remy Holwick, Lolita Develay, and Melissa Herrington, who have each been carefully selected for their strong and provocative vision as affected by this “moving spirit.”  This exhibition, running through Jan. 29, is composed of a variety of paintings and drawings from these three intrepid women.

Remy Holwick spent her childhood in Hawaii. She is formerly a fashion runway model for the likes of Calvin Klein and Giorgio Armani and has worked as an artistic director for various fashion lines. Holwick is currently launching her own line of denim. She studied at Reed College in Portland and is an accomplished artist currently living in Los Angeles.

Lolita Delevay

Lolita Develay is currently an MFA candidate at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her hyper-detailed style gives the fantastical reality and lends a suspension of disbelief to her varied subjects.

Melissa Herrington

Melissa Herrington currently lives in Los Angeles. Her works are imbued with a transcendent, ethereal quality to her subjects, both abstract and literal, created by her delicate techniques of layering and juxtaposed materiality. She addresses female subjects living autonomously in a world she defines.

Anima Motrix is being curated by Jessica Lo whose philosophy is, in the words of the famous critic Alexander Woollcott, “Nothing risqué, nothing gained.”

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Gia Ray - Ink on Paper

From November 3 to November 26, 2011 – Sin City Gallery – Las Vegas
VOLUPTUOUS is an exploration of curves, femininity and sensuality by two distinct Las Vegas artists.  Gia Ray’s sexy ink on paper and Scott Sandoval’s curves of steel make for an intriguing study of the female form this month at Sin City Gallery.

Black ink lines and swirls, combined with strategic splashes of red, are the key ingredients that define works by the incredibly talented Gia Ray.  Ray’s VOLUPTUOUS drawings, which have been exclusively designed for Sin City Gallery, are sexually provocative while retaining the innocence she desires in all her creations.

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