VLADIMIR RESTOIN ROITFELD AND ANDY VALMORBIDA IN COLLABORATION WITH PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY AND GIORGIO ARMANI PRESENT RICHARD HAMBLETON: A RETROSPECTIVE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, September 9, 2011 - Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida are proud to announce Richard Hambleton: A Retrospective, a survey of selected historical works from the legendary painter. Presented in collaboration with Giorgio Armani, the exhibition will be on show at Phillips de Pury & Company, located at 450 Park Avenue, New York City. The opening reception will take place on Friday, September 9, 2011, from 6 PM to 9 PM. This exhibition will be the final installment of an international series curated by Roitfeld and Valmorbida in collaboration with Giorgio Armani, which has included solo shows in New York, Milan, Cannes, Moscow, and London. Richard Hambleton: A Retrospective will highlight 50 of Hambleton’s most influential works spanning from 1982 to the present, as well as twenty iconic images of the artist’s work chronicled by photographer Hank O’Neal. A new catalogue will accompany the exhibition, featuring an essay by Christian Viveros-Faune. From his “Mass Murder” installations of the late 1970s, in which he secretly placed blood-splattered, chalk- body outlines throughout 15 cities, to his “Shadowman” series of the 1980s, where ominous, shadowy figures were painted in unexpected corners, alleys, and side streets, Richard Hambleton has permeated our collective consciousness with unforgettable images for over three decades. One of the only surviving members of a peer group that included Warhol, Basquiat, and Haring, Hambleton has been living a reclusive life in his Lower East Side studio for the past twenty years. Despite a low public profile, Hambleton has continued to create and his works can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, The Houston Museum of Fine Art, The Check Point Charlie Museum and The Zellermeyer in Berlin, the Andy Warhol Museum, the Austin Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Queens Museum, and Harvard University. He was chosen for the Venice Biennale in 1984. Feedback Ltd., Operated by art dealer and curator Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Feedback Ltd. is a private art dealership based in Manhattan. Restoin Roitfeld currently represents the artists Richard Hambleton and RETNA (aka Marquis Lewis), in association with Andy Valmorbida, as well as the French painter Nicolas Pol. Restoin Roitfeld has pioneered the method of “pop-up” galleries, installing museum-style exhibitions in industrial spaces in New York, London, Paris, and Milan. He has collaborated on exhibitions with the State Museum of Modern art in Moscow. Valmorbida & Co. Founded by Andy Valmorbida in 2006, Valmorbida & Co. is a creative art consultancy built to adapt to today’s rapidly-changing art world landscape. Through pop-up galleries, strategic collaborations and unique event concepts, Valmorbida breaks down geographic barriers to showcase top artists on an international platform. In collaboration with Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Giorgio Armani, Valmorbida & Co. has launched a series of exhibitions and events around the work of 80s street art pioneer Richard Hambleton in New York, London, Moscow, Milan and Cannes. In 2011, Andy Valmorbida & Vladimir PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY 450 WEST 15 STREET NEW YORK NY 10011 Restoin Roitfeld (in collaboration with VistaJet & Bombardier Aerospace) presented The Hallelujah World Tour, a series that will included the first New York and London solo exhibitions of L.A.-based graffiti artist RETNA. Phillips de Pury & Company Founded in London in 1796, Phillips de Pury & Company is an international art company that conducts auctions of Contemporary Art, Design, Photographs, Editions and Jewelry, as well as private sales and selling exhibitions. As the only international auction house to concentrate on contemporary culture, Phillips de Pury & Company has established a position within the art world as the contemporary tastemaker conducting sales and exhibitions in New York and London. – END – The Richard Hambleton Exhibition is open to the public September 10 – September 13, 2011 10am to 6pm Phillips de Pury & Company 450 Park Avenue New York, 10022 http://phillipsdepury.com/ For more information on Richard Hambleton contact For information on Giorgio Armani contact Adam Abdalla Jenia Molnar Vice President, Arts + Culture Vice President, Public Relations Nadine Johnson & Associates Giorgio Armani Corporation [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +1 212 228 5555 Phone: + 1 212 209 3554 For information on Phillips de Pury & Company contact London Giulia Costantini Head of Communications & Marketing [email protected] + 44 20 7318 4010 PHILLIPS de PURY & COMPANY 450 WEST 15 STREET NEW YORK NY 10011 .