Derosia
Self-aware, socially-motivated (but never shouty) paintings plug you into the here and now on the second floor of an office building in the heart of Little Italy.
Photography: © Beholdr. Photo by Greg Navarro.
Why we it
In a world that feels like it’s spinning off into outer space at times, the free-wheeling and rigorous curatorial exploration and perspectives on view at Derosia leave us feeling refreshed.
The artists have serious painting skills, and their art often deals with socially-motivated topics delivered in a light-hearted, funny way, like a smart comedian who makes light out of dark topics to make us more aware of them.
Whether landscape, figurative, or abstract, and whether topics come from history or television or TikTok, Derosia always feels like it’s delivering a perfect mix of tradition and the current moment, capturing the strangeness of the moment we're living in.
About the Gallery
Derosia began in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia in 2010 as the scrappy, spirited art project space Bodega. The crew that started it (a bunch of recent artsy grads from Hampshire College) quickly turned it into the heartbeat of the local scene. In 2014, two of the founders, Elyse Derosia and Eric Veit, brought the project to New York and evolved it into the sharp-eyed gallery we know and love today.
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