DATE: Friday, October 15th, 2004 through Saturday, January 15th, 2005

$40.00 Full Price / $30.00 IMAC Members

GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday to Friday - noon to 6PM
Saturday show days - 2 to 6PM
Closed: Sunday and Monday

From Friday, October 15th through Saturday, January 15th, the Inter-Media Art Center in Huntington, Long Island will host an exhibition of paintings by HULBERT WALDROUP. His current exhibit is ARTIST WITH AN ATTITUDE. Hulbert’s work uses imagines and painting styles to provoke thoughts, feelings and emotions that cause the viewer to stop in shock and ask “what is the artist trying to say?”.

Hulbert Waldroup, who started painting over 10 years ago without formal education, is no stranger to controversy. This self taught artist’s works have drawn ire, protest, praise and discussion about art and freedom of expression. From “The Devil’s Palace”, an oil on canvas work that caused a ruckus at an art show in the Thompson Center in Chicago to his 1999 mural about the shooting/murder of immigrant Amadou Diallo in NYC, Waldroup’s art is thought provoking. Of his work, he said “I’ve had my art vandalized or stolen, but I think that’s a badge of honor if I can move somebody to that point. If it doesn’t make you stop and look, then I’ve failed as an artist and that’s what so many artists out here today do. I mean it matches your living room set and it doesn’t say anything.”

Waldroup creates portrait paintings and pop-art work on the streets of SoHo and in Greenwich Village. Celebrity collectors Whoopi Goldberg and Quentin Tarantino have purchased his work. His website is www.waldroupart.com. His current exhibit features works that highlight the Harlem jazz era and activist art works. IMAC is thrilled to welcome this rebel artist to our gallery. This is a not-to-be-missed exhibition rarely seen on Long Island! We challenge the public to view this outstanding artist and his works which will leave you stimulated, amused and provoked.

Admission to this exhibition is free of charge. Gallery hours are from Tuesday to Friday, noon to 6PM, and from 2 to 6PM on Saturday show days. IMAC is closed on Sunday and Monday. For further information on this exhibition, for a complete schedule of concert and exhibition dates, or for further information about other IMAC programs, call IMAC's business office at (631) 549-9666.

The Inter-Media Art Center, Inc. is a non-profit Media and Performing Arts Center whose programs and services are supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (a state agency), Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs, the Town of Huntington, by a grant from The Harmon Foundation, as well as by the Members of IMAC. IMAC also gratefully acknowledges support from Fleet Bank, Korg USA, The Guitar Center, The D’Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts, AutoOne Insurance, Peconic Bay Winery, MDNY Healthcare, Branch Financial Services and Olivia and Harlan Fischer.