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Burt Shonberg (for Roger Corman’s 1962 film “The Premature Burial”), original painting is whereabouts unknown, presumably lost or destroyed. Courtesy of David Del Valle.

MOMENTARY BLASTS OF UNEXPECTED LIGHT:
 THE VISIONARY ART OF BURT SHONBERG

Presented by: THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY and STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY October 24 – December 21, 2024 The first exhibition of Shonberg’s work in Los Angeles in over 50 years, including many never before seen works. A catalog includes essays by the late Roger Corman, Shonberg biographer Spencer Kansa, film historian Justin Humphries, independent curator Robert Cozzolino, and art historian and documentarian Brian Chidester. A screening of the film “OUT HERE – A FILM ABOUT BURT SHONBERG” by Marshall Berle (former manager of SPIRIT, RATT, and VAN HALEN) and an online conversation between Stephen Romano, Justin Humphries, and Spencer Kansa (registration is […]

“Abundantia Cornu Copiae” at the Stephen Romano Gallery

Eric Richardson “Poseidon” (2014) December 4 – January 15 2015Opens December 4, 6 – 9 pm 111 Front Street Suite 208Brooklyn NY 11201 www.romanoart.com Hours: wed – sat 12 – 6 or by appointment The exhibition is a horn of plenty in itself, celebrating the enrichment that is brought to us through culture.The cornucopia (from Latin cornu copiae) or horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with food. The cornucopia became the attribute of several Greek and Roman deities, particularly those associated with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance, such as personifications of Earth (Gaia or Terra); the child Plutus, god of […]