June 27th – July 26th, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th, 6-8pm.Northport, NY — Haven Gallery is pleased to present a collection of ten new paintings from French artist Marc Le Rest for his fourth solo show, “Icones”. “Icones” utilizes Le Rest’s brilliant play of vibrant hues against gold leafed backgrounds to honor and commemorate the regality of his icons or sitters. Familiars accompany his sitters adding a playful and symbolic spin to a contemporary approach on historically inspired portraiture.
About Marc Le Rest
Born in the remote Armorica in France, Marc Le Rest turned his back in his early age to a promising career within the Holly Church and dedicated himself to the Arts and the kingdom of lingerie in Paris. But soon, he deserted the french capitale for New York, where he became an acclaimed garden gnomes designer. After a while he abandoned his decorative dwarfs to settle down among a bunch of drug dealers in Mexico, from where he flew to Bollywood, hoping to break through in indian cinema. In vain. So he withdrew along an Angels Bay back in Armorica and completely gave in his penchant for scabrous old ladies and lilliputian geishas, to whom he devoted three illustrated books. But he had to rush away from his ocean retreat and went hiding up the Black Mountains where he ended up by taking care of the dead people. And there, stroke by a sudden compulsion, he undertook to decorate with lace, penis and sumos, bodybuilders and alligators, and quantity of others harmless creatures.
