Waterhouse & Dodd Opens Michael J. Fox Foundation Benefit Exhibition in NYC Today

NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/

December 10, 2015 January 9, 2016
Waterhouse & Dodd 960 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021
Works in the exhibition are available for viewing online

Waterhouse & Dodd of Madison Avenue is pleased to present an exhibition benefiting the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which has supported the fight against Parkinson's so dynamically since 2000 by raising over $450 million. A portion of all sales from the exhibition will contribute to the Foundation. Paintings, drawings and photographs of 5 artists represented by Waterhouse & Dodd will be featured. Two of these artists Tom Shannon and Jay Zukerkorn have Parkinson's.

Jay Zukerkorn was diagnosed in 2004.Born in Hawaii, Zukerkorn has been a successful commercial photographer for 25 years and Waterhouse & Dodd is the first gallery to showcase his fine art endeavors. Zukerkorn's first seriesMovement Disorder began as a response to his initialdiagnosis, as he accentuated his condition by deliberately blurring the images in bright, colorful beach scenes. In his new series,The Road I Am On, the photographsappear abstract, highlightingthe contrast between dark pavements and bright, crackled paint. The series is another leg of his journey through artistic reinvention and rediscovery.

Tom Shannon is an internationally renowned artist, working in a variety of mediums since 1967. His work is in the collections of many museums including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris and The Tate Gallery, London. His famous 'Ted Talk' in 2009 was filmed in his New York studio when he created two of the works that will be exhibited in this show. Shannon's art is inspired by science and is endlessly inventive. Shannon is an inventor, holding a number of patents, and his art is inspired by science and the forces of nature. The onset of Parkinson's intersects in his life and craft.View his 2009 TED Talk, "The Painter and the Pendulum."

Work by gallery artists Doug Argue, Karen Gunderson and Kim Keever will also be featured.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensure the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. A portion of sales resulting from the exhibition will be donated to support research for the treatment and cure of Parkinson's disease.

WATERHOUSE & DODD
960 Madison Avenue, 2FL. New York, NY 10021
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday 9:30am-6pm, Saturday 11am-5pm

Jay Zukerkorn and Tom Shannon are available for interview. Please contact the gallery to discuss details.

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