Miami, FL – October 8, 2015 – Jose Frances, founder and curator of +598 Gallery, proudly presented a one night only, single artist Pop-Up event featuring the iconic work of the creative duo Hunter & Gatti. Building up on the success of their “I Will Make You A Star” Red Series, this creative duo introduced the “Gold Series” with never seen before pieces. Fashion has always been flirting with art, a trend that has grown considerably over the last years and continues to increase at a fast pace. “I Will Make You A Star” is the latest series of works by Hunter & Gatti that reflects their desire to bring together photography and painting in one format. “I Will Make You A Star” is   paying tribute to the neo-expressionism of Jean-Michel Basquiat by merging the celebrity portraits from their catalogue raisonné of fashion campaigns and editorials, with Basquiat’s paintings. The celebrities are left hidden behind the  layers of painting, but at the same time the viewer is left perplexed by the new faces that have emerged – and it’s this very contradiction that makes Hunter & Gatti’s artworks unique. The show featured a selection of the artists’ celebrity portraits including Elizabeth Olsen, Pharrell Williams, Toni Garrn, Diane Kruger and Elizabeth Banks, among others. While browsing the works, guests enjoyed sips by Crown liquor stores, deserts from Sweet Shoppe and went home with gift bags by Kiehls.

Cristian Hunter

Cristian Hunter & Anita Reartes

Anita Reartes, Maggie Russell, & Melissa Cobos

Joanne Stone & Marcella Novela

Benjamin Bloch & Marcella Novela

Jose Frances, Cristian Hunter, & Marcella Novela

Marcella Novela

Jose Frances & Cristian Hunter

Jose Frances & Cara Araneta

Fabio Lopes, Jose Frances, & Joulian Chebat

Fabio Lopes, Alex Norton, & Christian Cox

Luisa de Freitas & Rodrigo Violante

Rubem Robierb & Ramon Aular

Alegria Beracasa & Ximena Fuentes

Morella De Gomez, Daniel Leira, Mariana Herrera, & Estefany Gomez

Daniel Leira, Anais Benoudiz, Cristian Hunter, & Rodrigo Violante