For Immediate Release

Contact: Gail Stein Weinstein, (212) 529-6160

The PHILIP ALAN GALLERY is proud to present new work by artist Lisa Hochtritt. The exhibition entitled, “HEROES & HAIRDOS,” opens Thursday, July 11, 2002 and continues through Sunday, July 28, 2002.

Hochtritt is best known for her work as “June Cleavage,” a persona carried over from her 1980’s days as a New Wave disc jockey. Hochtritt recently created an interactive installation piece entitled, “Street Treats,” at Macy Gallery in NYC that included over 600 hand silk-screened “June” posters, flyers and stickers, playing on the idea of bringing the ‘outside in.’ Hochtritt’s current exhibition at Philip Alan Gallery, “HEROES & HAIRDOS,” continues her work with interactive installations and features playful silk-screened wig images and iconographical hero elements enlarged to life-size proportions. This “larger-than-life” exhibition includes a free takeaway gift, also a hallmark of the Hochtritt experience--A fun summer show for the entire family!

Hochtritt is a native of Wisconsin and has lived in numerous places in the U.S. and abroad. She received her Master of Arts degree in Creativity and Arts Education from San Francisco State University and she is currently a doctoral candidate in Art and Art Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. Hochtritt is employed as the Museum Education Coordinator at The Heritage School, a public high school in East Harlem. Hochtritt has shown her artwork in galleries in San Francisco, Indiana, and New York.

“HEROES & HAIRDOS,” an exhibition by LISA HOCHTRITT, at PHILIP ALAN GALLERY, 30 Avenue B, New York City. Join us for our opening artist reception, Thursday, July 11^th, 6 PM – 8 PM. Come for a free tease and spray, compliments of Brian Lemke, Atomic Hair Salon, Oshkosh, WI.

PHILIP ALAN GALLERY: The Tenant/Landlord Art Collaborative on Avenue B

WHAT: “HEROES & HAIRDOS,” an exhibition by LISA HOCHTRITT

WHEN: Thursday, July 11 – Sunday, July 28, 2002

Opening reception: Thursday, July 11^th, 6 PM – 8 PM

Hours: Fridays 6 PM – 9 PM; Saturdays 3 PM – 8 PM;

Sundays 12 noon – 4 PM; and by appointment

WHERE: Philip Alan Gallery, 30 Avenue B (between 2^nd St./3^rd St.)

F or V train to 2^nd Avenue

CONTACT: Gail Stein Weinstein, (212) 529-6160, [email protected]

Lisa Hochtritt, www.geocities.com/junenyc