PURE HOUSE PRESENTS
GINGER DEL REY'S NYC GALLERY DEBUT
A beautiful woman can be many things - deceptive, honest, sexy, fragile, taunting you or luring you in.... GODDESS is a celebration of powerful women's eroticism and magnetism - individual in their passions and perspective, realistically painted in oils in vivid color and light.
FUN AT THE PARTY AND A CHANCE TO WIN
Ginger will be raffling "Strength in Surrender"- an original new painting of model Poppy Liu. Raffle tickets are $15 each and can be purchased here by or at the event (cash only for the event). Famed NYC stars of burlesque, Rosie Cheeks and Bettina May, will be hosting the event, body-painted by Ginger Del Rey as living GODDESSES. We also welcome you to enjoy our special photobooth hosted by the amazing Poppy Liu where costumes, sequins and fun await - become your own GODDESS! Photos are free of charge and will be available following the event on Ginger's website www.gingerdelrey.com
VIP TICKETS $50
Admission to an intimate meet and greet with the artist from 7pm to 8pm and general admission to the party. Complimentary cocktails by Vodka Mariette and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Includes five free raffle tickets.
The lovely Rosie Cheeks, one of the most sought after burlesque dancers in NYC and a fantastically talented gal, will be body-painted by Ginger Del Rey to be the living embodiment of her painting "Mercurial Angel".
Rosie is a classically trained dancer and has also studied at the New York School of Burlesque. You can find her performing at Dances of Vice parties (she's a fan favorite) and at the fancier burlesque establishments throughout NYC.
Check out her facebook page to see what she's up to this month.
The flame-haired vixen Bettina May will enchant and entice you as the living embodiment of Ginger Del Rey's painting "Firewalker".
Bettina May has been a pin-up model and burlesque performer since 2003, starting her career as a model for SuicideGirls.com. She was featured on an HBO special on the rebirth of Modern Pin-up shortly thereafter, which introduced her to an international audience. Since then she has performed internationally on stages in Paris, London, Berlin, Rome and more, as well as touring nationally constantly for the past 6 years.
She is also a much sought-after pin-up photographer and vintage stylist, putting her love of vintage style to good use as a consultant for period films and running her successful pin-up makeover classes, which she styles and shoots herself.
The infectiously ebullient Poppy Liu will dress you up in fantastic attire in our own Goddess Photobooth Room!
From Poppy's manifesto~
I am an artist and I am an activist. The two are inseparable in my mind. We, the makers of worlds, the writers of stories, the creators of communities, the people who have made it our life's work to be fearless and fierce imaginers, the people who spill over the edges of where our bodies try and contain us, we create and we make because it is the only way we know how to exist. For us, there is only creation and destruction – nothing in between. So in defiance against destruction, in defiance against death, we create to stay alive.
We're proud to have delicious Vodka Mariette as our sponser for the VIP Cocktail Hour featuring our signature drink, the Ginger Mangotini.
About Vodka Mariette~
In France we believe in the old phrase, “vive la différence.” It means ‘long live the difference’ and represents an appreciation and celebration of diversity. This belief has driven the conception of Vodka Mariette; being unique and producing something unlike any other. Mariette isn’t just a beautiful French girls name, it actually means, “Little Rebel.”
