News Lubinsky Experience opens at Fountain Gallery March 14, 2006 Fountain Gallery presents: THE LUBINSKY EXPERIENCE: Judy, Jesus, Junk March 16-May 3, 2006 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 16, 6-8 pm New York, NY, March 16, 2006 – Fountain Gallery, located at 702 Ninth Avenue at 48th Street, announces the opening of The Lubinsky Experience: Judy, Jesus, Junk, a solo exhibition of mixed media works and photographs by Dick Lubinsky, curated by June Kosloff. “I had known that Dick was an artist,” said Kosloff, who is Lubinsky’s niece, “but only after his death in 2001 did I discover the extent of his work as I made my way through a Bronx apartment piled high with junk, a storage unit in Mount Vernon, and three vehicles packed to capacity. Dick created many self-portraits in which he appears as Jesus, and he took hundreds of photographs of Judy Zitman, the love of his life, whom he cared for as they both lived with mental illness. I also uncovered mixed media pieces illustrating socially relevant themes, such as The Evicted Sharecropper and Homeless Family in a Van. The amount of work I found was staggering.” Included in “The Lubinsky Experience” is a short film documenting June Kosloff’s journey into Dick Lubinsky’s living space and storage unit, both filled with accumulated junk and artworks yet to be unearthed. For additional information on Dick Lubinsky and to view the film: www.dicklubinsky.com