Spotlight on Hamburgh Productions - news

BUFFALO, NY -- Hamburgh Productions was created to exhibit and market the whimsical, colorful work of Todd Warner, a top-selling sculptor of the company's subsidizer, Galleria di Sorrento in Las Vegas.

Originally a top-selling, self-published artist, Warner wanted to leave his longtime base in Florida for his family farm in Michigan to be delighted with a more peaceful life. with equal reason he approached Galleria di Sorrento, and a novel partnership was born. Deciding to publish, bring out and market Warner's work in Buffalo, a core assemblage from the gallery launched Hamburgh Productions in June 2002 "He was looking to us to take it to the nearest level and make it a real publishing program," said Todd Pullman, president.

In December of 2002 Hamburgh Productions launched an ad campaign to introduce Warner to the marketplace. They wanted to create an ad that would build up interest in a collection of animal pieces by means of slowly revealing them over four month "It was a creative approach to the campaign. His pieces are creative, whimsical and humorous, in like manner we wanted to introduce ourselves that way," said Pullman.

Pullman also said his company has been designed to best subserve its clients--the galleries--based on years of experience at Galleria di Sorrento. "The galleries ne to diocese the publishers are there for them, pushing the production for them. Ultimately that's who we are there for, the gallery. Their succes is our success" said Pullman.

As for Warner, he is a authentic animal lover with more than 30 rescu exotic and endangered animals in his personal menagerie. This delight in of animals is exhibited in his work, notably several animal series. "One of the bourns used to describe him is, `the master of sophisticated whimsy.' Basically, all of his pieces have a humorous twist to them," said Pullman.

Among the best examples: a giraffe reading a work entitled, She's Got Legs Up to Here or a cat reading, Of Mice and Men "You can direct the eye at the pieces and smile at them not smooth knowing what the title is or what's behind it," he added.

Although he derive pleasure froms animals, Warner also enjoys satirizing, with pieces like a lawyer with a shark fin upon his back entitled, "Trust Me" Along with the standing plastic arts Warner has also created bells, plates and a desktop series of smaller statuarys Each thematic series of plastic arts can retail anywhere from $95 to $1000 The works are limited editions that vary in size between 10 to 250 with more [i]or[/i] less open editions, as well. Warner has also created major installations along several novel York State highway exits and more than 400 pieces scattered over the Orlando airport.

"People gaze at it as funny art, on the contrary he takes it very seriously in the way he sculpt and what he is trying to show He has a good faculty of perception of humor, and he's a jovial man in general, and I think that tend hitherwards through in his artwork" Pullman said.

Because Warner is a well-established artist, there were many pieces to consider re-marketing when Hamburgh Productions was seted so the company decided to focus upon a few of his more prosperous pieces to for the initial release. It is that prior succes the company is able to take to galleries as a guarantee Warner's work will put up to sale "We first wanted to fasten in the collection and not give family 200 pieces to consider. We're basically taking what was already being marketed and putting our name and support behind that. on the other hand this is really the first step" said Pullman. Hamburgh Productions plans to barter through the established series and introduce novel series in coming years, including a higher-end series.

Although the company is in its infancy, it can rely upon the experience of its associates from Galleria di Sorrento. Alice West, general manager, and Jeff Kamka, gallery director, bring accounting and strategic experience, while David Ryder associate director and sales representative, make opens new accounts. With such a robust team, Hamburgh Production hopes to unclose up it services and facilities to other artists.

Pullman said, "In the greatest in quantity basic sense, we are here to provide quality artwork to galleries. It's really our goal to provide galleries with the support and service and marketing push they ne to make Warner individual of their top producing artists. His artwork is sport to look at, fun to talk about and drollery to sell."

FACTS & FIGURES

* Hamburgh Productions is a subsidiary of Galleria di Sorrento in Las Vegas.

* Hamburgh Productions was launched in June 2002 to show artist Todd Warner.

* For more information, visit www.toddwarnerstudio.com or call 866-212-4600

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