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" A former Lower East Side meat market, 80 Essex Street, transformed into a chic urban gallery space last night as curator Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld presented &amp;quot;The Martus Maw,&amp;quot; a collection of graffiti-like paintings by French artist Nicolas Pol (pictured left, with Restoin Roitfeld). The stark grey building was a dichotomous backdrop for the sixteen-piece exhibition, which Pol described as &amp;quot;wild and raw.&amp;quot; Pol used various media, including newspaper and magazine clippings, combined with colorful imagery and errant splashes of paint. Erin Wasson, Kelly Klein, David Lauren and Jean-Paul Gaultier toasted Pol and Roitfeld with champagne, while guests later convened at Indochine for a celebratory dinner. Roitfeld, who founded the emerging artist company Feedback Ltd. in 2008, works primarily with emerging talents to produce shows and provide a platform for selling their art. This was his fourth exhibition. Pol graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in 2004. His first solo exhibition, &amp;quot;Life Goes on If You&amp;#039;re Lucky,&amp;quot; was featured at the Allsopp Contemporary in London in 2005, followed by &amp;quot;Fear and Retribution&amp;quot; in 2008. Drop by and see the exhibit through Dec. 10 at 80 Essex St., New York, NY. The gallery is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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