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An Up-Close Look at Two Italian Masters

An Eye on Michelangelo and Bernini: Photographs by Aurelio Amendola embraces the fine art of sculpting. Thirty stunning black and white photographs by Aurelio Amendola, a prolific contemporary photographer from Italy, feature details of some of Michelangelo’s most beloved pieces — David, Pietà, Moses, Victory, and figures from the Tombs of Giuliano di Lorenzo de’ Medici and Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici — alongside details of Bernini’s Damned Soul, David, Apollo and Daphne, Rape of Proserpina, and Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius.

“This exhibition is about the two sculptors, the Renaissance Michelangelo and the Baroque Bernini, and Amendola’s ability to capture details of these sculptures,” said Rebecca A. Dunham, The Four Arts’ head of fine arts & curator. “The black and white photography of these sculptures is a great exercise in the deployment of light and shadow.”

Printed in large format on aluminum, the photographs unveil the style and intensity of the Italian masters. Wall labels provide context by featuring full-length images of the sculptures and providing background information about the subjects and artists.

This exhibition is organized by The Society of Four Arts in collaboration with Aurelio Amendola and his studio in Pistoia, Italy, and designed by Cesare and Carlotta Mari of Panstudio Architetti Associati, Bologna, Italy. A free exhibition catalogue is available. Enhance your experience by watching six short videos of Amendola describing his interactions with modern artists at www.fourarts.org.

The art exhibitions are generously supported by an anonymous Foundation, Thomas and Jody Gill, and Hindman Auctions.

An Eye on Michelangelo and Bernini

Photos by Aurelio Amendola

ON DISPLAY

Through Sunday, January 30, 2022 Esther B. O’Keeffe Building, 102 Four Arts Plaza

DAYS AND TIMES

Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m. Monday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Four Arts members only: 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Artist Spotlight: Aurelio Amendola

Program available at www.fourarts.org Enjoy six videos as the artist shares anecdotes about working with contemporary artists Alberto Burri, Giorgio de Chirico, Jannis Kounellis, Marino Marini, Claudio Parmiggiani, and Andy Warhol.

Aurelio Amendola, detail of Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne (1622–25, marble, Borghese Gallery and Museum, Rome, Italy), print on baryta paper with silver salts mounted on aluminum, printed 2021, 39.4 by 27.6 inches

An Eye on Michelangelo and Bernini is organized by The Society of the Four Arts

A Beautiful Mess: Weavers and Knotters of the Vanguard is a contemporary textile exhibition, featuring a diverse selection of fiber arts including wall-hangings, installations, and monumental pieces. Enjoy 19 works from an allfemale roster of conceptual artists, showcasing twisted, tied, and braided works made from tactile and utilitarian materials like rope, yarn, clay, and wire.

“Visually, they are great works to look at,” said Rebecca A. Dunham, The Four Arts’ head of fine arts & curator, “so the first level is taking in the beauty of the artwork. But they are also examples of conceptual art. Each is accompanied by a description, so the second level is finding all these deeper meanings to their shapes, forms, colors, and materials.”

A Beautiful Mess is organized by the Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA, and makes its debut as a traveling exhibition at The Four Arts.

A complementary show, Talking Threads: Dialogues with Weavers and Knotters, features Fiber Artists-Miami Association (Fama) artists who employ the same textile processes as the artists in A Beautiful Mess. In addition to 11 selected works, including two on display in the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden, Fama contributed educational displays, examples of materials and tools, a loom, videos, and a hands-on interactive art installation. A Beautiful Mess also includes a postcard souvenir to take home, a collectible from the booming world of fiber and textile arts.

“If you go to art fairs you are seeing a lot more of the fiber arts than you used to,” Dunham said. “Traditionally people who worked with ropes and fabrics were labeled as craftsman and not fine artists, but this exhibition showcases how these materials can be used to make fine art – and how we should consider textile arts and fiber arts to be a fine art, just like painting or sculpture.”

Kirsten Hassenfeld, Millefleur, 2019, salvaged textiles with mixed media, 78 inches. Photo by Christopher Fay

A Beautiful Mess

Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard

ON DISPLAY

Through Sunday, January 30, 2022, Esther B. O’Keeffe Building, 102 Four Arts Plaza

DAYS AND TIMES

Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m. Monday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - open to Four Arts members only: 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard is organized by Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.

OPENING FEBRUARY 12 Shining a Light on American Impressionism

Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935) Old House, East Hampton, 1917, oil on linen, Bank of America Collection

A sweeping survey of American Impressionism, In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940, presents paintings, prints, and drawings from acclaimed artists such as George Inness, Childe Hassam, Thomas Moran, John Sloan, Ernest Lawson, Daniel Garber, and Guy Carleton Wiggins, among others.

This exhibition traces the emergence and evolution of a truly American style, and provides thought-provoking historical context for American Impressionism by positioning it between the Hudson River School and the modernist trends in later pieces on view.

In a New Light

American Impressionism 1870-1940 Works from the Bank of America Collection

ON DISPLAY

Saturday, February 12 through Saturday, April 16, 2022 Esther B. O’Keeffe Building, 102 Four Arts Plaza

DAYS AND TIMES

Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m. Monday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Four Arts members only: 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In a New Light reflects the changing mindset of America from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. The exhibition concentrates on regional art colonies that were crucial to the American Impressionist movement, from the Northeast to the Midwest and the American West. A tranquil place for artists to share ideas and resources, these collaborative enclaves were often established in rural areas of great natural beauty, yet not far from growing urban centers. In a New Light explores the ways in which local artists interpreted America’s rural, maritime, and urban spaces and portray daily life using the Impressionistic devices of capturing moments with brisk brushstrokes, a vibrant palette, and atmospheric effects.

In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940 has been loaned through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program.

No charge ■ Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weather permitting No reservations needed ■ For more information, go to www.fourarts.org Note: The Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden will be closed from February 9 through February 24

The Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden includes the art installation by Evelyn Politzer, Tree Hugger, 2019, self-standing outdoor sculptures made with woven synthetic fabric, on display through January 30. Photo by David Darby

Originally planted in 1938 by members of The Garden Club of Palm Beach, many of whom were members of The Four Arts, the Botanical Gardens were designed as demonstration gardens to educate residents about plants that thrive in the South Florida climate. Garden Club members divided the space into thematic sections that favored architectural styles popular in the Town of Palm Beach and selected plants, sculptures, and architectural features for each unique setting. The Four Arts Botanical Gardens continue to enchant and teach residents and visitors today. Philip Hulitar, a fashion designer and former Four Arts’ Chairman of the Board, was asked in 1979 to transform 2.2 acres of undeveloped space into a sculpture garden. Not only did he design the space, but he also helped acquire sculptures for it. The garden opened in November 1980 and was named the Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden in 1988 in honor of his support of the space and his many years of service to The Four Arts. Despite its urban setting and its proximity to two busy streets, the Sculpture Garden has become a place of refuge and contemplation.

Photography Policy

We welcome you to take informal photos with your personal camera or smartphone in our beautiful gardens. However, any staged, formal, planned, or professional photography requires a $100 permit. Visit www.fourarts.org/faq to fill out a permit or call (561) 655-7227 for more information.

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