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MIAMI POSTER PROJECT September 10 – October 17, 2010 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 2010 | 7 – 10 pm Miami Poster Show is an exhibit of a series of related posters produced by artist Philip Brooker for the inaugural year of the Miami Poster Project, a brand-new community initiative. The exhibit’s intent is to update Miami’s image, and to launch a yearly contest for the public to create their own version of how they portray Miami. HOME WORK October 22 – November 21, 2010 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 23, 2010 | 7 – 10 pm This annual showcase presents our newest editions to the ArtCenter’s Juried Artist Residency Program, and is a testament to the talented hard working individuals that compose the dynamic environment of the ArtCenter. Home Work will transform the gallery into an interior where the artists use the home or home furnishings to compliment or comment on their works concept or materiality.
Good N’ Plenty will spotlight ArtCenter artists, from the first year the ArtCenter opened its doors in 1984 to present day. This show will highlight how the ACSF has influenced the work of artists during the most exciting time of the year.
ARTCENTER/ SOUTH FLORIDA: JURIED ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM Meet some of South Florida’s most talented artists at our studios located at 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach FL 33139.
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An exuberant display of dazzling creations, by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave, awaits at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth is comprised of over thirty multilayered, mixed-media, wearable sculptures, called “Soundsuits”—derived from the audible sounds made by the suits when worn. The result is a captivating visual and performing arts experience that will entice viewers of all ages.
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MOCA, North Miami hosts a stunning exhibition featuring artist Shinique Smith, whose work combines social and cultural references with a broad array of sources, including African American art, minimal sculpture and Japanese calligraphy.
The Museum of Art/ Fort Lauderdale presents the most comprehensive display of drawings ever assembled by Pop Art star Tom Wesselmann.
The Boca Raton Museum of Art debuts a series of eye-popping paintings by acclaimed photo-realist painter Robert Cottingham.
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INSIDE OUT: PHOTOGRAPHY AFTER FORM SELECTIONS FROM THE ELLA FONTANALS-CISNEROS COLLECTION CO-CURATED BY SIMON BAKER & TANYA BARSON
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ministries, a Jacksonville organization that reaches out to people with special needs, like Malcolm. Lois encouraged the artist and helped organize and curate an exhibition of his work at The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, where Luckin’s current collection is on display through November 6th. “The show,” says Simon, “is not really about selling. It’s to show what you can do and giving other people hope.” Through his art, he continues to battle the depression, loneliness and insomnia that have resulted from the disease. “Drastic changes in my circumstances will not prevent me from continuing with my creative expression,” Lukin said. “Before Parkinson’s disease totally robs me, I refuse to waste
PICTURED: malcolm luckin, self portrait, courtesy of the artist EXHIBITION: through 11.06.2010, THE CULTURAL CENTER, Ponte Vedra Beach www.ccpvb.org
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Latin American Art from the Museum’s Collection Boca Raton Museum of Art www.bocamuseum.org
Exhibitions
the most important 20th century Latin American artists, including: Enrique Castro-Cid, Carlos Cruz-Díez, Julio Larraz, Rufino Tamayo and Francisco Zúñiga. 10.12-01.09.2011
Robert Cottingham: Twenty Ways to See a Star Boca Raton Museum of Art
This sampling of Latin American art, from the Museum’s collections, features 20 works by many of www.bocamuseum.org This show debuts a series of 20 eyepopping paintings by acclaimed photorealist painter and printmaker, Robert
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Romanticism to Modernism: Graphic Masterpieces from Piranesi to Picasso Boca Raton Museum of Art www.bocamuseum.org
Fine prints have been admired for their great artistic diversity and technical virtuosity since their origin in the 15th century. Examples by masters
1. Julio Larraz, Luna, 1999, oil on canvas, 55 x 73”, Museum Permanent Collection, gift of the artist 2. Robert Cottingham, Southern Star, 2009, silkscreen on canvas, 79 x 79”, courtesy of the American Image Atelier 3. Pablo Picasso, Faune dévoilant une dormeuse (Jupiter et Antiope, d’après Rembrandt), [Faun Revealing a Sleeping Woman (Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt)], 1936, etching with aquatint on paper, 12-3/8 x 16-3/8”, Boca Raton Museum of Art Permanent Collection, bequest of Isadore and Kelly Friedman
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ON VIEW THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2010
Related Events: October 7- LoweDown Happy Hour October 28- Closing Reception October 30- Adult Workshop For more information please visit our website: www.lowemuseum.org
Olmec (Gulf Coast, Mexico) ca. 1500-400 BCE, Mask, green jade
5000 Years of World Art Lowe Art Museum 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124 www.lowemuseum.org 305.284.3535 Exhibition organized by the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Curated by Dr. Traci Ardren, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of Miami. Funding through the Jay W. Jensen and John W. and Thelma S. Jensen Endowment Fund with additional support by The State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs, The Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and with the support of the City of Coral Gables. Additional funding provided by the Office of the Consul General of Mexico Miami, the Cultural Institute of Mexico Miami, HSBC Private Bank, E.R. Roberts Foundation, and Sergio Garcia-Granados.
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of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries include works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Francisco de Goya and Pablo Picasso, each of whom is celebrated for his pioneering experiments in graphic art. 10.12-01.09.2011
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came to international prominence in the 1960s with Nouvelle Figuration, the French intellectual version of Pop Art. This exhibition includes 23 paintings representing
more than 4 decades of work. Adami’s famous Pop Art colors and flat forms with thick black contours evoke the appearance of cartoons, yet his imagery plays a fundamental role in conveying social, philosophical and literary references. CORAL GABLES
for uniquely documenting fleeting human moments of both humor and poetry, particularly against the backdrop of gritty urban scenes.
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Frank Paulin: An American Documentarian Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
The Jaguar’s Spots: Ancient Mesoamerican Art from the Lowe Art Museum Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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A gift of 30 photographs by American photographer, Frank Paulin, has been made to the Lowe and are currently on display. Paulin is recognized
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This comprehensive exhibition includes a selection of 175 objects, from the Museum’s perma-
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Spruce Creek and the St. Johns River: Silverprint Photography of Lee Dunkel Museum of Arts & Sciences www.moas.org
1. Valerio Adami, Finlandia, ca. 1987, acrylic on canvas, 79 x 105”, courtesy of Fondo Adami, Fondazione Europea del Disegno 2. Frank Paulin, Flower Messenger, Times Square, 1955 (printed later), gelatin silver print, 13 x 19-3/8”, gift of Bruce Silverstein, ©Frank Paulin; courtesy Bruce Silverstein Gallery 3. Olmec (Gulf Coast, Mexico), Mask, ca. 1500-400 BCE, green jade, 4-7/8 x 4-3/8 x 3”, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Fitzmorris
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VALERIO ADAMI (Italian, 1935-), Quadri Nel Paesaggio [Pictures In The Landscape], 2008, acrylic on canvas, 78 x 58 inches. Courtesy of Fondo Adami, Fondazione Europea del Disegno
ALSO ON EXHIBITION Robert Cottingham: Twenty Ways to See a Star 501 Plaza Real | Boca Raton, Florida bocamuseum.org | 561.392.2500
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Pockets of pristine Florida landscape are captured in this exquisite display of black
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The Weird and Wonderful: Unique Decorative Arts from the Lightner Museum, St. Augustine Museum of Arts & Sciences www.moas.org
Otto C. Lightner left behind an outstanding legacy through art objects and artifacts with international flair, relating to science and industry of the late 19th century. This exhibition explores and highlights some of his most exciting and historic purchases and includes: swan and Sphinx-decorated Egyptian revival furniture; oversized Oriental and European porcelains; Tiffany, Gallé and Brilliantcut glass; and other
Southeast Museum of Photography www.smponline.org
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Woof! Art of the Dog Museum of Arts & Sciences www.moas.org
Contemporary portraits of dogs of all sizes, shapes and breeds are celebrated through paintings by artists and craftsmen such as: Ron Burns, Will Rafuse, George Rodrigue and William Wegman. Thru 11.07
richly ornamented objets d’art.
Home Stills consists of a series of largescale photographs and drawings that look at domestic gender role and identity. Schmidt’s
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work is influenced and informed by commercial photography from the ’50s and ’60s, which depicts the lives of women at home in different poses of domesticity and gender stereotypes.
1. Lee Dunkel, Spruce Creek 2. The Mandrill, Meissen porcelain, 19th century, 3’ h, from the collection of Lightner Museum, St. Augustine 3. Ron Burns, Madeline, n.d., giclée on canvas, 24 x 18” 4. Bastienne Schmidt, Home Stills (detail)
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Elaine Ling: Photographs Southeast Museum of Photography www.smponline.org
Elaine Ling explores the shifting equilibrium between nature and the man-made in eloquent portraits and documents from the margins of communities and societies and the far-flung corners of the world. This exhibition brings together 2 series of her large format
photographs from 2 worlds that are utterly different; BaobabTree of Generations, from Mali, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Madagascar; and Florida Contact. Thru 11.07
Jonathan Torgovnik: Intended Consequences Southeast Museum of Photography www.smponline.org
Intended Consequences portrays the intensely personal accounts of Rwandan rape victims and the children that were born as a result. Jonathan Torgovnik provides a glimpse into the lives of these women and their children through por-
traits and interviews that expose their daily struggles and feelings about raising a child who is a constant reminder of genocide. (See story in the Aug./Sept. 2010 issue on pg. 88.)
raphy and writing of his loving wife and care-partner, Judith Fox. Judith has been featured in numerous publications and her award-winning photography has been showcased
throughout the US and Europe.
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Judith Fox: I Still Do Southeast Museum of Photography
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Women Painting Florida: Images of the State, 1880-1960 Florida Museum for Women Artists
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I Still Do is a poignant portrayal of a man with Alzheimer’s disease, as documented through the photog-
1. Elaine Ling, Baobab-Tree of Generations, Mali 2. Jonathan Torgovnik, Sylvina with her daughter, Marianne, © Jonathan Torgovnik, courtesy Aperture Foundation 3. Judith Fox, I Still Do (detail)
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Fifty major works, with Florida as subject, by notable female artists, such as Laura Woodward and Jane Peterson, are featured in this exhibition of diverse and stunning
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
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Sing to the Sun: The Art of Ashley Bryan Dunedin Fine Art Center
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Monsters invade the Morikami Museum as vintage toys from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, inspired by Japanese tokusatsu films and TV shows, are on display in Kaijū! Monster Invasion! The exhibition features over 100 figures from an extensive private collection. (See story imagery. Their subjects in the Aug./Sept. range from gardens 2010 issue on pg. 80.) and citrus fruit to sweeping wild landscapes, local portraits and urban life. DELRAY BEACH Thru 10.17
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Kyoto: A Place in Art Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
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The author or illustrator of more than
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Works by painters representing art movements associated with Kyoto, Kyoto textiles, photographs of Kyoto gardens, woodblock prints, ceramics, and more, are displayed in this exhibition which explores why Kyoto remains the center of Japanese traditional culture.
30 books, Ashley Bryan’s art is infused with joy and imagination. Featured in this exhibition are a selection of his book illustrations and pow-
1. Victoria Ebbels Hutson Huntley, 1900-1971, Florida Swamp #2 (detail), ca. 1949, lithograph on paper 2. Gomora, from the TV Series, Ultraman (1966–1967), courtesy of Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden 3. Courtesy of Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden 4. Ashley Bryan, African Tales, image courtesy of Dunedin Fine Art Center
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Visions of Enchantment: Janny Wurts & Don Maitz Dunedin Fine Art Center www.dfac.org
DFAC presents the works of 2 stellar artists in the realm of science fiction and
fantasy art. This husband and wife creative team, based in Sarasota, are renown masters of the genre.
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the 20th century, 10.16-01.09.2011 bringing a grittiness An Intimate to American painting Look at William that had, until then, Glackens and been dominated by the the Eight society portraits of Museum of Art / John Singer Sargent Ft. Lauderdale, and the picturesque Nova Southeastern coastal scenes of WinUniversity slow Homer. Included www.moafl.org in the exhibition are Along with fellow works by Glackens painters Robert Henri, and his contempoGeorge Luks, Ernest raries as well as a Lawson, Maurice special installation of Prendergast, Everlandscapes created by ett Shinn, and John Glacken from 1908 Sloan, William through the 1930s. Glackens sought to change the face of Thru 12.05 American art in Pearl and the first decade of Stanley Goodman
Pearl and Stanley Goodman began collecting Latin
American art in the early 1980s, as the field itself was being identified as an area worthy of attention, acquisition and scholarship. This exhibition investigates and explores the art of this fascinating region.
1. Janny Wurts, Taken to Task, image courtesy of Dunedin Fine Art Center 2. William J. Glackens is a Philadelphian, newspaper clipping from unknown Philadelphia-based publication, date unknown, ink on newsprint, 7 x 4.75”, bequest of Ira Glackens 3. Diego Rivera, Stone Worker, detail, oil on canvas mounted on mason, 1945, collection of Pearl and Stanley Goodman, © 2009 Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F., Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Recent Acquisitions from the Museum’s Latin American Art Collection Museum of Art / Ft. Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University
Dine, Wesselmann created a body of works that helped define the visual identity of America in the 1960s. The exhibition, which spans from 1959 to 2004, includes more than 100 works, many 10.03-02.27.2011 large in scale and creTom Wesselated from materials not mann Draws usually associated with Museum of Art / drawing, including: Ft. Lauderdale, steel, aluminum, fabric Nova Southeastern and molded plastic. University (See story on pg. 64.) www.moafl.org
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forward into television, as a spokesperson for various corporations, as an advocate for breast cancer awareness and as an artist. This exhibition includes a selection of works which portray the
Peggy Fleming Art of the Olympians www.artoftheolympians.org
of Pop Art. Along with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Jim
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Highlights from the Modern Collection Harn Museum of Art
Peggy Fleming won the only Gold Medal for the US in 1968 at Grenoble. Her grace and beauty, on and off www.harn.ufl.edu the ice, have carried The Harn Museum
1. Xavier Esqueda, The Prayer of the Desert, oil on canvas 2. Tom Wesselmann, Drawing for Mouth # 3, 1963, charcoal on paper, 48 x 63-1/2”, ©The estate of Tom Wesselmann, courtesy of Museum of Art / Fort Lauderdale 3. Image courtesy of Art of the Olympians Gallery
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highlights its holdings of modern American, European and Latin American art spanning the mid-19th century through the first half of the 20th century. Among the artists represented are: Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin, Childe Hassam, Gaston Lachaise, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Thru 01.02.2011
Jack Nichelson: Sojourner Dream Reliquaries Harn Museum of Art www.harn.ufl.edu
Jack Nichelson has been creating intricate
and evocative “box environments” for more than 40 years. Begun in 2000, Nichelson’s Sojourner Dream Reliquaries features 22 intricately detailed sculptures replicating the basic forms of travel trailers
from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. HOLLYWOOD 11.20-02.06.2011
Luis Alonzo Barkigia: Mundos Perfeitos Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood www.artandculturecenter.org
Mundos Perfeitos offers a skewed geometric playground that speaks to the notion of Utopia, featuring an organic environment in which spheres, cubes, and planes have been transfigured and molded into aberrations of themselves. Thru 11.07
Patrick DeCastro: Quand le Soleil Brille
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Haitian artist Patrick DeCastro shares the distinctive world of his personal experience with Haitian vaudou and New York high fashion in this exhibition featuring a selection of works in mixed media. Thru 01.09.2011
Sinisa Kukec: And Yet Another Wayward Landscape Art and Culture Center of Hollywood www.artandculturecenter.org
Undulating biomorphic forms, made of porcelain or plaster, and sculptures growing from found objects—some of almost
1. Claude Monet, Champ d’avoine (Oat Field), 1890, oil on canvas, gift of Michael A. Singer 2. Jack Nichelson, A Trip to the Moon, 2007,
hardwood veneer plywood construction with mixed media, collection of the artist, photo: John Knaub 3. Luis Alonzo Barkigia, installation view, courtesy of the artist 4. Patrick DeCastro, Journey, 2008, vintage picture frame, antique doll, found objects, and enamel paint, 13 x 12”, courtesy of the artist
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En Masse presents a selection of new works by Turkish-American, North Miami-based artist, Stephan Tugrul. Working with collage, Tugrul constructs new images through a process of combining found elements appropriated from a variety of source materials.
monolithic scale and others of undersized dimensions—appear in sharp contrast to the historically scriptJACKSONVILLE ed media of sculpture, craft and design. 09.17- 01.02.2011 Thru 01.09.2011
Stephan Tugrul: En Masse Art and Culture Center of Hollywood www.artandculturecenter.org
East/West: Visually Speaking Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville
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reference to Western culture seems adoring, while in others, it appears to parody the West, its cultural symbols and values. 10.01-11.15
The Art of War The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
During World War II, a number of government issued posters were created to promote the American war effort and help unite the American people during a critical time in our nation’s history. The 28 posters featured in this exhibition are from the collection of Major General Gerry Maloney USAF (Ret.). LAKELAND Thru 12.12
Art and Design: Unity Polk Museum of Art
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East/West: Visually Speaking, highlights 11 contemporary Chinese artists who have adapted Western ideas and art forms to create new styles of art. In some works, the
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Last in a series of exhibitions demonstrating the role of the principles of design within artworks from the
1. Sinisa Kukec, Sorry… I am a stranger here myself…, 2010, foam, epoxy, paint, graphite, and cardboard, 14 x 12 x 18”, courtesy of the artist 2. Stephan Tugrul, Release the Hounds (detail), 2009, mixed media, 48 x 60”, courtesy of the artist 3. Luo Brothers, Welcome the Famous Brands to China, 2002-2008, painted copper, collection of the artists 4. Adolph Trindler, She’s a WOW, Woman Ordinance Worker, 1942, 40-1/8 x 28-1/2”, collection of Major General Gerry Maloney USAF (Ret.)
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2010/2011 Exhibition Season Sept. 10 – Jan. 9 Sinisa Kukec: And Yet Another Wayward Landscape Stephan Tugrul: En Masse Jan. 21 – Feb. 18 Abracadabra: Fourth Annual Fund-raising Art Exhibition and Raffle Christiaan Lopez-Miro : All Roads Lead to Cassadaga
March 4 – April 10 Cristina Lei Rodriguez: Forever April 29 – June 5 Fifth All-Media Juried Biennial June 17 – Aug. 14 Ryan Humphrey: Fast Forward
Plus frequently rotating exhibitions in the Project Room.
1650 Harrison Street Hollywood, FL 33020 954. 921. 3274 ArtAndCultureCenter.org
The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported in part by its members; admissions; private entities; the City of Hollywood; the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the National Endowment for the Arts. We welcome donations from all members of the community who wish to support our work. In addition, funding for these exhibitions is provided in part by Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, and the Hudson Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward. Image: Christina Lei Rodriguez, Community on the Edge (detail), 2004, from the collection of Arturo Mosquera.
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Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibit focuses on unity, an effect that occurs when all of the principles of design have been applied correctly, thus creating a sense of order and completeness.
In a reprise of Visual Unity, hosted by the Morean Arts Center last year, a group of 19 regionally and nationally recognized artists have gathered for this collaborative exhibition, teaming up to produce two new creative, unexpected and unique artworks for display. Also featured are separate works representing each artist’s respective talents.
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Visual Unity 2 Polk Museum of Art
Eye See America: Through the Lens of Joshua Mann Pailet Polk Museum of Art
eye for America, and he uses his camera to capture the people, places, and situations
that define a modern sense of Americana.
Not all photographs are printed with chemicals in a darkroom. Some are printed by computers, and others by master printers using plates and presses. This exhibition features photographs from the Polk’s permanent collection that were either digitally or manually produced. MAITLAND
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Exquisite Harmony: Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson Maitland Art Center
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Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson creates figurative collage “paintings” comprised of a diverse range of materials, including: hand-painted,
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Noted New Orleans photographer and gallery owner, Joshua Mann Pailet, has an
1. Herman Leonard, Frank Sinatra-Monte Carlo (detail), ca. 1958, silver gelatin print, gift of Peterson & Myers, P.A. & Bob and Malena Puterbaugh in memory of Judge E. Randolph Bentley 2. Jill Cannady and Tim Ludwig, Rabbit Platter, 2010, wheel thrown and altered earthenware and encaustic, photo: Randall Smith (rcsarts.com) 3. Joshua Mann Pailet, Lionel Batiste, Jazz Funeral, New Orleans (detail), 1998, gelatin silverprint, courtesy of and © Joshua Mann Pailet 4. Graciela Iturbide, Nuestra Senora de las Iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas), 1996, photogravure, 29-7/8” x 25-1/8”, Polk Museum of Art Permanent Collection, Graphicstudio Subscription Purchase through Kent Harrison Memorial Acquisition Fund
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hand-made, and found papers, maps, magazines, Scrabble tiles and various memorabilia. Exquisite Harmony features 35-40 collages which explore the theme of music.
Doodah DADA is the manifestation of Reedy’s distinct aesthetic and sociological experiences. Storytelling, family and faith play prominently in the creation of his art. His current works involve a more sculptural approach to the vessel and a mixed media form of painting and drawing.
um featuring selected works from the MIT Museum Collection and Florida Institute of Technology which includes: holograms, X-ray observations of
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lightning, engineered Thru 11/28 wallpaper, digital Analyze This: models of swarm intelScientific Art from ligence, and human MIT Museum and motion patterns. Artistic Science from Florida Tech Brevard Art Museum www.brevardartmuseum.org
Examine an experimental exhibition at the Brevard Art Muse-
This exhibition features a series of related posters produced by artist, illustrator, furniture maker and filmmaker, Philip Brooker, for the inaugural year of the Miami Poster Project, a brand-new initiative. The exhibit’s intent is to update Miami’s visual image and to break from the frequently stale and tourist-industry-driven imagery so often used to represent Miami. (See story in the Aug./
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Miami Poster Project ArtCenter / South Florida
1. Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson, Sul Tasto, collage on paper, courtesy of the artist 2. Robert Reedy, Bottle (detail), clay/earthenware, 32” h 3. Marie Andree Cossette, Metamorphosis, 1981, hologram, courtesy of MIT Museum 4. Philip Brooker, Poster #4, Miami Poster Project, 2010, 6’w x 10’h
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nity over the past 25 years.
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Art Basel: Good N’ Plenty ArtCenter / South Florida
Ellen Harvey: The Nudist Museum Bass Museum of Art
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Good n’ Plenty spotlights ArtCenter artists, from the first year the organization’s doors
were opened, in 1984, to the present. Artists including: William Cordova, Luis Gispert, Beatriz Monteavaro, Gavin Perry, and Ellie Schneiderman, illustrate how ArtCenter has influenced their work and the commu-
that represent purity, titillation, truth, comedy, beauty, love and ugliness, as well as simple representations of the human body. (See story on pg. 88.)
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Focus Gallery: Purvis Young Miami Art Museum
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Ellen Harvey’s Nudist Museum uses the Bass Museum’s collection to reveal a wide variety of different historical paradigms of nudity. By copying every nude in the collection, including: paintings, drawings and sculptures, from the Middle Ages to the present, Ellen showcases nudes
executed in a variety of media, including: painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, video, environmental installation and performance.
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This exhibition feaThru 10.17 tures a selection of New Work paintings that span Miami 2010 the career of Miami Miami Art painter, Purvis Young. Museum Young’s work reflects www.miamiartmuseum.org the condition experiNew Work Miami enced by residents of 2010 provides a parMiami’s Overtown, the tial snapshot of the Miami art scene at this moment. Approximately 35 artists, based in the Miami area, present new and recent artworks
1. Franklin Einspruch, Lexi and Vanessa’s House 2. Ellen Harvey, The Nudist Museum (detail), 2010, 54 paintings in oil, second-hand frames, tape, collaged wallpaper, photo: Jan Baracz, courtesy of the artist 3. Don Lambert, Flatland, 2009, maple, archival paper, Dibond, motors and controller, 120 x 103 x 26”, courtesy of the artist and Country Club–Cincinnati ï Los Angeles, photo: courtesy of Cincinnati Museum of Art 4. Purvis Young, Untitled (Horses), circa 1985-1999, paint on fiberboard, 48 x 48 x 1/4”, collection Miami Art Museum, gift of The Rubell Family Collection, courtesy of Miami Art Museum, photo: Peter Harholdt
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historic African American neighborhood that was transformed from a thriving community to an impoverished inner-city environment, in the 1960s and ’70s, when interstate 95 was erected. Against this backdrop, Young’s work serves as inspiration for the capacity of the creative spirit to reclaim, transform, restore and renew. 11.07-03.06.2011
Susan Rothenberg: Moving in Place Miami Art Museum www.miamiartmuseum.org
Moving in Place features a select group of 25 paintings, ranging from Rothenberg’s early horse paintings of the mid-1970s to her most recent body
of work, and explores a number of central motifs that have occurred throughout her 35-year career. Included in the exhibition are two major paintings from Miami Art Museum’s permanent collection, Folded
Buddha (1987–88) and Pin Wheel (1988). Thru 11.19
Shinique Smith: Menagerie Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami www.mocanomi.org
Shinique Smith’s works combine complex social and cultural references
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Highlighting works from MOCA’s permanent collection, this with a broad array exhibition includes of sources, including key pieces such as African American art, an early painting by color field painting, Leon Golub, sculpminimal sculpture ture relief by Robert and Japanese calligMorris, an installation raphy. Her sculpture by Rivane Neuenand installations are schwander, work by composed of collecpioneering feminist tions and accumulaartist Hannah Willke, tions of found objects photographs by Elad and clothing, which Lassry and a video she ties together to projection by Alex form minimal cubes Hubbard, among or wraps into bundles. other pivotal works in (See story on pg. 58.) MOCA’s holdings. Thru 11.07
Pivot Points IV: Selections from MOCA’s Permanent Collection
1. Susan Rothenberg, Pin Wheel, 1988, 95 x 142-3/4”, Collection Miami Art Museum, promised gift of Mimi Floback 2. Shinique Smith, Twilight’s Compendium, 2009, mixed media, temporary site specific installation, dimensions variable, installation view: Denver Art Museum, Denver; Embrace!, November 14, 2009-April 4, 2010; photo: Jeff Wells 3. Ann-Sofi Siden, Station 10 and Back Again, 2001, DVD Installation, 17 channels, b/w silent , 18 surveillance monitors, 81-3/4 x 115 x 16”, collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, gift of the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation
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Henri Cartier-Bresson. Bruce Weber: These photographs put Haiti / Little Haiti a human face on the Museum of consequences of the Contemporary United States’ immiArt, North Miami gration policy and the www.mocanomi.org struggles of Haitian Haiti/Little Haiti inimmigrants. cludes approximately 75 photographs of 10.13-01.02.2011 11.18-02.13.2011
Miami’s Haitian community, from 2003 to the present, by photographer Bruce Weber. Although best known for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Weber also considers himself a street photographer in the tradition of
Embracing Modernity: Venezuelan Geometric Abstraction The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum thefrost.fiu.edu
Embracing Modernity presents a historical
overview of the origins of the country’s abstract movement, from the late 1940s to the ’60s, featuring works by Omar Carreño, Carlos Cruz-Díez, Gertrude Goldschmidt (Gego), Gerd Leufert, Mateo Manaure, Alejandro Otero, Mercedes Pardo, Jesus Rafael Soto, and Oswaldo Vigas, among others. 10.13-12.05
Florida Artists Series: Anomie 1492-2006 Arnold Mesches The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
paintings and collages. Mesches’ ANOMIE series includes references to the overlapping histories and multi-cultural aspects of life. The 48 large acrylic paintings and 150 collages encompass postmodern concepts with old master techniques and structures. 10.13.10-1.02.2011
Sequentia: Xavier Cortada The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
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Throughout his 65year career as an artist and professor, Arnold Mesches has woven many narratives into lush and virtuosic
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Xavier Cortada’s solo exhibit at the Frost
1. Bruce Weber, Parishioner at Notre Dame D’Haiti Catholic Church, Little Haiti, Miami, May 11th, 2003 2. Alejandro Otero, De uso personal, 1965, mixed media, 13-3/4 x 10-5/8”, courtesy of The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection 3. Arnold Mesches, Anomie 1910: Family Portrait, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 58”, courtesy of the artist
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Speed Limits The Wolfsonian– Florida International University www.wolfsonian.org
Art Museum explores the sequence of events that make up life on the planet from the molecular to the monumental. The title of the exhibit also references a series of actions Cortada will set in motion to create a unique strand of DNA. The artist will work with a molecular biologist to synthesize an actual DNA strand made from a sequence generated by museum visitors using Cortada’s art.
One hundred years ago, the Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism proclaimed that “the world’s magnificence has been
including: posters, books, drawings, clocks and appliances, paintings, video, and sound installations. (See story in the Aug./ Sept. 2010 issue on pg. 72.) NAPLES 10.01-12.05
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Don Gorvett: Woodcuts and Drawings Naples Museum of Art
Louise Nevelson: Dawn’s Forest Naples Museum of Art
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enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed.” Speed Limits probes the powers and limits of the modern era’s cult of speed. The exhibition features a variety of media,
evocative tonal harmonies not usually associated with woodcuts.
Don Gorvett is a New England artist who produces powerful images of the harbors, cities and architecture found along the rocky coasts of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. With a painter’s eye for color, Gorvett produces prints with elegant and
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Dawn’s Forest consists of a series of sculptures by Louise Nevelson, created in the mid1980s and containing elements from previ-
1. Xavier Cortada, (The Four Nucleotides:) Cytosine, 2010, oil on canvas, 60 x 48”, courtesy of the artist 2. Edmond van Dooren (1896-1965), Cityscape (detail), ca.1920, Antwerp, graphite and mixed media on paper, The Wolfsonian-FIU, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection 3. Don Gorvett, Night Lights, 1999, reduction woodcut, 29 x 31-1/2”, © Don Gorvett, courtesy of Gravure Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts 4. Louise Nevelson, Dawn’s Forest (detail), 1986, painted balsa-plywood, collection of the Naples Museum of Art, gift of GA-Met, a joint venture Georgia-Pacific, LLC, © 2010 Estate of Louise Nevelson /Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Celebrate Art Basel Miami Beach at The Frost Art Museum
with
Enrique MartĂnez Celaya Sunday, December 5, 2010 9:30am - 12:00pm The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU
Complimentary Outdoor Breakfast
Informal talk with Enrique MartĂnez Celaya
Guided Tours of the Sculpture Park
Also on view: Embracing Modernity: Venezuelan Geometric Abstraction Sequentia by Xavier Cortada Florida Artist Series: Selections from Anomie 1492-2006 by Arnold Mesches
An official Art Basel Miami Beach sponsored event
For more information, call 305.348.2890 or visit http://thefrost.fiu.edu The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University Modesto A. Maidique Campus 10975 SW 17th Street Miami, Florida 33199
Smithsonian Institution Affiliations Program
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ous sculptures dating to 1971. Nevelson (1899-1988) was one of the most important and influential figures in postwar American art, and the most internationally celebrated woman artist of her time. Her work continues to inspire contemporary sculptors today.
parts of his entire body of work. Assael’s paintings and drawings are both featured in this comprehensive exhibition. 10.01-12.26
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Steven Assael: Illusions of Reality Naples Museum of Art
Stephen Knapp: Lightpaintings Naples Museum of Art www.thephil.org
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Steven Assael is widely recognized as one of the leading figurative artists working today. A gifted painter, Assael is also a brilliant draftsman whose extraordinary pencil, charcoal and ink drawings are significant
Stephen Knapp began his artistic career as a fine art photographer. His curiosity about the reflective and refractive qualities of light led to his working with ceramic glazes and mosaic tiles, and finally with works constructed of kiln-formed glass. Called the first new art medium of the 21st century, Lightpaintings embody an inherently unique form of art that transforms the gallery environment and envelops the viewer in pure, glowing colors. 10.01-06.30.2011
The Mouse House: Works from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection Naples Museum of Art
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This jewel of an exhibition recreates the atmosphere of Olga Hirshhorn’s art-packed house in Washington, DC, known as “The Mouse House,” and features intimate-sized
works by Picasso, Matisse, Calder, Giacometti, de Kooning and many others. Hirshhorn, a noted collector and part-time Naples resident, is the widow of Joseph Hirshhorn, founding donor of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.
1. Steven Assael, Cassandra & Julie, 2008, oil on board, 33-1/2 x 48-1/4”, © Steven Assael, courtesy of Forum Gallery, NY 2. Stephen Knapp, Capriccio, 2003, light, glass and stainless steel, 11’ x 8’ x 10”, © Stephen Knapp 3. Image courtesy of Naples Museum of Art
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Design mirrors society. Technological advances are reflected in the shape of the items we surround ourselves with. Thousands of examples can be found at The Wolfsonian–FIU. And a few thousand more examples can be found at home.
Dressing table, 1929 Designed by Kem Weber
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sometimes unexpected examples of art glass. OCALA 10.23-01.09.2011 10.01-01.15.2011
Three Visions in Glass: Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira and Laura de Santillana Naples Museum of Art www.thephil.org
Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira and Laura de Santillana live in Venice and work in Murano, Italy—a mecca for the study and production of glass art. Working outside the expected forms, styles and techniques of traditional Murano glassmakers, these artists have created exceptional and
the eyes of some of America’s most important painters, including: Thomas Hart Benton, Frederick Carl Frieseke and Martin Johnson Heade.
Reflections: Paintings of Florida, 1865-1965 ORLANDO Appleton Museum of Art Thru 01.02.2011 www.appletonmuseum.org Against All Odds: The Art of the Highwaymen Orange County Regional History Center www.thehistorycenter.org
From the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown are 69 paintings from one of the largest and most significant assemblages of Floridabased art. The works include views of Florida’s beaches, rivers, swamps and farmlands as seen through
The “Highwaymen” began as a group of African American artists who, against all odds, managed to prosper selling their paintings in the segregated South of the 1950s and ’60s. Learn about their fascinating story and see paintings by 26 artists, including
A. E. “Bean” Backus, an accomplished white Florida landscape artist who encouraged and inspired the Highwaymen. Thru 10.17
The Story of Harness Racing by Currier & Ives from the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, Goshen, N.Y. Orange County Regional History Center
1. Laura de Santillana, Arancio, Meteor, 2008, hand-blown and shaped glass, 23-1/4 x 23-3/4”, © Laura de Santillana, courtesy of Barry Friedman Ltd. 2. Charles Christian Eisele, Evening on the Suwannee River, 1885 3. Highwaymen painting from the collection of Geoff and Patti Cook 4. Color lithograph after James Henry Wright (1813-1883), Rysdyk’s Hambletonian, 1876, 25 x 33”, published by Currier and Ives (1857-1907), The Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame, Goshen, NY
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Featured in this exhibition are more than 30 beautiful, detailed Currier & Ives lithographs depicting great trotting horses, bucolic mid-19th century scenes, comedic adventures, and a hands-on tack trunk where visitors can examine racing equipment and equine care tools. Thru 10.31
Dawn Roe: The Tree Alone Orlando Museum of Art
memory, and attempts to address how these issues intersect within and between the still and moving image.
imaginative and eccentric creative artists. The exhibition features approximately 170 objects drawn from the Gorey Charitable Trust, including selections from: The Gashly-crumb Tinies,
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Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey Orlando Museum of Art www.omart.org
Elegant Enigmas presents the work www.omart.org of master artist and Dawn’s studio pracauthor, Edward tice involves both the Gorey (1925-2000). singular and combined Edward’s signature use of photographs pen-and-ink illustraand digital video. Her tions and witty writwork is concerned ings have led him with themes of perto be considered one ception, time and of America’s most
The Unstrung Harp, The Doubtful Guest, The Gilded Bat and other well-known publications. (See story in the Aug./Sept. 2010 issue on pg. 56.)
Orlando Museum of Art www.omart.org
More than 40 paintings and sculptures, from the nation’s early years through the 20th century, are included in this exhibition. These works reflect many important trends in American art. Among the artists represented are: Robert Henri, Herman Herzog, George Inness, Thomas Moran, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler.
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The American Collection
1. Dawn Roe, What It’s Like Down Here #2 (detail), 2010, dimensions variable, archival pigment print on paper, collection of the artist 2. ©The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust, Edward Gorey, Mr C(lavius) F(rederick) Earbrass is, of course, the well-known novelist, illustration for The Unstrung Harp; Or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel, 1953, pen & ink, 4-1/2 x 3-1/2”, collection of The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust, exhibition organized by the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA 3. Herman Herzog, The St. Johns River Entering the Atlantic Ocean, ca. 1888-1890, oil on canvas, 62-1/2 x 52-1/2”, on long-term loan from the Martin Andersen-Gracia Andersen Foundation, Inc
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Maury Hurt & Grady Kimsey The Mennello Museum of American Art
Sacred Spaces: Devotional Images with Photography by Alex Harris The Mennello Museum of American Art www.mennellomuseum.com
A beautiful selection of 18th to 20th century devotional artworks, www.mennellomuseum.com including retablos Maury Hurt’s paintings (paintings on tin or capture landscapes, wooden panels) and dreamscapes and porbultos (carvings in traits with a technical the round) depict the brilliance and authenfaith of generations, ticity of vision that emerging in religious transports the viewer objects set in the backinto another realm. ground of everyday Fusing dream-like fantasy with the interior physiological tensions of Surrealism, Grady Kimsey’s mixed-media figurative sculptures evoke mystery and narrative implications. 10.15-01.30.2011
lives. A dramatic series of color photographs by respected American artist, Alex Harris, provide context for the religious artworks.
McCann, one finds elaborate, layered narrative paintings, each scene depicting both action and human interaction.
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Faces and Facets Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida www.vac.org.cn
In its 22nd year, this show is a regional 10.09-11.28 favorite and encomThe Tipping passes black and Point white and color imOrmond Memorial ages in a variety of Art Museum styles and techniques. & Gardens www.ormondartmuseum.org
This solo exhibition features the works of Robert McCann. Stepping into the worlds created by
1. Maury Hurt, The Fox, 1970, oil on canvas, from the collection of Dr. Francis Martin, Jr. 2. Jose Renito Ortega, Bulto, ca. 1830-1870 3. Robert McCann, Fear Factor vs. Cops (detail), 2007, oil on panel, 43 x 86” 4. Photo (detail): Dave Head, courtesy of the artist and Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida
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Niles Cruz: Assemblage, Collaged Mixed Media Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida
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Jayne Holsinger: Women Drivers Pensacola Museum of Art
Splendid Treasures of the Turkomen Tribes of Central Asia The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
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This exhibition consists of 35 paintings
stones, each piece is imbued with symmetrical, yet organic, designs drawn from the tribes’ mythological interpretations of the natural world. 10.09-01.02.2011
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Exquisite silver and gilt jewelry from the Turkomen tribes of www.vac.org.cn Iran, Afghanistan and Niles Cruz works Turkmenistan are prein mixed media, sented in this exhibicreating lyrical works from Jayne Holsinger’s tion. Included are more that suggest emotion Women Driving series. than 40 hand crafted and imminent transJayne finds inspiraobjects. Decorated formation through tion in her Midwestern with gilding, chains the play of color roots and by exploring and semi-precious and form. He utilizes the elements of pholinear shapes that tography in painting. multiply, interconThe paintings in this nect, reflect and particular series are expand into intricate personal and revealing and engaging patportraits of women in terns. the act of driving.
Threads of Gold: Renaissance Tapestries from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art www.ringling.org
World-renowned for its artistic treasures, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, houses the art collections formed over centuries by successive generations of the House of Hapsburg, Austria’s royal family. Six of the eight
1. Niles Cruz, Rub The Bright Stone, 2006, 33 x 42-1/2”, mixed media on transparencies 2. Jayne Holsinger, Bree and Casey, 2001, courtesy of the artist and Kenise Barnes Fine Arts, Larchmont, NY 3. Teke Tribe, Tumar (Amulet/Breastplate), dated first half of 20th century, gift of Mr. Stephen Va. C. Wilberding, 2009, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
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tapestries presented in this exhibition are part of a set once owned by the Emperor Matthias and two are from another 16th century set that belonged to the Emperor Franz I. All of the tapestries
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With the Greatest of Ease features posters printed in the 19th and 20th centuries featuring some of the most amazing feats performed above the circus ring. Thru 10.24
were recently and Yinka Shonibare painstakingly restored. MBE: Mother Thru 12.13
With the Greatest of Ease The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
and Father Worked Hard so I Can Play The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
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The skill and daring of aerial artists has long been a popular subject for circus advertising.
Yinka is well known for his exploration of race and class through the use of headless mannequins dressed in period styles. This visually and conceptually engaging exhibition includes figures of playful children, dressed in Victorian costumes, appearing throughout the Ringling’s Astor galleries. (See story on pg. 90.) SAINT PETERSBURG Thru 01.09.2011
Transcending Vision: American Impressionism, 1870–1940, from the Bank of America Collection Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
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This spectacular exhibition features approximately 125 paintings, drawings, and prints by more than 70 artists. The survey mainly comprises oil
paintings and encompasses the Hudson River School, American Impressionism, and a few works on the cusp of Modernism. Thru 12.2010
Sharing Salvador: The History of the Dalí Museum and the Morse Collection
1. Brussels, Workshop of Frans Geubels, Romulus Invites the Neighbors to the Combat Games (detail), ca. 1560, wool, silk, silver and gold, courtesy of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer 2. Strobridge Lithographing Co., 1899, Forepaugh-Sells Shows Combined: Zorella, Ryan and Weitzel 3. Yinka Shonibare MBE, Boy with Marionette, 2009, life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media, 44-1/2 x 19 x 42”, courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery, NY, photo: Jason Mandella 4. Robert Spencer (1879-1931), Bathers (detail), ca. 1920, oil on canvas, Bank of America Collection
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black & white prints that were made in the ’60s and ’70s by photographers Bhupendra Karia (1936-1994) and Derry Moore (1937- ).
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Sharing Salvador presents a selection of paintings, objects and photographs accompanied by an historical narrative on the origins of the Dalí Museum. This important exhibition—the last in the Museum’s current location before the opening of the new Dalí Museum on January 11, 2011—pays
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Bhupendra Karia and Derry Moore: Stillness and Shadows/ Vintage Photographs of India Florida Museum of Photographic Arts www.fmopa.org
special homage to the Museum’s benefactors, the Morse Family.
This exhibition records a pivotal time in Indian history when the grandeur of India’s past met up with the dramatic repositioning of a post-colonial society. This dynamic shift is seen in the vintage
Leo Villareal: Recent Works Tampa Museum of Art
as personalities that develop into something organic. By building sequences and defining the conditions, the artist creates an immersive experience defined by light. (See story in the Aug./Sept. 2010 issue on pg. 50.) Thru 01.16.2011
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Leo Villareal explores the potency of light. He creates complex patterns of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on simple rules and encoded programming. While mathematical in origin, these pixels and patterns act
Musical Lines in My Hands: The Work of Dominique Labauvie Tampa Museum of Art www.tampamuseum.org
The lines of Dominique’s sculpture react to the surroundings, similar to musical notes of a composition. Organized around the introduction of a new site-specific work for the museum’s gallery, this exhibition is complemented by
1. Salvador Dalí with Reynolds and Eleanor Morse, 1943, The Dalí Museum Archives, St. Petersburg, Florida 2. Derry Moore, Amitra Patel, Daughter of Sardar Patel, New Dehli, 1976, © Derry Moore, courtesy sepia EYE 3. Leo Villareal, Solaris, 2005/2010, light emitting diodes, microcontroller, custom software, Plexiglas, and wood; edition 2 of 3, courtesy of the artist and Conner Contemporary Art
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approximately 7 interior works and 3 outdoor works, in addition to a site-specific wall
multi-media instalThe biggest names lations that focus on in 20th century phothe theme of urbantography, including: ism over a 3-decade Diane Arbus, Walker period. The Hidden Evans and Weegee City explores what are featured in this makes a city a city, exhibition, which bronze sculptures and acknowledges helps celebrate Vascreated by American the interconnections sar’s 150th birthday artists for the garden. and tensions among in 2011. the professionally drawing. (See story on Thru 12.05 designed, the imagipg. 92.) Thru 01.03.2011 The Hidden City: nary designed and the The American Selections make-shift. Works by 11.18-01.29.2011 Impressionists in from the Martin Doug Aitken, Peter Naked City: Pho- the Garden Z. Margulies Bialobrzeski, Donna tographs from Tampa Foundation Dennis, Pedro Cabrita Vassar College’s Museum of Art Tampa Reis and Do-Ho Suh Frances Lehman www.tampamuseum.org Museum of Art are on view. Loeb Art Center The theme of the Florida Museum garden in American Thru 01.16.2011 of Photographic art and society, in the 80s Photography Arts late 19th and early from the Collection 20th centuries, is exTampa plored in this display Museum of Art of paintings depicting www.tampamuseum.org European and Amerwww.tampamuseum.org The decade of the ican gardens by This special exhibi1980s was a pivotal American Imprestion features interperiod for the mesionists, along with national artists with dium of photography www.fmopa.org
1. Dominique Labauvie, Twist, 2008, forged and waxed steel, courtesy of the artist and Haim Chanin Fine Arts 2. Weegee [Arthur H. Fellig], Hollywood Premier, 1953, gelatin silver print, Collection The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, © Weegee / International Center for Photography/Getty Images 3. Carl Frederick Frieseke (1874-1939), The Garden Umbrella, ca. 1910, oil on canvas, 32 x 32”, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, bequest of Elizabeth Millar (Mrs. Bernice Frost) Bullard 4. Doug Aitken, Plateau, detail, 2002, Duratran in aluminum lightbox, edition 1 of 3, 52 x 122 x 14”, collection of Martin Z. Margulies
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if only for the plurality of styles and approaches it witnessed. This exhibition provides a host of opportunities for exploration into a decade that, for many of us, seems like only yesterday—whereas for others it is truly of another century.
Inspired by the architecture and culture of his native Havana, Carlos Garaicoa explores issues relevant to global, contemporary society, such as urbanism, politics,
history and human rights, in large-scale installations. (See story in the Aug./Sept. 2010 issue on pg. 92.)
series of retrospectives organized by the Museum to honor pioneering women sculptors.
A Retrospective of Works by Lin Emery Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art www.spcollege.edu/museum
New Orleans-based artist, Lin Emery, is highly recognized for her organic designs and engineering quality and is one of the premiere kinetic sculptors in the US. Her monumental sculptures are located in public art venues, museums and private collections. This exhibition is the 3rd in a
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Carlos Garaicoa: La enmienda que hay en mí (Making Amends) University of South Florida
TARPON SPRINGS 11.21-01.30.2011
Sculpture in Motion:
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Clearly Color: Glass from the Permanent Collection Vero Beach Museum of Art www.verobeachmuseum.org
Clearly Color offers a dazzling cross section of American glass artists whose works are a study in contrast. The exhibition celebrates the medium and illustrates the revival and innovation of glassforming technologies. Included are works by Dale Chihuly, Benjamin Moore, Dante Marioni, Therman
1. Cindy Sherman, Untitled (#141), 1986, dye destruction – Cibachrome, edition 6 of 6, Tampa Museum of Art, bequest of Edward W. Lowman by exchange 2. Carlos Garaicoa, Untitled (El Arte) from Untitled (Sentences) [Sin título (frases)] (detail), 2009, digital photograph, pins, thread, 60 x 48”, courtesy of the artist 3. Lin Emery, Rondelet (detail), 2010, polished aluminum, 158 x 84” orbit, 46 x 48” base, Lin Emery & Arthur Roger Gallery
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object’s original function and purpose with a new identity and significance. Metamorphosis features 8 works from Federico’s Abstract-O series.
Statom, and Marc Petrovic.
pose or accompanying props. Black-andwhite photographs, large-format Polaroids and C-prints from the artist’s collection are on display, in addition
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Metamorphosis: Abstract Works by Federico Uribe Vero Beach Museum of Art
William Wegman: Fay Vero Beach Museum of Art www.verobeachmuseum.org
William Wegman is www.verobeachmuseum.org best known for his Federico Uribe, takes photographs of Weiordinary objects and maraners and this transforms them into show focuses on his abstract installations beloved Fay. The of pattern, color, and works explore the form, replacing the collaboration between a man and his dog, an artist and his subject. Fay’s beauty is showcased through a range of captured expressions and emotions—each of which is heightened by her
to a selection of Wegman’s videos, including Alphabet Soup and The Hardly Boys.
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The first exhibition of work by John Storrs (1885–1956) in over 20 years, Machine-Age Modernist includes approximately 40 sculptures, drawings, and paintings drawn from various national collections. One of America’s foremost modernists, Storrs produced a remarkable body of sculpture and was at the forefront of both European and American avant-garde movements.
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John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist Norton Museum of Art
1. Harvey Littleton, Blue Sliced Descending Form, 1988, barium/potash glass w/multiple cased overlays of Kugler colors, 2 parts: 14 x 12 x 6-1/2” and 6-1/2 x 4 x 3”, Museum purchase w/funds provided by the John McLaughlin Booth Endowment for Collections, the Dorothy Gay Poole Acquisition Fund Endowment, and the William B. and Marcia H. Howell Endowment for Collections 2. Federico Uribe, Oriente-Poniente, 2009, chopsticks and plastic forks, 60” diam. x 17”, courtesy of Now Contemporary Art 3. William Wegman, Basic Shapes in Color, 1993, color Polaroid, 24 x 20” 4. John Storrs, The Abbott, 1920, bronze, 17-1/8 x 8-1/8 x 12-1/8, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
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Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth Norton Museum of Art www.norton.org
Approximately 40 of Nick Cave’s “Soundsuits”—multilayered,
mixed-media, wearable sculptures—bring together visual and performing arts for a unique museum experience. As reminiscent of African, Mardi Gras and religious ceremonial costumes as they
are of haute couture, the Soundsuits explore ceremony, ritual, myth and identity through a subtle layering of references expressed through highly skilled techniques, varied traditions and an array of ordinary, scavenged yet seductive materials. (See story on pg. 50.) and innovations that arose as a result of Thru 11.21 cross-cultural exchangOn the Silk es are highlighted. Road and High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce Norton Museum of Art www.norton.org
The superb examples of Chinese ceramics, featured in this exhibition, were treasured at home and abroad, and considered rarities until the mid-18th century. Specific styles
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plored in an exhibition of models, drawings, and animations by 6 leading contemporary architects: Morris Adjmi, Alchemy Architects, Michael Graves, Chad Oppenheim, Adrien Smith+ Gordon Gill Architects and Paolo Soleri. The exhibition sheds light on the creative and practical processes involved with community planning today. Visitors will be able to design their own utopian city using an interactive
MASTER/Plan: Visionary Architects and Their Utopian Worlds Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College cfam.rollins.edu
Sustainable architecture, urban planning, and utopia are ex-
1. Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2009, human hair, metal armature, 99”h x 31”w x 27”d, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery 2. Peacock blue fish vase with ormolu mount, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing reign (1796-1820), gilt bronze mounts in Louis XV style, 19th century porcelain, overglaze enamel or enamel-on-biscuit decoration, 17 x 10-1/4 x 6-3/4”, gift of The Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection 3. Chad Oppenheim, Oppenheim Architecture & Design, COR Tower, Miami, Fl
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display by Alchemy Architects. (See story on pg. 76.) Thru 12.23
Remix 1: Old and New Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College cfam.rollins.edu
Remix 1 features a selection of works acquired by the Cornell Fine Arts Museum over the last year, installed with selected older pieces from the Museum’s collection. On view are works by Richard
Anuszkiewicz, Lorna Simpson, Martin Denker, Romare Bearden and Sam Gilliam, among others. Thru 12.23
Robert Motherwell and Jasper Johns: Poetic Works as Metaphor Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
for their serious intellectual tone and philosophical concerns. Thru 11.14
A Master of Modernism: Woodcuts and Paintings by Charles Turzak cfam.rollins.edu (1899-1986) Robert Motherwell The Albin (1915-1991), pioneer Polasek Museum and principal exponent & Sculpture of Abstract ExpresGardens
sionism, and Jasper Johns (1930- ), one of the leaders responsible for the breakthrough from Abstract Expressionism to the types of Pop Art and Minimalism which succeeded it, are closely examined in this exhibition
master woodblock printmaker, painter, WPA muralist, commercial illustrator and a beloved art teacher. His critically acclaimed graphics of the expanding urban skyline in his hometown of Chicago and working class heroes
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A Master of Modernism is a retrospective exhibit of woodcuts and paintings by American Modernist Charles Turzak (1899-1986). Turzak enjoyed a long and prolific career as a
epitomized the Modern Art movement in America in the 1930s. Dynamic lines and pulsating movement are the trademarks of his style. (See story on pg. 94.) O n V iew
1. Martin Denker, 6.3DayChemicalHoliday, detail, 2008, C-print, edition of 6, 40 x 55” 2. Jasper Johns, Flagstones, 1976, lift-ground aquatint and open-bite from three plates printed in red, black & white, 11-9/16 x 18-5/16”, © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, NY, NY, published by Petersburg Press, S.A. This exhibition was organized by Contemporary and Modern Print Exhibitions. Reproduction of this image, including downloading, is prohibited without written authorization from VAGA, 350 Fifth Ave.,Ste. 2820, NY, NY, 10118; 212.736.6666; fax: 212.736.6767; info@vagarights.com; www.vagarights.com; http://www.vagarights.org 3. Charles Turzak, The Dancers, 1939, woodcut
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Gallery: Rosenbaum Contemporary www.rosenbaum contemporary.com
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Artist: THIERRY FEUZ to the “psychotropical” universe of Thierry Feuz. His imagery depicts extraordinary explorations of the genesis, life and gradual decay of natural and abstract flowers and other organic forms. WELCOME
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Gallery: Spinello Gallery www.spinellogallery.com
Artist: Pachi Giustinian ARGENTINE-NATIVE Pachi Giustinian seeks the splendor and allure contained in the dynamic composition of light. Colors are of particular interest to her as they relate to sensations, feelings, sound, and time. Giustinian abstracts mundane objects from their everyday use, transforming them to highlight their visual characteristics and challenge the structure of our subjective color experience. From left: Thierry Feuz, Silent Ways II (detail), 2007, lacquer and acrylic on canvas, 47 x 39”, courtesy of the artist and Rosenbaum Contemporary; Pachi Giustinian, courtesy of the artist and Spinello Gallery
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Artist: Jen Stark
JEN’S VIBRANT oeuvre
pulsates with an intricate, PALM BEACH mingling of colors and lat- Gallery: tice of geometrical shapes, pushing the envelope of the artist’s own Gavlak Gallery expectations and exploding the ocular sense. www.gavlakgallery.com Artist: MARILYN MINTER
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the pathology of glamour in her photos and photorealistic enamel-onmetal paintings that shimmer like nail polish. Her works are sensual and infused with rich colors and textures. Marilyn has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including the 2006 Whitney Biennial. MARILYN STUDIES
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Artist: Carlos Betancourt CARLOS CREATES complex collages painstakingly assembled from innumerable individual images extracted from hundreds of the artist’s photos. Flowers, works of art, shells, jewels, figurines, and people dear to Betancourt explode in sunbursts of vibrant color.
Clockwise from top left: Jen Stark, Over and Out (detail), archival colored paper, 19 x 19”, courtesy of the artist and Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art; Marilyn Minter, Blue Shower, 2006, C-print, 50 x 36”, edition of 5, courtesy of the artist and Gavlak Gallery; Carlos Betancourt, Re-Collections VII (summer-colors) port hole, 2009, print on canvas, courtesy of the artist and J. Johnson Gallery
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Gallery: Art Fusion Gallery www.artfusiongallery.com
Artist: ANNALÙ ANNALÙ WAS BORN
in San Donà di Piave, Venice, in 1976, and studied at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts. Her work is exhibited widely in Italy and she has been involved in many solo and group NAPLES
Gallery: Longstreth Goldberg Art www.plgart.com
Artist: Anthony Droege
ANTHONY’S PAINTINGS PULSE WITH COLOR, pattern and exhibitions around the country. Her art is sculptural and intricately formed using mediums such as cement and resin.
rhythm. The collection of objects, usually symmetrical arrangements of seashells, urns, antique serving pieces and other miscellaneous and intriguing treasures set against vivid patterns, do not just sit there. His objects appear to breathe, to float as though through space, defying physical limits. “I’m not into recreating reality. I want the process of animating to be exciting for me...when I’m most successful, the objects begin to create a sense of mystery.”
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Gallery: Studio E Gallery www.studioegallery.com
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Gallery: Harrison Gallery www.harrison-gallery.com
Artist: Kevin Sloan
KEVIN DRAWS UPON the
diverse imagery acquired from his extensive travels to create the unique “magic realism” paintings that have made him such a well-known, collected artist.
There is seldom a plan as the process begins—the subject, medium and technique just emerge.”
Clockwise from top: Jean Larson, Le Temps Perdu V (detail), oil on canvas, 36 x 48”, courtesy of the artist and Trudy Labell Fine Art; D.L. Watson, Mariposa V, mixed media on canvas, 30 x 40”, courtesy of the artist and Studio E Gallery; Kevin Sloan, The Unruly Bouquet, courtesy of the artist and Harrison Gallery
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creations, by Nick Cave, awaits at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of The Earth is comprised of over thirty examples of multilayered, mixedmedia wearable sculptures, called “Soundsuits”— derived from the audible sounds made by the suits when worn. The result is a captivating visual and performing arts experience that will entice viewers of all ages. This is the only venue in the Southeastern United States to feature the nationally circulating exhibition—the most extensive presentation of the Chicago-based artist’s sculptures to date. Accompanying the show is a video montage of the suits in action, giving viewers a sense of the cacophony of sounds and sensations that are integral to the works. In addition, the artist will collaborate with the Norton and a group of local dance students for a special performance, as well as several other exciting programs. As Roberta Smith, critic for The New York Times, said in her 2006 review, “Whether Nick Cave’s efforts qualify as fashion, body art or sculpture…they fall squarely under the heading of Must Be Seen to Be Believed.” Evocative of African, Caribbean and other ceremonial
ensembles, as well as extreme design found in haute couture, Cave’s work explores issues of identity and transformation through his intuitive layering of cultural references. Each piece celebrates craftsmanship in its handmade construction from scavenged materials as varied as yarn, beads, buttons, sequins, bottle caps, vintage toys and human hair. Following in a long tradition of artists who use what is available and affordable, he finds the ordinary and discarded materials from our surroundings and re-contextualizes them into extraordinary and meaningful works of art. Nick describes the Soundsuits as a means for under-
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standing those things which make one person the same, or different, from others. These full-body “masks” release the wearer (actual or imagined) from his day-to-day identity, allowing him to inhabit another, very different one.
“I don’t see myself as an artist but as a humanitarian using art to create change. My hope is that these new Soundsuits will cause people to find ways to live with each other, extend our compassion to other communities, and take care of our natu-
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love for what he does and his desire to share it with others— especially children—is an expression of generosity and hope. Through the Soundsuits, he invites us to dance with him, to play with him and, most of all, to dream with him, so that
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we may all feel the empowerment and magic of their imaginative transformation. Nick received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1982 and his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of
Art in 1989. Although drawn to the expressive potential of textiles, Nick was also drawn to dance. He began training as a dancer, through an Alvin Ailey program, in Kansas City and in New York City during
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Shinique Smith: Menagerie of collections and accumulations of found objects, second-hand clothing, and vibrantly hued textiles, which she ties together to form minimal cubes, or wraps into bundles that comment on the sociological and ecological themes of excess consumption and waste. Smith embraces the discarded and handmade, utilizing materials for her sculptures from various sources: friends, thrift stores—even her own closet. She also finds treasures on the street. “I have found coats and scarves hanging on fences, and roller skates set out on a stoop…I think this anonymous exchange between city dwellers is sort of beautiful,” the artist once remarked. Born in 1971, Shinique Smith grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her BFA and MFA degrees from The Maryland Institute College of Art, and MAT from Tufts University & The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Smith moved to New York in 2003 and first exhibited her work in a juried group show at Art in General. Her first significant exposure came with the Frequency show at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2005. Smith’s artwork has been exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; The New Museum, NY; PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, NY; The Studio Museum in Harlem; The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO; and Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. Her work is also included in public collections such as The Denver Art Museum, CO; The Studio Museum, NY; The Margulies Collection, Miami; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami; and the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. Smith is represented by the Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris and New York. O n V iew OnV
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Fort Lauderdale is hosting an exhibition of drawings by Pop artist Tom Wesselmann, who, alongside Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Claes Oldenburg, was one of the originators of Pop Art, a movement that helped define the visual identity of America in the 1960s. The exhibition was originally conceived by Wesselmann and his wife, Claire, before the artist’s death in 2004. Last year, Claire Wesselmann revisited the project with Emilio Steinberger, Senior Director
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for curating the exhibition and facilitating the loans of works from the artist’s estate, but also for including one of Tom Wesselmann’s giant cutout still lifes [Still Life #61] from 1976. Wesselmann goes beyond taking everyday objects—toothbrush, ruby ring, and a set of keys—and has memorialized them to an impossible level of reality,” said Irvin Lippman, Executive Director, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. A Cincinnati, Ohio native (b. 1931), Wesselmann was well into his twenties before he considered becoming a painter.
He had discovered his ability to draw while serving in the US Army, creating humorous cartoons about army life. After his discharge, he began taking art courses at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and then enrolled at the Cooper Union in NY, in 1956, where his focus shifted from cartooning to fine art. Upon his graduation in 1959, Wesselmann decided to devote himself to painting. His mix of references to modern masters, such as Matisse and Mondrian, with contemporary details from American life, which included television, advertising, con-
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sumer products and fast food, created a unique hybrid style of painting and collage that brought him immediate attention and success. His work was featured in a number of groundbreaking Pop Art exhibitions in the early ’60s, including New Realists at the Sidney Janis Gallery and The Popular Image at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art. Wesselmann’s art of the ’60s was innovative and extreme, and brilliantly conceived and composed. He produced a number of serial works in relatively quick succession,
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and intense colors. By the mid-1960s, Wesselmann was experimenting with molded plastic, a medium which enhanced the already tactile and sensuous nature of his work. In the ’70s, his work became increasingly sculptural. His Standing Still Life series combined mundane objects such as a woman’s shoe, a belt, or a vase of flowers into dimensional compositions on a grand scale. In 1983, he made the first of an extended series of works from cut-out steel or aluminum. The artist further expanded on these themes
throughout the ’90s and early 2000s and, in his final years, returned to the female form in his Sunset Nudes series of oil paintings on canvas. Wesselmann’s graphic flair and fluency in drawing, devotion to the human figure and sense of humor, all played into the development of his particular brand of Pop Art. And his strong sense of being rooted in ordinary life brought authenticity to his art, which is emblematic of the vitality, openness and free spirit that we continue to associate with the ’60s. O n V iew
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Star paintings. Wendy M. Blazier, Senior Curator at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, describes how the exhibition was conceived: “Almost two years ago, I was introduced to artist, author and publisher, Michael McKenzie. Michael’s American Image
Atelier, in New York, was the printer and publisher for Robert Indiana’s HOPE—based on Indiana’s classic LOVE graphic of the 1960s. When Michael mentioned he was printing a series of silkscreens with the great photorealist painter, Robert Cottingham, I jumped at
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the chance to have the BRMA premiere this new series. I have always loved Robert Cottingham’s paintings—images of iconic American neon signs, and great cropped close-ups of 1940s and ’50s American commercial signage on building façades and marquees. His work is such a visual ‘knockout,’ and we have, for the last year, featured an important Robert Cottingham painting in the second floor collection galleries, entitled Bacon and Eggs, on long term loan from The Robert B. Mayer Family Collection, Chicago. So the new series of silkscreened paintings was a great opportunity to bring these works to South Florida— I thought it would be fantastic to put together ‘twenty ways to see a star!’” Star is one of Robert’s iconic images. He has used the “star” imagery in paintings of commercial signage since the ’70s. The image which he reappropriates from his past paintings for this new series, is the Star first painted in 1986, in oil on canvas. Cottingham’s Star image is a striking transformation of his original source material—a photograph he took, more than 30 years ago,
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LEFT: Star Canvas’, 2009, silkscreen on canvas, Courtesy of the American Image Atelier This exhibition is organized in conjunction with Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery, Boca Raton.
This latest series, at the BRMA, presents Star in 20 different color combinations. Much like the Andy Warhol series of Marilyns or Campbell’s Soup cans, the effect is one of serial repetition and variation on a theme. The dynamism and energy of the image, with its angled viewpoint and strong contrasts, is further amplified through the multiplicity of images and color combinations. According to Blazier,“This is certainly one of the artist’s inten-
tions, as Robert Cottingham’s realism grew out of the Pop Art movement, and his work has always elevated the common objects of American culture to iconic imagery, ranging from commercial neon signage to the machine-like structures of vintage Remington typewriters or old Kodak cameras—objects of our collective commercial culture, tied to the beauty of typography and lettering.” Over the last 3 years, Robert worked with American
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urban planning, and utopia are explored in MASTER/Plan: Visionary Architects and Their Utopian Worlds, hosted by the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College in Winter Park. The show, organized by Biennale O, presents models, drawings and animations by six leading contemporary architects and sheds light on the creative and practical processes involved with community planning today. “Our mission was to create an exhibition of the best architecture and design in the world, as it relates to planning and building with sustainability. Our purpose was to begin a local conversation, a dialogue, in the hope that this will inspire our community to build better buildings and to be more thoughtful as we plan. Additionally, we wanted to introduce these masters, and their works, to the ‘next generation’ so that they will come away enthused and informed and become the next advocates,” says Mark Cosgrove, Executive Director of Biennale O. SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE,
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Biennale O partners and show curators, Walt Geiger and David Stofcik, and team members, Theo Lotz and Laura Williams, worked in collaboration with CFAM on the exhibition for over three years. “For the visitors of the Cornell, they will experience the large gallery as they never have before, given the architects’ three-dimensional models and structures that were built for the exhibition. There is also a hands-on element to the show in the use/play of Alchemy Architects’ planning kit made of found objects,”
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tectural makeup. Additional examples of Oppenheim’s work include an island resort that “disappears” into its tropical surroundings, an angled tower with a strategically placed opening which prevents the view of a neighboring historic building from being obscured, and an island residence that originates at tree-top level.
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Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill have pushed the envelope on the design of high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable architecture on an international scale. Masdar headquarters is an example of the firm’s brilliant design matched with the utilization of today’s cutting-edge
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technologies and materials to produce a building that creates more energy than it consumes. The project is the centerpiece of Masdar City, a zero-waste, zero-carbon-emission development outside Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. The building’s form emphasizes natural ventilation, sun shading, high thermal mass, courtyards and vegetation. AS+GG’s Crystal Center, a dramatic arts center prototype positioned in a waterfront setting (shown on pgs. 76-77), consists of jutting crystalline structures with cantilevers that afford occupants stunning interior spaces and exterior views, while employing a low maintenance passive sustainability strategy. Cantilevered roofs allow the building to shade itself in a hot climate, while mesh shading screens, on the building’s envelope, reduce solar heat gain. Also on display is AS+GG’s Chicago Eco Bridge project, the final waterfront component to the great American architects, Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett’s 1909 master plan for the city of Chicago. The two-mile bridge—a breakwater and haven for fish and water •
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plants in the Monroe harbor, and a central Eco-Tower— designed to harvest wind and solar power, provide grand civic space with recreational opportunities and unparalleled views of the Chicago skyline.
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The team of Alchemy Architects, from St. Paul Minne-
sota, have gained recognition by bringing sustainability to the individual residence through the creation of their weeHouses. These prefabricated houses, made of sustainable materials, are adaptable to any location and contain every modern convenience. Alchemy’s distinctive approach to architecture
and design combines a playful and harmonious blend of site, building and community. A special planning kit, developed by Alchemy and made up of found objects, has been commissioned for the exhibition, allowing visitors to create their own sustainable communities on a tabletop with kit components.
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mate five building concept will include the highest level LEEDs (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building in the US.
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At age 91, architect, author, visionary and pioneer, Paolo Soleri is still working in Arizona on his own sustainable
community, Arcosanti, begun in 1970. Soleri has made a lifelong commitment to research and experimentation in urban planning. Using a concept called “arcology”, Arcosanti combines architecture and ecology to explore ways in which urban conditions can be improved, while minimizing the destructive impact on
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the earth. The centerpiece to Paolo’s work in the exhibition is a 366 inch hand-drawn scroll of his sustainable city. Given the size of the scroll, only sections will be on view at a time, however, during the course of the show, the entire scroll will be revealed. From
this handwork, a sustainable, planned city of the future is laid out before our eyes.
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Michael Graves, the “American voice of architecture,” is an influential theorist as well as a diversified and pro-
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of nudity in our society is so strongly sexual that it can be hard to remember that the nude has historically meant many different things. Ellen Harvey’s Nudist Museum uses the Bass Museum’s collection to reveal a wide variety of different historical paradigms of nudity. By copying every nude in the collection, including paintings, drawings and sculptures, from the Middles Ages to the present, Ellen showcases nudes that represent purity, titillation, truth, comedy, beauty, love and ugliness, as well as simple representations of the human body. The nudes were copied from the museum’s documentation rather than from the originals, with the result that the level of detail in each painting strongly reflects the resolution of the source documentation. The images are also cropped to accentuate the nudes and Ellen chose to paint everything, other than the human body, in monochrome. The ornate secondhand frames have been painted
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of authenticity, African identi- school that he became ill with ty, and European colonialism— an infection that left him partquestioning the meaning of cul- ly paralyzed. After three years tural and national definitions in, of physical therapy, he returned at times, a playful manner. to art school in 1986. Somewhat akin to a treasure Yinka’s big break came in hunt, Mother and Father Worked 2002, when he was commisHard So I Can Play, is a visu- sioned by artistic director, Okwui ally and conceptually engaging Enwezor, for the Documenta 11 exhibition where exhibition in Gerfigures of playmany. The piece he ful (and headless) created, Gallantry children, dressed and Criminal Conin Victorian cosversation, launched tumes made from him on an internaYinka’s signature tional stage. Dutch wax fabrics, Yinka’s awards Yinka appear throughout include the prestiEXPLORES the Ringling’s Astor gious MBE (Memissues of RACE galleries. The works and CLASS in an ber of the Order suggest the overinof the British Emoften PLAYFUL dulgence of a privipire), 2005; and a MANNER. leged class of youth. nomination for the Born in London, in 1962, Yin- Turner Prize, 2004. His work ka spent most of his childhood has appeared in major exhibiin Lagos, Nigeria. In the ear- tions at the Smithsonian Naly ’80s, he returned to London tional Museum of African Art, to study fine art, first at Byam Washington, DC; Brooklyn Shaw College of Art (now Cen- Museum, NY; and Coopertral Saint Martins College of Art Hewitt National Design Muand Design) and then at Gold- seum, NY, among others. Yinsmiths College, where he re- ka currently lives and works in ceived his MFA. It was at art London. On View
opposite page: Boy with Marionette, 2009, Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media, 44-1/2 x 19 x 42” above (top to bottom): 1. Girl on Scooter, 2009, Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media, 30 x 24 x 37-1/2” 2. Skipping Girl, 2009, Life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media, 50-1/4 x 29 x 43” images Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery, NY Photos: Jason Mandella left: yinka shonibare, Portrait, 2009, Photo: Charlotte Player, Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, NY/Shanghai
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tough steel, Dominique’s had eight acclaimed solo exhisculptures appear, at first, del- bitions and published several icate—more about void than catalogues. mass. An assemblage of “calHis work is part of numerous ligraphic” lines and thicker public and private collections, masses, the works evoke or- including: Boca Raton Museganic shapes, movement and um of Art, Boca Raton, FL; solid grounding. The artist Runnymede Sculpture Park, once explained: Woodside, CA; the “The sculpture’s Museum of Decomomentum is cyrative Arts, Parclical; from line to is, France; the Navolume and back tional Collection again through the of Contemporary line. Within this Art, Paris, France; cycle, the viewthe Public Collecer becomes an action of Contempotor; part of its crerary Art of the City Dominique’s ation. When the enof Paris, France; sculptures ergy of the formal APPEAR, at first, and the Fondamovement is comtion Maeght, St. DELICATE— pleted, the white Paul, France. He more about void space takes over has been commisthan mass. and the intellectusioned to execute al dynamic begins.” large-scale public works in Dominique was born in France for the cities of ParStrasbourg, France in 1948. is, Draveil, Valence, Dijon, He studied literature, philoso- Livry-Gargan and Reims as phy and art history at the Uni- well as in Tampa. In 2009, he versity of Strasbourg before de- was the recipient of an Indiciding to become a sculptor. In vidual Support Grant from the 1987, he entered the prestigious prestigious Adolph and Esther Galerie Maeght with which he Gottlieb Foundation. On View
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Charles Turzak (1899-1986), is celebrated in this exhibition of woodcuts and paintings from the artist’s long and prolific career. His critically acclaimed graphics epitomized the Modern Art movement in America in the 1930s. The works on display, dating from the ’30s to the ’60s, reflect his artistic development from Modernism to Abstraction. Born in 1899, in Streator, Illinois, Charles was the only son of Czech immigrants. As a child, drawings and cartoons were the channels for his self-taught artistic talent. In 1920, he won a contest sponsored by the Purina Company and gained entrance to the Chicago Art Institute. After graduation, Charles worked at various odd jobs before traveling to Europe, where he studied the Masters in galleries throughout Germany, Austria, and France. By the late ’20s, Charles had gained enough notoriety to establish a commercial career in advertising, but the 1929 Wall Street Crash took everything away. Through the early years of the depression, he eager-
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ly accepted jobs illustrating ist friends, including renowned books with his woodcuts and sculptor, Albin Polasek, who had The Works Progress Administra- been area residents for years. tion/Federal Arts Project providThough best known for his ed contract work, which helped highly stylized woodblock prints, him, and many other artists, sur- completed in the 1930s and ’40s, vive during this difficult time. Charles also painted in several Charles often sketched at abstract styles and, in the 1970s street corners in and ’80s, painted Grant Park or along floral still lifes and the lakefront in Chimarine scenes. He cago. A quick wit taught adult classand ready smile es and lectured on tempered his reart history, contemserved demeanor— porary art and dealthough a man of sign and enjoyed few words, he could showing his work tell a whole story at fairs and festivals Charles with a few strokes of throughout central CAPTURED his hand. He was an Florida. In May of the ROMANCE, artist of the people, 1985 he attended HUMOR and be they working or his last one-man DRAMA unemployed, waitexhibit at the Winof city dwellers. ing on line for a loaf ter Park Universiof bread, selling apples on the ty Club. That same year, he finstreets, or homeless. His 1930s ished his last painting. He passed urban Chicago landscapes, away in January of 1986. gouged from maple, bass and His art is included in the colRussian boxwood blocks, cap- lections of the Library of Contured the romance, humor, and gress, The Art Institute of Chidrama of city dwellers. cago, and Northwestern UniIn 1958 Charles relocated to versity’s Mary and Leigh Block Florida, joining several of his art- Gallery, among others. On View
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THE POWER OF WASHINGTON D C WILL SEDUCE YOU.
It was created with a single goal in mind—to showcase the greatness of our nation. With its impressive monuments and museums, its stately government buildings and mansions, D C is easily recognizable as the United States’ capital city. And within this 61-square-mile city, you’ll find staggering achievements in everything from architecture and art, literature, history, and political prowess. Our tour of the city’s finest art museums includes: Art Museum of the Americas; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens; National Gallery of Art; National Museum of Women in the Arts; the Smithsonian museums: American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of African Art, and National Portrait Gallery; The Kreeger Museum; and The Phillips Collection. O n V iew
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WITH ITS UNIQUE regional
focus, the Art Museum of the Americas’ permanent collection of 20th century Latin American and Caribbean art is one of the most important collections of its kind in the US. Established in 1976, the museum’s collection has grown to nearly 2,000 objects, including: painting, sculpture, installations, prints, drawings and photographs. The works reflect the rich diversity of artistic expression found in
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Bellows, and Edward Hopper. The Corcoran also has particularly strong collections of Colonial and Federal era portraiture, neoclassical sculpture, Hudson River School painting, art of the American West, American Impressionism, and early 20th century realism. Its holdings include major works by painters Albert Bierstadt, Childe Hassam, and John Singer Sargent, as well as sculptors Paul Manship, Hiram Powers, and Bessie Potter Vonnoh. O n V iew i e w
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vides visitors a tranquil oasis of luscious formal gardens. Highlights from the collection, which features more than 16,000 objects, include a diamond crown worn by Empress Alexandra, at her marriage to Nicholas II; Beauvais tapestries designed by François Boucher; two Imperial Easter eggs by Carl Fabergé; La Nuit by WilliamAdolphe Bouguereau; and a collection of costumes and accessories worn by Mrs. Post or her family. O n V iew
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 1. HILLWOOD MANSION 2. EASTER EGG, 1895, FABERGÉ (FIRM); PERKHIN, MIKHAIL (WORKMASTER), RUSSIA: ST. PETERSBURG, GOLD, CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL, DIAMONDS, SATIN, 3-1/8 x 2-3/16”, BEQUEST OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST, 1973 3. FRANK O. SALISBURY, PORTRAIT OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST, 1934, OIL ON CANVAS, 49-1/4 x 39-1/4”, BEQUEST OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST, 1973 IMAGES COURTESY OF HILLWOOD ESTATE, MUSEUM AND GARDENS
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Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile ever created by Alexander Calder. The Gallery’s campus includes the original neoclassical West Building designed by John Russell Pope, which is linked underground to the modern East Building, designed by I. M. Pei, and the 6.1 acre Sculpture Garden, which provides an informal, yet elegant, setting for works of modern and contemporary sculpture. Temporary special exhibitions spanning the world and the history of art are presented frequently. O n V iew i e w
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establishment of the NMWA. The permanent collection includes more than 4,000 works, providing a comprehensive survey of art by women from the 16th century to the present. The work in the collection represents a wide range of styles and media—from the Renaissance paintings of Elisabetta Sirani to modern photographs by Barbara Morgan to Louise Nevelson’s contemporary sculptures. The NMWA also has several important special collections, including silver by 18th and 19th century Irish and English women silversmiths. O n V iew
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Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery
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stone sculpture and wooden objects, ancient Near Eastern ceramics and metalware, Chinese paintings and ceramics, Korean pottery and porcelain, Japanese Byōbu, Persian manuscripts and Buddhist sculpture. Collections span from the Neolithic to modern eras. The Sackler Gallery takes you on an underground journey and is home to Dr. Arthur M. Sackler’s incomparable collection of art, which includes ancient Chinese jades and bronzes as well as contemporary Asian art. O n V iew
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Alexander Calder, Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Clyfford Still, as well as the work of today’s most promising emerging artists. The museum’s architect, Gordon Bunshaft, conceived the Hirshhorn as “a large piece of functional sculpture.” The bold, drum-shaped structure, with a hollow-centered, elevated cylinder, floats above nearly four acres of landscaped grounds. The museum also features a Sculpture Garden with cool green spaces and a geometric reflecting pool, offering visitors an atmosphere of contemplation and retreat. O n V iew i e w
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range from ceramics, textiles, furniture and tools to masks, figures and musical instruments. The arts of painting, printmaking, sculpture and other media are well represented by living artists whose works highlight individual creativity, address global and local art trends and innovatively transform artistic traditions into modern idioms.
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART africa.si.edu 950 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 202.633.4600
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National Portrait Gallery shares with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, one of Washington’s oldest public buildings, a National Historic Landmark that was begun in 1836 to house the US Patent Office, and one of the nation’s finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. Generations of remarkable Americans are kept in the company of their fellow citizens at the National Portrait SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY www.npg.si.edu 8th and F Streets, NW Washington, DC 202.633.8300
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Gallery. The Gallery presents the wonderful diversity of individuals who have left— and are leaving—their mark on our country and our culture. Through the visual and performing arts, we celebrate leaders such as George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., artists such as Mary Cassatt and George Gershwin, activists such as Sequoyah and Rosa Parks, and icons of pop culture such as Babe Ruth and Marilyn Monroe. They all link us to our past, our present and our future. For anyone fascinated by famous Americans and their stories, the National Portrait Gallery is a must-visit destination. O n V iew i e w
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 1. ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY ALEXANDER GARDNER, ALBUMEN SILVER PRINT, 1865, IMAGE: 17-11/16 x 15-3/16” 2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BY JOSEPH SIFFRED DUPLESSIS, OIL ON CANVAS, CA. 1785, STRETCHER: 28-1/2 x 23-1/2 x 1-1/2”, GIFT OF THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION 3. GEORGE WASHINGTON (LANSDOWNE PORTRAIT) BY GILBERT STUART, OIL ON CANVAS, 1796, STRETCHER: 97-1/2 x 62-1/2”, ACQUIRED AS A GIFT TO THE NATION THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF THE DONALD W. REYNOLDS FOUNDATION ALL IMAGES: COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 1. THE KREEGER MUSEUM, PHOTO BY EILEEN WOLD 2. PAUL CÉZANNE, THE DARK BLUE VASE, III, CA. 1880, OIL ON CANVAS 3. CLAUDE MONET, CLIFFS AT LES PETITES-DALLES, 1884, OIL ON CANVAS
THE KREEGER MUSEUM
is located in the former home of David and Carmen Kreeger, designed by renowned architect Philip Johnson. The museum showcases the Kreegers’ collection of modern art, which includes paintings and sculptures from the 1850s to the 1970s. The Impressionists are represented by nine Monet paintings, as well as works by Renoir, Sisley and Pissarro. Other 20th century European artists include Edvard Munch,
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Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, and Joan Miró. The American artists are introduced by the graceful motion of an Alexander Calder mobile. Visitors can either lose themselves in the infinite space of a painting by Clyfford Still, or enjoy the sly Pop humor of James Rosenquist’s Bowling Ball Diptych. Washington artists, such as: Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam, William Christenberry and Kendall Buster, as well as examples of traditional African and Asian Art, are also featured in the museum’s collection. O n V iew
THE KREEGER MUSEUM www.kreegermuseum.org 2401 Foxhall Road, NW Washington, DC 202.337.3050
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works of modern art in an intimate setting at The Phillips Collection, in Washington’s vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood. The museum, which opened to the public in 1921, is America’s first museum of modern art. Paintings by Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Bonnard, Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Klee, Homer, Whistler, Hopper, Stieglitz, O’Keeffe, Calder and Rothko are among THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION www.phillipscollection.org 1600 21st St., NW Washington, DC 202.387.2151
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the many stunning impressionist and modern works that fill the museum’s distinctive building, which combines extensive new galleries with the family home of its founder, Duncan Phillips. The collection includes nearly 3,000 works and continues to develop with selective new acquisitions, many by contemporary artists. Special exhibitions and frequent changes in the arrangement of the permanent collection mean that there’s something new on every visit to the Phillips. O n V iew i e w
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: 1. PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY, 1880-81, THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, DC, ACQUIRED 1923 2. PAUL CÉZANNE, SELF-PORTRAIT, 1878-1880, THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, DC, ACQUIRED 1928 3. VINCENT VAN GOGH, ENTRANCE TO THE PUBLIC GARDENS IN ARLES, 1888, THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, DC, ACQUIRED 1930 IMAGES COURTESY OF THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION
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FOR A MORE INTIM AT E C U LT U R A L E X P E R I E N C E ,
the 50+ independent art galleries within the Washington DC area offer art lovers an opportunity to view the works of emerging and established artists, and a chance to enjoy the city’s diverse local talent. Contemporary and traditional art, paintings, prints, fine art photography, glass, sculpture, and other types of visual art are displayed within these fine art venues. Most of the galleries are located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, a thriving cultural area with scores of top-notch restaurants, shops and nighttime entertainment, and along R Street and Connecticut Avenue in downtown DC—all easily accessible via one of the world’s best subway systems, the Metro. On the following pages, On View presents a selection of Washington’s exceptional galleries. O n V iew
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CARROLL
FOXHALL
SQUARE
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GALLERY
www.foxhallgallery.com
ADAMSON
www.carrollsquare.com
3301 New Mexico Ave. NW
GALLERY
975 F St. NW
202.966.7144
www.adamsongallery.jimdo.com
202.638.3000
1515 14th St. NW
GALLERY
202.232.0707
CIVILIAN
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ART PROJECTS
www.gallery555dc.com
ADDISON/RIPLEY
www.civilianartprojects.com
555 12th St. NW
FINE ART
1019 7th St. NW
202.393.1409
www.addisonripleyfineart.com
202.607.3804
1670 Wisconsin Ave. NW
GALLERY
202.338.5180
CONNER
PLAN B
CONTEMPORARY
www.galleryplanb.com
ALEX GALLERY
ART
1530 14th St. NW
www.alexgalleries.com
www.connercontemporary.com
202.234.2711
2106 R St. NW
1358 Florida Ave. NE
202.667.2599
202.588.8750
GEORGETOWN FRAME SHOPPE
AMERICAN
CROSS
www.georgetownframeshoppe.com
PAINTING
MACKENZIE
2902-1/2 M St. NW
FINE ART
CERAMIC
202.338.1097
www.classicamericanpainting.com
ARTS
5118 MacArthur Blvd. NW
www.crossmackenzieceramicarts.com
G FINE ART
202.244.3244
1054 31st St. NW
www.gfineartdc.com
202.337.7970
1350 Florida Ave. NE 202.462.1601
BURTON MARINKOVICH
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GUARISCO GALLERY
www.burtonmarinkovich.com
www.curatorsoffice.com
www.guariscogallery.com
1506 21st St. NW
1515 14th St. NW
1120 22nd St. NW
202.296.6563
202.387.1008
202.333.8533
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HAMILTONIAN
www.janehaslemgallery.com
www.watergategalleryframe
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2025 Hillyer Pl. NW
design.com
www.hamiltoniangallery.com
202.232.4644
2552 Virginia Ave. NW
1353 U St. NW 202.332.1116
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HEMPHILL
www.longviewgallerydc.com
FINE ARTS
1234 9th St. NW
www.hemphillfinearts.com
202.232.4788
Dupont Circle Art Galleries
PARISH GALLERY
FOUNDRY
www.parishgallery.com
GALLERY
HONFLEUR
1054 31st St. NW
www.foundrygallery.org
GALLERY
202.944.2310
1314 18th St. NW
GALLERY
1515 14th St. NW 202.234.5601
202.463.0203
www.honfleurgallery.com
1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
P & C ART
202.536.8994
www.pcart.com
GALLERY 10, LTD.
3108 M St. NW
www.gallery10dc.com
202.965.3833
1519 Connecticut Ave. NW
INTERNATIONAL
202.232.3326
VISIONS GALLERY
PROJECT 4
www.inter-visions.com
www.project4gallery.com
MARSHA MATEYKA
2629 Connecticut Ave. NW
1353 U St. NW
GALLERY
202.234.5112
202.232.4340
www.marshamateykagallery.com
2012 R St. NW 202.328.0088
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www.irvinecontemporary.com
www.rallscollection.com
STUDIO GALLERY
1412 14th St. NW
1516 31st St. NW
www.studiogallerydc.com
202.332.8767
202.342.1754
2108 R St. NW 202.232.8734
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