Rabu, 03 Agustus 2011

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The Chrysler Museum Shows "Portraits of a City: Views of Norfolk by Kenneth Harris"

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:07 PM PDT

artwork: Kenneth Harris - "Lambert Point Docks", 1951 - Watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art On view in "Portraits of a City: Views of Norfolk by Kenneth Harris" from August 1st until February 1st 2012.

Norfolk, VA.- The Chrysler Museum of Art is proud to present "Portraits of a City: Views of Norfolk by Kenneth Harris" from August 1st through February 1st 2012. In 1950 the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences commissioned a series of views of Norfolk, and tasked one of the region's most gifted watercolorists, Kenneth Harris, with the job. Harris responded by painting not only the city's historical landmarks, but its downtown, docks, and coal yards—the city's commercial and industrial heart. The resulting series of 30 watercolors proved to be an aesthetic triumph and an invaluable historical document, capturing both the look, and the feel, of Norfolk at the time. After being exhibited at the Museum in 1952, the watercolors traveled to museums and galleries in the Southeast until 1954. By the time the paintings returned, several of the sites depicted had already been demolished in urban renewal projects. The new exhibition offers a modern-day audience the chance to revisit Norfolk of the early 1950s by recreating this historic exhibition.


Though Kenneth Harris was born in Pennsylvania, his life unfolded largely in the southeastern United States. Harris was raised in North Carolina and Tennessee, pursued an architectural degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, and in 1926-27 studied painting at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Returning to Atlanta, he embarked on a career in commercial advertising, which provided financial security but little in the way of personal or aesthetic fulfillment. "Advertising," he later observed, "is the prostitution of art and literature for the prostitution of public taste." In 1943 Harris left advertising for good to become a painter, and after perfecting his craft as a watercolorist in Galveston, Texas, and Wilmington, North Carolina, he and his wife, Irene, settled in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1949. In the late 1940s Norfolk became the first city in the country to participate in the newly founded Federal Housing Act, which had been designed to replace decaying urban buildings with new construction. (By 1940 the city had already established a Housing Authority to take advantage of government funds for low-cost public housing.)

artwork: Kenneth Harris - "East Freemason and Fenchurch Streets, I Remember- I Remember", 1950 Watercolor on paper - 53 x 73.7 cm. -  Courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art

By the early 1950s, Norfolk was in the throes of wholesale "urban renewal," which involved the razing of decaying neighborhoods, the construction of public housing, and a massive redesign of the city's commercial core. Norfolk's redevelopment project would constitute the most sweeping instance of urban demolition in post-World War II America. Such large-scale civic redevelopment initiatives ultimately gave rise to the historic preservation movement, which crystallized in the controversy surrounding the destruction of New York's Pennsylvania Station in the mid-1960s. Arriving in Norfolk in the midst of its transformation, Harris began to make watercolors of both the "slums and grandeur in the old port city" (The Virginian-Pilot, May 17, 1983). Customarily working out of doors, directly before his subjects, he quickly caught the attention of local residents, including John David Hatch, then director of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. Hatch realized that Norfolk possessed relatively little visual material documenting its history, and hoping to rectify that oversight, in 1950 he commissioned Harris to create a series of contemporary topographical views of the city. (Hatch paid for the project with the Museum's Norfolk Newspapers' Art Trust Fund, which had been established to purchase historic matter relating to the town.) During the next year and a half Harris produced a portfolio of watercolor views, from which thirty works, were selected for the series and purchased by the Museum. Entitled Portrait of a City, the watercolors were exhibited to great acclaim at the Norfolk Museum in the summer of 1952 and then traveled to twelve other museums and galleries in the Southeast, returning to Norfolk two years later.

Harris's series depicts not only Norfolk's architectural landmarks, coal piers, and railroad yards, but also several of the urban neighborhoods then slated for demolition. His view of East Freemason and Fenchurch Streets, for example, records what was then one of the city's oldest sections, an area of handsome nineteenth-century brick row houses that had fallen into disrepair. By 1954 the neighborhood was being leveled. In East Main Street Looking West, Harris portrays another section of nineteenth-century townhouses that had once been part of a fine residential district but that by 1950 had become an economically marginal area of small shops and taverns; Harris himself described it as Norfolk's "Bowery." Main Street's bars would be demolished in 1961. Thus, while Portrait of a City continues an American tradition of documentary urban views begun in 1800 with William and Thomas Birch's Views of the City of Philadelphia, its emphasis on the impending loss of much of Norfolk's historic fabric lends it a poignancy that is distinctive within the genre. The series, Harris stated, was meant "to represent Norfolk as it appeared in 1950 or thereabouts. The paintings are documentary in the strictest sense-each is a literal transcription of an actual scene as I saw it. Whatever artistic merit they possess is the result of an honest desire to reflect the truth." Despite its focus on topographical realism, Portrait of a City is indeed artful and often hauntingly poetic. Harris's touch is consistently deft, his palette rich and nuanced, and his stately compositions shaped through a masterful interplay of light and atmosphere.

artwork: Kenneth Harris - "Oyster Plant", 1951 - Watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the Chrysler Museum of Art - On view until February 1st 2012.

The history of the Chrysler Museum starts with more than a century of hard work and dedication by many, many residents of Hampton Roads who believed in the civic virtue of art and art education. Those rewarding efforts moved to an entirely different level 40 years ago, with what is now considered one of strongest and most varied gifts ever made in American history to a single museum by a single person. Walter Chrysler, Jr., scion of the automotive company founder, donated nearly 10,000 objects as part of an arrangement where the Norfolk Academy of Arts and Sciences became the Chrysler Museum of Art. The story of his gift goes far beyond the sheer numbers. It's what his collection contained that remains breathtaking to this day. A late, legendary New York Times art critic called Chrysler the most underrated American collector of his time, and it's easy to see why. As a young man he met the top avant-garde artists of Paris (including Pablo Picasso) and was soon purchasing works by them all. He spent his summers in American artist colonies (such as Provincetown, Mass.), and bought works from many future art stars well before they way famous. He was known for buying against fashion, as he had confidence that the special qualities he saw in various pieces would gain acceptance later.  Perhaps what's most remarkable is the almost impossible-to-define sense of knowing which one to buy; that is, if you can have only one example of a certain style, if you can have only one item from a certain artist, which one would you pick and why? Such judgments are completely subjective, of course, but a lot of art experts believe Walter Chrysler had the knack for getting the right one. By 1976, the city of Norfolk had added 20 galleries to hold the works. There were further building additions in the 80s, including the George and Linda Kaufman Theatre. Walter Chrysler chaired the Museum Board of Trustees until 1984, and he died in 1988 after a long battle with cancer. In the history of the Museum, donations from collectors such as Edgar and Bernice Chrysler Garbish, Emile Wolf, Goldsborough Serpell, Erwin and Adrianne Joseph and the family of Joel  Cooper have dramatically enriched the Museum's collection. Members of the Mowbray Arch Society have contributed great works to the Chrysler, and the Norfolk Society of Arts remains active to this day. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.chrysler.org

The Anderson Gallery Shows Works From the Collection of Paul & Sara Monroe

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:55 PM PDT

artwork: Kiki Smith - "Little Sisters", 1990 - Cloth, glass, and steel - 31" x 36" x 16" -   © Kiki Smith, The Pace Gallery, NY. - Collection of Paul and Sara Monroe, On view in "Knock, Knock! From the Collection of Paul and Sara Monroe" at the Anderson Gallery

Richmond, VA.- The Anderson Gallery at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts presents "Knock, Knock! From the Collection of Paul and Sara Monroe". This exhibition includes work by 34 contemporary artists. The variety of artistic approaches to the human presence included in "Knock, Knock!" reflects the diverse and eclectic nature of the Monroes' collection, which they have amassed over the past two decades. Working closely with dealers in New York and Los Angeles, Paul Monroe acquires work through a process that balances considered research and intuitive response.  "With contemporary art," he observes,  "it's very difficult to know what will stand the test of time; there are really no right or wrong answers. I try to listen to other people's opinions with an open mind and then decide what is meaningful to me, what I feel I will continue to respond to over time."


"Drawn to the Water" Exhibition at the Independence Seaport Museum

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:21 PM PDT

artwork: Fred Wagner - "Coal Barges on the Lower Schuylkill", c.1905 - Oil on canvas - Loan courtesy of Newman Galleries, Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Independence Seaport Museum opened an exhibition, Drawn to the Water Artists of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Capture our Region's Waterways, 1830 – Present. The exhibit features art by students, instructors and exhibitors from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. All of the paintings depict a water scene from around the Delaware Valley, and exhibit panels include, not only the artist's name and year the scene was painted, but also a map showing the location of the scene and where the artist would have been standing to capture the view. "We're not often challenged to take a fresh look at our region's ocean, bay and rivers," explains the Seaport Museum's Senior Curator, Craig Bruns. "What can we learn from artists about how nature and industry combine? In our everyday lives we drive along or pass over these waterways but seldom stop to see how beautiful they are."

The Studio Museum Hosts the 'Spiral Group an African-American Art Collective'

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 10:04 PM PDT

artwork: Norman Lewis - "Untitled", 1964 - Oil on paper - 19" x 24" - Courtesy June Kelly Gallery, NY. -  On view at the Studio Museum, Harlem, in "Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective" until October 23rd.

Harlem, NY.- The Studio Museum is proud to present "Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective". The exhibition presents works by members of the historic Spiral group, taking as its starting point a recent exhibition of the same name at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama. Spiral was a New York–based collective of African-American artists that came together in the 1960s to discuss their relationship to the civil rights movement and the shifting landscape of American art, culture and politics. The group included artists Charles Alston, Emma Amos, Romare Bearden, Calvin Douglass, Perry Ferguson, Reginald Gammon, Felrath Hines, Alvin Hollingsworth, Norman Lewis, Earl Miller, William Majors, Richard Mayhew, Merton D. Simpson, Hale Woodruff and James Yeargans.


The Wellcome Collection Presents the "Dirt Season"

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:09 PM PDT

artwork: E H Dixon - "The Great Dust Heap at King's Cross", 1837, Watercolour - Collection of the Wellcome Library, London. On view in 'Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life' until August 31st.

London.- Obsessively avoided and often misunderstood, dirt - and our complex relationship with it - is the subject of a season of activity from the Wellcome Trust. Running until September, the "Dirt Season" features a major exhibition 'Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life' at Wellcome Collection, online games, and events at special dirty locations including the Eden Project to the south, Glasgow to the north and Glastonbury and other summer festivals somewhere in the middle. 'Dirt' reveals the fascinating world of filth that remains one of the very last taboos. The major exhibition takes a closer look at something that surrounds us but that we are often reluctant to confront. 'Dirt' travels across centuries and continents to explore our ambivalent relationship with dirt. 'Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life' is on view at the Wellcome Collection in Euston Road until August 31st.


The ARKEN Museum in Copenhagen Shows "From Kitsch to Art: Anselm Reyle"

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:41 PM PDT

artwork: Anselm Reyle - "Untitled", 2011 - Mixed media. Courtesy ARKEN - © the artist, photo: Matthias Kolb On view at the ARKEN Museum in the "From Kitsch to Art: Anselm Reyle" through August 14th.
Copenhagen.- The ARKEN Museum in Copenhagen is proud to present "From Kitsch to Art: Anselm Reyle", on view through 14th August. In the contemporary art firmament, one star shines so brightly you can't take your eyes off it. That star is Anselm Reyle, a much sought-after young artist (b. 1970) from Berlin who loves heavy metal and modernism. Prepare to be blown away by Reyle's never short of astonishing art when ARKEN throws its doors open to the first Danish museum show by the young German artist.For his first museum show in Denmark Anselm Reyle is filling ARKEN with paintings of crumbled, shiny foil and runny colours behind plexiglass, all manner of scrap mounted on canvas, painted over and hung on the wall, old wagon wheels covered in fluorescent paint and clusters of glowing neon tubes.

The Birmingham Museum of Art Presents "Who Shot Rock & Roll"

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:40 PM PDT

artwork: Andy Earl - "Bow Wow Wow", 1981 - C - Print. © Andy Earl. On view in "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present" at the Birmingham Museum of Art through September 18th.
Birmingham, AL.- "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present", is the first major museum exhibition to acknowledge photographers for their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock and roll. "Who Shot Rock & Roll" is organized by the Brooklyn Museum and was exhibited in Brookly earlier this year. Now it will be on view in Birmingham, Alabama at the Birmingham Museum of Art through September 18th. From its earliest days, rock and roll was captured in photographs that personalized and frequently eroticized the musicians. Photographers were handmaidens to the rock-and-roll revolution, and their work communicates the social and cultural transformations that rock helped bring about from the 1950's to the present. This exhibition is a history not of rock and roll, but of the men and women who have photographed it and given the music its visual identity.

York Art Gallery in England Shows William Etty's Controversial Paintings

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:13 PM PDT

artwork: William Etty - "Candaules King of Lydia, Shews His Wife by Stealth", 1820 - Oil on canvas. - Copyright Tate Britain. On view at York Art Gallery in the exhibition "William Etty: Art and Controversy", on view through to January 22nd 2012.

York, England.- The York Art Gallery is pleased to present "William Etty: Art and Controversy", on view through to January 22nd 2012. This major exhibition takes a fresh look at the works of York-born artist William Etty RA (1787-1849) and uncovers the reasons for his controversial reputation. It is the first comprehensive reassessment of his art for more than 50 years. This exhibition includes more than 100 of Etty's works from Tate, the Royal Academy, the Royal Collection, Russell Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Southampton Art Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery, as well as many works from York Art Gallery.


The Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) Presents "Photographing an Invisible World"

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:56 PM PDT


San Diego, CA.- The Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) in Balboa Park is pleased to present "Imagine That! Photographing an Invisible World", an in-depth examination of the pursuit of photography to capture invisible worlds and unseeable phenomenon. The exhibition contains work from 24 photographers, ranging from scientists to artists and commercial studio photographers, all culled from MoPA's rich permanent collection. "Imagine That!" is on view at the museum until January 29th 2012. "Imagine That!" challenges viewers to rediscover the world around them by relying upon the camera's eye to capture otherwise imperceptible images. The exhibition includes works by photographers ranging from James Nasmyth's photographic models of lunar geography using plaster and rotting fruit to an image of the Earth captured by a satellite in space from four billion miles away.


Pennsylvania Judge Hears Arguments Over Moving of the Barnes Foundation to New Home

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:29 PM PDT


NORRISTOWN (AP).- The Barnes Foundation's new home is well under construction in Philadelphia but a long and bitter fight continues over whether the world-famous art collection should stay in its longtime suburban home. Montgomery County Orphans' Court Judge Stanley Ott presided over a packed two-hour hearing Monday afternoon on the ongoing Barnes saga. He approved the proceeding after a request from a citizens group that argued he didn't have all the evidence when he approved the relocation in 2004. The state Attorney General's Office simply did not do its job when it agreed several years ago that the financial perils of Merion's Barnes Foundation would best be remedied by moving the fabulous art trove to Philadelphia, opponents of the move say.

Rare Portraits of Early Kings and Queens at National Portrait Gallery, London

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:28 PM PDT

artwork: Anne Boleyn - Second Queen of Henry VIII. - © National Portrait Gallery, London.
LONDON.- One of the largest and most important sets of portraits of early English kings and queens is to go on display at the National Portrait Gallery for the first time in 36 years. The 16 portraits, from William I to Mary I, are usually on loan to Montacute House, Somerset, but have been brought to the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Making Art in Tudor Britain research project. The portraits and the results of the research feature in a display Picturing History: A Portrait Set of Early Kings and Queens from 19th July – 4th December before being returned to Montacute House. Between March and May these paintings underwent technical analysis including dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), infra-red analysis, x-radiography, paint sampling and microscopy. Prior to the research it was thought that the set comprised of at least two groups of portraits: the first painted in the 1590s, and the second thought to have been painted in the 1620s.

14th to 18th Century Religious Paintings on View at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:27 PM PDT

artwork: Albert Durer - "Jesús entre los doctores", 1506. - Oil on board, 64.3 x 80.3 cm. - Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

MADRID.- Within its Permanent Collection of Old Master Paintings, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza has a group of works depicting episodes from the life of Christ, from his childhood to the period after the Resurrection. Between 2 August and 4 September and in conjunction with the celebration of World Youth Day 2011, the Museum will be presenting the exhibition Encounters. It comprises a selection of nine of the above-mentioned paintings by 14th- to 18th-century artists including Albrecht Dürer, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Aert de Gelder, Il Guercino and Matthias Stom. On exhibition from 2 August through 4 September.

The exhibition will enable visitors to become familiar with the works of these celebrated artists of the northern schools (Dutch, Flemish and German) as well as those from southern Europe, in particular Italy, expressed in a range of styles that correspond to the particular schools with which these painters are associated.

The works will be displayed in the Context exhibitions gallery in the Balcony-Gallery on the first floor of the Museum, with direct access from the main hall and free entry. The exhibition will benefit from the Museum's summer opening hours and will remain open until 11pm from Tuesdays to Saturdays. Opening hours on Sundays are from 10am to 7pm.

The first "encounter" in the exhibition is the one that took place between Christ and the Doctors (1506), an episode from the childhood of Christ depicted by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), the greatest German Renaissance artist. Considered one of the masterpieces in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, this original composition reveals the influence of Italian painting in the use of half-length figures, the arrangement of the heads and the emphasis on gestures.

artwork: Giovanni Paolo Panini - "La Expulsión de los Mercaderes del Templo", 1724 Oil on canvas, 73.2 x 98.4 cm. -  Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Among the various episodes to be seen here from the earthly life of Christ are two important ones that depict the meeting between Christ and the Woman of Samaria by Jacob's well, as recounted in the Gospel of Saint John. The first is a small panel by Duccio di Buoninsegna (active 1278-1319) entitled Christ and the Woman of Samaria (1310-1311), which was originally part of the altarpiece that the artist executed for the Duomo in Siena. The second version, which is another masterpiece within this exhibition, is entitled Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well (ca.1640-1641) and symbolises baptism and conversion through the word. It was painted by Il Guercino (1591-1666) who focused his attention on the dialogue between the two figures beside the well.

Finally, and within the section devoted to the period after the Resurrection, the exhibition includes The Supper at Emmaus (ca.1633-1639) by Matthias Stom (ca.1600 – after 1652), who focused on the moment described in the Gospel of Saint Luke when Christ revealed himself to his followers after he had blessed and broken the bread.

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, or in Spanish Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, is an art museum near the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. It is known as a part of the "Golden Triangle of Art", which also includes the Prado and the Reina Sofia galleries. Visit : www.museothyssen.org/







Kunsthalle Bielefeld Revisits the 80s with Exhibition from Bischofberger Collection

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:18 PM PDT

artwork: "Abelia Come" (1983) by US artist Kenny Scharf on display during the exhibition "The 80s Revisited" at Art Hall in Bielefeld, Germany. Presenting artworks from Swiss gallery owner Bruno Bischofberger's collection, from the 1980's.

BIELEFELD, GERMANY - "Of course, the 1980s was an important period in art history—something that we are just beginning to realize. It is only now that we are really starting to understand the beauty, power, and special aspects of these paintings. This kind of art juggles a great deal, all at once, being oriented toward a variety of things. Many artists referred to earlier epochs, not merely to so-called Modernism alone. Suddenly, there were long traditions again. Minimalism and Conceptual art foresaw that painting would come to an end at some point, so from this viewpoint, it was quite astonishing for something like this to happen around 1980." The exhibition 'The 80s Revisited' will run from 21 March to 20 June 2010.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents New Photography 2009

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:17 PM PDT

artwork: Daniel Gordon (American, born 1980) - Nude Portrait. 2008 - Chromogenic color print, 49 x 62 7/8" - The Museum of Modern Art, NY Fund for the Twenty-First Century. Image courtesy the artist. © 2009 Daniel Gordon.

NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents New Photography 2009: Walead Beshty, Daniel Gordon, Leslie Hewitt, Carter Mull, Sterling Ruby, Sara VanDerBeek, this year's installment of the annual fall showcase of significant recent work in contemporary photography. Each fall, the exhibition has presented significant bodies of contemporary work of two to four artists. This year, New Photography has expanded to highlight the work of six artists, with some 20 works of photography. It is organized by Eva Respini, Associate Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art. On view from September 30, 2009, through January 11, 2010, in The Robert and Joyce Menschel Gallery, third floor.

The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) opens "From Raphael to Carracci / The Art of Papal Rome"

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:16 PM PDT

artwork: Carlo Saraceni (c. 1580–1620) - Venus and Mars, c. 1600 - Oil on copper, Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

OTTAWA, CANADA -  The power, politics and drama that surrounded papal patronage in 16th-century Rome will be revealed in a magnificent new exhibition opening at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) on May 29. From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome represents an unprecedented survey of art in this period. Presented by Sun Life Financial, it will be on view until September 7, 2009. This large international loan exhibition brings together over 150 exceptional paintings and drawings for the first time by celebrated artists such as Michelangelo, Titian, El Greco, Vasari, Barocci and Annibale Carracci. In addition, pieces by lesser known, but nonetheless superb artists are also included.

Noyes Museum of Art presents 'Awakenings ~ Art & Healing'

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:15 PM PDT

artwork: George Zuniga - Cat , - 10 X 12 ½ in.- Oil pastel on paper - at The Noyes Museum of Art

OCEANVILLE, N.J.The Noyes Museum of Art presents Awakenings: Art & Healing, an exhibition of contemporary Outsider Art through November 2, 2008. Awakenings explores the power of art as a tool for healing, hope and communication for people with mental and physical challenges. The featured artists are associated with Hospital Audiences, Inc. (HAI) in New York City, an organization that is devoted to using professional artists to reach individuals in group residences and treatment programs for chronically mentally ill adults. 

Nassau County Museum of Art Showcases "Metamorphosis" by Rona Pondick

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:14 PM PDT

artwork: Rona Pondick -"FOX", 1998-99 - Stainless steel, ed. of 5/6 - 14 1/2 x 8 x 38 inches -  Courtesy of Sonnabend Gallery, NY

Roslyn Harbor, New York - Sculptural work by Rona Pondick, fusing human and natural forms in provocative ways, are on view in Metamorphosis: Rona Pondick, at Nassau County Museum of Art's Contemporary Gallery through May 23, 2010 (the exhibition opened on March 13, 2010). Rona Pondick blends traditional sculptural methods with the latest 3-D computer technology to produce powerful sculptural objects that morph human, animal and plant forms.
 

The National Gallery of Art displays The Famed Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:13 PM PDT

artwork: Roy Lichtenstein - Bedroom at Arles, 1992 - Oil and Magna on canvas, overall: 320 x 420.4 cm. (126 x 165 1/2 in.) Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC.- Ten themes—Scrape, Concentricity, Line, Gesture, Art on Art, Drip, Stripe to Zip, Figure or Ground, Monochrome, and Picture the Frame—reveal surprising juxtapositions among the 126 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints selected from the famed collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, amassed between 1958 and 2004, the year of Jane Meyerhoff's death. While six American masters—Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Marden, Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Hofmann, and Frank Stella—figure prominently, all of the leading abstract expressionists and several younger artists are also represented. The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works will be on view in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art through May 2, 2010.

Glowlab Presents a Solo Exhibition of Post-apocalyptic Work by Alex Lukas

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:12 PM PDT

artwork: Alex Lukas has selected photographic spreads of well known metropolises from vintage publications. From a new series of post-apocalyptic urban landscapes that blur the visual boundaries of fiction and reality.

NEW YORK, NY.- Glowlab presents "The Eventuality of Daybreak", a solo exhibition by Alex Lukas featuring a new series of post-apocalyptic urban landscapes that blur the visual boundaries of fiction and reality. Glowlab will host a reception for the artist on Thursday, November 12, 2009, from 7 to 9 pm. On view though 6 December, 2009. Lukas' work explores the existence of disaster, be it realized or fictitious, in contemporary society. Hyper-realistic motion pictures and unforgiving news footage depict seemingly identical – and equally riveting – facades of tragedy. The artist recognizes that relentless visual bombardment has resulted in society's desensitization to the aesthetics of destruction.

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Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:12 PM PDT

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