Art Knowledge News - Keeping You in Touch with the World of Art...

---

• Urban Curations Online Exhibition Shows Contemporary and Street-Inspired Art
• Only Copy of Magna Carta in the USA Treated at National Archives in Washington
• The Art Institute of Chicago Presents Soviet TASS Posters at Home & Abroad, 1941–1945
• Sotheby's to Support Charity Jewels Auction ~ 'Emeralds for Elephants'
• Two New Exhibitions Open at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
• George Harrison Documentary Produced by Martin Scorsese to Debut on HBO
• The Carnegie Museum of Art Announces Decorative Arts Acquisitions
• Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Britain Exhibition at the British Council
• The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Presents "The Impressionist Revolution"
• The Traditional Wallraf-Richartz Museum In Cologne, Germany Is Re-Visited By Our Editor
• Moderna Museet's Exhibition in Malmo Focuses on the 60s
• Vancouver Art Gallery to Present Exhibition by Renowned Photographer Andreas Gursky
• Metropolitan Museum of Art to show Exhibition Based on the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
• Xavier Deshoulières solos at Virgil de Voldère Gallery
• Stunning Nudes and Models by Photographer Rankin at Annroy Gallery
• Japan Art Dealers Association Presents Masterpieces During New York Asia Week
• The RISD Museum of Art hosts "Pulled Up" by Carl Ostendarp
• 'Beth van Hoesen: Personalities' at the Tobey C. Moss Gallery in LA
• Portland Museum Exhibition Examines the Relationship Between Word & Image in Prints
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Urban Curations Online Exhibition Shows Contemporary and Street-Inspired Art Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:54 PM PDT London.- Infinity Bunce founded Urban Curations. Infinity - an artist herself has been curating for many years around London, so she decided she needed a base and set up Urban Curations, which is a showcase for street urban and fine artists, photographers and Installation artists. The artists have been carefully selected and present contemporary art practice. All works are for sale and artists will feature in forthcoming events. The artists have been carefully selected, not through a CV, but a gut feeling in the work. If the work is good it goes on the site, simple as that. From trawling the galleries private views for years, there seemed to be a new breed of artists in town – the street artists, now echoing the adopted walls of the galleries plucked from the streets. This new sensation, or missing link, was like a breathe of fresh area into the often stuffy galleries. However what was missing was that Urban Artists were showing with Urban Artists. So Infinity decided to engage in shows that merged the two worlds of fine art and urban art, and find artists that crossed both boundaries so that boundaries did not exist any more. It's hard to define which artists belong to which camp on this site, and that's what I like about it. Infinity started setting up this mix of urban and fine artists from an exhibition in Cordy House, in conjunction with Who's Jack Magazine with Jason Atomic who captured his audience with his on the spot portraits of the viewer, this then lead onto two curated shows, which Infinity curated with the East End Arts Club. These shows encompassed   curating artwork on vinyls in Redchurch Street to Shoreditch Town Hall with a sixteen-room mix of Urban, Fine Art and Installation artists. All merged under one large Town Hall. The works living in an harmonious marriage next to each other from Urban Artist Schoony's green boy soldier whispered to be the cast of the grandson of one of the Cray twins stood comfortable amongst the painters from Central St. Martins. Infinity then went on to curate a show in East Gallery, Brick Lane where there was a fusion between Urban and Fine Art titled 11:11 where artists like Snub and David Bray monochrome figure paintings screamed comfortably next to the Little Artists Haunted House of Lego. She curated this show with Russell Charter and Richard Stone fellow art students who she met in the late 90's at Central St. Martins. The show was about practising artists curating a show and merging urban with fine artists – so the marriage continued. >Next came www.urbancurations.com - a place where all these shows could come to light in one space. The site shows James R. Mylne's meticulous ball point pen drawings to Taiwanese Ting Ting Cheng's carved Louis Vuitton bananas, to Il Sun Maeng's burnt canvas animals in a spiritual state that crawl across the web towards Jane Grosvenor's dog searching for a way out. Maybe Jane's dog ran passed Mike Newton's student taking a gap year. Maybe the student had caught a pill in his mouth from Charlie McFarley's painting of the pill-dropping Alien. Quiet please - take me to the Middle East, stop off Iran. CK1 has been found and brought to the UK through this site. A real Middle Eastern treasure, with poetic urban imagery of young boy that maybe crying after just seeing Dan Proop's soldier pixelated. This site is organic and evolving a space sure to be watched. Visit the gallery's website at ... www.urbancurations.com

Only Copy of Magna Carta in the USA Treated at National Archives in Washington Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP).- A painstaking conservation effort to remove old patches and repair weak spots in a 714-year-old copy of the Magna Carta has revealed that the full text of that English declaration of human rights remains intact even though some words are faded and illegible to the eye, the National Archives said Tuesday. A $13.5 million gift from philanthropist David Rubenstein — owner of the handwritten document — is funding the conservation effort as well preparations for an upcoming exhibit.

The Art Institute of Chicago Presents Soviet TASS Posters at Home & Abroad, 1941–1945 Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:41 PM PDT Chicago, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to present "Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945" from July 31st through October 23rd. In 1997, 26 tightly wrapped brown paper parcels were discovered deep in a storage area for the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Prints and Drawings. Their presence was a mystery, their contents a puzzle. As conservators and curators carefully worked to open the envelopes, they were surprised and intrigued to find that they contained 50-year-old monumental posters created by TASS, the Soviet Union's news agency. The idea for a major exhibition began to take shape. Impressively large—between five and ten feet tall—and striking in the vibrancy and texture of the stencil medium, these posters were sent abroad, including to the Art Institute, to serve as international cultural "ambassadors" and to rally allied and neutral nations to the endeavors of the Soviet Union, a partner of the United States and Great Britain in the fight against Nazi Germany.

Sotheby's to Support Charity Jewels Auction ~ 'Emeralds for Elephants' Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:25 PM PDT MUMBAI, INDIA - The World Land Trust and ethical colored gemstones mining company, Gemfields, together with Jaguar Land Rover and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA India), have collaborated with ten of India's top jewellery designers to create a unique 'pop up' collection of bespoke Zambian emerald jewellery. Following the success of 'Emeralds for Elephants' in London in the summer of 2010, the aim of this collection is to create awareness and raise crucial funds for the conservation initiatives of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) for the Asian Elephant in India. The headline piece of the collection is a Ganesha sculpture with a 638 carat Gemfields Zambian emerald created by renowned artist, Arzan Khambatta. The collection will be launched in July and will close with a Grand Auction at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on 14 October.

Two New Exhibitions Open at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:24 PM PDT BOSTON.- The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) presents Eva Hesse Studiowork—a groundbreaking, internationally touring exhibition offering new interpretation of Eva Hesse's historical position and influence on sculpture. The exhibition also highlights Hesse's relevance for contemporary art today. On view at the ICA July 20th to Oct. 10th, Studiowork brings together approximately fifty sculptures—many of which rarely travel—drawn from major public and private collections around the world. The ICA is the only east coast museum to present this landmark exhibition.

George Harrison Documentary Produced by Martin Scorsese to Debut on HBO Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:06 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, CA - A new George Harrison documentary featuring home movies, interviews and never before seen material will make its debut in October on HBO, the cable channel said. Produced by Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese and Harrison's widow Olivia, "George Harrison: Living in the Material World", traces the life of the late Beatle from his musical beginnings in Liverpool to his fame with the Fab Four in the 1960s as well as his work as a philanthropist and filmmaker. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001 in Los Angeles at the age of 58. Although often referred to as the quiet Beatle, he wrote hit songs like "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something" for The Beatles before playing with the 1980's supergroup, Traveling Wilburys.

The Carnegie Museum of Art Announces Decorative Arts Acquisitions Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:42 PM PDT PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art acquired major works for its collection of early American glass and contemporary craft and design. Water decanters by Bakewell, Page, and Bakewell The museum acquired two remarkable cut and engraved glass water decanters commissioned as part of a large service by President James Monroe in 1818 and made by renowned Pittsburgh glass firm Bakewell, Page, and Bakewell. Existing objects from Monroe's service have long eluded scholars and collectors; the last documentation of the objects occurred in 1833, when a dozen glass decanters were sold from the White House. Preserved in private hands for nearly two centuries, these two objects resurfaced in a rural auction in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2010 and are now on view in the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries of decorative arts and design.

Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Britain Exhibition at the British Council Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:05 PM PDT LONDON.- In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight and the installation of the Yuri Gagarin statue on the Mall, the British Council presents Gagarin in Britain, an exhibition on the life of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and the early Soviet space programme. A special section is devoted to Gagarin's visit to Britain from 11 to 15 July 1961, with photographs of the extraordinary welcome given to him by the British public, and of his meeting with politicians and people alike.

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Presents "The Impressionist Revolution" Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:04 PM PDT Memphis, TN.- The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is pleased to present "Monet to Cézanne/Cassatt to Sargent: The Impressionist Revolution", on view through October 9th. The exhibition of over 95 paintings and works on paper features masterpieces never before seen together by leading Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Jean-Louis Forain, Paul Cézanne, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Cecelia Beaux, and others that capture the rise of Impressionism in Paris, its revolutionary underpinnings, and its arrival and influence in America. This exhibition also illuminates the strength of Impressionist holdings in the American South, drawing on the Brooks' highly regarded permanent holdings as well as those of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, and important private collections. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works—whether landscapes, genre paintings, portraits, still lifes, or city scenes—are arguably the most recognizable and popular visual art in the world. However, because of their familiarity and immediate appeal, it is easy to forget how these loosely painted, light-filled canvases first shocked and then eventually transformed the art world. Monet to Cézanne/Cassatt to Sargent: The Impressionist Revolution will consider the emergence of the movement, and trace its avant-garde — and widely varying — development through the nineteenth century and into the modern era, both in France and the United States.  "One of the things about Impressionist pictures that always beguiles us is their seemingly eternal freshness and spontaneity," says Stanton Thomas, Curator of European and Decorative Art at the Brooks. "After a century and a half, they have lost none of their power to both inspire and intrigue us. Of course, the Impressionist Revolution still continues — it reverberates in contemporary artists' attempts to break the machine, to use color arbitrarily, or think to outside the conventions of visual tradition—even now, we see ripples of that shock wave." Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. The museum is a privately funded nonprofit institution located in Overton Park in Midtown Memphis.The original Beaux-Arts building, a registered U.S. National Landmark designed by James Gamble Rogers in 1913, was donated by Bessie Vance Brooks in memory of her husband, Samuel Hamilton Brooks. The cylindrical extension, opened in 1955, was designed by Memphis architect Everett Woods. The Brooks' facilities also include the Brooks Museum Store, the Brushmark Restaurant, the Holly Court garden, and a grand terrace that overlooks the greens and trees of Overton Park. In 1989, the building was expanded and reoriented by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The expansion, which doubled the square footage of the existing building, included a new public entrance as well as a three-story gallery space where the old and new buildings join. The facility consists of 29 galleries, art classrooms, a print study room with over 4,500 works of art on paper, a research library with over 5,000 volumes, and an auditorium. The collection has over seven thousand works of art, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and examples of the decorative arts. Of particular note are the Samuel H. Kress Collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, the Hugo N. Dixon Collection of Impressionist paintings, the Levy Collection of American prints, the Goodman Book Collection, and the Goodheart Collection of Carl Gutherz paintings, drawings, and archival material.Paintings in the permanent collection include works by Italian Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and 20th-century artists. The Kress Collection is one of numerous collections of paintings distributed by this philanthropist among American museums. The Brooks also has a fine collection of English portraits, including works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Lawrence, and Romney. There are impressionist works by Camille Pissarro, Renoir, and many American impressionists: Winslow Homer, Thomas Hart Benton, Childe Hassam, and Robert Henri. The contemporary collection includes paintings by Kenneth Noland, Robert Motherwell, and Nancy Graves, plus the nationally-known Memphis artist Carroll Cloar. The Brooks Museum also conserves a selection of 19th and 20th century sculpture and decorative arts, including furniture and textiles. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.brooksmuseum.org

The Traditional Wallraf-Richartz Museum In Cologne, Germany Is Re-Visited By Our Editor Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:51 PM PDT The Wallraf-Richartz Museum is one of the great traditional art galleries in Germany. It is located in Cologne, Germany and houses a collection of fine art from the medieval period to the early twentieth century. Part of its collection was used for the establishment of Museum Ludwig in 1976. The museum lies at the heart of the Old Town, within view of the cathedral, right next to the historical city hall. Virtually every school of style and historical period of European painting is also represented here, from the Dutch masters to the late Impressionists of France. The Cologne merchant Johann Heinrich Richartz (1795-1861), who gave his name to the museum, supported the first public museum building which was opened in 1861. After the destruction of the building in the Second World War the museum was housed in 1957 in a new building designed by Rudolf Schwarz and Josef Bernard. After a few years in a modern museum building, which from1986 housed both the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and the Museum Ludwig, at the beginning of 2001 the museum moved into a new building designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers. A "permanent loan" of numerous Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by the Swiss collector Gerard Corboud was made a short time later. The new building in the quarter between the town hall and Gürzenich stands on an important site in the history of art: In the Middle Ages this was the artistic centre of the cathedral city with the workshops of the goldsmiths and painters of Cologne. Once the museum moved into their modern new building in 2001 the name was changed for marketing purposes to: "Wallraf, The Museum." Visitors approaching the museum from the cathedral come up against a quiet façade of classical proportions, built on the basis of the ancient canons on a massive basalt base, marked with a series of windows. The facade is then developed toward the top as a blind wall with only a few panoramic windows all in a row in one corner. The smooth, clear upper wall, corresponding to the exhibition halls, is the result of geometric partitioning of the artistic work of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Rectangular slabs of slate arranged in two parallel rows are repeated at intervals all over the tuff block of the complex, revealing to passers-by the names of the artists whose works are kept in that area. On the western side, the building is divided into three staggered towers echoing the church bell tower: they house offices and a multifunctional hall and are clearly separated from the museum block itself. The entrance immediately evident from outside, follows the path of the old medieval road where artist Stefan Lochner lived and on the underground floor. The organization of space inside is very simple: a large entrance hall offers access to the three exhibition floors, divided on the basis of strictly chronological criteria, from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The atrium is developed on the basis of the template formed by square units, multiplied and divided over and over again against the luminous ceiling and made up of pillars forming an orderly grid. The works in this internationally prominent collection are not contained in a single hall, but in rooms of different sizes, arrangements and colors. Each floor has its own layout and a color identifying a period in history: terracotta for the Middle Ages, Verona green for the Renaissance, Carrara grey for the nineteenth century. A famous collection of art from the 13th to the 19th centuries occupies a postmodern cube designed by Cologne's own Oswald Mathias Ungers. Works are presented chronologically, with the oldest on the 1st floor where standouts include brilliant examples from the Cologne School, known for its distinctive use of color. Upstairs are Dutch and Flemish artists like Rembrandt and Rubens, Italians such as Canaletto and Spaniards including Murillo. The 3rd floor focuses on the 19th century with evocative works by Caspar David Friedrich and Lovis Corinth. Thanks to a permanent loan from Swiss collector Gèrard Corboud, there's now also a respectable collection of impressionist paintings, including some by heavyweights Monet and Cézanne. A donation by Swiss collector Gèrard Corboud in 2001 greatly expanded the museum's stock of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works. The museum also have a 20th Century collection of American Pop Art Retrospective with works from artist like James Rosenquist. The museum carries out a permanent research and restoration program and on February 14, 2008, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum announced that "On the Banks of the Seine by Port Villez", attributed to Claude Monet, was a forgery. The discovery was made when the painting was examined by restorers prior to an upcoming Impressionism exhibition. X-ray and infrared testing revealed that a "colorless substance" had been applied to the canvas to make it appear older. The picture was acquired by the museum in 1954. The museum, which will keep the forgery, still has five authentic Monet paintings in its collection. Visit website:_ www.wallraf.museum/ Exhibition of Alexandre Cabanel – The Tradition of Beauty - 4 February – 15 May 2011 One of the foremost artists of 19th century France, Alexandre Cabanel (1823 – 1889), will be featured in his first exhibition at the Wallraf in Spring 2011. In cooperation with Musée Fabre in Montpellier, the Wallraf in Cologne will present over 60 works by a man who rose from the rank of a lowly carpenter's son to become court painter to Napoleon III. Alexandre Cabanel began his training in fine art at the age of 17 in Paris. In 1844 he was exhibited for the first time at the Paris Salon. His breakthrough first came when he turned his brush to mythological themes and with that to the nude. The best example we know of this is his magnum opus "The Birth of Venus" dating from 1863 – a work of captivating beauty that now numbers among the highlights of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Apart from such powerful men as Napoleon III and Ludwig II of Bavaria, Cabanel also was very popular among the ladies of the aristocracy. They enjoyed having their portraits done by him. His skill in drawing was apparently evident by the age of 11. His father could not afford his training, but in 1839 his département gave him a grant to go to Paris. This enabled him to register at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts the following October as a pupil of François-Edouard Picot. Cabanel was also a successful teacher. His pupils (like those of his master, Picot) often won the Prix de Rome; among the best known are Jules Bastien-Lepage, Edouard Debat-Ponsan, Edouard Théophile Blanchard (1844-79), Henri Gervex and Lodewijk Royer. He was elected regularly to the Salon jury, and his pupils could be counted by the hundred at the Salons. Through them, Cabanel did more than any other artist of his generation to form the character of 'belle époque' French painting. Cabanel's pictures were always drawn and painted with a high degree of academic virtuosity, combined with an undercurrent of strong feeling, as in the Death of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta (1870; Paris, Mus. d'Orsay). This made him popular in his lifetime, but it was the wrong combination for the tastes of later generations.

Moderna Museet's Exhibition in Malmo Focuses on the 60s Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:49 PM PDT MALMO., SWEDEN - In the first presentation of Moderna Museet's collection, the museum has chosen to focus on the 60s. A time in which the art is characterized by a drive to approach a reality outside the gallery space and to a greater extent fuse with life itself. Here we meet Robert Rauschenberg's famous goat, Monogram, on the threshold into a new era where the concept of art widens and where high and low, kitsch and fine culture, are mixed with both seriousness and play. Artists like Andy Warhol, Marie-Louise Ekman and Claes Oldenburg seeks inspiration in an everyday life that more than ever before is pervaded by media's image flow and the growth of a consumerist society. Here a Filet mignon is presented in the form of a poorly painted plaster and plastic sculpture, and repeated reproductions of Marilyn Monroe stands alongside of Campbells soup cans, as reversed portraits of the mass as a subject.

Vancouver Art Gallery to Present Exhibition by Renowned Photographer Andreas Gursky Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:48 PM PDT VANCOUVER, CANADA - Andreas Gursky's photographs are celebrated as some of the most compelling images of our modern world. The Vancouver Art Gallery will be the only North American museum to present Andreas Gursky: Werke/Works 80-08 the largest and most comprehensive exhibition to survey this renowned German artist's remarkable career. Selected by Gursky himself from his substantial collection of photographic work, this landmark exhibition of more than 130 artworks will be on view from May 30 to September 20, 2009.

Metropolitan Museum of Art to show Exhibition Based on the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:47 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- The spring 2010 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, the first drawn exclusively from the newly established Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Met. The exhibition, on view from May 5 through August 15, 2010 (preceded on May 3 by The Costume Institute Gala Benefit), will explore developing perceptions of the modern American woman from 1890 to 1940, and how they have affected the way American women are seen today. Focusing on archetypes of American femininity through dress, the exhibition will reveal how the American woman initiated style revolutions that mirrored her social, political, and sexual emancipation. "Gibson Girls" and "Screen Sirens" laid the foundation for today's American woman – a theme that will be explored in a video installation.

Xavier Deshoulières solos at Virgil de Voldère Gallery Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:46 PM PDT New York City - Virgil de Voldère is proud to present our third solo exhibition with Xavier Deshoulières, a French artist based in Paris. The exhibition is comprised of five paintings that feature his singular painting technique and an emphasis on elusive, mysterious narrative. Although the artist's recent subject matter is diverse—a military jet, a jungle, dilapidated houses, Atlantic City hotels—a common iconographic element found in most works is the barren tree, its branches and limbs as depopulated with leaves as the built structures Deshoulières renders are with people. On exhibition through 7 June, 2008.

Stunning Nudes and Models by Photographer Rankin at Annroy Gallery Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:45 PM PDT LONDON.- Rankin blurs the boundaries of fashion, photography and fine art in Painting Pretty Pictures, a collection of painterly studies of feminine beauty. Using digital retouching as a tool for artistic effect, stunning nudes of some of the world's top models, including Yasmin Le Bon, Heidi Klum, Lindsay Lohan and Lily Cole, are transformed into apparent oil paintings. Painting Pretty Pictures will run through 29th August at Annroy Gallery, Rankin's own Kentish Town gallery space. Rankin lives in London with his wife Tuuli and his son Lyle.

Japan Art Dealers Association Presents Masterpieces During New York Asia Week Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:44 PM PDT NEW YORK CITY - Exceptional works of art from pre-modern Japan will be on view in a joint exhibition held by the Japanese Art Dealers Association this March during Asia Week. Held for three days only, from March 15 through 17, at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion/Ukrainian Institute at 2 E. 79th Street, the exhibition is organized by members of JADA, a trade group of six leading dealers in Japanese art.

The RISD Museum of Art hosts "Pulled Up" by Carl Ostendarp Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:43 PM PDT   PROVIDENCE, RI - The Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art presents Carl Ostendarp, "Pulled Up," an exhibition that not only borrows its title but also its optimism from the 1977 Talking Heads song of the same name. Opening February 13, "Pulled Up" will feature works chosen by the artist from the Museum's collection together with new paintings of his own. Ostendarp (American, b.1961) has taught and exhibited widely, and his artwork is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among other museums.

'Beth van Hoesen: Personalities' at the Tobey C. Moss Gallery in LA Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:42 PM PDT Los Angeles, CA - The exquisite etchings, aquatints and drawings by BETH VAN HOESEN brighten the spring of 2011 from April 16th through June 30th at the Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles. Renowned as a portraitist of self, friends and animals she made many explorative pencil drawings.  Offered are her self-portrait in Checked Shirt and a portrait of the incomparable Imogen Cunningham. The opening image in the exhibition is a graphite and color pencil Self Portrait in Apron, a rendering that reveals her confident and diffident nature. Also, to be shown are iconic images of Sally, the imposing hare, and Boris, he of the critical and cynical eye!  She invests all subjects with individual personas. To etching, drypoint, aquatint and roulette Beth Van Hoesen routinely hand applied her colors a la poupee.  Each print displays the virtuosity, delicate stroke and sensitive palette associated with her work.

Portland Museum Exhibition Examines the Relationship Between Word & Image in Prints Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:41 PM PDT PORTLAND, OR.- Featuring works by artists from Albrecht Dürer to Ed Ruscha, this exhibition examines the relationship between word and image in prints over the course of more than 500 years, from the Renaissance to today. Comprised of nearly 70 works, the exhibition is assembled from the permanent collection of the Portland Art Museum and local private collections. The exhibition focuses on four groups of works, beginning with late 15th- and 16th-century prints, which tend to convey clear messages with a close correlation of text and image. This section includes a page from the renowned Nuremberg Chronicle, the most lavishly illustrated book of the late 15th century.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:41 PM PDT This is a new feature for the subscribers and visitors to Art Knowledge News (AKN), that will enable you to see "thumbnail descriptions" of the last ninety (90) articles and art images that we published. This will allow you to visit any article that you may have missed ; or re-visit any article or image of particular interest. Every day the article "thumbnail images" will change. For you to see the entire last ninety images just click : here . When opened that also will allow you to change the language from English to anyone of 54 other languages, by clicking your language choice on the upper left corner of our Home Page.  You can share any article we publish with the eleven (11) social websites we offer like Twitter, Flicker, Linkedin, Facebook, etc. by one click on the image shown at the end of each opened article.  Last, but not least, you can email or print any entire article by using an icon visible to the right side of an article's headline.

You are subscribed to email updates from Art News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610