• Louise Nevelson: Dawn’s Forest

• Works by Robert Rauschenberg

• Albert Paley Sculpture

• The View Project

• Three Visions in Glass:
  Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira and Laura de Santillana

• Steven Assael:
  Illusions of Reality

• Stephen Knapp: Lightpaintings

• Rembrandt's Etchings

• The Paintings and Drawings of Lynn Davison

• Blossom II: The Art of Flowers

• Tuscany: Wandering
  The Back Roads

• The Mouse House
  Works from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection

• Don Gorvett: Woodcuts and Drawings

• Florida Contemporary 2011

• Student Exhibitions –
  2nd Annual Student Photography Exhibit
  3rd Annual NMA Student Exhibit

• 2011-12 Season
• 2010-11 Season
• 2009-10 Season
• 2008-09 Season
• 2007-08 Season
• 2006-07 Season

This season, the Naples Museum of Art unveils the most important addition to its permanent collection since the museum opened in 2000: Louise Nevelson’s monumental Dawn’s Forest. Nevelson’s largest and most complex sculptural environment, Dawn’s Forest consists of a dozen separate sculptures, created in the mid-1980s and containing elements from previous sculptures dating to 1971. It is also Nevelson’s last major work.

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 and is represented in hundreds of museums and private collections around the world.

Commissioned and owned by Georgia-Pacific LLC, and MetLife at the Georgia-Pacific Center in Atlanta since the 1980s, Dawn’s Forest has never before been shown in a museum setting. The sculptural installation was gifted to the Naples Museum of Art in 2010 and moved to its new permanent home in the museum’s Figge Conservatory.

LOUISE NEVELSON: DAWN’S FOREST —
November 14, 2010-June 30, 2011

(Detail) Louise Nevelson, Dawn’s Forest, 1986, Painted balsa-plywood
Collection of the Naples Museum of Art. 2010.7. Gift of GA-Met, a joint venture Georgia-Pacific, LLC.
© 2010 Estate of Louise Nevelson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Robert Rauschenberg once said, “I don’t want a picture to look like something it isn’t. I want it to look like something it is. And I think a picture is more like the real world when it’s made out of the real world.” Consequently, it is not surprising that most of Rauschenberg’s works are a combination of mediums interlaced with objects and materials from everyday life.He accurately called these works “combines.” In the later part of his career, Rauschenberg (1925-2008) became best known for his work as an innovative printmaker, once again using various techniques and materials to stretch the boundaries of that medium. The exhibition features a variety of art from this American master.

WORKS BY ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG —
January 12-March 20, 2011

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art

Generously underwritten by Dolph & Sharon von Arx

Robert Rauschenberg, Big and Little Bullys (Ruminations), 1999, Intaglio, 45 x 57 inches edition of 46
Art © Estate of Robert Rauschenberg/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Albert Paley is one of the most widely respected sculptors of his era and the first metal sculptor to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects. In addition to his smaller works, Paley is also known for his often colossal entry gates that masterfully blend both sculptural and architectural elements. The Naples Museum of Art’s Paley Gates is one of the most recognizable pieces in its permanent collection. This exhibition will consist of approximately two dozen recent sculptures and a selection of his drawings.

ALBERT PALEY SCULPTURE —
February 4-April 17, 2011

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art
with the generous cooperation of the artist.

Generously underwritten by Robert & Carolyn Springborn

Albert Paley, Interlace, 2006, formed and fabricated bronze, 3.6 x 4.5 x 1.3 feet
© Albert Paley

Joyce Tenneson’s The View Project, an exhibition of works by more than 50 international photographers, is an extraordinary show that raises more questions than it answers. Tenneson asked colleagues to send her images of places that “speak to our heart in an unforgettable manner.” Then she requested that the photographers write a statement describing exactly what makes these particular images – and places – memorable to them. See for yourself if you agree with their explanations about the power of these photographs, or perhaps reach your own conclusion. Tenneson previously delighted museum-goers with her exhibitions Wise Women and Amazing Men.

THE VIEW PROJECT —
December 18, 2010-March 13, 2011
Phil Galleries

This exhibition is organized by the
Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art and Joyce Tenneson,
with cooperation of Canon USA’s Explorer of Light program and Blurb.

Patti Bose, Red Saree, Taj Mahal, India, 1997 © Patti Bose, courtesy of the artist and Tenneson Studio

This exhibition features the work of three of the most important international artists working in glass today. Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira and Laura de Santillana live in Venice and work on the nearby island of Murano. For centuries, Murano has been a mecca for the study and production of glass art, attracting the best in the field, including American glass artist Dale Chihuly. Bianchin, Ohira and de Santillana have broken from tradition to work outside the expected forms, styles and techniques of traditional Murano glassmakers, creating exceptional and sometimes unexpected examples of art glass.

THREE VISIONS IN GLASS:
Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira and Laura de Santillana —
October 9, 2010-January 15, 2011

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art
with the cooperation of Barry Friedman LTD, New York.

Generously underwritten by Paul & Charlotte Corddry

L to R: Cristiano Bianchin, Urna, Raccoglitore di Pensiero (Urn, Thought Collector), 2005-2006, hand-blown, ground and
polished glass, crocheted hemp and steel, 19 x 8 x 8 inches. © Cristiano Bianchin, courtesy of Barry Friedman Ltd

Yoichi Ohira, “Cristallo Sommerso N. 29 - Scolpito” Vase, 2008, hand-blown, cut and polished glass with partial inciso surface,
12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. © Yoichi Ohira, courtesy of Maestro Andrea Zilio, Maestro Giacomo Barbini and Barry Friedman Ltd

Laura de Santillana, Arancio, Meteor, 2008, hand-blown and shaped glass, 23 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches.
© Laura de Santillana, courtesy of Barry Friedman Ltd

Steven Assael is widely recognized as one of the leading figurative artists working today. His distinctive, realist paintings often convey an ancient (or is it apocalyptic?) atmosphere, the contemporarily-garbed denizens characterized by an air of resigned melancholy. A gifted painter, Assael is also a brilliant draftsman whose extraordinary pencil, charcoal and ink drawings are significant parts of his entire body of work. His work was seen previously at the Naples Museum of Art in the exhibition New Old Masters. Assael’s paintings and drawings will both be featured in this comprehensive exhibition.

STEVEN ASSAEL: ILLUSIONS OF REALITY —
October 1, 2010-January 9, 2011

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art
with the generous cooperation of Forum Gallery, NY.

Cassandra & Julie, 2008, oil on board, 33 1/2 x 48 1/4 inches. © Steven Assael, courtesy of Forum Gallery, New York

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. Knapp creates his Lightpaintings by using a special glass treated with metallic coatings that act as a selective prism, separating light into different frequencies of the spectrum. 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.

STEPHEN KNAPP: LIGHTPAINTINGS —
October 1-December 26, 2010

Stephen Knapp: Lightpaintings Presented by Exhibits Development Group, USA

Capriccio, 2003, light, glass and stainless steel,
11 feet x 8 feet x 10 inches. © Stephen Knapp

This exhibition features 35 rare etchings by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn executed between 1629 and 1654. Widely recognized as the greatest practitioner of the etching technique in the history of art, Rembrandt (1606-1669) created 300 prints that constitute a body of work unparalleled in richness or beauty. Rembrandt repeatedly chose beggars as the subject for his etchings. These etchings illustrate Rembrandt’s technical brilliance as a printmaker, and reveal him as a poet as well as an artist, an idealist and also a realist.

SORDID AND SACRED: THE BEGGARS IN
REMBRANDT’S ETCHINGS —
January 22-March 27, 2011

Generously underwritten by Patty & Jay Baker and Stephen & Lety Schwartz

Left: A Peasant in a High Cap, Standing Leaning on a Stick, 1639, etching, 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches

Right: A Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick, 1646, etching, 3 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches

During Lynn Davison’s more-than-three-decade career as a painter, draftsman and printmaker, the human form has remained the dominant subject in her art. Her figures are not the elegantly graceful bodies seen in the work of Titian or Ingres. They are aging, bulky forms who convey the power and bear the scars of real life – think Michelangelo and Lucian Freud. Davison’s unique style (call it realism or surrealism), combined with her striking narratives, adds even more potency to her already compelling and evocative figures.

THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS OF LYNN DAVISON —
January 22-March 27, 2011

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art

Party Time, 2009, oil on canvas, 60 1/2 x 72 inches. ©2009 Lynn Davison, courtesy of the artist

Flowers have been portrayed in art for centuries. Perhaps the best-known examples are the works by 16th- and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish still life painters. The theme of flowers has also served as inspiration for numerous early modern artists such as van Gogh and Picasso and for 20th-century American artists, including Georgia O’Keeffe and Janet Fish. Blossom II is a juried exhibition containing approximately 75 works by a variety of contemporary artists who interpret the theme of flowers in numerous styles, techniques andmediums.TheNMA is proud to host the opening of this unique traveling exhibition.

BLOSSOM II: THE ART OF FLOWERS —
February 1-April 10, 2011

Organized by the Susan K. Black Foundation and David J.Wagner, L.L.C.

Stephen Kenneth Hackley, Reverance II,
oil, 24 x 18 inches
© Stephen Kenneth Hackley, courtesy of
The Susan Kathleen Black Foundation

The land of Tuscany has inspired artists for centuries. During several extended visits they made from 1999-2001, well-known photographers Paula Chamlee and Michael A. Smith traveled the back roads of Tuscany in search of the source of that inspiration. The resulting black and white photographs are captivating works that communicate the beauty, warmth and lifestyle that make Tuscany so appealing. Working separately while exploring the landscape, Chamlee and Smith have recorded very personal visual responses to what they call “one of the most alluring and romantic places in the world.”

TUSCANY: WANDERING THE BACK ROADS —
April 9-June 30, 2011

Paula Chamlee, Near Cortona, Tuscany, 2000
Gelatin silver chloride contact print, 8 x 10 inches. © Paula Chamlee

The Mouse House returns! This jewel of an exhibition recreates the atmosphere of Olga Hirshhorn’s art-packed house in Washington, D.C., known as “The Mouse House,” and features intimate-sized works by Picasso, 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.

THE MOUSE HOUSE —
October 1, 2010-June 30, 2011

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 evocative tonal harmonies not usually associated with woodcuts. And, with a sculptor’s sense of light, he fashions dramatic contrasts between color and carved hard edges, giving great solidity to both form and space. What emerge are woodcuts containing images of such strength and grace that they place Gorvett among today’s best regional printmakers.

DON GORVETT: WOODCUTS AND DRAWINGS —
October 1-December 5, 2010

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art

Night Lights, 1999, Reduction woodcut, 29 x 31 1/2 inches
© Don Gorvett, courtesy of Gravure Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts

This will be the third annual edition of this popular Naples Museum of Art invitational exhibition. From realism to abstraction (and everything in between), Florida Contemporary 2011 will feature familiar photographers, painters, sculptors and graphic artists who have spent a lifetime at their craft together with an exciting array of new artists that visitors can “discover” for themselves. While not an all-inclusive record of current exhibiting Florida artists, this exhibition provides an intriguing impression of the innovative images, subject matter, techniques and mediums that exemplify the art being created in the state today.

FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY 2011 —
April 23-June 30, 2011

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art

Generously underwritten by Patrick Longe Family

Christina Pettersson, Desdemona Sleeping Beside Death, 2009, Graphite on paper, 66 x 70 inches
© Christina Pettersson, courtesy of the artist and Spinello Gallery (As seen in Florida Contemporary 2010).

SECOND ANNUAL STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

Works from the Schrenk Student Photography Institute. The SSPI is a program for area high school students. Each year, a class of up to 20 students is selected to participate in the Photography Institute, where they are given broad experiences in various areas of photography. The three-year curriculum emphasizes equally the craft and aesthetics of visual problem-solving, as well as vocational decision-making and building a college level and exhibition portfolio. This second annual exhibition will contain approximately 100 works by these talented young photographers.

October 1-November 14, 2010

This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of
George & Wynnell Schrenk

THIRD ANNUAL NMA STUDENT EXHIBIT

One of the most eagerly anticipated events at the Naples Museum of Art, this third annual Student Exhibition will include approximately 300 works by Collier County public and private school students, grades K-12. A diverse array of mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and photography will be on view. The NMA invites everyone to join us in celebrating these exceptionally creative students and the excellent art teachers and art programs that enrich our Naples-area community.

May 1-15, 2011

This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art