NAPLES
MUSEUM OF ART
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JUAN GENOVÉS
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One of Spain’s best-known contemporary artists, Juan Genovés is celebrated for his provocative expressionist paintings, which explore issues of social and political realism. Since the 1980s, his paintings have often focused on an urban landscape, reducing it to a compelling chromatic range of grays, blues and ochres that make up "spaces of loneliness." His recent work has dealt with a theme of "the crowd" while investigating visual rhythms and static movement in painting. Genovés' work can be seen in leading museums around the world. He has won numerous awards including the Spanish National Art Prize in 1984 and the Gold Medal for Merit in the Arts from the Spanish Culture Department. JUAN GENOVÉS — This exhibition is organized by the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art and Marlborough Gallery, New York Arcos, 2011. Acrylic on canvas on board, 35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches |
THE MOUSE HOUSE
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Olga Hirshhorn's The Mouse House is a treasure trove of intimate-sized artworks from some of the giants of 20th century art – among them Picasso, Calder, Giacometti, de Kooning, O'Keeffe, Dubuffet 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, D.C. This delightful exhibition recreates the environment of Hirshhorn's art-packed home in Washington, known as "The Mouse House." THE MOUSE HOUSE — Installation view of The Mouse House Works from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection exhibition. |
FOURTH ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBIT
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LOUISE NEVELSON
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EDGAR DEGAS: THE PRIVATE IMPRESSIONIST
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This captivating exhibition offers an often personal look at the life and work of 19th-century French master Edgar Degas. These 90 rare works include 20 drawings by Degas, as well as prints, photographs, etchings, monotypes, a sculpture and a letter, all from a single private collection. The subject matter includes three self-portraits, depictions of Degas’ father and brother and two portraits of Mary Cassatt. The exhibition also includes a select group of 17 works on paper by artists in Degas' circle, including Cassatt, Paul Cézanne and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist marks the first time that the works in this private collection have been exhibited together publicly. This is the premiere of this exciting exhibition. EDGAR DEGAS: THE PRIVATE IMPRESSIONIST — This exhibition is organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, Related lecture on October 25: Chasing Degas: Reflections of a Collector in Pursuit of This Elusive Master Over Four Decades. Before the Race, c. 1895, Color lithograph (collaboration with the printer Auguste Clot) |
STEVE TOBIN’S
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For more than 25 years, iconoclastic sculptor Steve Tobin has transformed the wonders of nature into monumental sculptures in bronze, steel, glass and ceramics. His unique, memorable and often allegorical sculptures capture both the nature we see and the meanings and implications we may have overlooked. Tobin gained international acclaim in 2004 with the installation of his transcendent Trinity Root near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, the first and only art memorial near the 9/11 site. The artist's mesmerizing, nature-based sculptures challenge us to reconsider what we know about art and nature. They resonate with the fine art world as well as with children and the general public. This remarkable retrospective will include highlights from throughout Tobin’s career – including his blown-glass Cocoons, Bone sculptures, Exploded Clay, Torsos and signature Roots – along with his most recent Steelroots series. STEVE TOBIN’S NATURAL HISTORY — Steelroots, 2010, 12' high © Steve Tobin |
Third Annual
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This wide-ranging photography exhibition features approximately 100 works from students in 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 chosen to participate in the Photography Institute. The 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 exhibition demonstrates the skills and imaginations of these talented photographers. SCHRENK STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT — This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of George & Wynnell Schrenk *The primary instructor for the Photography Institute is J. Tomas Lopez, M.F.A., Professor of Photography and Director of Electronic Media at the University of Miami. For application, call (239) 254-2642. Photograph by Ana Prodanovic (2nd Annual Schrenk Student Photography Exhibit) |
MANOLO VALDÉS
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EVOLUTION/REVOLUTION:
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The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the Studio Glass movement in American art. The Studio Glass movement transformed glassmaking from a craft to an art form and continues to forge new and exciting directions. The evolution of Studio Glass is traced in this delightful exhibition, which includes a wide assortment of exquisite work from the leading American glass artists of the past half century, including Marvin Lipofsky, Dale Chihuly and many others. Evolution/Revolution also features a special presentation from the founding fathers of the Studio Glass movement, Harvey Littleton and Dominick Labino, as well as an illustrated history of Studio Glass. Generously underwritten by Harris Private Bank EVOLUTION/REVOLUTION: — Courtesy of Habatat Galleries, Michigan Related lecture on February 6: Evolution/Revolution: 50 Years of American Studio Glass. Leah Wingfield, Chance Meeting = Love, 2010, Cast glass, 17 x 17.5 x 4 inches |
MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II
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This compelling exhibition is a spectrum of AP photographs from all theaters of World War II and the home front, ranging from familiar scenes of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor to Joe Rosenthal's classic Iwo Jima flag-raising in 1945 to scores of pictures not seen in decades. There are photographs of American troops hitting Normandy beaches on D-Day and marching through newly liberated Paris; Hitler and Mussolini at the peak of fascist power; Churchill in unmistakable silhouette; and Russian women laying flowers at the feet of four dead GIs who helped liberate them from a slave labor camp. These 126 photographs tell a story of triumph and tragedy, power and pathos, the leaders and the lost. MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II — Courtesy of the Associated Press. Victor Jorgensen, U.S. Navy/AP Archives, Sailor and Nurse Kiss Times Square (New York City), August 14, 1945 |
PRENDERGAST TO POLLOCK:
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Between 1902 and 1953, Edward Wales Root amassed a spectacular collection of contemporary American art, which became the cornerstone of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute collection. This exhibition features highlights from that collection, including key works from some of the most important artists of the first half of the 20th century. Among the 35 paintings in this collection are works by Maurice Prendergast, Mark Rothko, Arthur Dove, Ashile Gorky, Jackson Pollock and more. The exhibition surveys Root's interest in the American avant-garde and displays the radical transformation of art during that period. Prendergast to Pollock complements the Naples Museum of Art's permanent American Modernism Collection. Generously underwritten by Friends of Art at the Patty & Jay Baker Naples Museum of Art PRENDERGAST TO POLLOCK: — This traveling exhibition was organized by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York. The national tour sponsor for the exhibition is the MetLife Foundation. Related lecture on February 15: Edward Wales Root: American Talent Scout. Jackson Pollock, No. 34, 1949, Enamel on paper mounted on masonite, 22 x 30 inches Exhibitions are presented in the Naples Museum of Art and in the Philharmonic Galleries. The Philharmonic Galleries will be open during regular museum hours, and then one hour before most performances at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts to patrons with performance tickets. Come early and enjoy our Galleries as part of your Philharmonic Center experience! Naples Museum of Art tickets provide access to the Philharmonic Galleries during non-performance times. Between exhibitions and at non-performance times, the Galleries will be "dark" during the 2010-11 season. |
