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SHIP TO SHORE |
The Naples Museum of Art is pleased to present an exciting and innovative new exhibition featuring paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures and scale models exploring a wide range of oceanic and nautical themes. The centerpiece of the exhibition is outsider artist Wayne Kusy’s nationally acclaimed Titanic (1985), a 10-foot-long model constructed of 75,000 toothpicks. The exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ill-fated voyage of the RMS Titanic. More than 50 rarely seen works from the museum’s permanent collection are on display, ranging from Earl Howell Reed’s etching Twilight on the Dunes (1912) to Alfred Eisenstaedt’s gelatin silver print photograph Ernest Hemingway, Cajuna Harbor, Cuba (1952) to the late Naples artist Ronald Julius Christensen’s painting Sea of Light (1987-95) and much more. Ship to Shore: Featuring the Titanic takes the viewer on an imaginative journey to far-flung ports including Venice, Italy, Cadiz, Spain, Mont Saint-Michel in France and many others – as well as locales closer to home. The exhibition also features native art, wood sculpture and various paintings of abstract and figurative seascapes. Kusy’s scale model of the Titanic required 75,000 toothpicks, a gallon of glue and more than a year and a half of work to complete. Accompanying the model will be photographs chronicling its construction. The “Toothpick Titanic” has attracted national attention from the Los Angeles Times, People magazine, Dateline NBC, on PBS and CNN. This exhibition is organized by the Naples Museum of Art. SHIP TO SHORE:
Featuring the Titanic — Wayne Kusy, Titanic, 1985, Mixed media, 22 x 115 x 11 inches |
LOUISE NEVELSON
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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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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.
