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January 18 through March 15
LONG ISLAND COLLECTS
Paintings by Picasso, Chagall, Cezanne, Degas, Matisse,
Renoir and Pollock among Priceless Treasures by Many Artists,
All Drawn from Local Private Art Collections
Sponsored by David Lerner Associates
Hidden from public view no more, some extraordinary artworks
from the holdings of private collectors on Long Island are on
exhibition at Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) from January
18, 2009 through March 15, 2009. Many of the works have never
before been seen by the museum-going public. The artworks are
arranged in thematic clusters based on important art movements,
among them Impressionism (exemplified by Cezanne, Renoir and Pissarro),
Modernism (exemplified by Picasso, Léger and de Chirico)
and post-war American Art (exemplified by Larry Rivers, Jim Dine
and Cindy Sherman). Beckmann, Degas, Chagall, Matisse, Lichtenstein
and Pollock are among the many other artists represented in Long
Island Collects. The exhibition, sponsored by David Lerner
Associates, is curated by Constance Schwartz and Franklin Hill
Perrell.
European artists dominate in the Impressionism and Modernism
sections of the exhibition. Highlights include a previously unseen
work by Turner and a Cezanne still life. Three oils by Renoir,
a painting and a pastel by Pissarro, and two charcoals by Degas
are among the other works representing Impressionism. The moderns
include Matisse, Vlaminck, Braque, Robert Delaunay, and a substantial
body of work by Picasso, all but one of which have never before
been at NCMA Also shown are a Chagall fantasy landscape, a vividly
colored Léger, and several strong German Expressionist
oils by Beckmann, Pechstein, and Münter.
The section on American postwar art begins with one of Hans
Hofmann’s classic abstract paintings, demonstratinghis vibrant
palette and formal concept of “push and pull” color
relationship. The dynamics and scope of the Abstract Expressionist
movement are further reflected in a charismatic work by Franz
Kline, a small but distinctive Jackson Pollock, a drip and splatter
painting by Sam Francis, and a serene color field painting by
Helen Frankenthaler. Subsequent figuration includes work by Larry
Rivers, David Hockney and Wayne Thiebaud. Large scale photo works
by Cindy Sherman and Candida Hofer conclude this eclectic section
of the exhibition.
Also drawn from Long Island collections are works comprising
the two companion exhibitions in adjacent galleries: Poetic
Journey: Hudson River School Paintings from the Collection of
Laura and David Grey and Andy Warhol Silkscreens.
Long Island Collects is on view through Sunday, March
15, 2009. NCMA is sponsoring several public programs to illuminate
and enhance the experience of viewing the exhibition. Among the
events are talks by Chief Curator Franklin Hill Perrell, Charles
A. Riley II, PhD and art collector David Grey and private tours
of the exhibition followed by elegant teas. For details on these
events or to register, call (516) 484-9338, ext 12 .
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January 18 through March 15
POETIC JOURNEY:
Hudson River Paintings
from the
Grey Collection
Depictions of the Young Nation’s Vast and Powerful
Landscape Comprise First Authentic American Art Movement
Works by Moran, Innes, Bierstadt, Cole, Cropsey, Kensett
and Others
On the anniversary of the 400th year since Henry Hudson’s
exploration of what came to be called the Hudson River, Nassau
County Museum of Art (NCMA) presents Poetic Journey: Hudson
River School Paintings from the Grey Collection, an exhibition
based the extraordinary holdings of Long Island art collectors
David and Laura Grey. Included in this exhibition are works by
masters of the genre such as Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, George
Inness and John Frederick Kensett, among others. Poetic Journey
is on view from January 18, 2009 through March 15, 2009.
The exhibition is organized by Constance Schwartz and Franklin
Hill Perrell.
These Hudson River School paintings present a deeply moving
and historic theme, one that has been relatively untouched in
recent exhibitions at this museum. The artists of period, ca.
1840-1880, evolved through the Romantic spirit inspired by the
majesty of the nation’s vast and powerful landscape and
came to comprise the fiAmerican art movement, one which defined
itself in predorst authentic minantly American terms with regard
to both subject and style. In depicting the awe-inspiring landscapes
of America, they were inspired by the ideas of the writers Thoreau
and Emerson. Their work reflected a widespread belief that scenes
of untouched America had a purity lacking in historic European
landscapes. This fascination with pristine American scenes combined
with the evolving political concept of manifest destiny to sweep
the visual arts of the mid- and late-19th century.
Also drawn from important Long Island collections are the works
of the main exhibition, Long Island Collects, and a companion
exhibition, Andy Warhol Silkscreens.
Poetic Journey is on view through Sunday, March 15,
2009. NCMA is sponsoring several public programs to illuminate
and enhance the experience of viewing the exhibition. Among the
events are talks by Chief Curator Franklin Hill Perrell, Charles
A. Riley II, PhD and art collector David Grey and private tours
of the exhibition followed by elegant teas. For details on these
events or to register, call (516) 484-9338, ext 12
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SECOND FLOOR GALLERIES
January 18 through May 25
WINSLOW HOMER:
Illustrating America
Works depicting scenes that span more than two decades of American
life (1857-1878) are seen in Winslow Homer: Illustrating America,
an exhibition opening on January 18 at Nassau County Museum of
Art (NCMA). Featuring more than 100 prints from illustrated weeklies
and journals, this exhibition was organized by Marilyn Kushner
of the Brooklyn Museum with support from National Endowment for
the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries
of Artistic Genius.
Winslow Homer’s woodcuts, made first for Harpers Weekly
and other periodicals, became the basis for the artist’s
early fame. One of the most important figures in early American
Art, Homer was born in Boston in 1836. He worked as an illustrator
for many of the most prestigious publications of his day, among
them Harper’s which employed him to chronicle the Civil
Way. In 1866, Homer became a member of the National Academy of
Design. He made several trips to Europe, between which he lived
in New York. Homer eventually settled in a coastal village in
Maine, finding both solitude and artistic inspiration in the dramatic
land- and seascapes of Maine.
Winslow Homer: Illustrating America is on view through
Sunday, May 25, 2009. To illuminate and enhance the experience
of viewing the exhibition, NCMA presents Winslow Homer: American
Original, a talk by Chief Curator Franklin Hill Perrell on
Saturday, May 16. For information or to register, call (516) 484-9338,
ext 12
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LIBRARY GALLERY
January 18 through May 25
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ANDY WARHOL SILK SCREENS
Iconic Images from American Pop Culture
“Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the
same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see
America the same way again.”
Andy Warhol
Sponsored in part by Lorraine Barnathan
In Andy Warhol Silkscreens, Nassau County Museum of
Art (NCMA) presents a select exhibition of work by an audacious
pioneer who, by using images of popular American culture and commerce,
altered perceptions about what constitutes art. The exhibition,
in NCMA’s Library Gallery, showcases some of Warhol’s
classic pop subjects among them Marilyn Monroe, Mao Tse-Tung,
Superman, Campbell Soup Cans, Dollar Signs and Martha Graham/The
Kick. In these and other prints, Warhol incorporates many
of the same techniques that he used in his paintings, As a result,
Warhol prints have soared in both esteem and value to the point
that they’re presently selling for what Warhol paintings
might have fetched just a decade ago.
No other artist is as much identified with Pop Art as Andy Warhol,
dubbed the Prince of Pop by the media of his time. Warhol grew
up in a Pittsburgh working class family and studied commercial
art at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Institute of Technology. Upon
his graduation in 1949 he went to New York where he worked in
commercial advertising and as an illustrator for magazines such
as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. In the 60s, Warhol began painting
objects that were part of daily life, such as soup cans and Coke
bottles. Soon Warhol became a famous figure in the New York art
scene. From 1962 on he started making silkscreen prints of famous
personalities like Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor. Warhol
challenged and even removed the line between fine art and commercial
art used for magazines, comic books and advertising.
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LIBRARY GALLERY
January 18 through March 15
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL ART SHOW
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CONTEMPORARY GALLERY
January 18 through March 15
COLLISION
COURSE
Works by Peter Garfield, Michael Piergrossi and Max Yawney
Sponsored by NCMA’s Contemporary Collectors Circle
In Collision Course, Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA)
showcases the work of three intriguing emerging artists —
Photographer Peter Garfield who is fascinated by impending disaster
and its aftermath; Collagist Michael Piergrossi whose provocative
compositions range from humor to remorse; and Max Yawney whose
dual canvases comprise one painting with the elements playing
off of one another in a specific and conscious manner. The exhibition
opens in NCMA’s Contemporary Gallery on January 18, 2009
and remains on view through March 15, 2009. The exhibition is
sponsored by the museum’s Contemporary Collectors Circle.
Photographer Peter Garfield captures tidy homes falling from
the sky, spinning and collapsing on themselves as they drop to
their inevitable destruction.” ContinueHe carefully stages
his falling houses using scale models thus placing himself in
the tradition of the “constructed photograph”.
Collagist Michael Piergrossi weaves the ephemera and detritus
of daily life together through identifiable elements assembled
within an ambiguous landscape that is peopled by iconic images
from popular culture. Snippets of words and phrases, combined
with enigmatic titles further trigger recognition from the viewer.
Painter Max Yawney typically combines two canvases into one composition.
Their unequal size denies them the category of “diptych”,
yet they relate through consciously determined interplay of disparate
imagery. His nonrepresentational images contain vaguely recognizable
elements that hint at common objects, yet remain ultimately ambiguous.
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January 18 through May 25
BABAR'S MUSEUM OF ART
Beloved Characters of Children’s
Literature Create an Art Museum
This interactive installation of works from the Mary
Ryan Gallery is designed by Paul Orselli.
Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) launches the new Ridder MiniArtMuseum
for Children with one of the most delightful exhibitions ever
designed to intrigue young museum visitors. Babar’s
Museum of Art, featuring Laurent De Brunhoff’s illustrations,
opens on January 18, 2009 and remains on view through May 25,
2009. This interactive installation of works from the Mary Ryan
Gallery is designed by Paul Orselli.
Babar’s Museum of Art offers a very engaging
introduction to some of the world’s greatest art works –
but with a real twist! These artworks have been reinterpreted
in a most unusual way: all of the human subjects in these works
by Goya, Velázquez, Botticelli, Manet, Cezanne, Munch,
van Gogh, Rousseau, Picasso, Dali, Rodin, Degas, Seurat and many
others are seen as elephants. Likely inspired by the conversion
of Paris’ Gare d’Orsay from a railroad station to
a museum of art (Musée d’Orsay), Queen Celeste and
Babar decide that since everyone’s is motoring these days
rather than using the train, they might as well use the station
house for a new museum to showcase the many works of art they’ve
collected. In Babar’s Museum of Art, the adult
elephants guide the young elephants through an appreciation on
different perspectives in art.
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Ridder MiniArtMuseum for Children
is open Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4:30 pm
SALE
AT THE RIDDER MINIARTMUSEUM FOR CHILDREN!
50% off Doll Houses and Selected Doll Furniture
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