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Surrealism: Dreams on Canvas
May 26, 2007 through August 12, 2007
Sponsored by nuBest salon and spa
With Support from the Town of North Hempstead
When it comes to movements in art absolutely nothing beats the drama and dynamism of the Surrealists. Mining the recesses of the subconscious for its often bizarre and rarely rational imagery, Surrealism had it all: the fiery personalities and their brilliant technique through which a fantastic torrent of dreams, sex, humor and poetry flowed in an endless expression of passion and invention. This original, groundbreaking exhibition, curated by Museum Director, Constance Schwartz with guest curator, Dr. Charles A. Riley II, gathers not only the European stars of the movement but the young Americans—including Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Adolph Gottlieb and Willem de Kooning-- who flocked to its brilliance and used this movement as a springboard for their pioneering work as Abstract Expressionists.
Starting with André Breton, Surrealism’s advocate and frequent spokesman, the exhibition includes the flamboyant Salvador Dali and his cohorts, René Magritte, Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miró, Matta, Masson, Jean Arp and Yves Tanguy.
Surrealism: Dreams on Canvas considers the impact that these European Surrealists had upon American artists. Many of the European stars emigrated to New York beginning with Dali, who arrived in 1939, followed by Ernst, Breton then Duchamp.
To round out the picture, the exhibition presents the many provocative ways in which Surrealism penetrated other media, including film, theater and fashion, affecting modes of thinking as well as making art. It is a trip into the minds and dreams of Modern artists at their strangest, sometimes deepest, and always surprisingly best.
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IN THE CONTEMPORARY
GALLERY
Laurie Simmons: The Music of Regret
and Other Works
May 26 through August 12
A one-woman exhibition of works by Laurie Simmons that
includes The Music of Regret IV, a large-scale photograph
that is the culmination of the artist's work with ventriloquist
dummies. Organized by Carol Wolowitz.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR
Art to Touch
May 26 through August 12
Sponsored by Foundation for Sight & Sound
and The Shapiro Family Foundation
Art to Touch presents an extraordinary museum experience
for those who are sighted as well as those who are visually
impaired. In this unusual exhibition, organized by the
Boca Raton Museum of Art's Mayers Collection and Education
Department, two-dimensional works become tactile, completely
changing the way art is "viewed." Reproductions
of works by Matisse, Marin, Rouault, Severini and Campigli
have been translated into three-dimensional glass reliefs
with signage in Braille, creating entirely new pathways
to discover and relate to works of art.
Surrealism Today
May 26 through August 12
Surrealism Today is an intriguing exhibition of contemporary
art that engages the audience with unconventional ideas,
unusual materials or unfamiliar approaches to making art.
Inspired by Surrealism, the artists on view in this exhibition
express the challenges of presenting the unexpected, drawing
from the unconscious realms of experience and the world of
dreams and fantasies.
OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
Manolo Valdes: Bronze Sculptures
Through October
We are thrilled to be exhibiting several monumental bronze
sculptures by the renowned Spanish painter and sculptor,
Manolo Valdes. These works are on view in our Sculpture
Park through the courtesy of Marlborough Gallery.
Four of Valdes' sculptures depict female heads, their calm
facial composure and structured equilibrium offset by dynamic
ornamental headpieces, some of which are 13 feet high.
Accompanying these are two groups of elegant figures based
on Diego Velazequez' Infanta Margarita and Reina Mariana
from the painting Las Meninas.
Manolo Valdes was Spain's official representative at the
1999 Venice Biennale. His work has been seen at Guggenheim
Bilbao, Maddrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
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