The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century

The work of Jane Jones will be included in the exhibition The New Reality:
The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century, which is a traveling museum exhibition that will
tour from 2008 through 2010. Some of the participating museums are The Wichita Art Museum in Kansas,
The Springfield Museums in Massachusetts, and the R. W. Norton Gallery in Louisiana.

“The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century is the first traveling museum
show of this century to not only look at the state of Realism painting around the world, but to also compare
those artworks with their historical predecessors.

Fifty-six artists are represented with sixty-five paintings from the United States, Canada,
The Netherlands, Korea, Russia, France, Iceland, Romania, Norway, and Finland in this juried show organized
by the International Guild of Realism. The exhibition looks at such media as oil, acrylic, egg tempera, graphite
and colored pencil to give viewers a snapshot of how Realism artists are approaching their art form today.

Each artist was asked to identify one historical painting that can be used by museum attendees
to compare and contrast today’s work with the pioneers of this art technique. The artists cited such
predecessors as Ingres, da Vinci, Durer, Vermeer, Harnett, Constable, Memling and Dali as starting points
for their current work as they explored still life, landscape, figurative and even trompe l’oeil art forms. In some cases,
the contrast between the old and the new is startling; in other cases, one can almost see the apprentice soaking up the
Old Master’s techniques for modern visuals.

Each of the sixty-five contemporary paintings can be directly compared with an historic Realism painting.
Each wall label features an image of a related historic painting.

Appleton Art Museum
Ocala, Florida
January 24 – March 21, 2010

Connections: Threads of Influence

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Blossoms II: The Art of Flowers

Silver Linings

Still Life Show

A Spring Awakening

Three Person Show

The Illusion of Reality