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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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
Colorado State Capitol
November 2010 - February 2011
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Blossoms II: The Art of Flowers
Naples Art Museum
Naples, Florida
February - April 2011
Silver Linings
Bonner David Gallery
Scottdale, Arizona
December 2 - 15, 2010
www.bonnerdavid.com
Still Life Show
Peterson Cody Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico
April 1 - 30, 2011
www.petersoncodygallery.com
A Spring Awakening
Bonner David Gallery
Scottdale, Arizona
April 14 - 27, 2011
www.bonnerdavid.com
Three Person Show
Peterson Cody Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico
September 2011
www.petersoncodygallery.com
The Illusion of Reality
Traveling Museum Exhibition beginning in 2012
This museum exhibition will feature realism in artwork that creates an illusion;
Trompe l’Oeil and Photorealism.
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