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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. ”From the exhibition organizer’s website: www.smithkramer.com. Appleton Art Museum Ocala, Florida January 24 – March 21, 2010 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Wausau, Wisconsin June 27 – August 22, 2010 Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa, Iowa September 12 – November 7, 2010 University of Mary Washington – Gari Melchers Museum Fredericksburg, Virginia December 4, 2010 – February 27, 2011 UPCOMING EXHIBITIONSThe Russell: The Sale to Benefit the C. M. Russell MuseumC. M. Russell Museum Great Falls, Montana March 18, 2010 www.therussell.org Nature’s Magic: a solo exhibition Bonner David Gallery Scottsdale, Arizona June 3-16, 2010 www.bonnerdavid.com |
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