The Art of Sculpting

Rauschenberg art stirs excitement ahead of show's opening

2007-02-10T02:06:00.000-08:00

Picture it. It's 1969. America is divided because of Vietnam, a war many strongly opposed, causing riots and peace rallies with activists and veterans marching side by side. In that time of turmoil, Richard Rauschenberg used art to showcase his feelings and bring a sense of acknowledged understanding, through his work, to those who felt the same way. .

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DSC receives money for sculpture garden

2007-02-08T02:06:00.000-08:00

Dixie State College faculty, staff and students are welcoming a new sculpture garden on the north side of the Dolores Dore Eccles Arts Center just outside the centers art museum. Dixie State College faculty, staff and students are welcoming a new sculpture garden on the north side of the Dolores Dore Eccles Arts Center just outside the centers art museum. There was a ground breaking ceremony for the sculpture garden on Jan. 26, with featured speakers DSC President Dr. Lee Caldwell and Mark Petersen, the executive director of cultural arts. The garden will be a tribute to artists we have in the community and the western United States, Caldwell said. The sculpture garden was always planned to be built on the north side of the fine arts building, but they thought it was much further down the road that it would be built, Petersen said.

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Council to decide museum's fate

2007-02-06T02:06:00.000-08:00

Council leaders are being accused of "cultural vandalism" as they prepare to decide on proposals to close one of London's few local museums. Following a 5m cut in government cash, plans are being considered to axe funding for the Wandsworth Museum. Other cuts in funding could also lead to the closure of the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) and the De Morgan Centre. However, local groups want to be given more time to formulate a rescue plan for the museum. Neil Robson, vice-chairman of Wandsworth Historical Society, said: "With a breathing space, local societies would have the chance to come up with a rescue plan. .

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Hub for Arab world could be force in global art, says Christie's

2007-02-04T02:06:00.000-08:00

Dubai - Christie's International, the world's biggest auction house, is in Dubai "for the long term" and is betting the emirate will develop into a $250 million (R1.8 billion) market faster than the 20 years it took Hong Kong, according to Jussi Pylkkanen, president of Christie's Europe. "Commerce and culture go hand in hand," Pylkkanen said on Thursday, before the first of two auctions Christie's expected might fetch as much as $20.8 million. "If the growth of Dubai as a commercial centre continues, there's no question that it could emerge as a force in the international art market much more quickly than Hong Kong did." Christie's has opened offices in emerging markets, such as Dubai, Mumbai and Shanghai, to expose local artists to an international audience and bring new buyers into the global market.

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Public should have voice in sculpture

2007-02-02T02:07:00.000-08:00

A new landmark will make its debut in East Lansing's Valley Court Park as a representation of the city's 100-year history and diverse population. Unfortunately, residents are going to be immortalized forever by a sculpture they never had a voice in choosing. The centennial sculpture was designed by MSU alumnus John Neering of Grand Rapids. It will be made of steel and welded to depict people joined together. The contest was announced in August 2006, and by the Oct. 1, 2006, deadline, the city had received only 12 submissions. Contestants must have lived in East Lansing within the last 100 years and be willing to work within a budget of $15,000. Funding for the sculpture comes from the East Lansing Arts Commission's annual budget. The centennial sculpture is scheduled to be unveiled in September.

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Danish painter Carl Henning Pedersen donates 40 works to museum

2007-01-31T02:05:00.000-08:00

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish painter Carl Henning Pedersen, a key member of the Cobra art group known for its spontaneous expressionism, has donated 40 of his works to Denmark's national gallery. The collection of artworks from the 1950s to the late 1980s includes two of Pedersen's masterpieces - "Out in the Wide World," from 1988, and "Red Firebird," from 1972. Pedersen is known for colourful fantasy paintings featuring horses and birds. His wife, Sidsel Ramson, formally handed over the works Tuesday to the Statens Museum for Kunst in downtown Copenhagen. The 93-year-old artist was not able to attend the ceremony because of health reasons. Gallery director Allis Helleland said she was proud to receive the works "by one of Denmark's most important, modern artists." The canvases are set to go on display at the museum in June.

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Sussex gallery ablaze with the colors of Burmese art

2007-01-29T02:06:00.000-08:00

Newton - When Julie McWilliams cajoled the administration of Sussex County Community College into creating gallery space in the old library building, she was envisioning a space for student and faculty shows or perhaps the work of local artists. She wasn't thinking Burma.But now the gallery is awash in the ultra-saturated colors of a group of artists from Burma, or Mayanmar, that mysterious neighbor of far more open Thailand, courtesy of Richard Streiter, who came to Green Township via India.The opening reception is Friday, Jan. 26 from 6 to 8 and the exhibit will be up through March 9.The visitor is greeted by the bright pinks of the flowing robes of Buddhist nuns in an oil by Zaw Zaw Aung. More of the artist's paintings of monks and nuns hang among paintings of sunflowers that remind one of Van Gogh and Impressionistic street scenes.

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Sculpture lovely to look at, and thought-provoking, too

2007-01-27T02:06:00.000-08:00

Would you like to see a miracle? I'm talking about a 1-foot square slab of marble whose surface has been transformed into a vision of the Virgin Mary seated in the clouds with her infant son in her lap and cherubic angels in fluttering attendance. It's carved in low relief with breathtaking delicacy, and it looks as though the stone had melted away, leaving only this dreamy, uncannily luminous mirage. Made between 1425 and 1435 by Donatello, who was, next to Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of the Italian Renaissance, "Madonna of the Clouds" welcomes visitors right at the start of "Donatello to Giambologna: Italian Renaissance Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," an excellent, medium-size exhibition. For the show, curators dusted off and gathered together almost every piece of Italian Renaissance sculpture the museum owns, including works in stone, bronze, wood, and clay.

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Movado Men's Watch #0690301

2007-01-23T02:09:00.000-08:00

This classic Museum dial watch, in black and gleaming gold-tone steel, has a sleek, ultra-thin profile and distinctly modern styling. It features the legendary black Museum dial with gold-tone Dauphine hands and a single concave dot at the 12 o'clock position. This is Movado's signature dial, made famous by American designer Nathan George Horwitt in 1947. Horwitt intended his design to be evocative of a sun dial, with the dot representing the sun at high noon. The thin, flat dial is framed by a rounded gold-tone steel bezel and presents on a contoured leather strap that fastens with a buckle closure. Other notable features include a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and precise Swiss quartz movement. Water-resistant to 30 meters, this watch can withstand splashes and brief immersion in water; however, it is not sufficiently resistant for swimming. About Movado Movado, one of the most celebrated watch brands in the world, traces its origins to the small village of La Chaux-de-faunds, Switzerland where, in 1881, a young watchmaker named Achille Ditesheim hired six assistants and opened a small workshop. He called his company Movado, a word which means, roughly, "always in motion." The company grew and prospered, evolving from a small pocketwatch manufacturer into a leading innovator and designer of precision wristwatches. Throughout its history, Movado has maintained its place at the pinnacle of innovation and excellence in design, craftsmanship and technology. Movado watches are crafted by highly-skilled watchmakers to meet the exacting standards of Swiss time technology. They are accurate to within seconds a year. All Movado watches are sealed and protected against water, moisture and dust, and individually tested to meet strict international standards of quality. A long-time dedicated supporter of the arts, Movado has, itself, been the recipient of over 200 international awards. Movado watches can now be found in the permanent collections of over 20 museums worldwide.

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American Sculptor George Rickey Exhibition Opens at Vero Beach ...

2007-01-23T02:08:00.000-08:00

VERO BEACH, Fla., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Vero Beach Museum of Art presents a major exhibition of works by American sculptor George Rickey on the centennial of his birth. GEORGE RICKEY KINETIC SCULPTURE: A Retrospective debuts with the opening of the Alice and Jim Beckwith Sculpture Park on Saturday, February 3, 2007, and will also be displayed indoors in the Museum's Stark and Schumann Galleries. Sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation Inc., The George Rickey Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. David K. Welles, and the VBMA's 20/20 Vision for the Future Fund, the exhibition will be on display from February 3 through May 20, 2007. Organized by Lucinda H. Gedeon, Ph.D., Executive Director/CEO of the Vero Beach Museum of Art, this traveling exhibition features a 50-year survey of both indoor and outdoor sculptures, including 52 works borrowed from public and private collections, which demonstrate his expressive use of movement, and the relationship of his work to the natural world.

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Art Meets Art

2007-01-21T02:06:00.000-08:00

GREAT WINEMAKERS, as with any artists, must have a muse. A great winemaker who is also an artist/painter must have one helluva good one, I'm thinking. "Who is your muse?" I ask Eric Dunham. He pauses thoughtfully in mid-pour before answering. We are seated at the long wooden dining table in his winery, tasting the newly released 2003 Dunham Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon IX. The room is filled with dozens of square, one-ton stainless bins in which the 2006 vintage has been fermenting. Dion DiMucci is blasting through the speakers; "Runaround Sue" still running around after all these years. The wine, as with past releases, is pure cabernet, an artful blend of grapes from cool and warm sites. Sappy, supple and silky, it coats the palate and saturates the tongue with blackberries and cherries.

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Porter County showcases Odyssey sculpture

2007-01-19T02:07:00.000-08:00

VALPARAISO | Purdue University North Central - Porter County is showcasing four sculptures from the PNC Odyssey Arts and Cultural Events Series.The sculpture, "Rise" by David Noguchi, recently arrived at PNC - Porter County, located at 600 Vale Park Road, at the entrance of the Graduate Building. Noguchi describes the stainless steel sculpture as an expression of sheer joy. This sculpture was set up in its location by the artist.Also featured at PNC - Porter County Graduate Building are three sculptures created by Odyssey curator S. Thomas Scarff:"EyePiece," a futuristic version of an eye surgeon's tool made of aluminum projected light and colored resin."Light Ray," a neon and stainless steel piece that changes its surroundings."Indigo Blue," a piece that is reminiscent of a prehistoric artifact, perhaps a dinosaur bone, which suggests the origin of an energy source such as petroleum.

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Opening Up the Queens Museum

2007-01-17T02:06:00.000-08:00

The upcoming exhibit "Robert Moses and the Modern City" will no doubt draw a few new visitors to the Queens Museum of Art, which houses Moses's detailed panorama of the five boroughs. The museum is slightly off-the-beaten path for car-less Manhattanites, but under its current director, Tom Finkelpearl, it is building a substantial role for itself in the local community, and preparing for a renovation that Mr. Finkelpearl hopes will significantly increase its profile. The panorama, built for the 1964 World's Fair, is the museum's star attraction, and Mr. Finkelpearl readily acknowledges that, right now, it's more famous than the museum itself. "I meet people all the time, and I say, I'm the director of the Queens Museum,' and they go, Mm-hmm.' I say, We have this panorama,' and they say, I've been there!' I hate it, but we're working on it." The renovation, which will start in 2008, is budgeted at $37 million, and it will increase the museum's annual operating budget to $4.5 million from $3.2 million.

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Art campaign on Saddam brings down the curtain

2007-01-15T02:07:00.000-08:00

BHUBANESWAR: The art exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi showcasing works of some of the top level painters, sculptors, graphic artists and ceramists from across the country concluded here on Saturday. Attended by a huge gathering of artists, art connoisseurs and Fine Art students, the camp was part of the birth centennial celebration of Ramkinker Baij, father of modern art in India. The highlight of the closing day, besides the exhibition that showcased new art forms like Video art and fabric replication for the first time in the State, was the art campaign put together by the 16 participating artists voicing their opinion to the hanging of Saddam Hussein. Displaying nooses made of different material and shapes, it once again proved that art is the best form of expression.

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Writer Simon links up with Sculpture Park

2007-01-13T02:06:00.000-08:00

CELEBRATED poet and writer Simon Armitage begins a year-long collaboration with Yorkshire Sculpture Park with the launch of his latest work. Simon's new book, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is a translation of one of the earliest great stories of English literature. It will be launched at the Sculpture Park at West Bretton, on January 27. The book launch will be at 4.15pm with Marsden-born Simon reading from his book. The Sculpture Park has its 30th anniversary this year and its celebrations of that milestone include a number of projects including its appointment of Simon as its Visiting Artist 2007. .

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France Won't `Clone' Louvre in Abu Dhabi, Museum Directors Say

2007-01-11T02:06:00.000-08:00

Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- France has no plans to ``clone'' the Louvre Museum and will only lend artwork on a temporary, rotating basis to the Louvre's future Abu Dhabi offshoot, the directors of two museums involved in the discussions said. Stephane Martin, head of the Quai Branly Museum devoted to primitive art, and Anne Baldassari, chief of the Picasso Museum, were responding to accusations that French museums were selling out. Talks on the opening of a Louvre branch in the Gulf emirate and press reports of a potential payment to France of more than 500 million euros ($650 million) have sparked an irate editorial by well-known former museum managers, followed by almost 1,700 signatures to a petition on La Tribune de l'Art Web site. The future Abu Dhabi gallery would host temporary exhibitions of works from several French museums until it formed its own permanent collection, Martin and Baldassari said in interviews.

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Sonic Fingerprints Safeguard Art

2007-01-09T02:06:00.000-08:00

A near-perfect copy of a precious funeral urn called the Cratere dei Niobidi sits in an Italian cafe close to the University of Palermo. Restorer Lorella Pellegrino spied it there one morning before meeting with professor Pietro Cosentino, a geophysicist, to analyze the actual fifth-century-B.C. artifact. They were examining the real urn to see if it was healthy enough to loan for an exhibit in Beijing when Cosentino stumbled on the idea of using "sonic fingerprinting" to help end Italy's ongoing problem with faked and stolen artwork. "We started joking about how (the urn) might come back from China cloned," said Pellegrino, who works with the former seismologist much as a physician might with an X-ray expert. "That was when Cosentino realized the analysis could serve another purpose." Cosentino, 65, started using sonic tomography to study art about a year ago.

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The Key To Any Good Party Is The Ice Sculpture

2007-01-07T02:06:00.000-08:00

If you were wondering what happened to your invite to Gilbert Arenas's 25th birthday party, it got lost in the mail and somehow ended up in the hands of Jamie Mottram of Mister Irrelevant, the FanHouse, and formerly of Sports Bloggers Live. His Arenas Express Card got him into the party, and he was good enough to take some pictures and get some video footage. Here's Gilbert with some advice for his guests: "Everybody get drunk and make bad decisions." That's his advice? And I'm supposed to trust his shot selection? Oh, and here's a shot of the Gilbert Arenas ice sculpture. I think this picture was taken later in the party, because it appears to have been pretty well melted. Either that, or Calvin Booth spent ten minutes humping it. UPDATE: Wizznutzz has their own details on Gilbert's Party, and...

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Marshals select Fort Smith for museum

2007-01-05T02:07:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON -- Its bid strengthened by the lingering legacy of Old West lawmen, Fort Smith on Thursday was named the site for a U.S. Marshals Service museum.The Arkansas city beat out Staunton, Va., in a close competition, said Michael Pearson, head of the site selection committee for the federal agency rich with history and popularized on television shows and in the movies.Fort Smith's bid was boosted by broad community support and help from local descendants of marshals who served in the area, Pearson said.Marshals Service Director John Clark chose Fort Smith after it was recommended by the committee. He notified city officials late Thursday afternoon.Fund-raising for a building expected to cost about $15 million and operational expenses of about $5 million will start immediately, Fort Smith City Administrator Randy Reed said."We're certainly convinced that Fort Smith is a terrific place to have this museum," Pearson said.

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Kingston Art Gallery ready to shape 2007

2007-01-03T02:07:00.000-08:00

KINGSTON — As the seconds were counted down before 2006 clicked over to 2007, members and employees of the Kingston Art Gallery prepared to become an even larger part of the Little City by the Sea. After opening in November 2005, the gallery's supporters have been making its presence known in the community, and are hoping to grow even further as 2007 progresses. “We are planning on being involved with the Downtown Kingston Association as we are right downtown," said Kingston Art Gallery board of directors chairwoman Amy Weber, speaking about the newly formed group hoping to revitalize Kingston's downtown area. “We are hoping that with our commitment to being involved in Kingston, the people of Kingston will be involved with us." With year one firmly under their belts, members of the Kingston Art Gallery are comfortable they have made themselves and their gallery well-known in Kingston.

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Coast Guardsmen pay to replace stolen clown sculpture

2007-01-01T02:07:00.000-08:00

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard who were identified in the theft of a six-foot clown sculpture from TideWell's "Clowning Around Town" public art project in Sarasota have paid $3,500 for the complete replacement of the sculpture. No further legal action will be pursued. The clown was removed from its location in Sarasota and taken aboard a Coast Guard vessel based in St. Petersburg. One of the sailors said he later returned the sculpture to downtown Sarasota and alerted authorities through an anonymous phone call. Sarasota police have been unable to recover the sculpture. Having been made aware of the clown project's purpose to support TideWell's Children's Services Program, several members of the Coast Guard have volunteered to help with security of the clown sculptures. Their efforts in addition to the surveillance cameras will help deter further damage, safeguarding their value for the upcoming auction.

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US museum to bid for historic giant seaplanes

2006-12-30T02:06:00.000-08:00

As a deadline approaches tomorrow, a U.S. museum is among the bidders in the running to purchase the only two giant Martin Mars seaplanes left in the world. "There [have] been several bids," says Steve Lorimer, a spokesman for TimberWest Forest Corp., which owns the aircraft that have been used as water bombers in B.C. forests for decades. "We'll have a short list by the end of January." TimberWest announced last month it would sell the two mammoth water bombers based at Sproat Lake near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. As part of the conditions of sale, TimberWest said it will require that one of the planes be donated to Port Alberni upon retirement to become a heritage attraction. .

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PICTURING 2007 New Year promises cultural developments on KC’s art ...

2006-12-28T02:07:00.000-08:00

Last year Steinkamp captured the public's imagination with her magical computer-animated projection of a tree changing from season to season in the Kemper's "Decelerate" show. This time around, with the museum's entire main gallery given over to her inspired orchestrations of light, motion and sound, prepare for total sensory overload. But before the Kemper delights, Grand Arts has a very different sensory experience in store for art lovers beginning Jan. 12, when the gallery walls will be painted with the smell of sweat from 15 anonymous men. The project, "The FEAR of Smell — the Smell of FEAR," by Berlin-based artist Sissel Tolaas, will feature synthetic replications of these male smells in spray bottles, along with the same scents, micro-encapsulated and mixed into wall paint.

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Fund launch for sculpture

2006-12-26T02:07:00.000-08:00

THE Trafalgar School at Downton has launched an appeal to raise funds which will turn a papier-mâché figure of a skateboarder made by a former student into a bronze sculpture. Once cast in bronze, at an estimated cost of £20,000, the skateboarder will go on permanent display at the school's entrance. The figure was made originally by last year's head boy, Luke Ridley, and was exhibited in the annual School and Village Art Exhibition in May 2005. Professional artist and award-winning designer Pete Gilbert, who lives in the New Forest and was also exhibiting, judged the work to be of such a high standard it merited greater exposure. Encouraged by Mr Gilbert and other artists at the exhibition, the school says it plans to turn the sculpture into a symbol of the school's regeneration as a centre for excellence in all aspects of the arts, for which it has gained specialist status, and to raise the school's profile.

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Museum acquires new works by Old Masters

2006-12-17T02:06:00.000-08:00

The Columbia Museum of Art regularly adds to its collection though gifts and purchases, but those artworks rarely are hundreds of years old. Last week, though, the museum acquired four Old Masters artworks: paintings by Sebastien Bourdon, Gonzales Coques and Bartholomeus Breenbergh, all from the 1700s, and a 1514 etching by Albrecht Durer . "I don't think the museum has made purchases of this magnitude in recent history," said Todd Herman, chief curator. The works will go on display early next year. These and other art purchases this year cost about $90,000 — the most the museum has spent in many years, said Karen Brosius, museum director. "Getting a Bourdon and Breenburgh — that's great," said David Steel, curator of European art at the N.C.

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Butt-printing art teacher's suspension extended

2006-12-15T02:06:00.000-08:00

RICHMOND, Va. Chesterfield County school officials have extended the paid suspension of a high school art teacher who moonlights as a self-proclaimed "butt-printing artist." Last week, Stephen Murmer was placed on paid administrative leave for five days from his job at Monacan High School. But Chesterfield County school officials agitated over his unique brand of artwork told him this week that the suspension will run through January ninth. That's when the school board is scheduled to meet to consider the matter. Virginia A-C-L-U executive director Kent Willis says he hopes the controversy will die down by then, and Murmer will be allowed to return to work. ___ On the Net: Butt Print Art: http://buttprintart.com/ Copyright 2006 Associated Press.

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Liquid-Time Sculpture

2006-12-13T02:07:00.000-08:00

Modern water clocks such as the Liquid-Time Sculpture invented by Bernard Gitton have a more aesthetic value, displaying time using a complex system of pipes and siphons. How does this intricate timepiece work? The disks on the right show the minutes, the spheres on the left the hours. Each daily clock cycle begins when an electric water pump beneath the clock moves the water to the top reservoir. From there it flows into a glass cupel (a shallow glass cup or scoop) attached to a neon green pendulum. As the cupel fills, the increasing weight causes its arm to dip and empty the liquid, which in turn forces the pendulum to swing away from its center position. The cupel then returns to an upright position propelling the pendulum. This occurs every two seconds, keeping a steady stream of liquid flowing into the clocks systems of curved pipes and siphons.

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Students generate support for museum

2006-12-11T02:09:00.000-08:00

The art room at Hoggard High School is far from a giant studio space. In fact, it's a tiny corner of the school's campus. But thanks to the busy hands of Hoggard's art students, art education should continue to thrive in New Hanover County. "I like that splatter," Hoggard art teacher Anne Sinclair said. "Leave it. It looks great!" Sinclair and her fellow art instructor, Hope Hunt, are using their student's talents to create original greeting cards as part of a fund-raising effort. "The project started with the National Art Honor Society and then grew to include the art club," Hunt said. "Then we opened it up to all of our art students." The students work in pairs, collaborating on a larger work that will become colorful greeting cards. "What the kids are doing is creating huge sheets of abstract art," Sinclair said.

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Balboa Park Rebuffs Overture From Street Scene

2006-12-09T02:07:00.000-08:00

SAN DIEGO -- The Balboa Park Committee denied a request from producers of the annual Street Scene rock concert to hold the festival in the park. "You couldn't pay the park enough to have this event," committee member Vicki Granowitz told concert promoter Rob Hagey. "This does not fit the character of our park." Hagey founded the annual rock concert in 1984. .

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Helaman Ferguson '62, Creator of Science Center Sculpture ...

2006-12-07T02:07:00.000-08:00

Sculptor Helaman Ferguson '62 was profiled in the October issue of Science in an article titled "Carving His Own Unique Niche, in Symbols and Stone." Ferguson, a former mathematics professor at Brigham Young University, crafted the sculpture in front of Hamilton's Science Center. The article notes that after learning stone carving as a teenager, Ferguson wanted to study art as well as math. "He chose Hamilton College, a liberal arts school in upstate New York near where he had spent most of his childhood, where he could do both." The article describes Ferguson's Science Center sculpture: "The work, made of 10-centimeter-thick granite, centers on a pair of massive disks representing the planets Mars and Venus. 'Venus' is exactly 161 centimeters in diameter - the height of the average female Hamilton student, taken from the records of one of the college's psychology professors.

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Blackpool bids to host Theatre Museum

2006-12-05T02:07:00.000-08:00

Blackpool has launched a surprise bid to become the new home of the Theatre Museum when its Covent Garden base closes in the New Year. Blackpool Council and the Victoria and Albert Museum have announced that they are working together on a feasibility study for the establishment of a new National Theatre Museum in the seaside town with displays drawn from the V&A's theatrical collections. .

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Tunkhannock art studio on the cutting edge

2006-12-03T02:06:00.000-08:00

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. - An art gallery owner in Tunkhannock continues to capture the world's attention with reproductions of fine art. "We're trying to stay on top of this field, art reproduction," said Bob Lizza, 43, owner of Lizza Studio. "We've basically evolved into a full-service fine-art center," which specializes in Giclee printing that uses the latest ink-jet technology. Well-known artists have asked him to reproduce their work, such as caricaturist John Kascht and painter Natalia Tsarkova. Work by the two artists, as well as many others, are reproduced at Lizza's Bridge Street studio. Until the 1970s, the building had been used as a roller rink. Lizza renovated and moved into the building in 2003 so that he would have enough space to use a Cruse Digital scanner.

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ArtLine.ro - virtual gallery of art: painting, sculpture, graphics

2006-12-01T02:06:00.000-08:00

He was an extraordinary artist - painter, decorator, architect - and one of the most influential and admired personalities of his time. A Baroque artist, he was also a jesuit padre, entering this religious order at a young age. His masterpieces are still the decorations he made for the Il Gesu and San Ignazion churches in Rome, which will be for many generations the model for religious decorations in jesuit churches. Pozzo also published a well-received book, Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum (1693), illustrated with engravings, which was a success. At the invitation of Emperor Leopold I, in 1704, Pozzo moved to Vienna, where he worked mainly for the imperial court, and also for some churches. Most of the works from that period have been destroyed in time, with few exceptions.

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Knoxville Museum of Art - Scott McNutt

2006-11-29T02:06:00.000-08:00

Opened in 1990, the Knoxville Museum of Art presents 10 to 12 exhibitions each year, featuring emerging artists and designers, its permanent collection and traveling exhibitions. Other activities at the museum include a semi-weekly classic film series, a weekly concert series, family-friendly days, as well as ongoing art classes, seminars and lectures. With 53,200 total square feet, the KMA boasts 12,700 square feet of exhibition space in five galleries, as well as an auditorium, entertainment space, museum shop and landscaped gardens. Eminent museum architect Edward Larrabee Barnes designed the museum building, constructed of Tennessee pink marble. "Our SubUrban gallery is devoted to the work of emerging artists, often giving these artists their first solo museum exhibition and catalogue," explains KMA Curator Dana Self.

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Italy upset by Getty's refusal to return art

2006-11-27T02:06:00.000-08:00

Italy has hit out at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for taking a "unilateral decision" to hold on to two prized works of art that Rome says were illegally spirited out of the country. "We are surprised and disappointed," Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli said in the latest salvo of a long-running dispute with what is one of the world's richest museums. "Our position was clear. There was absolutely not an agreement. There was a draft memorandum describing the areas of consensus," Rutelli said. The minister insisted that the fate of the Cult Statue of Goddess, often referred to as the Aphrodite, and the Statue of a Victorious Youth, known as the Getty Bronze, was still on the table before the Getty announced on Tuesday that it had broken off negotiations.

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Sculpture honors Reagan

2006-11-25T02:06:00.000-08:00

OXNARD, Calif. - Sculptor Donald L. Reed recently returned to California to put the finishing touches on a life-size bronze of another Illinois native: former President Reagan. The colorful 9-foot-tall Begins the Trail statue, which depicts a youthful Reagan atop a palomino, will be the centerpiece of a riverfront development planned in Dixon, Ill., Reagan's hometown. "His trail leads from Dixon to California, all the way to Washington, then back to California," said Reed, 57, who lives in Oregon, Ill., about 13 miles northeast of Dixon. .

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'Jolly Days' at Children's Museum beckons families

2006-11-23T02:06:00.000-08:00

For anyone with small children, the holidays are defined by a trip to "Jolly Days Winter Wonderland" at The Children's Museum, 3000 N. Meridian St. The annual tradition returns to the museum Friday and runs through Jan. 7. Kids can plop down on Santa's knee and whisper their wishes into his ear, then wiggle into burlap sacks and whiz down the Yule Slide, explore the Snow Castle and wrap up the fun at the cookie caf for . . . well. . . cookies. .

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Advocates aim to revive aircraft nose art

2006-11-21T02:06:00.000-08:00

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - There was a time when warriors who flew and maintained combat aircraft - particularly in the Army Air Corps and later the U.S. Air Force - were relatively free to adorn their flying machines with artwork proclaiming their daring-do, humor, history or admiration for a movie star or the girl back home. The golden age was World War II through the Korean War when pin-up girls, patriotism and bravado were routinely displayed. But that was more than 50 years ago. Today, the rules are much more restrictive, particularly for active duty flying units. Two retired members of the 116th Bomb Wing at Robins Air Force Base along with a pair of nationally recognized artists are hoping to change that. They want to revive what they believe is a largely misunderstood expression of unit morale and pride.

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Large crowd honors veterans at Sculpture Garden

2006-11-19T02:06:00.000-08:00

The sun shown brightly on perhaps 200 people assembled at the Living Memorial Sculpture Garden on Highway 97 last Saturday as Gina Fritzke sang the national anthem in a clear, sweet soprano and the names of 36 new Siskiyou County veterans added to the memorial wall were solemnly announced.One of the new additions was Marine Sgt. Brian Dunlap, a member of Major Kevin Charter's company in Iraq and the only one on the list killed in action. His mother was present to hear him honored.U.S. Marine Major Kevin Charter reminded attendees in his keynote address that Veterans Day is the original Armistice Day, marking a cease-fire that took place at the end of World War I &#8220at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month." .

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Dorothy's ruby slippers, scarecrow land at space museum

2006-11-17T02:07:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON Dorothy's ruby red slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have a new home -- at least temporarily. The new "Treasures of American History" exhibit opens tomorrow at the National Air and Space Museum. The display has about 150 objects from the National Museum of American History, which closed in September for renovation. Two of the original munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" gave their blessing today for the exhibit. Eighty-seven-year-old Jerry Maren sang "We wish to welcome you to Smithsonian Institute" to the tune of the infamous "Lollipop Guild" song. Maren played one of the "Lollipop Kids" in the 1939 movie. In addition to the "Oz" artifacts, the exhibit features many well-known objects from American political and cultural history. Some of the newest Smithsonian acquisitions on display are from the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.

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Mount Zion Township unveils sculpture at veterans monument

2006-11-13T02:10:00.000-08:00

MOUNT ZION - Just in time for Veterans Day, a sculpture depicting a soldier created by a local art teacher was put on display on Friday.Bob Dondeville, a Vietnam veteran and Mount Zion High School teacher, has been working several years to create a series of wax relief sculptures for a veterans monument and raise funds for their display.Dondeville initially had planned to donate the project to the school, but a conflict with the school board in March resulted in Mount Zion Township receiving the work instead. The township board agreed to display the project around an existing veterans monument at Main and Bell streets.Spence Monument Co. workers on Friday erected a pillar containing the first in Dondeville's series of sculptures cast in bronze. The plan is for five pillars to be placed around the central monument depicting scenes from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War.Owner Dan Spence said the company had worked on the original monument at the site a few years ago and cooperated with Dondeville to incorporate his sculptures seamlessly into the granite memorial.Mount Zion Township Trustee Ron Johnson said no taxpayer money was put toward the project, but he and the board were thankful Dondeville had chosen to share his art with the community."We feel very blessed and honored that he selected us to be able to display that," Johnson said.

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Lindsay Wildlife Museum charging teens to volunteer

2006-11-11T02:08:00.000-08:00

WALNUT CREEK - Feeding animals, cleaning cages and teaching others about critters at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum is fun and educational for teens who volunteer at the nonprofit facility. It's also costly. To help offset budget deficits racked up in the last two years, the civic-minded youths must pay $450 a year for the privilege of helping out at the museum, on top of a $65 annual family membership. The 592 percent increase in "interpretive guide" fees from $65 annually is excessive and could burden families with modest incomes or more than one child in the program, some say. Loren Behr, the museum's new director, said the increase is necessary to keep the teen program afloat. Besides, families would pay similar amounts for other activities such as music lessons, said Behr, who admits the museum needs volunteers to operate.

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Art for Art's Sake? No Thanks, Take the Money: Martin Gayford

2006-11-09T14:24:00.000-08:00

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- What makes a drip or more of paint worth tens of millions of dollars? Or, to put it another way, when is a puddle of pigment a Pollock? The question is prompted by two parallel stories. One concerns the sale last week -- according to the New York Times -- of Pollock's ``Number 5, 1948'' for about $140 million, making it the most expensive work of art ever known to have been traded. The other tale involves Teri Horton, a 73-year-old retired long-haul truck driver who bought a picture in a Californian thrift shop in 1993 for $5, and has been struggling to have it accepted as an authentic Modernist masterpiece almost ever since. Next week, a documentary about her experiences, ``Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?'' opens in New York.

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SEMA Show: Ice Sculpture Melts All Over Shrimp Skewers

2006-11-09T02:08:00.000-08:00

In between episodes of wheel-induced hypnosis and the shock of one too many airport quality "Hawaiian" shirts with '32 Fords all over them on one too many guys there were a few things that caught our eyes at SEMA. Somehow the ice sculptures were more interesting than the plethora of overwheeled and overstuffed project cars. Besides. The Toyopet has to be one of the better car names ever. Almost as good as the Starlet. – Mike Bumbeck Related: Freezing Camaro: Ice-Sculpture Concept at Canada Show [internal] .

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EDITORIAL: Moving the museum

2006-11-07T02:06:00.000-08:00

The Oren Dunn Museum board has an exciting vision of a museum that not only encapsulates Tupelo history for the homefolks, but also is a major draw for tourists. The current space and conditions at the museums Ballard Park location are insufficient for that vision to be realized. While the board would love to see a new, modern, state-of-the-art facility at Veterans Park or the current site cost is the big obstacle. But there are alternatives that would put spacious old buildings to use where the price tag might not be as prohibitive, given a healthy combination of private sector donations and public funding and grants. Among the suggestions is the old Carnation milk plant on appropriately Carnation Drive in the Mill Village area. The concrete structure, built in 1927, and its adjacent towering smokestack symbolize Tupelos industrial heritage.

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Sarasota: A refuge for art and animals

2006-11-05T02:06:00.000-08:00

The coastal town of 54,000 is home to the internationally recognized John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, a lively gallery scene and the biennial International Invitational Exhibition on Sarasota Bay. Author John Villani rates it No. 3 among cities with populations from 30,000-100,000 in his book "The 100 Best Art Towns in America." .

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Charles 'Buddy' Rogers sculpture to be unveiled in Cathedral City

2006-11-03T02:07:00.000-08:00

A sculpture of late actor Charles "Buddy" Rogers will be unveiled at 2 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Cathedral City Town Square, at the corner of Buddy Rogers Ave. and Pickfair St. Celebrity Monty Hall and Paramount Studios Ambassador, A.C. Lyles, will emcee. The Buddy Rogers Youth Symphony will play in concert. The sculpture was designed by late actor and friend, George Montgomery. It is valued at $150,000, and is a gift from Mrs. Beverly Rogers to the City of Cathedral City. .

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Salmon farming is a fine art in Norway

2006-10-30T02:08:00.000-08:00

BERGEN (NORWAY): The cold wind feels like a blunt knife scraping the face. And when Marine Express — a brown and white speedboat — moves into high gear, it only gets worse. But the officials of Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) taking us to a salmon farm near Austevoll group of islands look pleased. "It's the hottest October in these parts in a 100 years,"one of them says. And it doesn't worry him that it could be a sign of global warming. The speedboat drives past hundreds of picture postcard islands. We edge past old trading posts where liquor and fish were sold a century ago. The view for keeps. Breeding salmon is both pure science and fine art in these parts of fjord-filled Norway. At the farm, one sees salmon jump around in closed enclosures like playful dolphins.

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BALLWIN: Funding is approved for anniversary sculpture

2006-10-28T03:15:00.000-07:00

The Board of Aldermen has taken a step to celebrate the municipality's 50th anniversary about six years after the anniversary year. The board decided to spend $5,000 to buy a sculpture to be installed in Vlasis Park. The cost of the sculpture is $13,000, and $8,000 has been raised by three committees: Ballwin Days, 50th Anniversary and the Arts Commission. The artwork, to be done by Lyman Whitaker of Santa Fe, N.M., should be on display in the spring, said June Brown, a member of all three committees. Brown said the artwork will be "beautiful and pleasing." City Administrator Robert Kuntz said it "should bring a smile to everyone." .

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Wholesale lot 100 bicone 6MM 5301 Swarovski Crystal Beads 10 colors

2006-10-28T03:11:00.000-07:00

-Austrian Swarovski Crystal Beads -5301 BICONE 6mm Crystal Beads -What you will receive: +Quantity: 100 beads total. 10 beads of each color. +Size: 6mm. +Colors: Tanzanite, Crystal, Jet, Lt Azore, Hyacinth, Lt Colorado Topaz, Rose, Lime, Lt Sapphire, Lt Amethyst. (see color chart below for pictures) +Shape: Bicone.

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Oprah Speaks At Holocaust Museum Fundraiser

2006-10-26T03:06:00.000-07:00

(CBS) CHICAGO Oprah Winfrey is one of the most influential people in Chicago, and Wednesday she spoke out on one of the world's most horrific crimes in history: the Holocaust.CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports on the powerful and emotional lunchtime speech. "I was there one day, one day and I'm haunted by the memory," Winfrey said.Winfrey describes the Auschwitz death camp she visited last spring with Elie Wiesel, the author of the book titled "Night."The best-selling Holocaust memoir was chosen for the One Book, One Chicago program and was an Oprah Book Club selection.Three thousand people gathered to hear her speak at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum fundraiser."What I know for sure is those millions that did not survive want us to never forget the hopes that they sacrificed there on the killing grounds," said Winfrey.There were emotional accounts of ultimate sacrifice.

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Faculty art show

2006-10-24T03:06:00.000-07:00

What: The visual arts teachers from the nine high schools in the Glendale Union High School district are exhibiting their artwork at the Glendale Adult Center, 5970 W. Brown St. in Glendale, through Nov. 14. Background: Ninety-five works of art were created by the art, photography, and 3-D design teachers. The teachers will be at a reception open to the public from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily .

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The art of turning Saints into winners

2006-10-22T05:29:00.000-07:00

FIRST-TIME Premierleague management is wheedling few compromises out of Gus MacPherson. He elected not to comment on Rangers' domestic problems ahead of his St Mirren side hosting them today. Surely, though, MacPherson could not have envisaged going into the 11th league game of the season with a four-win tally that is the equal of Paul le Guen's men. "If someone said we would have won four games by now, we would have been delighted," he reflects. Life at Love Street does not leave MacPherson with much headroom to ponder upon happenings elsewhere. Moreover, he is canny enough to know that morsels to the media about the Ibrox club that he left at 17 would be given precedence over the remarkable restoration work he began at the Paisley club 17 years later. .

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Art contest: Drawings sought

2006-10-22T05:28:00.001-07:00

Central Indiana student-artists of all ages still have time to submit their best holiday drawing as the deadline for entries to the 2006 Bright House Networks Holiday Card contest has been extended to Oct. 30. A winner will be named for each of three categories Nov. 1. Categories include elementary (kindergarten through grade 5), middle school (grades 6 to 8) and high school (grades 9 to 12). .

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Beaverbrook art treasures were gifts, say witnesses

2006-10-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

FREDERICTON (CP) -- Colleagues and a relative of the late Lord Beaverbrook say the press baron intended to give, not lend, the great artworks that are housed in the New Brunswick art gallery that bears his name. Lawyers for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton called witnesses yesterday at an arbitration hearing that will rule on who actually owns roughly $100 million worth of paintings and sculptures that have been in the gallery since it opened in 1959. The Beaverbrook U.K. Foundation, an organization established by Beaverbrook to oversee his charitable works, is claiming that 133 of the most valuable artworks in the gallery are only on loan. A Beaverbrook grandson heads the foundation. But Beaverbrook's nephew, Allan Aitken on Montreal, told the hearing that the gallery was a labour of love for his uncle.

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Jewelry store sponsors art contest

2006-10-22T05:27:00.002-07:00

Robert Miller Fine Jewelry in Howell has a beautiful new look, thanks to some art students in Livingston County. The jewelry store, located at 4863 E. Grand River Ave., recently moved into a new location. Owner Robert Miller noticed that the open ceiling presented a noise problem, though, so he came up with a creative solution. .

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350+ Lots of Antiques and Fine Art from Local Estates at our ...

2006-10-22T05:27:00.001-07:00

Victorian Furniture: R.J. Horner Faux Bamboo Cheval Mirror; Mahogany Giant Paw Foot Pedestal Table w/ 5 Leaves (60"); Set of Six Carved Walnut High Style Dining Chairs; Set of Six Walnut Acan-thus Carved Chairs; Carved Mahogany Slant Top Desk (attrib. R.J. Horner); Several Walnut Hall Trees; Several Marbletop Center Tables; Davenport Desk, Marquetry inlaid Center Table, Carved Ma-hogany Hairy Paw Work Stand; Walnut Outside Stretcher Base Table; Small Parlor Safe; Ball & Claw Partners Desk; Walnut Cylinder Roll Desk; and much more. French Furniture: Mahogany Inlaid Bonheur Du Jour; 19th Mirror w/ carved Cherubs; Pr. Needle-point Upholstered Chairs; Carved Gilt Pedestal w/ Cherubs; Several Fancy Gilt Mirrors; Pr. Chippy White Marbletop Side Tables; Custom Marbletop Bombe Commode; Marble Top Stand; Marble Top Console Table; Chippy White Floral Swag Dresser; Iron Tassel Bench; and much more.

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The politics of art

2006-10-22T05:27:00.000-07:00

Artists Nick Hollibaugh, left, and Ben Watkins are vacating their Valley Street studio in December to make way for the American Locomotive Works, a luxury townhouse and condominum development. Critics of Providence's arts policy say the city favors economic development over the needs of artists and small businesses. The Providence Journal / Andrew Dickerman .

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Group art effort a thing of beauty

2006-10-22T05:26:00.002-07:00

No, we're not talking about the Michigan's Adventure amusement park, in Muskegon. We're talking about an amazing piece of art. Through a special grant from the Grand Rapids Foundation, seventh- and eighth-grade students designed, developed and created a sculpture and mural installation featuring the four seasons of Michigan. Each side of the free-standing sculpture features fun things to do and see in Michigan. The school art project began with research. "The students wrote letters to the Michigan Tourism Association to request brochures about the state," Burton Middle School art teacher Joanne Perko said. "We used the pictures in the brochures to help us brainstorm what we might want to include on the sculpture." Once the students determined what they wanted to highlight, they handpainted dozens of 6-inch tiles and fired them.

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Society: Taking wing: modern add to Art Institute

2006-10-22T05:26:00.001-07:00

The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879 and opened on its current site in 1893, built on rubble from the Great Chicago Fire. Its collection now contains more than 300,000 items spanning 5,000 years from cultures around the world. The museum is constructing its largest building ever, the 264,000-square-foot Modern Wing designed by acclaimed Italian architect Renzo Piano, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. On Friday, the Women's Board will sponsor the cleverly titled Edifice Complex dinner, saluting the architect with performances by members of Redmoon Theater. John H. Bryan, retired chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corp. and noted fund-raiser, is chairman of the board of trustees. When did plans take off for this new wing? We began back in the last millennium, when Jim Wood was president.

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Art calendar

2006-10-22T05:26:00.000-07:00

Monterey Museum of Art. The museum plans "A Farewell to Summer" celebration and wine tasting for its Third Thursday event, 5 to 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday) with appetizers prepared by Moveable Feast, wines by Blackstone Winery and the opening of "Through the Lens: Portraiture and Photography," with a special focus on Yousuf Karsh's portraits of celebrated individuals. "In Focus: Yousuf Karsh in Focus," includes Karsh's portraits of Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Albert Schweitzer, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Robert Mapplethorpe, Edward Weston, William Heick, Johan Hagemeyer, Ansel Adams and Alma Lavenson. Also opening is "Through the Lens: Photography and Portraiture," which includes images from the museum's permanent collection. Free. 5598 Pacific St., Monterey. Information: 372-5477, www.montereyart.org.

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'Town and Country' art by the Hornes

2006-10-22T05:25:00.000-07:00

"Town and Country," an exhibition of rural landscapes by Phyllis F. Horne and urban scenes by her daughter, Karen Horne, is on display through Nov. 11 at Horne Fine Art, 142 E. 800 South, Salt Lake City. The show, which recently closed at the Springville Museum of Art, includes more than 45 newly created paintings by the two artists and highlights their complementary subject matter and stylistic approaches. For more information, call 801-533-4200 or visit http://www.hornefine art.com. War and peace: Military-themed imagery from the U.S. Navy Art Collection and photographs of a Utah peace garden form an intriguing juxtaposition at the Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City. "Unseen Shores" features paintings of uniformed officers, enlisted men, fighter jets and submarines; it will continue until Jan.

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Real Talk - Art and business

2006-10-22T05:21:00.000-07:00

The historic, or should I say prehistoric, notion that the arts and business are not related to one another has been disproved across the nation and right here in our own Napa Valley.Much as the character of an individual is composed of the divided parts that include a productive body and the creative soul, the character of the community is also defined by the combined elements of economic vitality and the nature of its creative soul.As former Napa mayor Ed Henderson put it, "The Napa Valley is not just streets and highways. It has to have a heart and soul." As we might once have needed to visit Ashland, Carmel or San Francisco in order to partake in the visual or performing arts, we now have enough opportunities within our own Napa County to meet our cultural needs.Locally we are blessed with art studios, galleries and performing groups such as the Napa Valley Symphony that not only bring opportunities of rich pleasure to local residents, but also provide a key element of cultural enrichment to visiting tourists.

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