“Every three years artists from across the country are invited to investigate the art of portrayal. This competition and resulting exhibition “The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today” will showcase excellence and innovation with a strong focus on the variety of portrait media used by artists today.”
The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today
Until January 8, 2017
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
8th St NW & F St NW, Washington, DC
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I really liked this exhibit (First Friday, Dec 2, 2016) and wished that I had had the time to really sit with the work. What struck me later on that evening was that sense of the work stayed with me. The visuals translated into a feeling, which is what you want to happen and it lingered on for hours. So I will return for 3rd Friday and take my time.
Some but not all of her work is reminisces of the 1960’s early 70’s as if I had accidently found myself in Bolinas CA, which was the only way I could find the place (by accident). Take a look at Sara’s site, Sara Reinstein Becker, or go to the Exhibit there is much more to see than Love.
One challenge that I have with First Friday’s in Phoenix, is that there is not enough time to settle down and give it a think, about what it is I’m seeing or listening to. There are a lot of good artists to see and sneakers don’t help.
Bobby Lee Krajnik: Immediately on entering the Olney Gallery you are welcomed and surrounded by a sincere sense of Joy. There are colors everywhere I looked and with the feeling that I had just magically relieved myself of any stress that I accumulated during the course of the day. There was the hum of excitement. It was a good place to be.
“It is very important to me that my work e positive and uplifting to those who view it. I want to bring a smile to people’s faces, make them chuckle or just feel a little lighter for having viewed my work. If I can make the world a little brighter then my work is done.” Bobby Lee Kranjnik
Bobby’s work will be on view at the Olney Galley, Trinity Cathedral for the rest of December 2016. Perfect spot to lift your spirit afternoon after Christmas shopping. The Olney Gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. For more information, please call 602-254-7126 Olney Galley, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 100 West Roosevelt Street Phoenix Arizona 85003
“The greatest French follower of Caravaggio (1571–1610), Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632) was also one of the outstanding artists in 17th-century Europe.” This exhibition brings together 45 of his paintings.
“Although he is not well known to the general public, Valentin has long been admired by those with a passion for Caravaggesque painting. His work was a reference point for the great realists of the 19th century, from Courbet to Manet, and his startlingly vibrant staging of dramatic events and the deep humanity of his figures, who seem touched by a pervasive melancholy, make his work unforgettable.”
Valentin de Boulogne: Beyond Caravaggio
Until January 16, 2017
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
(Image: “Saint John the Baptist”, ca. 1613–14, Oil on canvas Valentin de Boulogne, French)
BTW – Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s work, is often described as “Baroque”. Ok. I just describe him as vibrant, passionate, fierce. One of my favorites.
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50 years ago Duke Ellington and his band were invited to perform his concert along with the Trinity Cathedral Choir at the Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona. Last night I got to see an extraordinary and delightful performance in celebration of that event, performed by the Phoenix Chorale and the Mesa Community College Performing Arts Center Jazz Ensemble.
There is one more concert in the Phoenix Area today if you can get tickets, GO! a Lovely way to spend a Sunday. Tickets
From the Olney Gallery about this exhibit: The paintings of local favorite Bob Martin and the prints and paintings of emerging artist Louis Giordano combine for a show filled with people and places. Martin has an incredible perception for capturing expressions and creating memorable visions that resonate with the viewer. According to Martin, “An artist has a relatively short period of time to create a bold and provocative interaction with an audience.”
Giordano’s work invites the viewer to contemplate what story is behind his imagery. He states, “I believe that art should do more than simply represent reality.” Giordano has been featured at the Mesa Arts Center, The Eric Fischl Gallery, and Gallery Glendale at Westgate.”
London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, and Kitaj is a presentation at the Getty Center in Los Angeles that “ highlights the work of six of the leading artists who revolutionized and reinvigorated figurative painting in the later 20th century”… the artists of the “School of London” rejected contemporary art’s preoccupation with abstraction and conceptualism in favor of the human figure and everyday landscape.”
London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Andrews, Auerbach, and Kitaj
Until November 13, 2016
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Getty Center Drive and Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
(Image: Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1966, Francis Bacon, oil on canvas)
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“P.S. Art is an annual celebration of achievement in the arts in New York City public schools. This juried exhibition of the work of talented young artists showcases the creativity of 90 prekindergarten through grade 12 students from all five boroughs and includes paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, mixed-media works, collages, and drawings. Each piece demonstrates personal expression, imaginative use of media, the results of close observation, and an understanding of artistic processes.”
P.S. Art 2016: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids
Until October 23, 2016
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
( Image: Cyra Cupid (Age 16, Grade 11). Faces of Youth, 2016. Acrylic on canvas)
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“Stuart Davis (1892–1964) ranks as a preeminent figure in American modernism. With a long career that stretched from the early twentieth century well into the postwar era, he brought a distinctively American accent to international modernism.”
“With approximately 100 works, from the paintings of tobacco packages and household objects of the early 1920s to the work left on his easel at his death in 1964, In Full Swing will highlight Davis’s unique ability to assimilate the imagery of popular culture, the aesthetics of advertising, the lessons of Cubism, and the sounds and rhythms of jazz into works that hum with intelligence and energy.“
“In Full Swing: The Art of Stuart Davis”
Until September 25, 2016
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street, NYC 10014
(Image: “Fin”, 1962–64. Casein and masking tape on canvas)
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The Dallas Museum of Art offers 140 photographs by Irving Penn, (1917–2009), the first retrospective in twenty years.
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty showcases “one of the best-known American photographers of the 20th century. In a career that spanned almost seventy years, Penn worked on professional and artistic projects across multiple genres. He was a master of both black-and-white and color photography, and he was key to the revival of platinum printing in the 1960s and 1970s.”
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty – Until August 14, 2016
DMA / Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas
(Image: Irving Penn, “Sitting Enga Woman”))
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