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SEASON OF THE ARTS
MATTHEW GELLER: Woozy Blossom, Jan. 7 through
April 29, 2012, Alice and Jim Beckwith Sculpture Park
Matthew Geller’s sculpture,
“Woozy Blossom,” to
be temporarily installed in
the Alice and Jim Beckwith
Sculpture Park, is a 16-foottall
tree form that spouts a
foggy mist from its branches,
inviting visitors to walk
under a canopy of moisture.
Geller’s outdoor works of
art are meant to engage the
public, offering individuals
the opportunity to become
participants instead of spectators.
Woozy Blossom’s mist
will change with every breeze
off the ocean, creating playful,
unexpected masses of
moist air around and under
the sculpture’s branches. The
sculptural mist fountain is on
loan from the Katonah Museum
of Art in Katonah, N.Y.
Matthew Geller’s “Woozy Blossom
(Platanus nebulosus),” is a temporary
installation in the Alice and Jim Beckwith
Sculpture Park at the Vero Beach
Museum of Art. The misting fountain
is on loan from the Katonah Museum
of Art. (2010, steel, water, copper,
pump. Photo by Margaret Fox)
BEYOND REALITY: Hyperrealism and American
Culture, Feb. 1 – May 13, 2012, Holmes Gallery
Beyond Reality will include works of American art that are
closely associated with the concept of photo-realism, and also
ultra-illusionistic paintings and sculpture that add an expressive
dimension to the viewer’s understanding of realism. The exhibition
will include works of art on loan from nationally recognized
artists, as well as museums and major private collections.
As a movement, hyperrealism spanned a broad range of
subject matter, materials, and stylistic variations in works of
art by sculptors such as Duane Hanson, Marc Sijan, John De
Andrea, and painters such as Richard Estes, Ralph Goings,
Davis Cone, and John Baeder. Beyond Reality will demonstrate
connections between contemporary American hyperrealism
and 20th-century material culture.
At one time hyperrealism seemed to be a style rooted in the
1970s, but the style is more popular than ever with museum
audiences.
CYCLE OF CHANGE: Tom Nakashima’s Treepile
Paintings, Feb. 18 – June 3, 2012, Schumann Gallery
Tom Nakashima’s Treepile
series of paintings began
when he unexpectedly
encountered a huge mound
of trunks and tree limbs near
rural Berryville, Va. This
strange and interesting form,
which became the basis for
his monumental painting,
“Stewart’s Sticks” (1999),
propelled him into creating
works that were neither
Tom Nakashima’s Treepile series
is based on tree trunks he saw in
Virginia.
purely representational nor
abstract. When Nakashima
later discovered other treepiles that were a byproduct of
rapid development in the suburban fringes of Washington,
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