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Eight from Florida
On view October 14, 2011 - January 1, 2012
An installation of works from the collection of The Mennello Museum of American Art, the collection of The City of Orlando, and works on loan from other private and public collections will be on view at The Mennello Museum of American Art on October 14, 2011. Eight from Florida will feature the works of Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Jose Bedia, Margaret Tolbert, Sandy Winters, Dan Gunderson, Leslie Neuman, and John Chamberlain. The artists represented in the exhibition have all created bodies of work while living in the state.
The Mennello Museum of American Art is excited to present large scale sculptures and interactive multi-media installations in this exhibit, inviting visitors to interact and experience the works in multiple ways.
Included will be artists Sandy Winters and Margaret Tolbert who are collaborating on a multi-media installation that will incorporate drawings, paintings, light projections, sculptural objects, sounds and motion. The images will explore Sandy Winters' very personal world where the natural and the man-made live in an uneasy alliance. Margaret Tolbert will take the museum visitor through the Florida aquifer and into the many springs that dot the state's landscape.
Dan Gunderson, known to many as a ceramic sculptor, has a new body of work which was greatly influenced by his young son. "Toys Are Us" is a ten foot high sculpture created from hundreds of children's toys and action figures such as Spider Man, Superman, and Kung Fu Panda. The figures are stacked, arranged, and attached to a metal armature and are somewhat reminiscent of the works created in the mid-60s when artists including Robert Rauschenberg and John Chamberlain were using "non-traditional" (found objects), to create new art forms.
FLA.ART Art by Florida artists from the Permanent & Private Collections
On view May 13 – September 25, 2011
On May 13th, The Mennello Museum of American Art will open the exhibit, "Florida Art" which celebrates local artists who were seminal to the Central Florida art scene.
During the next eight months, visitors to the museum will have an opportunity to view a strong and diverse collection of art. 'FLA.ART' will feature works from the collections of The Mennello Museum of American Art, The City of Orlando and several public and private collections.
The exhibit will be altered over the upcoming eight months, allowing the museum to show the evolution and changing face of Florida art as represented by the artists included in the collections. As a result the exhibit will remain fresh and exciting.
Curator Frank Holt has chosen to borrow works from several sources, giving artists representation in the exhibit by multiple works. This will allow the museum visitors to more fully appreciate the diversity and maturity of those artists included in the exhibit.
Featured Artists will include: Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, John Chamberlain, Nancy Jay, Cicero Greathouse, Que Throm, Robert Rivers, Cheryl Bogdanowitsch, Barbara Sorensen, Bob Eginton, Barbara Tiffany, Georgina Holt, Bob Kopec, Victor Bokas, John & Lynn Whipple, Randy & Cheryl Smith, Michael Galletta, Henry Sinn, Anita Wooten, Steve & Gretchen Lotz, Duncan McClellan, Purvis Young, Jose Bedia, Lynn Davison, Anna Tomczak and Margaret Tolbert and others.
1934: A NEW DEAL FOR ARTISTS
February 3, 2011 - May 1, 2011
Faced with tough economic times during the 1930s, American artists celebrated our nation's drive and determination. This exhibition recognizes the seventy-fifth anniversary of the federal Public Works
of Art Project. Lasting only six months, from mid-December 1933 to June 1934, the New Deal program employed artists during the Great Depression and encouraged them to depict the American Scene. Drawing on the American Art Museum/s unparalleled collection of paintings, this exhibition highlights fifty-six works ranging from portraits and city scenes to landscapes and images of rural life. Created by artists from across the United States, the paintings are a lasting record of America at a specific time and embody the countries hope for a brighter future.
1934: A New Deal for Artists is organized and circulated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with support from the William R, Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund and the Smithsonian Council for American Art. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum's traveling exhibition program "Treasures to Go".
MAURY HURT & GRADY KIMSEY
October 15, 2010 - January 30, 2011
Two of Central Florida’s ‘living treasures’ the exhibit will feature paintings by Maury Hurt and three dimensional assemblages by Grady Kimsey.
Curated by Frank Holt.
SACRED SPACES:
DEVOTIONAL IMAGES WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALEX HARRIS
October 15, 2010 – January 30, 2011
Beginning October 15, 2010 and running through January 30, 2011 the Mennello Museum of American Art is proud to exhibit Sacred Spaces: Devotional Images with Photography by Alex Harris. In this exhibition, a beautiful selection of 18th – 20th century devotional artworks including retablos (paintings on tin or wooden panels) and bultos (carvings in the round) from the nationally renowned Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s Hispanic Collection depict the faith of generations emerging in religious objects set in the background of everyday lives. Exploring the traditions, myths and history of Hispanic religious imagery, these small scale works and pieces of furniture speak to the delicate thread that connects us all: our humanity. Shown alongside the sacred imagery are a dramatic series of color photographs by respected American artist Alex Harris, the artist’s stunning photographs provide context for the religious objects, showing how they are used in everyday life, and the significance of a religious, cultural and artistic Hispanic tradition that goes back centuries and remains as prominent today as ever.
Sacred Spaces: Devotional Images with Photography by Alex Harris is a beautiful and powerfully moving exhibition that will educate the public about an important aspect of Hispanic art and culture, and the role of faith and spirituality in people’s lives.
Organized by Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
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