BEST OF THE WEST: BEYOND THE WEST
openings / exhibits / events / auctions INDIANA Talk of the Town Well-known art show attracts top artists and collectors INDIANAPOLIS * Hundreds of
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Sep 01, 2008
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INDIANA
Talk of the Town
Well-known art show attracts top artists and collectors
INDIANAPOLIS * Hundreds of art collectors and enthusiasts venture to Indianapolis this month for the third annual Quest for the West art show and fixed-price sale at the Eiteljorg Museum. Visitors can see artwork celebrating the West by 50 artists, including Tim Cherry, Robert Griffing, Daniel Smith, Nathan Solano, Peter Nisbet, Jacob Pfeiffer, Sherry Salari Sander, Roseta Santiago and Curt Walters. The art-filled weekend begins on Friday, September 5, with a preview and opening reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. featuring the wildlife art of Daniel Smith, who was last year`s Quest Artist of Distinction. The festivities continue on Saturday, September 6, with lectures, demonstrations by Curt Mattson and John Fawcett, silent auctions, a panel discussion, and a Quick Draw and art sale. The day comes to a close with a banquet and awards ceremony beginning at 7:30 p.m. The show officially opens to the public on Sunday, September 7, and all unsold art remains on display and available for purchase through October 5. For more information: 317.636.9378 or www.eiteljorg.org.
NEW YORK
Quiet Drama of Nature
NEW YORK * New paintings by Tracey Lane hang at Coda Gallery beginning September 27. Lane`s paintings often feature lone trees against abstracted backgrounds. "I am most inspired by the quiet drama of nature; trees bending towards the light, silent reflections, sunlight breaking through clouds," she has said. An opening reception takes place on Saturday, September 27, from 3 to 6 p.m. For more information: 212.334.0407 or www. codagallery.com.
Pastels Everywhere
NEW YORK * The 36th annual Pastel Society of America exhibition takes place September 5-20 at the National Arts Club. The juried exhibition features over $20,000 in prizes and more than 200 pastel paintings by participating artists. Every year the show inducts a member of the PSA into the Hall of Fame; this year`s honoree is Colorado artist Doug Dawson, a founding board member of the Art Students League of Denver. For more information: 212.533.6931 or www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org.
WISCONSIN
For the Birds
WAUSAU * The 33rd annual Birds in Art show opens on September 6 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. The show features 126 works by 113 painters from around the world. This year`s Master Wildlife Artist is James Morgan, who has 11 paintings and four drawings included in the show. The Utah artist has participated in the event for 23 years. The show is accompanied by a color catalog and is on display through November 9. For more information: 715.845.7070 or www.lywam.org.
VERMONT
A Celebration of Light
BENNINGTON * More than 60 paintings by signature members of the Plein Air Painters of America are on view at the Bennington Center for the Arts beginning September 20. Artists included in the show are Ned Mueller, Ken Auster, Scott Burdick, Joan M. LaRue, Jean LeGassick, and Ralph Oberg. For more information: 802.442.7158 orwww.benningtoncenterforthearts.org.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Blown-Glass Beauty
COLUMBIA * Dale Chihuly: Seaforms opens September 5 at the Columbia Museum of Art. The exhibition includes 35 glassworks and sketches from Chihuly`s Seaforms series, which was created during the 1980s and 1990s. He is known for revolutionizing the studio glass movement by introducing the idea of artists working in teams, rather than alone, throughout the creative process. Chihuly`s works are in more than 225 museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre in Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. For more information: 803.799.2810 or www.columbiamuseum.org.
SIDEBAR
IN THE NEWS The 35th annual Prix de West show and sale sold more than $4 million in artwork during its opening weekend June 13-14. Morgan Weistling won the Prix de West Purchase Award for his painting INDIAN STORIES. The Robert Lougheed Award for best display of three or more works went to Christopher Blossom. The minimum-bid sale grossed $727,688, including $406,000 for TRAPPERS IN THE WIND RIVER by Martin Grelle, $82,501 for William Acheff`s DESIGN PAINTER, and $65,189 for TIERS OF THE MERCED by Dennis Doheny, which also received the Frederic Remington Painting Award. HEADED FOR HIGH COUNTRY by Tim Shinabarger won the James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award. HALLS OF THE MOUNTAIN KING by Greg Beecham won the Wildlife Art Award, and Craig Tennant`s A DISTANT BUGLE won the Buyers` Choice Award.... James G. Moore`s sculpture SEPTEMBER SONG took the Best of Show award at the Sculpture in the Hills show in Hill City, SD, which unfolded in June.
mark your calendar DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON * Martin Puryear. A retrospective of sculpture by Puryear is on view at the National Gallery of Art (202.737.4215, www. nga.gov) through September 28. FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG * Salvador Dal铆. The Salvador Dal铆 Museum (727.823.3767, www.salvadordali museum.org) presents Women: Dali`s View, an exhibition featuring paintings, drawings, and prints of the female form, on display through September 21. GEORGIA ATLANTA * New Works. Bennett Street Gallery (404.352.8775, www.bennettstgallery.com) presents a group show featuring new works by Rodney Hatfield, Christy Kinard, and Brigitte McReynolds beginning September 12. CARTERSVILLE * Western Art. The Booth Western Art Museum (770.387.1300, www. boothmuseum.org) presents an exhibition of western art in Western American Art South of the Sweet Tea Line II, on display through November 30. ILLINOIS EVANSTON * American Indian Art. A new exhibition featuring both traditional and contemporary American Indian art opens September 27 at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian (847.475.1030, www. mitchellmuseum.org). KANSAS MANHATTAN * Diverse Works. StreckerNelson Gallery (785.537.2099, www.streckernelsongallery.com) presents a group show featuring sculpture and paintings by Don Osborn, Steve Scott, Don Lind, and others, on display until September 27. LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS * Billy Hassell. A solo show of paintings by Hassell is on display until September 27 at LeMieux Galleries (504.522.5988, www.lemieuxgalleries.com). Latin American Art. An exhibition of paintings by Fernando Botero is on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art (504.488.2631, www. noma.org) through September 21. MAINI PORTLAND * American Menagerie. The Portland Museum of Art (207.775.6148, www. portlandmuseum.org) presents an exhibition of 25 works dedicated to animals in American art, on display through November 9. MASSACHUSETTS DENNIS * Aicten Lassell Ripley. A retrospective of Ripley`s art is on display at the Cape Cod Museum of Art (508.385.4477, www.ccmoa. org) through October 5. ORLEANS * Cttyscapes. A group show titled Picturing the City is on display at Tree`s Place Gallery (508.255.1330, www.treesplace.com) until September 11 and features works by John Cosby, Sam Vokey, Loretta Feeney, Donny Finley, and Roderick O`Flaherty. NEBRASKA OMAHA * Ken Peterson. A solo show featuring sculpture by Peterson takes place September 5-30 at Adam Whitney Gallery (402.393.1051, www.adamwhitney.com). NEW JERSEY CHESTER * Birjta Kappe/Lili Anne Laurin. A two-person show featuring works by Kappe and Laurin opens September 27 at Highlands Art Gallery (908.879.1610, www.highlandsartgallery.com). NEW YORK NEW YORK * Eddit Kennedy/John Noel-Smith. J. Cacciola Gallery (212.462.4646, www.jcacciola gallery.com) presents a two-person show September 4-29 featuring works by Kennedy and Noel-Smith. Iain Faulkner. A one-man show featuring works by Faulkner opens September 11 at Eleanor Ettinger Gallery (212.925.7474, www.eegallery. com) and continues until October 12. Jane Bloodgood-Abrams. A solo show featuring landscape paintings by Bloodgood-Abrams takes place at DFN Gallery (212.334.3400, www.dfngallery.com) September 4-27. John Ftlslng. A solo show of works by Felsing hangs at Gerald Peters Gallery (212.628.9760, www.gpgallery.com) September 4-25. Lynn Goldsmith. Jenkins Johnson Gallery (212.629.0707, www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com) hosts a solo show of works by Goldsmith throughout the month. Original Books. A summer show featuring black-and-white photographs by Morten Andersen, Jens liebchen, Keizo Kitajima, Gabriele Basilico, and John Gossage is on display through September 6 at Cohen Amador Gallery (212.759.6740, www.cohenamador.com). Pamela Sitybel. Recent landscape paintings by Sztybel hang at Spanierman Gallery (212.832.0208, www.spanierman.com) from September 4 through October 4. Sheila Metzner. A retrospective exhibition of Metzner`s photography taken over the past 40 years is on display from September 3 through October 4 at the School of Visual Arts (212.592.2000.www.schoolofvisualarts.edu). NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE * Scott Upton. Mixed-media paintings by Upton hang throughout the month at Center of the Earth Gallery (704.375.5756, www.centeroftheearth.com). RALEIGH * Jennifer O`Connell/EdwardTrask. Adam Cave Fine Art (919.838.6692, www. adamcavefineart.com) presents a two-person show titled Inside Outside featuring works by O`Connell and Trask from September 12 through October 14. OKLAHOMA EDMOND * Figurative Works. A solo show featuring figurative paintings by Lisa HomanConger opens September 11 at Shadid Fine Art (405.341.9023, www.shadidfineart.com). TULSA * Object Project. The Philbrook Museum of Art (918.749.7941, www.philbrook.org) presents Object Project, an exhibition featuring 15 contemporary painters, on display until September 21. SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON * Dutch Masters. Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery (843.722.3660, www.ellarichardson.com) presents a show of works from contemporary Dutch masters September 5-19. HILTON HEAD ISLAND * Dan McCaw. New works by McCaw debut September 19 at Morris & Whiteside Galleries (843.842.4433, www.morris-whiteside.com). SOUTH DAKOTA SIOUX FALLS * Indian Art Market. Sinte Gleska University hosts the 21st annual Northern Plains Indian Arts Market (605.856.8193, www.npiam. org ) which takes place September 25-28.
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INDIANA
Talk of the Town
Well-known art show attracts top artists and collectors
INDIANAPOLIS * Hundreds of art collectors and enthusiasts venture to Indianapolis this month for the third annual Quest for the West art show and fixed-price sale at the Eiteljorg Museum. Visitors can see artwork celebrating the West by 50 artists, including Tim Cherry, Robert Griffing, Daniel Smith, Nathan Solano, Peter Nisbet, Jacob Pfeiffer, Sherry Salari Sander, Roseta Santiago and Curt Walters. The art-filled weekend begins on Friday, September 5, with a preview and opening reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. featuring the wildlife art of Daniel Smith, who was last year`s Quest Artist of Distinction. The festivities continue on Saturday, September 6, with lectures, demonstrations by Curt Mattson and John Fawcett, silent auctions, a panel discussion, and a Quick Draw and art sale. The day comes to a close with a banquet and awards ceremony beginning at 7:30 p.m. The show officially opens to the public on Sunday, September 7, and all unsold art remains on display and available for purchase through October 5. For more information: 317.636.9378 or www.eiteljorg.org.
NEW YORK
Quiet Drama of Nature
NEW YORK * New paintings by Tracey Lane hang at Coda Gallery beginning September 27. Lane`s paintings often feature lone trees against abstracted backgrounds. "I am most inspired by the quiet drama of nature; trees bending towards the light, silent reflections, sunlight breaking through clouds," she has said. An opening reception takes place on Saturday, September 27, from 3 to 6 p.m. For more information: 212.334.0407 or www. codagallery.com.
Pastels Everywhere
NEW YORK * The 36th annual Pastel Society of America exhibition takes place September 5-20 at the National Arts Club. The juried exhibition features over $20,000 in prizes and more than 200 pastel paintings by participating artists. Every year the show inducts a member of the PSA into the Hall of Fame; this year`s honoree is Colorado artist Doug Dawson, a founding board member of the Art Students League of Denver. For more information: 212.533.6931 or www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org.
WISCONSIN
For the Birds
WAUSAU * The 33rd annual Birds in Art show opens on September 6 at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. The show features 126 works by 113 painters from around the world. This year`s Master Wildlife Artist is James Morgan, who has 11 paintings and four drawings included in the show. The Utah artist has participated in the event for 23 years. The show is accompanied by a color catalog and is on display through November 9. For more information: 715.845.7070 or www.lywam.org.
VERMONT
A Celebration of Light
BENNINGTON * More than 60 paintings by signature members of the Plein Air Painters of America are on view at the Bennington Center for the Arts beginning September 20. Artists included in the show are Ned Mueller, Ken Auster, Scott Burdick, Joan M. LaRue, Jean LeGassick, and Ralph Oberg. For more information: 802.442.7158 orwww.benningtoncenterforthearts.org.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Blown-Glass Beauty
COLUMBIA * Dale Chihuly: Seaforms opens September 5 at the Columbia Museum of Art. The exhibition includes 35 glassworks and sketches from Chihuly`s Seaforms series, which was created during the 1980s and 1990s. He is known for revolutionizing the studio glass movement by introducing the idea of artists working in teams, rather than alone, throughout the creative process. Chihuly`s works are in more than 225 museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre in Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. For more information: 803.799.2810 or www.columbiamuseum.org.
SIDEBAR
IN THE NEWS The 35th annual Prix de West show and sale sold more than $4 million in artwork during its opening weekend June 13-14. Morgan Weistling won the Prix de West Purchase Award for his painting INDIAN STORIES. The Robert Lougheed Award for best display of three or more works went to Christopher Blossom. The minimum-bid sale grossed $727,688, including $406,000 for TRAPPERS IN THE WIND RIVER by Martin Grelle, $82,501 for William Acheff`s DESIGN PAINTER, and $65,189 for TIERS OF THE MERCED by Dennis Doheny, which also received the Frederic Remington Painting Award. HEADED FOR HIGH COUNTRY by Tim Shinabarger won the James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award. HALLS OF THE MOUNTAIN KING by Greg Beecham won the Wildlife Art Award, and Craig Tennant`s A DISTANT BUGLE won the Buyers` Choice Award.... James G. Moore`s sculpture SEPTEMBER SONG took the Best of Show award at the Sculpture in the Hills show in Hill City, SD, which unfolded in June.
mark your calendar DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON * Martin Puryear. A retrospective of sculpture by Puryear is on view at the National Gallery of Art (202.737.4215, www. nga.gov) through September 28. FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG * Salvador Dal铆. The Salvador Dal铆 Museum (727.823.3767, www.salvadordali museum.org) presents Women: Dali`s View, an exhibition featuring paintings, drawings, and prints of the female form, on display through September 21. GEORGIA ATLANTA * New Works. Bennett Street Gallery (404.352.8775, www.bennettstgallery.com) presents a group show featuring new works by Rodney Hatfield, Christy Kinard, and Brigitte McReynolds beginning September 12. CARTERSVILLE * Western Art. The Booth Western Art Museum (770.387.1300, www. boothmuseum.org) presents an exhibition of western art in Western American Art South of the Sweet Tea Line II, on display through November 30. ILLINOIS EVANSTON * American Indian Art. A new exhibition featuring both traditional and contemporary American Indian art opens September 27 at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian (847.475.1030, www. mitchellmuseum.org). KANSAS MANHATTAN * Diverse Works. StreckerNelson Gallery (785.537.2099, www.streckernelsongallery.com) presents a group show featuring sculpture and paintings by Don Osborn, Steve Scott, Don Lind, and others, on display until September 27. LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS * Billy Hassell. A solo show of paintings by Hassell is on display until September 27 at LeMieux Galleries (504.522.5988, www.lemieuxgalleries.com). Latin American Art. An exhibition of paintings by Fernando Botero is on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art (504.488.2631, www. noma.org) through September 21. MAINI PORTLAND * American Menagerie. The Portland Museum of Art (207.775.6148, www. portlandmuseum.org) presents an exhibition of 25 works dedicated to animals in American art, on display through November 9. MASSACHUSETTS DENNIS * Aicten Lassell Ripley. A retrospective of Ripley`s art is on display at the Cape Cod Museum of Art (508.385.4477, www.ccmoa. org) through October 5. ORLEANS * Cttyscapes. A group show titled Picturing the City is on display at Tree`s Place Gallery (508.255.1330, www.treesplace.com) until September 11 and features works by John Cosby, Sam Vokey, Loretta Feeney, Donny Finley, and Roderick O`Flaherty. NEBRASKA OMAHA * Ken Peterson. A solo show featuring sculpture by Peterson takes place September 5-30 at Adam Whitney Gallery (402.393.1051, www.adamwhitney.com). NEW JERSEY CHESTER * Birjta Kappe/Lili Anne Laurin. A two-person show featuring works by Kappe and Laurin opens September 27 at Highlands Art Gallery (908.879.1610, www.highlandsartgallery.com). NEW YORK NEW YORK * Eddit Kennedy/John Noel-Smith. J. Cacciola Gallery (212.462.4646, www.jcacciola gallery.com) presents a two-person show September 4-29 featuring works by Kennedy and Noel-Smith. Iain Faulkner. A one-man show featuring works by Faulkner opens September 11 at Eleanor Ettinger Gallery (212.925.7474, www.eegallery. com) and continues until October 12. Jane Bloodgood-Abrams. A solo show featuring landscape paintings by Bloodgood-Abrams takes place at DFN Gallery (212.334.3400, www.dfngallery.com) September 4-27. John Ftlslng. A solo show of works by Felsing hangs at Gerald Peters Gallery (212.628.9760, www.gpgallery.com) September 4-25. Lynn Goldsmith. Jenkins Johnson Gallery (212.629.0707, www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com) hosts a solo show of works by Goldsmith throughout the month. Original Books. A summer show featuring black-and-white photographs by Morten Andersen, Jens liebchen, Keizo Kitajima, Gabriele Basilico, and John Gossage is on display through September 6 at Cohen Amador Gallery (212.759.6740, www.cohenamador.com). Pamela Sitybel. Recent landscape paintings by Sztybel hang at Spanierman Gallery (212.832.0208, www.spanierman.com) from September 4 through October 4. Sheila Metzner. A retrospective exhibition of Metzner`s photography taken over the past 40 years is on display from September 3 through October 4 at the School of Visual Arts (212.592.2000.www.schoolofvisualarts.edu). NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE * Scott Upton. Mixed-media paintings by Upton hang throughout the month at Center of the Earth Gallery (704.375.5756, www.centeroftheearth.com). RALEIGH * Jennifer O`Connell/EdwardTrask. Adam Cave Fine Art (919.838.6692, www. adamcavefineart.com) presents a two-person show titled Inside Outside featuring works by O`Connell and Trask from September 12 through October 14. OKLAHOMA EDMOND * Figurative Works. A solo show featuring figurative paintings by Lisa HomanConger opens September 11 at Shadid Fine Art (405.341.9023, www.shadidfineart.com). TULSA * Object Project. The Philbrook Museum of Art (918.749.7941, www.philbrook.org) presents Object Project, an exhibition featuring 15 contemporary painters, on display until September 21. SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON * Dutch Masters. Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art Gallery (843.722.3660, www.ellarichardson.com) presents a show of works from contemporary Dutch masters September 5-19. HILTON HEAD ISLAND * Dan McCaw. New works by McCaw debut September 19 at Morris & Whiteside Galleries (843.842.4433, www.morris-whiteside.com). SOUTH DAKOTA SIOUX FALLS * Indian Art Market. Sinte Gleska University hosts the 21st annual Northern Plains Indian Arts Market (605.856.8193, www.npiam. org ) which takes place September 25-28.
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