What: Group Show – “CONTEMPO TRIO”
Aaron Jasinski, Judy Poldi, Silvia Poloto
When: January 3 – February 10, 2008
Artists Reception:
Saturday, January 12th, 6-8pm
Where: Dezart One Gallery
2688 Cherokee Way (Cherokee Way & Matthew Dr.)
Palm Springs, CA
(760) 328-1440
View works by artists Kimberly Nichols, Elizabeth Stephenson and Jacque Tatum at the Desert Pride Center. Opening reception is January 12th, Saturday, from 7-9 p.m. Refreshments will be served. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the art will benefit the Desert Pride Center.
“LET’S FACE IT”
Larger-than-life
Hyper-realistic cutout wood portraits
By Karen & Tony Barone
Rancho Mirage Library Exhibition
December 2007 through March 2008
The portraits in this exhibition were executed mostly in 2002. In these works the Barones have paid a return visit to classical portraiture using elements of Italian Renaissance drawing. Using variations of sienna and umber the Barones have created large- scale photo-realistic portraits of the head and face only. Because the Barones consider themselves primarily sculptors, they uniquely execute the portraits on one-inch thick maple veneered wood using the natural wood grain and coloration as the medium ground.
The Barones describe this photorealism style of portraiture as “…not portraits of the subject, but rather portraits of a photograph of the subject.” Keeping one foot in the “artist as craftsman” tradition of 15th century Europe, the Barones carve away the silhouette, freeing the subject from its rigid rectilinear material. The unique combination of materials and hyper-realist execution allows them to gently and carefully place the other foot solidly in the contemporary art world.
PHOTO OPENING AT Modern Masters
December 19th
5-8:30 p.m.
Featuring artwork by:
David Blank
Christopher Cichocki
Sherri Breyer
Peter Gurnz
Tom Johnson
Kimberly Nichols
Yekaterina Yushmanova
73-200 El Paseo
Suite 3A
Palm Desert, CA.
ARTrageous Auction 2008 – A Contemporary Arts Auction at the Palm Springs Art Museum
Monday, January 28, 2008, 6:00 pm
Get ready for the eye-popping ARTrageous Auction 2008, sponsored by the Palm Springs Art Museum's Contemporary Art Council for the purpose of raising funds for acquisitions, programs and exhibitions. All who attend the evening will enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while viewing the museum-quality artwork. After a catered dinner the live auction will begin, conducted by noted auctioneer James G. Niven. The highly acclaimed artists in this auction include: Louise Bourgeois, Alex Katz, Jeff Koons, David Salle, Frank Stella and many others. Sharing the excitement of the heated bidding is part of the experience; it’s absolutely—ARTRAGEOUS! All works to be auctioned will be on exhibition in the Museum on January 25, 26 and 27.
The Auction is chaired by Myrna Kaplan and Audrey Strachan with Marilyn Loesberg for Art Acquisitions and Carol Frankel and Jeanne Levitt for Underwriting. For more information please call 760.322.4823.
On Saturday, November 17th from 7-10 p.m., M Modern Gallery will host a reception of artist Michael Dougherty's exhibition Season's Greetings. Michael Dougherty is an artist, writer and director making a name for himself in a diverse range of genres. Visit Dougherty's website for more information on his work.
