| North Gallery/South Gallery, Focus Gallery, Rattner: Contemporaries Gallery The North and South galleries, separated by a rotating 28-foot wall, feature the museum’s changing exhibitions which include traveling exhibitions, private collector’s exhibitions and interpretations of art of the 20th Century. The Focus Gallery and Rattner: Contemporaries Gallery host smaller exhibitions that change more frequently. |
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May 3 – July 19, 2009 Florida Artist Group:
58th Annual Exhibition
The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is pleased to host the Florida Artist Group (FLAG) 58th Annual Exhibition. Founded in 1949, FLAG is the oldest organization in Florida for practicing artists. Its mission, “to stimulate attainment of the highest standards of creative art within the State of Florida,” is shown in this exciting exhibition representing 90 artists in a variety of media. The group’s annual statewide exhibition and symposium is held each year in a different Florida city and cultural institution. The juror of this year’s show was the internationally acclaimed artist Sam Gilliam from Washington, D.C. Gilliam currently has works on display at Leepa and lectured at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in 2003 when his work was featured along with six other artists in the exhibition Expanding Expressions: Contemporary Prints from the Dorothy Mitchell Collection. Associated with the Washington Color Field Movement in the 1960s, Gilliam is known for his unique style of draped and suspended paintings. A national traveling exhibition entitled Sam Gilliam: a retrospective, was organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art and has toured in recent years. After a day of studying the art in the exhibition and attending the FLAG symposium, Gilliam selected the artists for awards that reflect both merit and the enduring history of the FLAG organization:
Learn more about Florida Artist Group. |
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Focus Gallery Sam Gilliam (American, b. 1933) Bay to Bay #1, 1994 Screenprint, 34” x 28 3/4” |
Through June 28 Sam Gilliam: Works in the Permanent Collection from the Dorothy Mitchell Collection On view through Sunday, June 28 In recognition of artist Sam Gilliam (American, b. 1933) as Juror of Awards for the Florida Artist Group’s 58th Annual Exhibition, the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is pleased to showcase three works from our permanent collection as a related exhibition. The works are from the Dorothy Mitchell collection of contemporary prints gifted to the Leepa- Rattner Museum of Art in 2006 and created by Gilliam in 1994 at Berghoff-Cowden Editions, Tampa, as part of a collaborative print atelier in experimental screenprinting. July 5-Aug. 30Triptychs by the Plein Air Cottage Artists The three Plein Air Cottage Artists of Indian Rocks Beach share their creative talents to document the rapidly disappearing historic cottages along the Gulf Coast. Their interest in history was acknowledged in 2007 when they received the Florida State Preservation Award, the only one ever awarded to an artists’ group. The four triptychs in the exhibition include a panel done by each of the artists: Violetta, Mary Rose Holmes and Helen Tilston. |
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Rattner:
Contemporaries
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Through Sunday, Nov. 8 Artists of the Hamptons: Selections from the Benjamin and Jean Gollay Collection This exhibition includes 11 works by artists who lived in the Hamptons on the eastern tip of Long Island. From the 1950s to the 1970s, Benjamin Gollay, a New York City attorney who had a home in East Hampton, was introduced to many artists of the Hamptons through his friend, famed art critic Harold Rosenberg. Benjamin Gollay and his wife Jean befriended these artists and he often provided legal advice in exchange for artwork. Over time, the Gollays amassed a collection that represents many of the important stylistic directions of American abstract expressionism and the New York School. Works by artists Ilya Bolotowsky, Dorothy Dehner, Elaine de Kooning, Robert DeNiro Sr., Ibram Lassaw, Robert Motherwell, Milton Resnik, Syd Solomon, and Hedda Sterne, as well as two works by Abraham Rattner from the museum’s collection, complete the exhibition. The museum extends a special thank you to Jean Gollay for sharing these wonderful works with our audiences. |
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Upcoming Exhibitions 2009 Aug. 2-30 The Visual Arts Faculty of
St. Petersburg College The museum welcomes an exhibition of artwork created by the visual arts faculty of St. Petersburg College. This exhibition focuses on the commitment of the art faculty to nurture arts education while establishing high standards of professional artistic development. A closing reception for the artists is Sunday, Aug. 30 at 3 p.m. Sept. 13-Nov. 8 Arnold Newman: One World/One People Past Exhibition Highlights |
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