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Best of the West
04.11.07 - 09.09.07
ERNEST AND JEAN HAHN, ANNE AND KIRK DOUGLAS, AUGUSTA MORSE, ALEXANDRA AND SIDNEY SHELDON, AND GEORGE MONTGOMERY GALLERIES (DENNEY WESTERN AMERICAN ART WING)
From cowboys and Indians to landscapes and man-made environments, images of the American West are tangled in myth and reality. A variety of themes organized by subject matter and visual relationships invite visitors to forget about historic periods and styles and look at art in new ways. Fans of classic Western and Native American art can view these works alongside contemporary works.
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Bill Viola: The Crossing
10.17.07 - 12.23.07
OWENS GALLERY AND DISNEY GALLERY, ANNENBERG WING
Viola uses the communications media to create art that is direct and profound. In The Crossing, Viola has placed a large projection screen in the center of a darkened gallery. On both sides of this screen, a human form approaches the viewer from a deep distance. Once this figure of a man stops, the two natural elements of fire and water begin to appear on the screen. On one side, a small flame licks at the figure's feet, and on the other a small stream begins to drip and then pour on the figure's head.
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Desert Painters & Photographers
06.23.07 - 12.30.07
DENNEY WESTERN AMERICAN ART WING
The desert landscape has lured painters and photographers throughout the 20th century. Initially attracted to the mild winters, intense sunlight and changing landscape, artists captured the desert environment with a variety of perspectives. This exhibition presents artistic visions and expressions from majestic vistas to changed landscapes. By comparing pristine, uninhabited desert views in the first half of the century to the surrealist, inhabited scenes eroded by time and deterioration in the latter part of the century, the viewer is invited to contemplate the distinction between reality, the altered landscape and the impact of human presence on the land.
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John McLaughlin: The Tamarind Prints
05.17.07 - 11.04.07
JORGENSEN GALLERY
McLaughlin, a southern California artist, developed a distinctive style of abstraction referred to as "geometric Western abstraction." Inspired by his lifelong study of the art of Asia, he instilled in his art an Eastern sense of stillness and quietude. While he is often compared to Minimalists, McLaughlin belongs to an earlier generation as he developed his mature style of simplified geometric forms by 1948 - a decade before the emergence of Minimalism.
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Julius Shulman: Palm Springs
02.15.08 - 05.04.08
ANNENBERG WING
No single person has been a more definitive witness to the evolution of modern architecture in Southern California than the great photographer Julius Shulman. Shulman was not only present; he was, in fact, the narrator of this saga, telling the story to the world through his photographic documentation. Sensitive to light, structure and detail, Shulman captured the essential elements of the buildings he was shooting with beauty and masterful illustrative ability. His dazzling photographic work turned buildings into icons, giving us both an aesthetic and an historical record.
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Artists Council 39th National Juried Exhibition
11.06.07 - 12.23.07
The creative pulse of the art scene across the United States is represented by approximately of 50 works in a wide range of artistic media selected by juror Susan Parke, former executive director of the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, Washington.
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Artists Council Members Juried Exhibition
01.29.08 - 03.09.08
Featuring approximately 50 works in various media, this annual exhibition offers a view of members' current works selected by juror Mary Kay Stolz, Creative Director of the Film and Costume Design Advanced Study Program at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.
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2008 Fine Arts Creativity Awards Exhibition
03.15.08 - 05.04.08
Outstanding artworks by Coachella Valley high school and College of the Desert Students receive much deserved recognition in this juried exhibition. Works are selected to present a wide range of interpretations of a theme in a variety of media.
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