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International Art Treasures Web Magazine September 2004 |
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Athens, GeorgiaAugustus Saint-Gaudens:
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Title: Sherman Monument, Victory, 1897-1902 Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens Medium: Bronze Reduction, 1912 Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site, Cornish, N.H. Gift of Charles D. Norton, 1924 Image Courtesy: Georgia Museum of Art |
American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens
looked to classical sculpture to define his talent. He created Civil War Monuments to Shaw and to Sherman. Saint-Gaudens is the subject of an exhibition currently on display in Athens. Included are small bronze studies, plaster studies and relief painting. As a painter he was a forerunner of the modernist era, with his penchant for direct expression which was rarely found in late 19th Century American artists. |
Georgia Museum of Art at www.uga.edu/gamuseum
Bath, England
Jane Austen Film and Fashion Exhibition
throughout 2004
Museum of Costume, Bath
Title: Jane Austen Film and Fashion Exhibition
Image Courtesy: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Clothing used in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice are found alongside items used in the Oscar winning Sense and Sensibility that starred Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant.
The Museum of Costume is open daily from 11 am - 6 pm with the last admission at 5 pm.
Museum of Costume, Bath at www.museumofcostume.co.uk
Neenah, Wisconsin
The Other Side of the West
August 15 through October 10, 2004
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Mahler Gallery
Title: Black Elk & Jackson, 1994
Artist: Ben Wright
Image Courtesy: Bergstrom-Mahler Museum
The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, famous for its permanent glass collection, boasts over 3,000 pieces in its collection. Evangeline Hoystradt Bergstrom's glass collecting hobby formed the basis of the museum's collection. This was coupled with donations from her husband, John Nelson Bergstrom which included bequeathing his mansion to Neenah. The Museum is also a community arts center with classes, lectures and special events.
The Other Side of the West brings together 10 contemporary artists with a variety of styles and subject matter meant to "massage, twist, tweak and shatter" the traditional art of the west.
The artists are John Axton, Nelson Boren, JD Challenger, Anne Coe, David DeVary, J.E. Knauf, Bill Schenck, Maria Sharylen, Miquel Martinez, and Ben Wright.
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum at www.paperweightmuseum.com
Salzburg, Vienna
Eloquent Hands: The Meaning of Gesture in Painting
until November 1, 2004
Residenzgalerie Salzburg
People speak with their hands to illustrate their point, and this was captured by noted artists such as Caravaggio, Anton Maulbertsch, Bernardo Strozzi and Guercino, to name a few.
Adding movement moved the artwork to provide conservation to the art fan allowing their own interpretation of the artist's subject matter. This exhibit focuses on the use of hands via contemporary paintings, photographs and videos.