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Boca
Raton Museum of Art
501 Plaza Real, Mizner Park, Boca Raton, FL
33432
561-392-2500
info@bocamuseum.org
April 20 - June 13, 2010: Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred
Wertheimer
In 1956, a twenty-one-year-old Elvis Presley was at the beginning of his remarkable career. Up-and-coming photographer Alfred Wertheimer (American, 1929- ) was asked by Presley's new label, RCA Victor, to photograph the "Hillbilly Cat" rising star from Mississippi. Wertheimer traveled with Elvis Presley, capturing the unguarded moments in Elvis's life during that crucial year, a year that took him from Tupelo, Mississippi to the silver screen, and to the verge of international stardom and his crowning as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll." These Wertheimer classic images represent the only candid photos of Elvis ever taken. Shortly after, "the Colonel" restricted access to the young singer. From backstage to onstage, from piano benches to Harleys, from on-the-road to screaming fans, Elvis at 21 presents forty large-format photographs that chronicle with cinematic luminosity, a remarkable time when Elvis could sit alone at a drugstore lunch counter.
Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Werthheimer was developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Govinda Gallery, and the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, and is made possible through the generous support of History™.
April 20 - June 13, 2010
Rememberingstanleyboxer: A Retrospective 1946-2000
New York native Stanley Boxer (1926-2000) is best known for his large scale abstract paintings which have a rich sculptural quality produced by thick, impasto brushwork. This retrospective exhibition features 50 paintings and 13 sculptures dating from 1946 through 2000. Boxer's paintings were championed by American modernist critic Clement Greenberg (1906-1994), famous for his insistence that painters should eliminate subject matter in their work, aiming instead for the purity of abstraction. Boxer studied at the Art Students League and began exhibiting in New York in 1953. Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1975, and elected to the National Academy of Design in 1993, Boxer became one of America's most eminent mid-century abstract painters, with works now held by every major museum in America including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C.
Rememberingstanleyboxer: A Retrospective 1946-2000 is curated by Elizabeth Stevens, former Director of Exhibitions, Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York City. Accompanying catalogue is written by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Contributing Editor of Art New England magazine. Remembering Stanley Boxer will travel to The University of Richmond Museums, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond, Virginia, and the Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
June 22 - August 8, 2010
59th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition
As the state's oldest annual juried competition, over the years, the Museum's All Florida has introduced the work of thousands of Florida artists working in all media - emerging, under recognized and established younger and mid-career artists. The 59th All Florida Juried Exhibition reinforces the Museum's commitment to Florida artists, provides professional exhibition opportunities for talented artists, and reveals a provocative glimpse - through Florida artists' eyes - of the state-of-the-art today.
The contest and exhibition drew 1398 submissions from artists around the state. This year’s juror, Linda Norden, selected 91 artworks – paintings, sculpture, photography, videos and installations – by 80 artists.
The
Boca Raton Museum of Art is open Tuesday -
Friday 10am – 5pm; Saturday and Sunday 12pm
– 5pm. Please see “Visit” area on
the website for Admission information.
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