ARTS & CULTURE
GALLERY SCENE Presented by the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County Expressions of Spring For many of us spring signifies rebirth, renewal and hope and to celebrate spring, Dabbert Gallery will open “Expressions of Spring,” an exhibit that allows each artist to express renewal or an awakening. Five Florida artists will be featured in the exhibit, which opens May 2. The artists are Luke Steadman, Nancy Turner, Willem Jerdon and Jeff Cornell. Luke Steadman, a Ringling grad and most recent artist to join the Dabbert Gallery, has a quiet and contemplative style. "As an artist I want to reveal the unnoticed adventure underlying the routine of daily life,” says Steadman. “Art is the means by which I attempt to awake others to natural beauty." Nancy Turner’s imagery (left) is about the stresses that women experience as a result of societal restrictions of their personal liberty. Willem Jerdon creates authentic nudes and sensuous, compelling still-life paintings and Jeff Cornell uses soft pastel pigments and meticulously blends to create dream-like imagery of superb figurative realism. Of her work, artist Beatrice del Perugia says, “My offbeat way of seeing things makes me laugh. I hope it makes you wonder and smile." Dabbert Gallery | May 2 - 31 | 76 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236 | www.dabbertgallery.com
Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World You can see famous works of art by Charles Courtney Curran, Honoré Daumier, Philip de László, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani and Pablo Picasso at the Ringling Museum May through August, but you may be surprised at who painted them. The exhibition “Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World” displays the works of five of the most notorious art forgers from the 20th century to the present. Sixty pieces of art will be displayed as well as some of the original works the forgers copied. “This exhibition is unique because it is organized around the individual forgers in an attempt to explore what motivated them to produce their deceptions,” said Chris Jones, associate curator for exhibitions at The Ringling. “We get a feel for their personal nar-
as well as understanding how advances in technology are aiding art
ratives and points of view and that provides a fascinating context
professionals in identifying authenticity, this exhibition brings to light
for the works themselves.”
the serious implications of these con artists’ intent to deceive. All of
The forgers, Han van Meegeren, Elmyr de Hory, Eric Hebborn,
the forgers fooled the experts by mastering techniques of the artists
John Myatt and Mark Landis were all unable to make a career
they copied, created false identities and background stories to build
based on acceptance of their own artistic style. They found fakery
credibility, constructed elaborate schemes to corrupt provenance
to be their most accessible avenue to recognition and commer-
documentation and went to great lengths to ensure their materials
cial success. By bringing to light these forgers’ frustrated artistic
would pass forensic examination. All relied heavily on the art of
ambitions, chaotic personal lives, and contempt for the art world,
deception.
The Ringling Museum | May 23 - Aug. 3 | 5401 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota, FL 34243 | www.ringling.org
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