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Art Happenings in St. Louis
Harriet Hosmer at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), April 29, 2008 - Neoclassical sculptor Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908) was one of the most successful women artists of her day, described by the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning as "a perfectly emancipated female."
She was also the first woman to study anatomy at what would become the Washington University School of Medicine and produced many of her most significant works - such as the bronze statue of Missouri senator Thomas Hart Benton in Lafayette Park - for St. Louis patrons.
This summer the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University will join other local institutions in celebrating Hosmer's life and work. Four sculptures, drawn from the permanent collections of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and the Saint Louis Art Museum, will be on view through July 21 in the museum's Teaching Gallery. In addition, the museum will host an international symposium organized by the Lafayette Park Conservancy on "The Life and Works of Harriett Goodhue Hosmer" June 14.
Other events will include "Celebrating Harriet Hosmer," a Discovery Tour presented by the Missouri History Museum (May 4); the "Hats Off to Hattie Gala," a fundraising event for the restoration of the Benton monument, sponsored by the Lafayette Park Conservancy (June 14); and a gallery talk at the Kemper Art Museum by Erin Sutherland, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Art History & Archaeology (June 18).
Born in Watertown, Mass., Hosmer attended Mrs. Charles Sedgwick's School in Lenox, where she met Cornelia Crow, daughter of Wayman Crow, a prominent St. Louis merchant. (In 1853 Crow, then a Missouri state senator, secured the charter for the institution that became Washington University.) After graduating, Hosmer studied briefly with Boston sculptor Peter Stephenson but was soon frustrated by her inability to study anatomy, since she was excluded from all-male medical classes.
In 1850 Hosmer traveled to St. Louis, where she lived with the Crow family and earned a certificate in anatomy from the Missouri Medical College, a predecessor to Washington University's School of Medicine. In 1852 she decamped for Rome, where she trained with prominent English sculptor John Gibson and honed her skills by copying masterworks. Hosmer also befriended a number of prominent artists and writers, notably Browning and Nathaniel Hawthorne - she was a model for Hilda in Hawthorne's novel The Marble Faun (1860) - and joined a group of expatriate women artists dubbed "The White Marmorean Flock" by Henry James.
The Kemper Art Museum is located on Washington University's Danforth Campus, near the intersection of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards. Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The museum is closed Tuesday. For more information, call 314-935-4523.
Walk-In Wednesdays at the Contemporary Art Museum
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), April 29, 2008 - Visitors may meet artists, curators, and other experts in the field as they delve into a variety of topics, as part of Walk-In Wednesdays, at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, located at 3750 Washington Blvd. (at Spring).
May 14 - Chat with Chief Curator Anthony Huberman about the current exhibition and learn about the importance that John Armleder and Olivier Mosset play in the world of contemporary art.
May 21 - May '68 will forever be remembered for the radical events that happened around the world during this time. One of these events was the student uprisings in Paris, France. Assistant Curator Laura Fried will provide historical insight to this event, focusing on the artistic movement that was born from this uprising, the Situationalist. She will also talk about our upcoming Thursday night film series featuring Situtationalist films.
May 28 - Bradley Bailey, Assistant Professor of Art History at Saint Louis University, takes a look at how and why Fluxus came about and the impact it had on contemporary art.
The Contemporary is a non-collecting institution located in the heart of St. Louis's cultural district. Hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm; Thursday 10 am to 8 pm; and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm. For more information, the public may call 314-535-4660.
Louis Cameron At Schmidt Contemporary Art
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), April 29, 2008 - Schmidt Contemporary Art is hosting an exhibit of Louis Cameron's recent work from his series Tile Paintings at the gallery, located at 615 North Grand.
Cameron pieces together his paintings using tiles cast from acrylic paint (Benjamin Moore is his brand of choice), which are then affixed to the canvas or paper in a mosaic-like pattern. His colors are extracted from everyday consumer products that are often overlooked and seldom considered in terms of their color composition. In this exhibition Cameron works with such items as Marlboro cigarettes, Hershey's chocolate, Duracell batteries, and Priority Mail, among others.
For our first-ever video presentation, Cameron transforms the Heineken palette into a vivid abstraction of line and color.
This will be Louis Cameron's first exhibition in St. Louis. However he has a history with Schmidt Contemporary Art. His first solo show was at my small gallery in Los Angeles in 2000 where he displayed one work, Grid #10 now in the Norton Collection. Grid #10 was also featured next to the work of St. Louisan Jerald Ieans in the 2001 Freestyle exhibition at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
A piece from Louis's most recent New York exhibition was recently acquired by the Albright-Knox Museum whose primary focus is on collecting contemporary art and which is well known for it's outstanding paintings collection. The exhibit will run through May 24. For more information, call 314-575-2648.
Art Fair at Laumeier on Mother's Day Weekend
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), April 20, 2008 - Art Fair at Laumeier is a nationally acclaimed fine art and craft fair at Laumeier Sculpture Park, one of the world's premier open-air museums. Over 15,000 visitors - mostly families - attend the annual event, which is held on Mother's Day weekend, May 9 - 11, 2008. The artists are nationally recognized and the crowd returns yearly for the experience.
At Art Fair, visitors can choose from a variety of creative and original works of art from 150 artists from across the country.Available for sale are works in sculpture, clay, painting, mixed media, printmaking/drawing, new media, jewelry, photography, fiber, glass and wood.A highly competitive juried show, the art fair receives over 1,000 applications, of which 150 are selected to participate. Judges award a total of $10,000 in prizes, sponsored in part by the City of Sunset Hills, to those artists achieving excellence.
In addition to the artwork, food and drink from a variety of vendors is available and two stages provide exciting adult and children's entertainment. Creation Location provides hands-on art activities for children and demonstrations by both performing and visual artists.
The Art of the Vine
Art Fair's wine tasting event takes place on Friday evening! Celebrate the opening night of Art Fair with fine wine and music from 6-9 PM. The separate admission charge of $12 provides unlimited wine tasting.
Event Hours:
Friday, May 9: 6-9 PM
Saturday, May 10: 10AM - 8 PM
Sunday, May 11: 10AM - 5 PM
Admission: $8.00 for adults; $5.00 for children ages 6-11; Members and children under 6 are free. Pets are not allowed during special events. For more information, 314-821-1209.
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