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Photographs by Julian Lennon on Exhibit in New York

Musician and songwriter Julian Lennon, the oldest son of Beatles great, John Lennon, will exhibit a collection of his portraiture and landscape photography. This premiere exhibition of Julian Lennon’s photographs will open to the public at the Morrison Hotel Gallery Bowery New York City location on September 17, 2010 and continue through October 7, 2010. There will also be a private release party on September 16 (contact the gallery for more information). The exhibit titled Timeless, is curated by photographer Timothy White and sponsored by Lennon’s charity, The White Feather Foundation, Duggal Visual Solutions Inc., and Canson Inc.

The exhibit will include Julian Lennon’s landscape work, photographs taken of U2 as they recorded their latest album, as well as photographs of his brother Sean Lennon’s tour.

Sean Lennon’s website includes a gallery of photos of his 2007 tour taken by Julian (see screen shot below).



Screen shot from Sean Lennon’s website
(Photograph by Julian Lennon)

 

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Artwork by Bob Dylan: The Brazil Series

Legendary singer and songwriter Bob Dylan has created a new series of paintings and drawings titled The Brazil Series. The collection was created specifically for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen, and it will be on display to the public for the first time starting September 4, 2010. The show will include 40 paintings and 8 drawings and will be accompanied by a book, Bob Dylan: The Brazil Series. Dylan was asked to create these paintings for the museum. He says: ”I’ve been to the National Gallery of Denmark and it definitely is an impressive art museum. It was more than a little surprising when I was asked to create works specifically for this museum. It was an honor to be asked and a thrilling challenge. I chose Brazil as a subject, because I have been there many times and I like the atmosphere.”

Bahia painting by Bob Dylan
Bahia by Bob Dylan (Photo credit: SMK Foto)

Bob Dylan has been drawing and painting for many years. A collection of drawings and sketches he made while on tour between 1989 and 1992 were published in a book titled “Drawn Blank” in 1994. Dylan later re-worked these drawings into paintings, forming a collection titled “The Drawn Blank Series”, which have been exhibited at a number of shows from 2007 to 2010, including shows in Germany, England, and Scotland. They have also been published in a book titled Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series.

Related blog entry: Bob Dylan Artwork: Drawn Blank The 2010 Collection (May 22, 2010)

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Artwork by Jane Seymour

Portrait of a Gingersnap Rose painting by Jane Seymour
Portrait of a Gingersnap Rose by Jane Seymour

Actress Jane Seymour began painting after going through a difficult personal time in her life. She says she used it to heal herself. The multi-talented Seymour has also written eight books, designs home furnishings, and she designs jewelry. In 2008 she teamed up with Kay Jewelers to design a jewelry collection called “Open Hearts by Jane Seymour”, inspired by one of her paintings.

In the video below, Jane Seymour talks about her artwork prior to a show a few months ago.

Jane Seymour has scheduled several art events over the next few months. The upcoming August & September 2010 events are listed below.  See JaneSeymour.com for more information.

August 20, 2010
Wentworth Galleries
The Shoppes at Riverside
171 Riverside Square
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
201-488-7661

August 21, 2010
Wentworth Galleries
The Mall at Short Hills
1200 Morris Turnpike Suite A-101
Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
973-564-9776

September 11-12, 2010
7th Annual Thousand Oaks Arts Festival
Civic Arts Plaza
Thousand Oaks Boulevard
Thousand Oaks, CA
Art and Collectibles Show

See also:

Jane Seymour Open Hearts Jewelry at eBay

At Amazon.com:

Open Hearts: If Your Heart Is Open, Love Will Always Find Its Way In

Making Yourself at Home: Finding Your Style and Putting It All Together

Paint with Jane Watercolor/Drawing Starter Kits

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My Visit to Dennis Hopper Double Standard at MOCA LA

Dennis Hopper Double Standard at MOCA LA

This afternoon I visited the Dennis Hopper Double Standard exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA). The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is a  former police car warehouse in Little Tokyo renovated by California architect Frank O. Gehry. As you enter the exhibition, you are greeted by two giant fiberglass advertising figures. From there you move on to several large rooms which contain paintings, photographs, sculptures, and assemblages by Dennis Hopper, which span his career in art from the 1950s to the late 2000s. There are dozens of black and white photographs from the 1960s, of street scenes, celebrities, well known artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as images of 1960s era civil rights events and leaders, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. There are also huge billboard size reproductions of several of his photographs. One of the most unusual pieces in the exhibit is a large phallic like mechanical device called “Bomb Drop”. At the back of the exhibition, there is a theater showing clips from some of Dennis Hopper’s most important film roles.

In the gift shop, you can purchase a large, hardcover, signed, limited edition copy of Dennis Hopper’s book of early photographs, Dennis Hopper: Photographs, 1961-1967, for $1000 ($900 if you are a member of MOCA). Or, you can purchase a regular, unsigned, paperback copy for $34.95. They also have a book which accompanies the exhibition for $19.95.

If you are in LA, you should check it out. I think it was worth the $10 admission price to see the creative, eccentric side of Dennis Hopper.

For more information, see my previous blog entry: Dennis Hopper Double Standard at MOCA Los Angeles (May 18, 2010)

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Ronnie Wood: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Self Portrait by Ronnie Wood
Self Portrait by Ronnie Wood

Before beginning his musical career, Rolling Stones Guitarist Ronnie Wood received formal art training at Ealing College of Art, London. According to his website, the artist and the musician have been inseparable throughout the years, and it is as natural to find him with a pencil as with a guitar. His subjects include fellow musicians and band members, family and close friends, as well as animals and landscapes. Over the years Ronnie Wood’s artwork has been widely exhibited. In 1996 he had a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil, and he has had exhibitions in North and South America, in the Far East and throughout Europe.

I Gotta See (Slash) by Ronnie Wood
I Gotta See (Slash) by Ronnie Wood

This fall The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio will present Ronnie Wood: Paintings, Drawings and Prints. The exhibition begins Sep 21, 2010 and continues through Nov 21, 2010. Included in the exhibition are 30 paintings, 22 pen/pencil drawings, and 7 mixed media works. The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-color catalog, and a limited edition print, “Self Portrait”, published by the museum will be available for purchase.

Dr. Louis A. Zona, executive director of the Butler Institute told the New York Times ArtsBeat blog that Ronnie Wood is expected to be in attendance for the show’s opening.

For more information about Ronnie Wood and his artwork visit http://www.ronniewood.com/.

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