Studio Glass: Works from the Museum Collection

Beth Lipman: A Still Life Installation

Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Road show

Cocktail Culture

Jenny Saville

The Emperor’s Orders: Designs from the Qianlong Imperial Workshop (1736 -1796)Recent Acquisitions: Photography


Events

Studio Glass: Works from the Museum Collection
Jan. 18 – May 27, 2012
Organized By the Norton Museum of Art

The Norton Museum will showcase a selection of studio glass from the Museum Collection to coincide with the Beth Lipman installation and the visit by the Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Roadshow. Works by internationally recognized artists Dale Chihuly, William Morris, and Toots Zynsky will be featured with other outstanding examples of contemporary studio glass. The artists work in a variety of styles, addressing themes such as nature and abstraction, and create pieces that are nothing less than dramatic in scale and form.

Beth Lipman: A Still Life Installation
Jan. 18, 2012 - May 27, 2012
Courtesy of Robb Quinn

The Norton Museum of Art has commissioned a large-scale glass construction to be created by contemporary artist Beth Lipman. Lipman was inspired by the Museum’s collection of Old Master still life paintings, and the piece will be installed in the center of the Museum’s European galleries. In her extravagant, blown glass sculptures, Lipman re-interprets the historical preoccupations with death and decay, over-consumption, and the sumptuousness of life as represented in 17th and 18th century European still-life paintings. The commissioned work will be displayed in the context of Old Master works by artists such as Daniel Seghers, Jan Fyt, and Juan de Arellano that Lipman selected.

Local presentation of this exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ira Harris and the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass.

Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Road show
Jan. 18, 2012 – March 25, 2012
Courtesy of the Corning Museum of Glass

The Beth Lipman installation will be accompanied by a 10-week visit from the Corning Museum of Glass Hot Glass Roadshow. The Roadshow is the world’s premiere mobile glassblowing unit, a mobile “hotshop” housed in a 28-foot-long trailer. Corning glassblowers demonstrate complex hot glassmaking techniques using their unique glassmaking equipment to recreate a state-of-the-art studio environment. The Roadshow will operate on the Museum campus six days a week with a schedule of nine public programs each day. This innovative and exciting programming will include live demonstrations, hands-on-workshops, and glassblowing performances.

*Admission to the Hot Glass Roadshow is an additional $3, but free to Museum Members as well as children under 13 years old.

Local presentation of this exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Neuhoff, Credit Suisse and Addison Hines Charitable Trust.

Cocktail Culture
Dec. 15, 2011 - March 11, 2012

Cocktail Culture is one of the first multi-disciplinary exhibitions to explore the social rituals of the cocktail hour through the lens of fashion and design. Featuring more than 150 objects, including attire, accessories, ads, decorative arts, illustrations, photography and more from the 1920s to the present, the exhibition will leave you positively stirred, not shaken! This chronological survey includes objects from collections at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Newark Museum, the Tiffany & Co. Archive, Miottel Museum in California, and private lenders. Featured in the exhibition are examples of fashionable cocktail attire by legendary designers such as Cristobal Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Jeanne Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent, Norman Norell, Scaasi, Valentino, Pierre Cardin, and accessories by Elsa Schiaparelli, Tiffany, Judith Leiber, Christian Dior, Van Cleef & Arpel, and Kenneth Jay Lane.

Local presentation of this exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of Mr. Bruce Beal , Vanessa and Anthony Beyer, Annie and Michael Falk, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Soter and Wilmington Trust.

Media support provided by The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Illustrated and WPTV Channel 5.

Jenny Saville
Nov. 30, 2011 - March 4, 2012
Organized by the Norton Museum of Art

The paintings of the human figure by British artist Jenny Saville (b.1970) have been infrequently exhibited since first premiered in the late 1990s. Included in the 1997 exhibition of the collection of British marketing giant Charles Saatchi entitled Sensation, she did not earn the notoriety of her slightly older peers, “the young British artists” for unusual materials. Instead, Saville masterfully painted with oil on canvas and concentrated on the human figure but still created provocative work. Her monumental compositions of the female form were unromantic and suggested the reality of weight, flesh and blood. Initially restricted to a feminist critique Saville’s skill and compositions have evolved. She continues to paint luscious canvases that reveal that her subject has always been the medium of painting itself. Taking on the challenge of the history of modern painting through the tradition of classical figure painting her contribution is the subject of this exhibition.

This selective exhibition of 25 canvases and drawings dating from 1999 – 2011 will bring Saville’s mature work together for the first time. Included will be such recognizable works as Fulcrum (1999) and Reverse (2002-3) as well as examples showcasing Saville’s exceptional draughtsmanship in key works from the recent series Reproduction drawing (after the Leonardo cartoon),(2009-10) which references the iconic image found in the collection of London’s National Gallery. Works from the artist’s studio which have not been previously exhibited also will be included.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated publication.

Jenny Saville, is the first exhibition in the Norton’s RAW series --- Recognition of Art by Women, made possible by the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund/MLDauray Arts Initiative.


The Emperor’s Orders: Designs from the Qianlong Imperial Workshop (1736 -1796)
Oct. 22, 2011 - Feb. 19, 2012

This exhibition features 10 objects in various media–painting, jade, ceramic, glass, and metalwork–all created for the greatest art collector in 18th century China, the Qianlong Emperor. Works from the Norton Museum’s own collection are featured and accompanied by important loans representing superlative examples of works produced in or from designs provided by the Imperial Palace Workshop. Being extremely inquisitive, this emperor invited many foreign artists to work at his court, including Mughal jade carvers, and Jesuit priest painters and glassmakers.

Organized by the Norton Museum of Art

Local presentation of this exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Events

ART AFTER DARK

The Norton Museum is pleased to offer Art After Dark, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. the second Thursday of every month. The first Art After Dark premiered to rave reviews from an audience of over 540 people! This new and innovative evening event provides Museum visitors with a unique opportunity to enjoy the Museum afterhours. Every Art After Dark will be different from the last, but each will always offer music, film, special tours with curators and docents, hands-on art activities, a cash bar, delicious menu options from Café 1451 at the Norton and lots of FUN for everyone! General admission rates apply, FREE to Members and children 12 and under.  All ages are welcome!

• This program is generously underwritten in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. media support generously provided by Clear Channel Radio, The Palm Beach Post, PBPulse.com.Graphic design provided by d g Communications Group

Family Time in the Galleries

Activities that adults and children can enjoy together are available every day at the Visitor Services Desk.

*Family Programs are generously underwritten by The Sarah Vierck Mettler Family Fund, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Fund for Families, the Samuel Rosenthal Endowment for Outreach Programs, and the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

** The Treasure of the Month is generously underwritten in part by the Maurer Family Fund for Arts Education and the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
# The Exhibition Lecture Series has been generously underwritten in part by Harriett M. Eckstein.