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by Claudia Carr Levy
NEW YORK, NY
.- Upon first seeing Jason Stewarts new work, I thought of Filippo Brunelleschis facade of the Ospedale degli Innocenti, the foundling hospital in Florence that he was commissioned to design in 1419. The arches of the hospital facade have always captivated me. Brunelleschis arches are perfect in their form and progression: perfect graceful architecture. Why, I wondered, did that architectural image appear as I looked at the series of paintings called Shaping Color? The precision of Jason Stewarts arcs in their spaces on canvas resonate with Brunelleschis architecture. The paintings seem to transpose geometric architectural form into pictorial space. Perhaps this geometry would seem to belie the dominance and importance of color in these paintings. Yet color holds the arcs; the arcs hold color. The more one looks at these works, the more one observes the paradox between color and form. And the mo
Polk Museum of Art unveils new, permanent gallery for African and Oceanic art
Spirits: African and Oceanic Art from the Dr. Alan and Linda Rich Collection is available for viewing now.
LAKELAND, FL
.- Just over a year ago, the Polk Museum of Art welcomed visitors to its original exhibition Spirits: Ritual and Ceremonial African and Oceanic Art from the Dr. Alan and Linda Rich Collection, a full-scale show that displayed one-of-kind, artisan-made ritual and ceremonial art objects collected from across Africa and Papua New Guinea and generously lent by Lakeland locals Dr. Alan and Linda Rich. Following the success of the 2019 exhibition and their experience working with the Museum to present the show, the Riches gifted their extensive collection to be displayed permanently in a dedicated gallery space at the Museum.
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