Nick Sarazan

	Title: Courtyard in Rome. Italian cityscape. Oil painting on canvas size: 46 x 38 cm. prise : €
	Title: Venetian Facade. Canals of Venice. Italy. Oil painting on canvas size: 50 x 37 cm. prise : Sold
	Title: Siasta. Spanish cityscape. Oil painting on canvas size: 41 x 33 cm. prise : €
	Title: Sport Bar 1. Stockholm. Old town. Gamlastan. Oil painting on canvas size: 41 x 33 cm. prise :  Sold
	Title: French Restaurant. France. Cityscape street scene. Oil painting on canvas size: 46 x 38 cm. prise : €
	Title: Aventura Bar Restaurant. France. Street scene. Oil painting on canvas size: 41 x 33 cm. prise : €

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Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes

This exhibition is the first in the United States devoted to the Mantuan sculptor and goldsmith Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (c. 1455-1528) for his expertise in classical antiquity. Antico also developed and refined the technology for producing bronzes in multiples. His exquisite bronze reductions of ancient Roman sculptures such as the Apollo Belvedere (c. AD 120-140) are enlivened with gilding and silvering. Antico’s bronzes are so rare that the nearly 40 works–including medals, reliefs, busts, and the renowned statuettes–constitute more than three quarters of the sculptor’s extant oeuvre. Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with the Frick Collection, New York.Sponsor: The exhibition is made possible by the generous support of Robert H. and Clarice Smith.
It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. 

Text as Inspiration: Artists’ Books and Literature

Artists’ books exemplify the creative and inventive abilities of their makers. Working in a visual and tactile format, they transform the book into a total art concept, with poignant, humorous, and clever results. Poetry and prose inspired the 14 artists’ books exhibited. Some are written by the artist-bookmaker, but most are by a familiar or favorite author who motivated the artist to explore the subject of the text and express it as a creative artwork. Made in small or limited editions, artists’ books go beyond merely illustrating a story. Molding and manipulating the text, the book artist makes it part of a unique imagery through the use of disparate elements. Carefully choosing varied types of paper (usually handmade), printing, and binding, the artist combines them with drawings, prints, paper sculpture, fabric, and other materials to construct a thematic whole. Some artists retain the
characteristics of a book while others recreate the individual elements and transform them into a synthesis of text and image.

The National Gallery of Art Library is fortunate to have an exceptionally generous and knowledgeable benefactor in Patricia G. England, who has donated several hundred books that now form the basis of the library’s splendid artist book collection 

Poetry and Book Arts Extravaganza

Join us at the MAH for an evening of poetry, book arts, performances, discussions, workshops and demonstrations for all ages and skill levels. These artists will remind you never to judge a book by its cover with workshops that transform the printed page into altered books, book art sculpture, book collage and paper folding books. Learn the art of papermaking, marbling, paper molds, calligraphy, origami books, how to use a table top press, monoprinting, laser cutting, and book binding.
Poetry Santa Cruz has selected an array of dynamic local poets for poetry readings in our auditorium from 6pm-8pm. Listen in as the spoken word inspires you to write some of your own poems throughout the museum. Add your own poem, word, or line to our stairway of chalk poems, poetry map of Santa Cruz, artwork and exhibitions.  And don’t be surprised if a slam poet pops up in an unexpected place.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:

Murrinis Within a Crystal Matrix: The Poetic Glassworks of Richard Ritter Hughes Wing

Honored as a 2011 NC Living Treasure, glass artist Richard Ritter is celebrated in this exhibition revealing his complex “murrini” process; a technically intensive development of complex patterns and decorations. Murrinis first reached a high level of sophistication in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt and are still seen in the millefiori glass of Italy today.

Mark Peiser: Reflections on the Palomar Mirror

Honored as a 2011 NC Living Treasure, glass artist Mark Peiser reinterprets the 1934 world event: the historic 20-ton glass casting of the 200-inch Hale Telescope mirror. The largest single piece of glass ever made is now a component of the Palomar Observatory in California. Peiser’s contemporary glass sculptures quote the scale and honeycomb pattern of the legendary mirror; an advancement leading astronomers to the first direct evidence of stars in distant galaxies.

Penland School of Crafts: Evolution and Imagination

Craft is rooted in the fundamental human impulse to use mind and hands to transform basic materials into objects of beauty and utility. Penland School of Crafts located in western NC is an international leader in the evolution of craft education. Beginning
in 1920 with one woman of great vision, Lucy Morgan, Penland began as an educational experiment which continues today. This exhibition explores Penland then and now, featuring examples of some of the finest work in glass, ceramic, textiles, jewelry
and other mediums in two- and three-dimension.