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Archive | October, 2012
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe – Contemporary Response – Featured Image 2
30 Oct
Union of Pope Clement VII and Simonetta da Collevecchio, 72″x42″, rhinestones, acyrlic & glass on panel, Image courtesy of the artist and Morton Fine Art
VICTOR EKPUK’s “Union of Pope Clement VII and Simonetta da Collevecchio”
“Union of Pope Clement VII and Simonetta da Collevecchio” investigates the relationship between Pope Clement VII from the Medici family and a black slave woman, Simonetta da Collevecchio. Both were progenitors of Alessandro de Medici, called ill Moro (“the Moor”), Duke of Florence and Penne (1530-1537).
“Portrait of Duke Alessandro de Medici”, Courtesy of The Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Morton Fine Art & And Beige present ART IN ENVIRONMENTS
25 OctA Fine Art and Home Design Collaboration
Enjoy the elegant vision of Daren Miller, DC designer and owner of And Beige, for an environmental experience integrating Morton Fine Art’s artwork. And Beige takes MFA’s artwork out of the gallery setting and into the design studio – highlighting how fine art and fine home design are perfect complements in an inviting and stylish home retail environment.
Champagne reception: Thursday, October 25th from 6pm-8pm.
And Beige, 1781 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 (**2 doors down from Morton Fine Art**)
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe – Contemporary Response – Featured Image 1
25 Oct
VICTOR EKPUK, ETHIOP
48” x 48”, acrylic and steel on panel, 2012.
Image courtesy of the artist and Morton Fine Art
VICTOR EKPUK’s Artist Statement:
ETHIOP
“My color does not disfigure my honor and wit” –Afonso Alvares” (Portugal, 1500s)
This exhibition is layered with history, memory and meaning. For me, these layers are summed up in; “Head of a Black Slave” (1560-90, cast iron, Venice, Italy). This object with manacled neck and unbowed head has inspired my creation of a painting titled “Ethiop”.
“Ethiop” (a Renaissance description of a black African) explores the symbolisms and metaphors of black as a color. It explores history, relationships, experiences and conditions of being described as “black”, being “black”, and being “black African”.
The layers of meaning explored in “Ethiop” also find expression in my second piece, “Union of Pope Clement VII and Simonetta da Collevecchio”.
Head of a Black Slave
(1560-90, cast iron, Venice, Italy)
Courtesy Walters Art Museum
Morton Fine Art & And Beige present ART IN ENVIRONMENTS Champagne Reception
23 OctMorton Fine Art & And Beige present:
ART IN ENVIRONMENTS
October 25th, 2012 – November 4th
ON DISPLAY
And Beige
1781 Florida Ave NW (3 storefronts down from MFA)
Washington, DC 20009
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CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION
Thursday October 25th from 6pm-8pm
Morton Fine Art at AQUA ART MIAMI BEACH Suite 216
19 Oct 
FAIR HOURS:
Wednesday, December, 5 | 7:30-11pm | VIP Opening Preview Party (for VIP pass holders)
Regular Fair Hours:
Thursday, December 6: noon – 9pm
Friday, December 7: 11am – 9pm
Saturday, December 8: 11am – 9pm
Sunday, December 9: 11am – 4pm
Location:
AQUA Art Miami – Aqua Hotel, 1530 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Morton Fine Art will be located in Suite 216.
Aqua is located on Collins Ave, a short walk south of Art Basel Miami Beach, across from the Loews Hotel.
Featured Artists:
Maya Freelon Asante (Baltimore, b. USA)
Kesha Bruce (France, b. USA)
Rosemary Feit Covey (Washington, DC, b. South Africa)
Nathaniel Donnett (Houston, b. USA)
Victor Ekpuk (Washington, DC, b. Nigeria)
Julia Fernandez-Pol (St. Louis/Buenos Aires, b. USA)
Katherine Hattam (Melbourne, b. Australia)
William Mackinnon (Melbourne, b. Australia)
Vonn Sumner (Seattle, b. USA)
Preview the work on the Morton Fine Art website:
Installation shots of WILLIAM MACKINNON’s “Landscape as Self Portrait”
18 OctOn view at Morton Fine Art until Novemberr 6th!
Tues-Sat: 11am-6pm, Sun: 12pm-5pm
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe exhibition at the Walters Museum Opens Soon!
8 Oct
A photo preview of this week’s grand opening of the unprecedented show “Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe” at the Walter’s Art Museum in Baltimore.
Exhibition Run Dates: Oct 14, 2012 – Jan 21, 2013
Location: The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201
About: Featuring the period from late 1400s to the early 1600s and artists from Gerard David to Peter Paul Rubens, the portraits at the core of this show provide a window on an unsuspected facet of a society deeply impacted by the expanding worldview of the Age of Exploration. This show of approximately 76 works is organized by the Walters and will travel to the Princeton University Art Museum February 16–June 9, 2013.
Contemporary Response: Victor Ekpuk’s “Ethiop”, 48″x48″, acrylic on panel
While in Baltimore make sure to catch MORTON FINE ART & GALERIE MYRTIS’ exhibition:
Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe: The Contemporary Response
Featuring response artwork by Jules Arthur (NYC, b. USA), Maya Freelon Asante (Baltimore, b. USA), Nathaniel Donnett (Houston, b. USA), Jamea Edwards (Detroit, b. USA), Victor Ekpuk (Washington, DC b. Nigeria), Jeffrey Kent (Baltimore, b. USA), Mario Andres Robinson (NJ, b. USA) and Amy Sherald (Baltimore, b.USA).
Opening Reception: Sunday, 14 October, 2012 from 2pm-6pm
Exhibition Run Dates: Oct 14, 2012 – Jan 19, 2013:
Location: Galerie Myrtis, 2224 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 *a short walk from the Walter’s exhibition
“Landscape as Self Portrait” solo exhibition by Aussie WILLIAM MACKINNON
4 Oct
LANDSCAPE AS SELF PORTRAIT
A Solo Exhibition of Paintings by Australian Painter WILLIAM MACKINNON
October 12th, 2012 – November 6th, 2012
OPENING RECEPTION
Friday October 12th from 6pm-8pm
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Morton Fine Art is pleased to announce the inaugural US exhibition of landscape paintings by internationally renowned Australian artist WILLIAM MACKINNON.
The exhibition will be on display from October 12th, 2012 through November 6th, 2012. The opening reception will be held on Friday, October 12th from 6 to 8 pm
William Mackinnon, LOST, acrylic, and enamel on canvas, 55″x47″
About WILLIAM MACKINNON (Melbourne, b. Australia):
Born in 1978 in Melbourne, Australia, Mackinnon earned his Bachelor of Arts from Melbourne University, his Masters of Visual Arts from Victorian College of the Arts and his Post Graduate Diploma from the Chelsea School of Art and Design in London. Exhibited heavily thoroughout Asia, Europe and Australia, Landscape as Self Portrait, marks WILLIAM MACKINNON’s first exhibition in North America.
About Landscape as Self Portrait:
“For me painting is not passive mimicry of what is in front me. I see through my memory. Whether intended or not, every painting is a self-portrait. The roads and places I paint are both specific and amorphous. I want to transport the viewer along roads analogous to life and it’s various stages. They are filled with inclement weather, this is internal weather of the mind; fog, darkness, dips and peaks.”
-WILLIAM MACKINNON on his inspiration
Morton Fine Art: curator's notes 