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A TIME TO RETHINK
THE FACE OF VALUE
Our 2021 season opens with a bold exploration
of the inherent dignity in every human being.
Images, Clockwise from upper left: Renato Rampolla, Colin, 2018, Archival Pigment Print, 33 x 33 in., Renato Rampolla, Kendra, 2017, Archival Pigment Print, 23 x 23 in., Renato Rampolla, Doug, 2017, Archival Pigment Print, 23 x 23 in., Renato Rampolla, Apollo, 2018, Archival Pigment Print, 33 x 33 in.
Opening Today
Renato Rampolla:
Dignity - The Light Within
Renato Rampolla has long enjoyed taking rambling walks around Tampa, Florida, often carrying his digital single lens reflex camera. One day in 2016, Rampolla, the son of artist Frank Rampolla, engaged an apparently homeless man in conversation. “I was curious about his circumstances, and respectful in my approach. He, in turn, was eager for the distraction of a conversation, and appreciative of my interest in him.” Rampolla asked if he could take a few photos of the man, and recalled that his subject readily agreed, and seemed to enjoy posing for him. “I went home and printed some 5” x 7” copies of my photos to give to him. "When I tracked him down a few days later, he had no recollection of being photographed,” Rampolla says, “He was off his medications.”
That interaction spurred Rampolla’s interest in meeting and photographing more people on the street, first in Tampa and then around the country. “I rediscovered my passion for art, and my curiosity about the human condition,” a trait he said he probably inherited from both his father, whose work reflected strong humanist themes, and his mother, Doris, a therapist who worked with abused children. “The homeless don’t always get treated as ‘normal people’ and my aim is to give them the normality – and dignity - they deserve.”
In 2018, Rampolla published a book of his photos titled, Dignity No Matter What. It highlights about 40 of the homeless people he has photographed, and he donates all proceeds from the sale of the book to charities that work with the homeless. A limited number of the books will be available in the Museum’s gift shop at 100 North Woodland Boulevard.
Renato Rampolla: Dignity – The Light Within opens January 8 and runs through March 28, 2021 at the Museum of Art - DeLand's 600 N. Woodland Blvd. location. Gallery Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 and free to members, children under the age of 12, all Volusia County School Students, and Stetson Students.
*Please note that due to continued COVID-19 precautions, there will be
no opening reception for this exhibition. Thank you for understanding.
OPENING NEXT FRIDAY
An outstanding private collection - shared for a limited time.
M.C. Escher, Belvedere, 1958, Lithograph, 18 ¼ x 11 ⅝ in
Knowing What I Like:
The Private Collection of George S. Bolge
January 15 - March 14, 2021
100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida
George S. Bolge is not the kind of collector who “collects for profit pure and simple, who buys works of art in wholesale lots, only to stash them away in a warehouse where they have risen in value.” Rather, our former CEO (and current Board of Trustees member) collects art for art’s sake, seeing each acquisition as “the record of a vivid experience, either a long pursuit or a struggle, in which mounting desire has conquered prudence and economy.”
With few exceptions, most of the works in Bolge’s collection are small to medium in scale, but covering an extensive artistic scope in terms of cultural and aesthetic content, technique, style, and media.
The art represented in this impressive exhibition was assembled over 40 years of personal interactions with artists – those with both national and international reputations, and those whose talents have yet to be discovered. Familiar names include M.C. Escher, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Denis Smith, and Arnold Newman.
In Bolge’s words, “This exhibition is an attempt to select, from as personal point of view as possible, a group of painters, sculptors, and photographers who have given me – each in his or her own way – experiences that are pleasurable. All of these are for me unique, because each one makes a visual statement quite of their own making.”
*Please note that due to continued COVID-19 precautions, there will be
no opening reception for this exhibition. Thank you for understanding.
ALWAYS MORE TO EXPLORE
Two beautiful exhibitions round-out our artistic offerings.
Harold Garde, Iconoclass Panel, Circa 1979, Acrylic on masonite
PLACES & FACES
From the Permanent Collection
On View Through February 14
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida
From landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes, to photography and portraiture spanning the Primitive, Cubist, and Abstract Expressionist movements, this transportive exhibition is a fabulous way to revisit the world, right here and now.
Jerome Witkin, Alive Alive O, 1975, Oil on canvas
NEW SELECTIONS
From the Permanent Collection
600 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida
An updated assortment of our Permanent Collection highlights. Stop by to see great works in a variety of styles and media, from fresh aquisitions to familiar favorites.
FAMILY FUN SATURDAY
Free Admission January 16
Enjoy FREE admission this Family Fun Saturday as we pause our regularly planned art activities for kids. A limited number of art activity packs will be available to take home from our 600 N. Woodland location. Full social distancing, masking, and extra cleaning protocols remain in effect.
A SNEAK PEEK TO SPRING...
The works of two world-renowned artists are on the way.
STORYTELLERS:
Faith Ringgold & Aminah Robinson
- COMING MARCH 26 -
A two-artist exhibition featuring a mini survey of mixed media artworks by legendary African-American female artists Faith Ringgold and Aminah Robinson. This exhibition will be on view March 26 – June 6, 2021 at 100 N. Woodland Boulevard.
Faith Ringgold, who grew up in New York City, is a painter, sculptor, teacher, and author of numerous award-winning children's books. Aminah Robinson, an Ohio native, creates drawings, cloth paintings, woodcuts, books, and sculptures and grew up in Ohio.
Storytelling has always been a powerful medium for communicating ideas, documenting history, and sharing knowledge with others. Ringgold and Robinson are visual storytellers who have a deep connection to the stories of their ancestors, both literal and figurative and share a passion for teaching us about our communities, our histories, ourselves, and the African-American experience.
Faith Ringgold, The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, 1997, Silkscreen
Aminah Robinson, Come Sunday, 2005, Black and white woodcut
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