- The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution
- VITA BREVIS: Andy Warhol’s “Skull” (1976, acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen) at the Dalì.
DON’T MISS …
Warhol: Art. Fame. Mortality. One larger-than-life artist collides with another when the Dalí Museum welcomes 35 paintings, 20 drawings, 50 photographs and an assortment of films by Andy Warhol from the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The exhibition promises to explore how Warhol learned from Dalí’s fame and developed, to a legendary degree, his own obsession with celebrity — from silk screen paintings of Jackie O to screen tests that he filmed with visitors to his Factory studio during the 1960s. Museum visitors can claim their own 15 minutes of fame by making personal video screen tests in an interactive area. Jan. 18-Apr. 27, The Dalí Museum, One Dalí Blvd, St. Petersburg, 727-823-3767, thedali.org.
- Janaina Tschäpe
- AQUA WOMAN: Janaina Tschäpe, “Blood, Sea” can be seen at USF CAM.
Graphicstudio: Uncommon Practice/ CAM@25: Social Engagement The Tampa Museum of Art showcases more than 110 prints and sculpture multiples produced with visiting artists at Graphicstudio, the University of South Florida’s collaborative printmaking workshop, for over 45 years. Works by seminal 20th-century figures — Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha — mingle with projects by a younger group including Christian Marclay, Mark Dion, Teresita Fernández and Trenton Doyle Hancock. Feb. 1-May 18, Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, 813-274-8130, tampamuseum.org. Meanwhile, USF’s Contemporary Art Museum, the other half of USF’s Institute for Research in Art, celebrates its 25th anniversary with an exhibition of three internationally known artists: Los Carpinteros, Pedro Reyes and Janaina Tschäpe. Jan. 17-Mar. 8, 3821 USF Holly Drive, Tampa, 813-974-2849, ira.usf.edu. (Disclosure: The writer is associate curator of education at USFCAM.)
R. Luke Dubois — Now & nowHERE The Ringling presents the first solo museum exhibition for R. Luke Dubois, a 38-year-old artist, composer, performer and programmer whose work defies easy categorization. The show features a career survey of Dubois’s performance-based and new media work as well as a new video commissioned by the Ringling and created by Dubois in collaboration with Circus Sarasota. The exhibition coincides with nowHERE, a three-month festival that brings experimental musicians, dancers and other genre-bending artists to the Ringling for a series of public performances and talks. Jan. 31-May 4, The Ringling, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, 941-359-5700, ringling.org.
ALSO ON THE RADAR …
- Museum of Fine Arts
- NEW MEXICO ENCHANTMENT: Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Grey Hills Painted Red” at the MFA.
Earthworks Fine crafts wrought from earthy sources: clay, metal, wood and fossils. Jan. 17-Mar. 1, Florida Craftsmen, 501 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, 727-821-7391, floridacraftsmen.net.
New Mexico and the Arts of Enchantment An exquisite landscape by Georgia O’Keeffe anchors this exhibition celebrating the American Southwest. Jan. 18-May 11, Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, fine-arts.org.
Sir Dr. Admiral Rupert Xavier’s paper plane flights to exotic mind destinations A supernatural history travelogue through the life and fantasy of Sir Dr. Admiral Rupert Xavier, featuring melancholy spirits, platonic romance, non-scientific facts, and award-winning haircuts. A Daniel Mrgan solo show includes his distinctive wood burning illustrations. Jan. 18-Feb. 9, Bluelucy, 653 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-251-8529, bluelucy.net.
László Horváth: Water’s Edge Moody black-and-white photographs offer unexpected views of the Hillsborough River. Feb. 6-27, HCC Ybor School of Visual and Performing Arts Gallery, Palm Avenue and 15th Street, Tampa, 813-253-7674, hccfl.edu/yc/art-gallery.aspx.
David Hilliard: Intimacies Friends and family star in Hilliard’s lyrical photographs. March 7-May 18, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, 400 N. Ashley Drive, Cube 200, Tampa, 813-221-2222, fmopa.org.
Storytellers: Diane Elmeer and Carol Dameron Two narrative painters offer enticements to explore their fantastical worlds. March 8-April 20, Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-822-7872, moreanartscenter.org.
Edgar Sanchez Cumbas: Community of Flat Faces Recent work by one of Tampa’s finest painters. March 17-May 7, Gallery 221, HCC Dale Mabry Campus, 4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd., 813-253-7386, hccfl.edu/gallery221.
This article appears in Jan 9-15, 2014.