Through June 9, 2012.
Patricia Watwood: Myths and Individuals: This exhibition presents paintings by Patricia Watwood who belongs to the emerging school of Contemporary Classical artists, an international group of young painters trained in traditional academic techniques and use representational imagery. Watwood’s subjects are mythology, allegory, and portraiture.
Reflecting on her work, Watwood writes: "Myths and narratives are important tools that humans use for sorting out their relationships to each other and to the world. In this body of work, I am seeking the individual and personal contained within our myths and, conversely, seeking the universal within the individual. I construct images that invite the viewer to contemplate, connect, and find relationships. I wish my paintings to be visual poems awaiting your interpretation."
For more information, please visit: www.patriciawatwood.com
Through March 31st, 2012.
This exhibition, which will be on view in both the Carrere and BC Forbes Galleries, will showcase Monaco’s unique cultural heritage and Princess Grace’s exceptional contribution to the arts through photos, videos, and ballet costumes.
On view in the BC Forbes Gallery is a pictorial journey of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo comprising photographs as seen through the eyes of renowned news photo-journalist Marie-Laure de Decker and Monaco-born art photographer Silas Shabelewska. Les Ballets became the official company of the Principality of Monaco in 1985, founded by Her Royal Highness The Princess of Hanover in accordance with the wishes of her mother, Princess Grace of Monaco. It is a distinguished company of 50 dancers, and since 1993 has been under the direction of Jean-Christophe Maillot. For more information about the ballet, please visit: www.balletsdemontecarlo.com
This exhibit is presented by the Consulate General of Monaco in New York. For more information about the events surrounding these exhibitions, please visit: www.MonacoTakesUS.com.
Images:
Patricia Watwood, Pandora, 2011, oil on canvas: 30 x 26 in. (top)
Dancer Lenneke Vos at Casse Noisette Circus, 2009 © Marie-Laure de Decker (bottom)