Feeley in the movies!

from blogs.smithsonianmag.com..

Sneak Peek at the film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2008/11/sneak-peek-at-the-film-night-at-the-museum-battle-of-the-smithsonian/

"Why are we Around the Mall bloggers so excited about the upcoming Dreamworks film, Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian, set to be released next May? It’s all about ego. Here we have an opportunity to sit in a darkened theater and nitpick over all the inaccuracies.

So, let’s kick things off a little early by looking at some publicity photos, shall we?

Ben Stiller as Larry Daley

First up, Ben Stiller (above) striking a dramatic pose in—um, what museum is this again? Is that The Thinker? We have lots of lovely Rodin pieces, but this isn’t one of them. (You can, however, see a miniature version of this figure in Rodin’s architectural study for The Gates of Hell at the Hirshhorn.) The National Gallery of Art has a casting of The Thinker, but theirs is a little guy—only a couple feet tall, and that museum, to be really picky, isn’t a Smithsonian museum. Oh, and that big gold ball thing in the background on the left is Jack by Paul Feeley. It is owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and currently displayed on the 3rd floor.

Feeley Sculptures

One of Paul Feeley's sculptures "Denib El Delphini" is being shown in Gary Snyder's Gallery: New American Abstraction 1960 - 1975.






http://www.garysnyderart.com/projectspace/

Feeley Show review.. Jennifer Coates in New York

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/28714/jennifer-coates-in-new-york/


4. Paul Feeley: Nine Paintings at Matthew Marks, through October 25"Feeley’s paintings are playful and emblematic, bringing to mind toys, distilled art-historical decoration, and certain cartoon homunculi that appeared on television and in video games long after his death in 1966. The simplicity and directness of these paintings give the mind a calm space to rest, which is especially welcome on a jam-packed day of art viewing in Chelsea."

Paul Feeley: Nine Paintings at the Matthew Marks Gallery

Installation Shots of the Paul Feeley show at the Matthew Marks Gallery.
Photo Credit: Matthew Marks Gallery

If you are a Bennington alum, living in the NYC area- join your fellow alums on September 25th, 2008 for a private showing, followed by a cocktail reception. Call Bennington College for details

Upcoming Paul Feeley Exhibition

Nine paintings by Paul Feeley will be featured at the Matthew Marks Gallery, 523 W. 24th Street, New York, New York 10011; www.matthewmarks.com - 212-243-0200

September 13th, 2008 - October 25th, 2008

McNay Art Museum

The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX (www.mcnayart.org) just opened the Jane & Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions last month. Paul Feeley's 1962 "Skins" (39 5/8" X 180 5/8") graces the entry way to the new art Center. (Photo provided by the McNay Art Museum)

In the fall issue of the Contemporary Art Quarterly "Art Lies", Lawrence Jennings writes the following about Lawrence Markey's show that featured Paul Feeley's "Skins" and "Germanicus":

"While Feeley’s work was an uncomfortable fit with various aesthetic movements of the sixties—color-field painting, hard-edge painting, Op art and systemic painting—in the last years of his life his work was included in many prominent exhibitions: Clement Greenberg’s Post-Painterly Abstraction at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1964, William Seitz’ The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art in 1965 and Lawrence Alloway’s Systemic Painting at the Guggenheim Museum in 1966. Considering the threads of figure/ground interaction, formal repetition and color theory found in Feeley’s late paintings and sculptures, it is easy to link his work to contemporary artists who consciously bring simple design into abstract art. In a catalogue published by Lawrence Markey/Matthew Marks Gallery in 2002, Lane Relyea writes, “Indeed, it’s exactly the difficulty in classifying Feeley’s paintings that make them seem such direct precursors to our current moment.”"

More photos of the Bennington Museum show

view of exhibit from back wall

Left to Right (on wall) "Syracuse", "Achernar" "Rouso", and "Minoa"

(view from exhibit main entrance)

"Helena" on back wall

My daughter, Izze in front of her favorite painting - "Achernar"


"Conopus" on the stone wall...



Above are some more photos of the PTF show at the Bennington Museum. I apologize for the quality of these photos. They absolutely do not do this show justice. The show is gorgeous - beautifully laid out and exquisitely lit. It was wonderful to see so many of you at the museum and at Jane's gala event afterwards. Thank you again to Jane for throwing a wonderful party!