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Tom Wesselmann Draws Exhibition comes to Museum of Art
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale will host an exhibition of drawings by pop art star Tom Wesselmann beginning Oct. 2. The exhibition will be on display through Feb. 27, 2011.
Tom Wesselmann Draws is the most comprehensive exhibition of drawings by the artist that has ever been assembled. The exhibition spans more than four and a half decades – from 1959 to 2004 – and includes more than one hundred works, many of them large in scale and created from materials not usually associated with drawing, including steel, aluminum, fabric and molded plastic.
Tom Wesselmann, Drawing for Mouth # 3, 1963, Charcoal on paper, 48 x 63.5 inches
A Cincinnati native who came to New York in 1956 to attend art classes at Cooper Union, Tom Wesselmann was one of the originators of pop art. Along with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Jim Dine, Wesselmann created a body of works that helped define the visual identity of America in the 1960s. In time, pop art became one of the best known movements in the history of art.
Tom Wesselmann, Still Life # 61, 1976, Oil on shaped canvases, 104 ½ x 391 x 79 inches
Admission to the museum is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors 65+, and $5 for students 6-17. Admission includes entry to both current special exhibitions, Tom Wesselmann Draws and Latin American Art from the Collection of Pearl and Stanley Goodman. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more by calling 954-262-0241.
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale is located at One East Las Olas Boulevard at Andrews Avenue.
Call 954-525-5500 for more information or visit http://moaflnsu.org/.
Tom Wesselmann, Drawing version of Bedroom Painting # 24, 1972, Charcoal on gesso on canvas, 75 ¼ x 93 ¼ x 19 5/8 inches.