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Indepth Arts News:
"Show Me The Monet: A Celebration of the Life and Art of CLAUDE MONET, 1840-1926"
2000-04-20 until 2000-05-01
UPTOWN Cafe
Norfolk, NE,
USA United States of America
Show Me The Monet,
a celebration of the life
and art of CLAUDE MONET, 1840-1926, opens
April 20 and runs through May 1, 2000. Hosted
by The UPTOWN Cafe in the newly updated
Kensington at 4th & Norfolk Avenue in Norfolk
Nebraska, the show will combine fine art with
gardening and culinary arts.
More than 7 months in production, the show
will feature more than 50 different prints, fine
art reproductions and posters of many sizes.
The focus of the show will be the oil on can-
vas paintings which are extraordinarily true
to life. The three stage process vividly recreates
the original colors, surface textures and brush
strokes in bas relief to achieve museum quality.
Lunch & dinner creations from Monets
cooking journals will be produced by The UPTOWNs chef staff. Slide shows will accompany
some banquet dining.
Monets beloved gardens will be heralded in the
Grand Lobby with representative flowers and
plants, fine art prints, a hand drawn diagram
of the gardens and a massive image from an
aerial view.
The shows special features will include a gift
shop and reference material, large screen
video presentations, Internet links to Monet
sites around the world and guides to Monet
exhibitions.
The show is being actively anounced througout
Nebraska and nine states: MN, WI,IA, KS, MO,
IL, SD, CO & WY In 1997, The UPTOWN
contracted and produced the first ever independent showing of John Lennons art - Music
For The Eyes - which attracted more than 5,400
visitors from 17 states and 3 foreign countries
in five days.
Why Monet, some might ask Because of his
multi-dimensional creativity, we might answer.
In the words of Arthur Koestler, True creativity
often starts where language ends, Monet mani-
fested a lifelong avalanche of creativity in each
of three separate areas: painting, cooking and
gardening. In doing so he created a realm of
awesome productivity beyond the limitations
of language.
And thats what really fires our spirits! Here is a
bold and brilliant chance to celebrate the majesty
and mastery of the past in the all-powerful pre-
sent moment; to create an immersion experi-
ence while crafting a living legacy for the
creativity of young people. This is simply an
epiphany of colorful awareness which flows
quietly from the splash of flowers, the food and
the diverse collection of art pieces, all readily
available to the senses.
This is a not for profit exhibition. Please feel
free to contact Rosalind at (402) 371-7171. e-mail: uptowner@webtv.net
Mail: The UPTOWN, 326 Norfolk Avenue, Norfolk
NE 68701
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