THE MUSEUM OF ART | FORT LAUDERDALE OPENS NEW EXHIBITION: WITH YOU I WANT TO LIVE
Exhibit from Gordon Locksley and Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Opens April 18
GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - February 12, 2009 - A great love of collecting art of our time is shown in the private holdings of local Fort Lauderdale residents and patrons of the burgeoning arts scene in Greater Fort Lauderdale Gordon Locksley and Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz. All three individuals are tireless collectors passionately engaged in the contemporary art scene. The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale has brought together over 100 selected works from these two collections for this exhibition, With You I Want to Live, the title taken from a neon wall sculpture by Tracey Emin in the Locksley collection.
Gordon Locksley brings works from such famed artists as Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, and Brice Marden. Also on display canvases from Anselm Reyle and Peter Halley, as well pop aesthetics from Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, and graffiti artists Bansky, Nick Walker, Blek La Rat and the Chinese artists Luo Weidong, Minjun Yue, and Wang Guangyi. Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz's collection features works by South Florida artists, and those who have a significant relationship with the emerging South Florida art scene. Among these are Naomi Fisher, Jacin Giordano, Beatriz Monteavaro, Carol Prusa, and Betty Rosado.
Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz are among Florida's most prominent arts activists and philanthropists. In 2006, they opened the Girl's Club, a private foundation and alternative space. The current exhibition at the Girl's Club is Under the Influence (through September 30, 2009), a multi-media exploration of how artists influence one another. Included are sixty recent works which show their shared ideas and methods of making art. The exhibition makes a strong reference back to the feminist collectives of the 1970s and 1980s that challenged the isolation and originality of the individual artist.
The exhibition, which will dominate 17,000 square feet of the Museum's special exhibition galleries, opens to the public on April 18, 2009. The Locksley Collection, installed in the second floor galleries, will remain on view through March 22, 2010; and the Good+Horvitz Collection, in the first floor galleries, will remain on view through October 12, 2009.
"Greater Fort Lauderdale is proud to host such a dignified collection of paintings, sculpture and photography," said Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Our Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale has a history of hosting popular exhibitions including Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs and the current Picasso/Luna exhibition."
"Fort Lauderdale is privileged to have such assiduous collectors; and in a broader sense, it is exciting that we will be able to feature so many young artists whose work will be shown here for the first time. Collecting is a very personal adventure; and Gordon Locksley, Francie Bishop Good, and David Horvitz have been very generous to share their choices and their enthusiasm for the art of today," said Irvin M. Lippman, executive director Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.
These two exhibitions will each be accompanied by a publication featuring interviews with the collectors. With You I Want to Live inaugurates a series of exhibitions of private collections planned by the Museum. The Pearl and Stanley Goodman Collection of Latin American Art is scheduled to be on view from May through October 2010.
About the Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection
Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection has as its special emphasis the contribution of women to the field of contemporary art, encompassing cutting edge visions from artists working in painting, drawing, photography and video from the 1960s to the present.
About the Gordon Locksley Collection
Gordon Locksley has amassed extraordinary holdings of contemporary art since 1960. He and business partner George Shea began their careers as art dealers, opening in 1964 the Locksley Shea Gallery in Minneapolis, representing artists who are now considered modern masters: Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, and Brice Marden. After leaving Minneapolis and living in Rome and Cannes, Gordon Locksley settled in Fort Lauderdale. He continues to actively collect and commission new work, some of monumental scale that will be on view for the first time in this exhibition.
About Greater Fort Lauderdale
The new Greater Fort Lauderdale is a vibrant, "beach chic" destination offering more than 33,000 hotel rooms at a variety of hotels, resorts, and Superior Small Lodgings, plus new high-end, luxury resorts and more to come. Nearly 11 million annual visitors enjoy Greater Fort Lauderdale's 23 miles of Blue Wave Beaches, 300+ miles of inland waterways that run from the Intracoastal to the Everglades, more than 4,000 restaurants, top shopping, and a thriving arts and culture scene. For more information, contact the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 22-SUNNY or visit www.sunny.org.
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