Martin
Lawrence Galleries is honored to be bringing a special exhibition from
world-renowned American sculptor Frederick Hart to their impressive, 26,000
square foot flagship location inside The Forum Shops at Caesars on Saturday,
Oct. 13 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. This collaboration with the estate of Frederick
Hart gives visitors the unique opportunity to view the artist’s Washington
National Cathedral Collection in bronze, in addition to innovative clear
acrylic resin sculptures that were the first of their kind.
“Frederick
Hart succeeded in enhancing and adding to the visual splendor and artistic
resonance of our nation’s capital, an open air museum for the country and the
world,” states Stacie Goulet, Gallery Director of Martin Lawrence. “Few artists
can claim such an indelible legacy. We are thrilled to share Hart with visitors
to our Las Vegas gallery,” she adds.
Frederick
Hart is known for his realistic interpretation of the human body and his
uncanny ability to portray raw human emotion in sculpture. Born in Atlanta,
Georgia, in 1943, Hart learned the art of sculpture from an apprenticeship
under a master stone carver. His unique perspective and intricate designs
quickly brought him to the forefront of the American art scene, and several of
his works have become some of this nation’s most beloved monuments. Frederick
Hart is best known for his bronze sculpture “The Three Soldiers” at the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., and for “The Creation Sculptures”, which
decorate the west façade of the Washington National Cathedral. In 2004 he was
posthumously awarded a National Medal of Arts, the most prestigious award given
to artists by the U.S. Government.
This
special exhibition will feature the artist’s most celebrated works. In addition to Hart’s famous bronze
sculptures, Martin Lawrence Galleries will be showing a number of the artist’s
clear acrylic resin sculptures. As the first artist to master the acrylic resin
medium, Frederick Hart’s sculptures emphasize the relationship between light
and form in a revolutionary way. Patrons will have the opportunity to purchase
one of the artist’s most famous acrylic resin sculptures, “Born of Light”, at a
special price.
Visitors
to the gallery will also have the opportunity to view one of the most
recognizable sculptures in the world: Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker”.
Commissioned in 1880, the piece was created as part of “The Gates of Hell”, a
series of sculptures based on Dante’s “Divine Comedy”. Original casts of “The
Thinker” are located in some of the most prestigious museums in the world,
including the Musée Rodin in Paris and the California Palace of the Legion of
Honor. Using the original lost-wax casting method employed by Rodin, the Sayegh
Gallery in Paris has created a limited edition of 25 statues from a plaster
cast. Martin Lawrence Galleries is in possession of one of the very few casts
and is offering collectors the rare opportunity to acquire the masterpiece.
Martin
Lawrence Galleries is located by the Atlantis Fountain Show and Aquarium in The
Forum Shops. Hours are 10 a.m. – 11 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. – midnight on
weekends. For more information, contact 702-991-5990.
About
Martin Lawrence Galleries:
Martin
Lawrence Galleries has been in business for over 35 years, and now runs
galleries in prime locations around the country such as Soho in New York City,
Newbury Street in Boston, Royal Street in New Orleans, Oak Brook Center, Oak
Brook, IL, Dallas Galleria, Dallas, TX, Geary and Beach Streets in San
Francisco, Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA, Prospect Street in La Jolla and
Front Street in Maui.
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