Ripple, Art Affecting Oceans -Friday June 22nd, 8pm-Midnight

An art gala fundraiser for the DC Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation!

WHEN & WHERE?

Friday, June 22 (8 pm to midnight):
A gala for members and friends of Surfrider and other environmental organizations. Surf-related art from a host of professional ocean-loving artists. Wine and hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, music. Exhibit of member-created art inspired by the oceans.

Gallery: The Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
Location: 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20003 (Metro: Eastern Market)

www.rippledc.org
www.surfrider.org

Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series June 30, 2012–September 23, 2012

Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series

June 30, 2012–September 23, 2012

@ the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

http://www.corcoran.org/node/8478

A pivotal figure in the history of modern painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) was an innovator whose work inspired legions of artists and greatly advanced the lexicon of abstraction. The Corcoran is the only East Coast venue for Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, the first major museum exhibition to focus on the artist’s most celebrated body of work. The exhibition features more than 80 works, including large-scale paintings, smaller paintings made on cigar box lids, mixed-media drawings on paper, monotypes, and prints.

Named after the Southern California beachfront community where Diebenkorn worked between 1967 and 1988, the Ocean Park series grew out of a fertile period in the artist’s career when he abandoned the figurative style that had previously characterized his work. He went on to produce monumental, geometric abstractions formed of panes of luminous color. These powerful abstract investigations of space, light, and color evoke landscape and architectural forms as well as the sense of place that defined the California coast during this time.

Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series is co-organized by the Orange County Museum of Art and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The exhibition is curated by OCMA curator Sarah C. Bancroft.