Created by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. as part of a sculpture exhibition, the 5-piece cast aluminum piece is now at its new home on a sandy beachfront location at Washington’s National Harbor, near the stage and plaza. 

The new location is inches off the waters edge and a smaller, somewhat less inviting and playful place than the former locations in a large grassy park.

Watch the video of the statute’s removal from Hains Point and installation at National Harbor.

The Awakening
National Harbor
137 National Plaza
National Harbor, MD 20745  (map it)

Dates and Times – Open daily, 24-hours a day.

Admission - FREE

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Branch Avenue – Green line, then a 20-minute bus ride (NH-1 Metrobus).

Parking – Garage parking is available at $1.00 per hour ($10 max.)

Images – from personal collection   ©2008, Jon Rochetti 
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Throughout the week of November 15-22, 2008, Washington, DC will celebrate the art of photography, with a gathering of the best in the DC photographic community, with series of exhibits, lectures, competitions, and celebration of all things photographic.

FotoWeek DC brings together photographic talent and a collection of images ranging from artistic to business, political to editorial. Events include:

• Exhibitions at over 60 galleries and public spaces around DC
• Juried exhibitions of some of Washington, DC’s most gifted photographers
• Lectures and book signings by well-known photographers
• Talks from representatives who manage institutional and museum photo collections 
• Workshops and lectures for both the new and expert photographer
• Personal portfolio reviews by professional photographers

One highlight will be the world premiere giant outdoor high-definition (HD) digital image slide show, presented in a large multi-story format, of selected photos from some of Washington DC’s most popular institutions, including the Newseum, American Art Museum, National Museum of American History, Corcoran Gallery of Art and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The slide presentation will run at the following locations (all between 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. unless noted):

• National Museum of the American Indian — 10/13-15
• FotoWeek DC Central – 3337 M Street, NW –10/14-15
• Smithsonian Photography Initiative – 3333 M Street, NW – 10/14–22
• Newseum – 10/14/16
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – 10/14-16
• Corcoran Gallery of Art – 10/14-15
• American Art Museum – Kogod Courtyard 10/18-19 (5-7 p.m.), 10/20 (5-8 p.m.)
• Museum of American History – 10/20-22

FotoWeek DC
Various locations around Washington, DC

Dates and Times – November 10-22, 2008. Check the events calendar for events and details.

Admission – Registration is required for all free events. Register online or at the site. Some events, workshops require paid tickets.

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Rosati’s most famous piece, a 23 foot tall stainless steel Ideogram was located in the World Trade Center plaza New York City, before 9-11.

Two of his pieces are also on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

The piece is being removed on Monday.

Triple Arc
Courtyard of the American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue, NW at 18th and E streets, NW
Washington, DC 20006 (map it)

Dates and Times – The piece is moving on Monday, so visit this weekend.

Admission – Free

Nearest Metro Subway Station -  Farragut West – Orange and Blue lines, then a 5-block walk.

Parking – Metered and paid garage parking is available.

Image – from personal collection   ©2008, Jon Rochetti  _________________________________________________

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And KISS front man Paul Stanley is no exception. He will be exhibiting his oil and acrylic paintings, along with Giclee prints, at the Wentworth Gallery in Tysons Gallery in suburban McLean, Virginia.

If you can’t recall the different KISS characters, Stanley was the Starchild and is probably one the most recognizable of the ten different KISS members.

His collection over 100 painting, including one-of-a-kind pieces and limited edition prints, will be on display starting Saturday, October 7th at the gallery. And if you purchase a piece in advance, you get to attend a 1-hour VIP event where you’ll  get to meet Paul, have your artwork personally autographed and pose with a photo with him.  If you buy a piece at the show, you can also meet Stanley, but the pre-showing VIP event will be less crowded and more relaxed.

Here’s a link to some of his work, which includes images of KISS band members, as well as abstract and pop art.  Prices ranges from $1,500 to over $65,000.

Besides singing for KISS for a three decades, and exhibiting and selling his painting since 2005, Stanley also starred in a production of The Phantom of the Opera, in Toronto for three months in 1999, where he played the lead role.

Paul Stanley Art Show  
Wentworth Gallery
Tysons Galleria  
1731 M. International Drive  
McLean, VA 22102  (map it)
703-883-0111

Dates and Times – Saturday, October 11. 2008, Noon  to 3:00 p.m.

Tickets – Admission is free

Nearest Metro Subway Station – West Falls Church – Orange line, then a 10-minute cab ride.

Parking – Free

Images – Flickr – Face, on stage

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This blue painted stainless steel, 31-foot tall sculpture was installed at the corner of Ninth and F Streets in late August, on the grounds of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

First installed in 1996, just one block from the World Trade Center, in Battery Park in New York City, it survived the September 11th attack with only minor scratches.  A month later, it was moved to another gallery in Nassau County, New York, then to a botanic garden in Coral Gables, Florida. 

The piece is part of a series of four sculptures by Lichtenstein that created sculptures of human figures that look like machines.

Roy Lichtenstein is most widely know for his giant pop art comics Ben-day Dots paintings, such as his most famous piece “Wham”. The National Gallery of Art is the largest collector of Lichtenstein’s work, after he donated over 150 prints to the museum a year before his death.

“Modern Head” by Roy Lichtenstein.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Ninth and F Streets 
Washington, DC  (map it)

Dates and Times – Viewable 24 hours-a-day. The museum is open daily 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Admission – FREE to view the statute or enter the museum.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Gallery Place – Chinatown, Red, Green and Yellow lines, then a 2-block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street and paid garage parking is available in the area.

Images – from personal collection; ©2008, Jon Rochetti

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The exhibit catapulted these eight independent American artists and a new artistic movement. The artists, called The Eight, were a group of American painters who united to oppose academic traditions held by the established art world.

Their style advanced modernism, incorporating realist artistic movement, was dubbed the Ashcan style, (or the Ash Can school); named for its gritty portrayal of people living in the crowded tenements of New York’s working class and poorer neighborhoods.

The show toured the U.S. after becoming a New York sensation.

The styles and subject matter of The Eight vary greatly, but the original exhibit paved the way for future modern art shows. The Eight included Robert Henri, George Luks, William Glackens, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson and Arthur Bowen Davies.

The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC remembers the exhibit’s centennial with a special installation of 20 Ashcan works.

American Art Rebels – The Eight
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW, between Q and R Streets
Washington, DC 20009 (map it)

Dates and Times - September 27, 2008 – January 11, 2009. Hours – Saturday 10:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m., Thursdays until 8:30 p.m., Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays.

Tickets – Are available online and are $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors (62+) and students, free for 18 and under.  Tickets include admission to the museum as well.

Nearest Metro subway station - Dupont Circle – Red line, use the Q Street exit. Then a

Parking – Metered street parking is available, but can be a bit challenging to find. Paid parking garages are available nearby.

Images – public domain – Bellows, Shinn,

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His individualist style were based, in part, of earlier works of abstract expressionists from a decade earlier. 

By the 1960s, he had become a known and respected abstract expressionist on America’s Pacific coast.

Closing soon is an exhibit of his influential work, at The Phillips Collection, in Washington, DC.

Diebenkorn in New Mexico
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW, between Q and R Streets
Washington, DC 20009 (map it)

Dates and Times - Through Sept. 7, 2008

Hours – Saturday 10:00 a.m.– 6:00 p.m., Thursdays until 8:30 p.m., Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays.

Tickets – Are available online and are $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors (62+) and students, free for 18 and under.  Tickets include admission to the museum as well.

Nearest Metro subway station - Dupont Circle – Red line, use the Q Street exit. Then a

Parking – Metered street parking is available, but can be a bit challenging to find. Paid parking garages are available nearby. 

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Ranging from somewhat predictable Andy Warhol-like black & white still-life movies with not much happening, to some very entertaining and provocative clips reflecting the transition from consciousness to the dream state.

The exhibit is mostly showcased in a series of dark galleries (so dark, at times it’s almost impossible to see your way around).  At times, I had to stop in my tracks as I was unable to see my next step.  At one point, as I was literally feeling my way through a dark gallery with a movie playing, I almost stepped on another person who thought it would be smart to sit on the floor instead of the provided chairs.

Some of the 20+ exhibits were simple black and white film loops cast onto a wall while others were much more creative, provocative and entertaining.

Several of the pieces pulled me in for five or more minutes, while others, either making me uncomfortable or bored, urged me to move on quickly.

A couple pieces that I really enjoyed were films of a man speaking narrowly focused on to a three-dimensional balloon. The balloon, was used as the screen, roughly the size of a human head.  The talking human image came to life on the round balloon, and appeared surrealistically lifelike. Some people, you could tell were uncomfortable with the images, and passed quickly.

Another piece I enjoyed very much was a heavily fog-filled dark room with a solitary green laser beam light, placed horizontally at head height. The fog was thick enough that caused most visitors to walk hesitantly around the exhibit, while others turned around. 

The second part of the exhibit, Realisms, which open in June, will  focus on the digital age and the impact on real time life.

The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image – Part I: Dreams
The Hirshhorn Museum 
900 Jefferson Dr., SW, corner of 7th, SW and Independence Ave.
Washington, DC  (map it)

Dates and Times – 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., through May, 11, 2008 

Admission – FREE

Nearest Metro Subway Station – L’Enfant Plaza – Blue, Orange, Yellow, and Green lines, then a 3-block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street parking is available.

Images – Flickr – dream, blue sonar, museum exterior – from personal collection – © 2008 – Jon Rochetti

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His eye for capturing the beauty of what is now the practically vanished post-depression-era homesteds of the remote prairies of the Midwest is distinctive.

The collection consists of haunting panoramic and almost surreal images of weathered and derilect farm homes, barns and other buildings from places near where the photographer was born, western Minnesota.  With a background in both architecture and photography, his images reveal a piece of lost history of the American farm and farmers.

Fraser Gallery
7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Hours
Tuesday – Saturday: 11:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., through January 6th

Nearest Metro subway station – Bethesda station – Red line, then a 2 block walk

    Books of Maxwell MacKenzie’s photographs available at Amazon.com

Photographic images courtesy of The Fraser Gallery.
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The artists use contrasting materials – welded steel and metal, and translucent painted plexiglass, to show commonalities and effects of light and lighting on their pieces.

Goethe-Institut
814 Seventh St. NW
Washington, DC
202-289-1200

Hours
Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 
Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Admission is free

Nearest Metro subway station
Gallery Place-Chinatown  – Red, Green and Yellow lines and Metro Center – Red, Blue and Orange lines

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