Art Exhibits
Sculpture by David Hayes

Exhibit of Modern Artist David Hayes’ Sculptures and Paintings Opens Saturday, Sept 7, in Greenwich

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Sorokin Gallery of Greenwich will exhibit small sculptures and paintings of the American modern master David Hayes (1931-2013) from Sept. 3 to 24. — an announcement from the Sorokin Gallery

There will be an opening for the exhibit on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m., then a subsequent talk by the artist’s son, David Hayes Jr., on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Hayes enjoyed a robust six-decade career working in Paris and Coventry, Connecticut.

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Athena Parthenon

DCA’s Four-Part 2018 Art Lecture Series Focuses on Sculpture

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The focus of the Darien Community Association’s annual Art Lecture Series this year will be on sculpture. Four lectures are scheduled every Thursday in October in the DCA’s Garden Room. Attendees will gain insights to better understand, enjoy and discern the sculptural work of art. American artist Adolph “Ad” Reinhardt (1913-1967) once said “Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.” Museum goers almost always head directly to the paintings galleries, walking past the sculpture only to get to the “flat art.”

Familiar names they know, omnipresent as Pop stars: Andy Warhol, Picasso and Matisse; a Van Gogh masterpiece serving as background for a Selfie Facebook post; Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” reaching a new auction record at Christie’s of $450 million galvanizes our attention. Unlike oil on canvas, a work of sculpture exists as a different reality than a painting.