FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Vicki Brodnax 407.646.1595 or vbrodnax@rollins.edu November 30, 2007

CORNELL MUSEUM AT ROLLINS COLLEGE TO EXHIBIT

INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LOUISE NEVELSON

The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College will present the sculpture exhibition NEVELSON BY NIGHT from January 19 – April 6, 2008. The show focuses upon works by Louise Nevelson one of the most important figures in contemporary art. Nevelson by Night has been organized exclusively for the Cornell Museum by director Luanne McKinnon and is the first comprehensive show about the sculptor presented in central Florida. This exclusive Cornell exhibition follows the Nevelson retrospective The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend organized by The Jewish Museum in New York and on view at the De Young Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, until January 13, 2008. CFAM’s Nevelson by Night features approximately one dozen small and large-scale sculptural objects, c. 1958-1976, all of which are comprised of wood and black paint.

Louise Nevelson’s method of using “found” objects gathered from New York City streets, building renovation sites, and cast-offs from lumber yards and wrecking areas that were transformed into a distinct sculptural language, earned her the title of the “grande dame of contemporary sculpture.” Her work has had profound effects upon many contemporary artists after her. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing through the ‘80s, Nevelson’s sculpture developed from tabletop-size works of art to human-scale columns and room-size walls installations.

Louise Nevelson arrived in America from the Ukraine in 1905 at the age of 5. Nevelson’s breakthrough sculpture and prominent public commissions, as well as her acclaimed museum exhibitions and frequent critical attention, were at times unequalled by her extraordinary public persona which was distinguished by ethnographic garb and couture, fanciful headgear, massive neckwear, and an imposing set of multilayered false eyelashes. Along with Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, Louise Nevelson is the single most recognized contemporary artist in America.

Gallery hours: Tues – Sat 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Sunday 1:00 – 5:00 pm.  Admission: $5 for adults.  Free to CFAM members, Rollins College faculty, staff, and all students with current ID, and children. For additional information please call 407-646-2526, or www.rollins.edu/cfam.