Boca Raton, FL, March 1, -- The Boca Raton Museum of Art is pleased to announce the opening of its Spring Exhibitions Ernest Trova Retrospective  and Selections from the Isadore and Kelly Friedman Bequest  on April 11, 2007. The exhibitions will be on display through June 3, 2007. On the occasion of American artist Ernest Trova’s 80th birthday, this important retrospective exhibition organized by the Museum will, for the first time, bring together works from all stages of the artist’s prolific career, making it possible to view Trova’s work in its totality. Forty years of paintings, graphics, assemblages and sculptures by self-taught Trova (born in St. Louis 1927- ) reveal the artist’s infinite variations on the theme of universal man and his journey through life.

Works in the exhibition range from the apocalyptic expressionism of his visceral paintings from the late 1950s-60s to his part classical-part futuristic figures of Falling Man.  Always rational, elemental, and iconic, Trova’s stark images embody an ideal prototype. His sleek, slim-bodied entities with rounded contours and flowing aerodynamic silhouettes synthesize both figurative and abstract sculpture into astonishing variations. Included in the exhibition are Trova’s Falling Man  series (1960s-2005), Profile Canto series (1970s), Abstract Variations (1980s) and recent work. The exhibition features more than 80 pieces on loan from both public and private collections, as well as key works on loan from the artist.

Ernest Tino Trova, (1927 - ), a self-trained American surrealist and pop art painter, and sculptor, was born in St. Louis. Best known for his signature images and figures, the Falling Man, Trova considered his entire output a single "work in progress." Trova used classic American comic character toys in some of his pieces because he admired their surrealism.

 

He began as a painter, progressing through three-dimensional constructions to his mature medium, sculpture. Trova’s gift of forty of his works led to the opening of St. Louis County, Missouri's Laumeier Sculpture Park. With his Falling Man series of images and figures, Ernest Trova created one of the defining artistic images of his career. He lives in Richmond Heights, Missouri.no Trova, a self-trained St. Louis native, became one of the significant artists of the late twentieth century. Best known for his signature image, the Falling Man, Ernest Trova created one of the defining artistic images of his time.This exhibition has been organized by the Boca Raton Museum of Art in conjunction with Walker Fine Art.

The Boca Raton Museum of Art was founded in 1950 as the Art Guild of Boca Raton, and has evolved into one of the leading cultural institutions in South Florida.  Celebrating its fifth year in its 44,000 square foot home in Mizner Park, the Museum has achieved international recognition as a world-class visual arts institution, presenting dynamic traveling exhibitions from acclaimed and emerging artists, and an outstanding permanent collection.  Some of the Museum’s programs include the Art Films Series, artist lectures, family programs, Music at the Museum, the International Film Series, and more than 85 classes a week at its studio Art School.

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