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Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe at the FAC |
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Written by Ken Hamel
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
 Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
May 3 – July 6, 2008Opening reception Friday May 2, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
About the Exhibition
Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe, on exhibit at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center from May 3 – July 6, captures the beauty, sensuality and vulnerability of an American icon, who many have described as the sexiest woman of the 20th Century.
Experience the spark, sex appeal and sensation of Marilyn Monroe through the art of Andy Warhol, Christo, Douglas Kirkland, Robert Indiana, Mel Ramos, Richard Avedon, Bert Stern, Henri Cartier-Bresson and many others. This vivid and diverse exhibition of 286 objects captures Marilyn’s rise to stardom, her private life and public image, through works by more than 80 artists ranging from fashion photographers to Pop painters to international contemporary artists.
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“This exhibition provides an intimate look at the enchanting actress who charmed the world with her looks, vulnerability and innocence,” said FAC Curator Tariana Navas-Nieves. “We are happy to bring this special traveling exhibition to Colorado Springs. As an added treat, we’ve invited several local and regional artists to create their own original works of art inspired by Marilyn. We think that their contributions will make this blockbuster event even more memorable.”
During her lifetime, the blonde bombshell captured the attention of the world’s top photographers, who snapped shots of the dazzling star on the sets of her films and in more intimate moments. A visual voyage of Monroe’s rise to stardom, the exhibition features the most famous photographs of Marilyn from the most recognizable moments of her film career; including Sam Shaw’s iconic image of Marilyn standing over the subway grate from Seven Year Itch. Other exhibition highlights include Douglas Kirkland’s bed sheet shot, One Night with Marilyn, Bert Stern’s poignant The Last Sitting, showing a glowing Marilyn with a champagne glass in hand taken six weeks before her death, and, of course, Andy Warhol’s Marilyns.
In the 1960s, Andy Warhol transformed Monroe into an iconic subject of the Pop Art movement, inspiring artists like Robert Indiana and Mel Ramos. Monroe’s timeless appeal continues today as evident in works by Spanish painter Antonio de Felipe and Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura, among many. This exhibit contains nudity.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
30 West Dale Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.634.5583
http://www.csfineartscenter.org/Marilyn.asp
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