Tarpon Springs Campus - St.
Petersburg College
600 E. Klosterman Rd.; Tarpon Springs, Fl. 34689
(727) 712-5762
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/museum/
Jan. 22 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 23 1 to 5 p.m.
Sculpture in Motion: Lin Emery, A Retrospective
This exhibition is a sixty-year retrospective of the
acclaimed New Orleans kinetic sculptor Lin Emery and includes early
static pieces; experiments in movement with magnets; motors and sounds; and
large outdoor sculptures that capture the natural energy of the wind while
commanding the landscape. Emery’s innovative works are featured in
major museums, public art collections and in award-winning international
sculpture competitions around the world.
The inspiration for the Sculpture in Motion
exhibition is based on the 1994 sculpture Flowering gifted to the
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art as part of the Patricia A. and Thomas J. Lehnen
Family Collection. Designed as a maquette (model) for a 26 foot
high sculpture commissioned for the Neiman Marcus Store in Shore Hills, New
Jersey, the model was purchased by Neiman Marcus Senior Vice President Tom
Lehnen and his wife. Tom greatly admired the work of Lin Emery and
encouraged the museum to organize this exhibition. With his unexpected
death in 2006, the museum wishes to dedicate this exhibition to the passion
of Tom Lehnen for art, the sculpture of Lin Emery and this museum.
To enhance understanding of the Lin Emery exhibition,
the museum will present videos on the artist’s aesthetics career, and also
has published a gallery guide with an essay by Philip J. Palmedo who is
publishing a book on Lin Emery that will be available in the spring.
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