Art & Galleries
Cowboys and Indians show at Goldenstein Gallery
By HOLLY HENDERSON
Foxy Lady by David DeVary
The Goldenstein Gallery in Sedona, Arizona, hosts a new show every month to showcase contemporary local artists of the Southwest.
Friday, Oct. 2 marks the grand opening of the gallery's fifth annual Cowboys and Indians show, a month-long event celebrating the preservation of Native American and Western cultures in contemporary art.
The show features artists such as the multi-award winning bronze and stone sculptor Upton Ethelbah, also known as "Grey Shoes" (the Apache translation of his last name), who was recently named the 2009 Santa Fe Indian Market's Best in Show for Stone Sculpture; David DeVary, a contemporary Western painter best known for his iconic Cowboys & Cowgirls with Attitude collection; sculptor Star York, who earned a spot on Southwest Art magazine's top 30 list and has been featured on the cover of numerous other magazines, including Art Talk; Jan Van Ek, a talented equine sculptor and a 2008 winner at the American Academy of Equine Art Founders Awards; and Jim Van Deman, a Native American expressionist painter whose abstract paintings are unique contemporary expressions of his Delaware tribal heritage.
Sea of Dreams II by Jan Van Ek
And during the second week of Cowboys and Indians, the Goldenstein Gallery will welcome the legendary actor and talented painter Tony Curtis to Sedona for a special exhibit of his work.
Tony Curtis Exhibition
The Cowboys and Indians exhibit showcases artists who reinvent the traditional in their own contemporary style, and Tony Curtis fits right in as a modern artist. Working as an actor for over 40 years – and refusing to play it safe when it came to making films, the classic star of Some Like It Hot, who started painting before he became an actor, has transferred his innovative "cowboy up" philosophy from the big screen to the canvas.
Eagle Dancer by Upton Ethelbah
Now Curtis is a recent addition to the Goldenstein stable of artists and is currently in talks with the Museum of Modern Art in New York regarding some of his work. In honor of the icon's accomplishments as an evolving artist, the Goldenstein Gallery will feature an exhibit of Tony Curtis' original paintings and fine art prints Oct. 7–11.
The event will begin on the 7th with a private celebrity reception at the gallery. On the 8th a there will be a special showing of Curtis' films Some Like It Hot and The Sweet Smell of Success at the Harkins Theatre. The following evening, the Sedona Arts Festival is hosting a gala event, "An Intimate Evening with Tony Curtis," at the L'Auberge de Sedona Resort.
Diablo by Tony Curtis
Curtis will be on hand for artist receptions in the gallery on Oct. 8, 9, and 11 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. each day and at the 19th Annual Sedona Arts Festival for a book signing on Saturday, Oct. 10. This will be the first of a series of events at the gallery featuring Curtis.
To learn more about Tony Curtis, his career as an artist, and his life on Shiloh Ranch – where he helps his wife, Jill, run an equine rescue and sanctuary – look for the upcoming exclusive interview in Cowboys & Indians magazine.
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