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Clyde Butcher photo exhibit
focuses on wild mountains of Cuba
By Candice Russell. Special
Correspondent. Sun-Sentinel,
FL, October 18 2005.
In the presence of photographer Clyde Butcher's
dramatic black-and-white landscapes, the
frequent comparisons to Ansel Adams seem
apt. Fond of exploring the Everglades and
other wild corners of the world, Butcher
turns his attention to another place so
near and yet so far in a current exhibition
on view through Nov. 19 at the Coral Springs
Museum of Art. "Cuba: The Natural Beauty"
features images captured during his trips
to the island in 2002 and 2003. Butcher
was invited to shoot in Cuba by the United
Nations Development Program, which is interested
in mountain conservation.
Visiting remote areas, he went to the waterfalls
of Sierra de San Juan and the Sierra Maestra
Mountains in Cuba's eastern province of
Granma, among other places. The results
are limited-edition prints of places most
Cubans have probably never seen in person.
Also on exhibit is "Steckley: From
the Ground up," featuring the hand-crafted
wood furniture of Matt Steckley, who prefers
to use trees that are no longer standing
due to car accidents and natural occurrences
such as lightning. Steckley will lecture
about creating furniture from found wood
in South Florida and the inspirations for
his designs at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at
the museum. His pieces are on display through
Nov. 19. Call 954-340-5000 or visit the
Web site csmart.org.
Art in Plantation: Fall is festival season,
the time for outdoor art shows under a less-than-blazing
sun. The 39th annual Art in the Park, sponsored
by the Plantation Junior Woman's Club, will
take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday in the city's Liberty Tree Park.
This juried art show includes 130 artists
representing 11 art categories. Unlike the
Las Olas Art Festival and the Coconut Grove
Arts Festival in the winter, the Plantation
event is neither too big nor too crowded.
It's just right, with a heady combo of paintings,
sculptures, ceramics and mixed media works.
There is also live entertainment including
performances by the Swing Blue Revue, the
Plantation High School Jazz Band, the Sunshine
Chordsmen and others. Call 954-797-9762
or visit the Web site plantationjuniorwomansclub.org.
Contemporary art: Broward's home of cutting-edge,
contemporary art is the Art and Culture
Center of Hollywood. In its current exhibition
"Reduced," on view through Nov.
6, three South Florida artists address conceptual
ideas. Painter Frances Trombly gives importance
to things overlooked or neglected, Tom Scicluna
deals with minimalism in a site-specific
installation inspired by the Center's history
and Frank Wick, a winner of the 2003 South
Florida Cultural Consortium grant, uses
bacon grease to have fun with Darwinian
issues such as survival of the fittest.
Rounding out the show is John Baldessari,
whose 1971 video I Am Making Art mocks his
contemporaries who used their own bodies
as art media. Call 954-921-3274 or visit
artandculturecenter.org.
Candice Russell is a freelance writer
in Plantation.
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2005, Sun-Sentinel Co. & South Florida
Interactive Inc.
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