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FRED JONES JR. CELEBRATES STATE'S CENTENNIAL WITH EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY OKLAHOMA ARTIST OLINKA HRDY This summer the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Avenue in Norman, will celebrate the state’s Centennial with an exhibition of works by Oklahoma-born artist Olinka Hrdy. Following an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 8, “Oklahoma Moderne: The Art and Design of Olinka Hrdy” will remain on view at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman through Sept. 9, 2007. The exhibition has been designated an official Oklahoma Centennial exhibition. Curated by Mark Andrew White, associate professor of art history at Oklahoma State University, “Oklahoma Moderne: The Art and Design of Olinka Hrdy”, will explore the work and development of Hrdy, whose Czech and Oklahoma roots influenced her work as an artist and designer. Although largely forgotten to the history of art and design, Hrdy led an accomplished career, exhibiting nationally and working with distinguished architects such as Bruce Goff and Frank Lloyd Wright. White says, “Her artistic development demonstrates an intriguing fusion of modernist abstraction; Czech embroidery, a family tradition in which she was trained; and 1920s and 30s art deco, an architectural and ornamental style that was not only popular in her native Oklahoma and adopted home of California but was also practiced at one time by both Goff and Wright.” “Oklahoma Moderne: The Art and Design of Olinka Hrdy” will examine how Hrdy marshaled these diverse influences into a distinctive style that she then applied to diverse media such as easel painting, murals, textiles, and consumer products. To this end, the exhibition will offer a survey of the artist’s work from her education at the University of Oklahoma in the late 1920s to her career as a commercial and industrial designer in California. Such a survey will not only demonstrate the intriguing diversity and breadth of Hrdy’s career but also offer a much-needed exploration of this forgotten modernist. “Oklahoma Moderne: The Art and Design of Olinka Hrdy” is being co-organized by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and Price Tower Arts Center in Bartlesville. The works will be exhibited at Price Tower Arts Center from Sept. 28, 2007 to Jan. 13, 2008. Exhibition-Related Programming at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Friday, June 8, 2007, 7 to 9 p.m. Opening Reception - Live music and refreshments. Free and open to the public. Sunday, July 29, 1 to 4 p.m. General Information About Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is one of the nation's finest university art museums and features works from Edward Hopper to Vincent Van Gogh. The recently opened Mary and Howard Lester Wing, designed by renowned architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, showcases the Weitzenhoffer Collection, making the museum one of the premier showcases for French Impressionism in the Great Plains states, with works by Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others. Other strengths of the permanent collection include 20th century American paintings, Southwestern art, American Indian art, ceramics, photography, Asian art, Persian miniatures, modern contemporary art, icons and more. The museum offers educational programs, Family Days, concerts, lectures, and films. Merchandise in the Museum Store reflects the museum's collections and includes such items as art books, American Indian jewelry, puzzles, and note cards. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday About Price Tower Arts Center The landmark destination for art, architecture and design, Price Tower Arts Center provides local, regional and global audiences with the experience of great art, architecture and design in an arts complex whose centerpiece is Frank Lloyd Wright's only skyscraper, the Price Tower. This international landmark, which celebrated its 50th anniversary year throughout 2006, contains permanent and changing exhibition galleries; original Wright interiors (available by tour); and The Wright Place museum store. Visitors may also experience Wright's masterpiece as guests of Inn at Price Tower, a 21-room high-design hotel that the Arts Center has created within Wright's skyscraper, along with the Inn's elegant Copper Restaurant + Bar. Beginning January 2, 2007, historic tour admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors (65+), $5 students and children 16 and under and includes admission to the museum galleries. For more information, the public may call 918.336.4949 or visit the web site at www.pricetower.org. About Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The University of Oklahoma's Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is one of the nation's finest university art museums and features works from Edward Hopper to Vincent Van Gogh. The recently opened Mary and Howard Lester Wing, designed by renowned architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, showcases the Weitzenhoffer Collection, making the museum one of the premier showcases for French Impressionism in the Great Plains states, with works by Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others. Other strengths of the permanent collection include 20th century American paintings, Southwestern art, American Indian art, ceramics, photography, Asian art, Persian miniatures, modern contemporary art, icons and more. The museum offers educational programs, Family Days, concerts, lectures, and films. Merchandise in the Museum Store reflects the museum's collections and includes such items as art books, American Indian jewelry, puzzles, and note cards. Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays. Admission is free on Tuesdays. Located at 555 Elm Avenue in Norman. (405) 325-4938 for more information. For information about exhibitions at Price Tower Art Center, contact: For information about exhibitions at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, contact:
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