PrintFifth Annual Cowboys and Indians Art Show with Tony Curtis
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Vaspers by Upton Ethelbah
The Goldenstein Gallery in Sedona, Arizona, hosts a new show every month to showcase contemporary local artists of the Southwest.
Friday, October 2 marked 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 featured 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 named the 2009 Santa Fe Indian Market’s Best of 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 of the American Academy of Equine Art Founders Award; and Jim Van Deman, a Native American expressionist painter whose abstract paintings are unique contemporary expressions of his Delaware tribal heritage. And in the second week of Cowboys and Indians, Goldenstein Gallery was thrilled to welcome the legendary actor and recently established painter Tony Curtis to Sedona for a special exhibit of his work during the fifth anniversary of the show.
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 more than 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. Now Curtis has become an addition to the Goldenstein Gallery stable of artists, and one of his paintings has been accepted into the permanent collection of the Film and Media Wing of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In honor of the icon’s accomplishments as an evolving artist, Goldenstein Gallery showcased a collection of Curtis’ original paintings and fine art prints October 7 – 11.
The multifaceted event began on the 7th with a private celebrity reception at the gallery. On the 8th a special showing of Curtis’ films Some Like It Hot and Sweet Smell of Success was held at Harkins Theatres. And the following evening, the Sedona Arts Festival hosted a gala event, “An Intimate Evening with Tony Curtis,” at the L’Auberge de Sedona Resort. Curtis was on hand for the artist receptions in the gallery on October 8, 9, and 11, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., and he attended the 19th Annual Sedona Arts Festival for a book signing on Saturday, October 10.
To learn more about 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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