Sculpture/Dine/Pinocchio is a major exhibition of Dine’s recent sculptural works within the galleries and on the grounds. The museum’s first floor galleries will be devoted to several themes – the artist’s Heart and Venus works, Gardening and Carpentry Tool imagery, and recent Pinocchio objects. Several major sculptural works will be installed outdoors on the museum’s expansive 145-acre sculpture park and wilderness refuge, including The Mountains in the Distance of 1987-88. This iconic bronze work places the Venus de Milo form on its side, abstracting the verticality of the figure to evoke the horizontality of a landscape.
The second floor of the museum will be devoted to Dine’s Pinocchio book.
The impressive Pinocchio series, compiled as illustrations to a translation of Carlo Collodi’s original tale, consists of 40 lithographs, each approximately 20 x 17 inches. The publication concludes with Dine expresses his connection to Pinocchio, dedicating his works to the adventurous wooden boy. “his poor burned feet, his misguided judgment, his vanity about his temporary donkey ears all add up to the real sum of his parts. In the end it is his great heart that holds me.”
This event takes place in the Main & Second Floor Galleries
