TONY CURTIS HAS JUST RELEASED A BRAND NEW SERIES OF GICLÉES OF MONTAGES
The man behind the mask of one hundred and fifty different roles, spanning over fifty years, now reveals himself to be Tony Curtis, fine artist.
Tony Curtis' incredible skill and versatility in the performing arts, is matched by his innate ability to create great beauty in fine art, reflecting the rich life of the artist, giving enormous pleasure to the collector.
While his acting career continues unabated today, what happens to his enormous need to create when the cameras are off and the sound stages are silent at the end of the day?
The same questioning and receptive mind that captures the subtle nuances of daily life, and later incorporates them into his film roles, has spent the last several decades storing sights and memories, collecting objects, posters, lobby cards, candid photos and movie stills that are now all coming together to form his brand new series of delightful, whimsical giclées of montages on canvas that virtually burst with all of the vitality and romantic charm that has characterized Tony Curtis' whole life.
The glamour of the film world has left its mark on his visual images. Each film locale and co-star has provided him with new and different inspiration for his art work. Many works seem bigger than life, encompassing great visual concepts within the confines of the canvas.
Tony Curtis' long-standing love affair with the beauty and glamour of Las Vegas has inspired the brilliantly conceived and colorful paintings and giclées of montages that he creates at his studio here.
Extraordinarily successful exhibitions all over North America, Europe, and Asia, of Tony Curtis' paintings, assemblages, collages, and boxes have earned him tremendous acclaim as a highly sought after artist and a prominent place in many world famous public and private collections.
MONTAGE (män-'täzh) Fr.
The art or process of making a composite picture by bringing together into a single composition a number of different pictures, or parts of pictures, and arranging these by superimposing and or juxtaposing the images so that they form a blended whole while remaining distinct.
GICLÉE (zhee-klay) Fr.
Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates, including canvas, providing tighter detail and better color accuracy than any other method of reproduction. Archived files will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and film inherently do. The quality of giclée prints rival traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and are commonly found in art galleries and museums such as NY Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum. Recent giclée auction prices include $9,600 for a giclée by Chuck Close, $10,800 for a giclée by Annie Leibovitz, and $22,800 for a giclée by Wolfgang Tillman.