We are excited to announce that the showplace for the future DALÍ-LAMB MUSEUM has opened in Chicago, Illinois.
Please visit us at River East Art Center, across the street from the Navy Pier, at 435 E. Illinois Street, Chicago Illinois 60611.
Hours are Monday through Saturday 11am to 6pm, and Sunday 12 noon to 5pm.
This showplace of the DALÍ-LAMB MUSEUM is a tantalizing prelude that offers an invigorating and thought-provoking taste of what the museum will look and feel like.
On view are artworks by the great surrealist master Salvador Dalí and the contemporary painter/sculptor Matt Lamb.
The museum follows on the heels of a succession of exhibitions in Spain and the United States pairing the two artists, overseen by Professor Josep Felix Bentz, renowned Dalí scholar and president of the Reial Cercle Artistic de Barcelona. The formal and thematic affinities beween Dalí’s and Lamb’s concerns, which Professor Bentz and others have ellucidated in recent symposia, essays, and talks, will be highlighted in the rotating exhibitions.
Visitors will also be able to learn more about Matt Lamb’s work for world peace and will be invited to sign a “peace wall” that will become part of a traveling exhibition.
Sight-impaired visitors are encouraged to touch certain Lamb paintings, in the same fashion that visitors do at the Lamb Museum for the Blind in Germany. With their extraordinary textures, these paintings afford a rich tactile experience that communicates much about their essence. Some sight-impaired visitors, even those who are completely blind, say they can feel the vibrations of the colors themselves.
DVD’s and other media related to Dalí and Lamb may be viewed at the showplace.
Private showings may be arranged, and private parties may be booked at the facility.
For more details, please email Sheila Lamb Gabler at slg5@comcast.net.
In addition to the photos throughout this post, we invite you to view a larger selection of photographs at:
http://www.mattlamb.org/dalilamb.htm
We look forward to seeing you soon!