TURNER & CONSTABLE

ONE NIGHT ONLY

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition. The 1:30pm screening on Sunday, May 3 will be followed by a movie talk with Aaron Holz, Professor of Painting & Drawing at UNL’s School of Art, Art History, and Design.

ALL TICKETS $10

Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access to bring their extraordinary art and remarkable stories to the big screen. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

Turner’s blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable’s idealised depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Constable represents the very best of the old school of realism and pastoral nostalgia; Turner, an exciting new way of depicting emotion and dreamlike impressions. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of ‘fire and water’. Don’t miss this opportunity to see these greats side-by-side, as they so often were in life, on the big screen for the first time

AARON HOLZ

Aaron Holz is a professor of Painting & Drawing in the School of Art, Art History & Design. His work is currently on view at The Sheldon Museum of Art in the exhibition “Hyphen American” and can be seen locally through Kichel Fine Art.  He has also exhibited work in New York and throughout the United States. Internationally, Aaron’s work has been exhibited in London, Basel, Switzerland and Mexico. Reviews of his work have appeared in New York Arts Magazine, The Lincoln Journal Star, The New York Sun, and The New York Times. He was included in “100 Painters of Tomorrow” in 2014. In addition to private collections in Europe and the United States, Aaron’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Sheldon Museum of Art, The Blanden Memorial Art Museum, The University Art Museum at Albany, The Rourke Art Museum, The Museum of Nebraska Art and Nebraska Wesleyan University.