Artlog / MUSE’s 16th Annual Gala: Celebrating Robert Indiana

MUSE’s 16th Annual Gala: Celebrating Robert Indiana

Wednesday, September 24 2008 from 6:30PM – Midnight

Join Artlog and MUSE Film & Television, for an exclusive invitation to its 16th Annual Gala celebrating Robert Indiana. MUSE is America’s leading non-profit company dedicated to creating films on the visual arts and culture. A limited number of $100 tickets are FREE for Artlog members. We encourage attendees to support MUSE by purchasing raffle tickets. MUSE is collaborating with the Paul Kasmin Gallery in hosting Robert Indiana’s 80th Birthday Exhibition. After the reception, join MUSE at the Marquee Club for a preview of Eric Breitbart’s film: Robert Indiana: American Dreamer and a live art auction and raffle.

Robert Indiana : American Dreamer is an hour long documentary about the artist who invented the iconic Love image. The film explores the intimate world of this enigmatic artist who calls himself, “a sign painter and a painter of signs.” Combining archival footage and interviews, the film is a portrait of not only Indiana but also his artist friends – Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin and Jack Youngerman – and the New York art scene from the mid-fifties until 1978. Since then, Indiana has lived in Maine and continues to create painting, sculpture, set designs, graphics and prints.

The Gala begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Kasmin Gallery (293 10th Ave, at 27th Street). Then at 7:30 pm, at the Marquee Club (289 10th Ave., at 27th Street), a sneak preview of the Indiana film precedes, a buffet dinner at 8 pm which is followed at 9 pm by a raffle and auction. The auction features works by John Chamberlain, Milton Rogovin, Ben Fernandez, Edda Renouf, Milton Rogovin and Jonathan Torgovnik.

Space is extremely limited. One free ticket per person. Additional tickets available for purchase by calling MUSE at 212-688-8280.

(If you do not attend, you take spots from other Artloggers and will not be permitted to attend future exclusive events)