Cameron Art Museum - Upcoming Exhibitions

The Cameron Art Museum is housed in a 42,000 square foot facility designed by the architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (NYC).

The Cameron presents changing special exhibitions comprised of fine arts, crafts and design.

The Museum presents changing special exhibitions comprised of fine arts, crafts and design.

Richard McMahan’s MINI museum

Oct. 8, 2010 – Feb. 13, 2011

Opening Reception:
Thursday, October 7, 2010
4:30-5:30 Opening Reception & mini art activities for children & families (Members only)
5:30-6:30 Opening Reception & Gallery talk with the artist and curator, Mark Sloan The artist, and exhibition curator, Mark Sloan, will speak at the opening

In 2008, Mark Sloan of the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art organized an exhibition featuring the extraordinary work of artist Richard McMahan. The exhibition, comprised of 1100 miniature reproductions of great works of art, comprises Mr. McMahan’s “Mini Museum,” and subsequently traveled to the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The exhibition will open at the Cameron Art Museum on October 8, 2010.

McMahan, of Jacksonville, Florida, began making his celebrated artworks 20 years ago. Most of works are diminutive replicas of some of the world’s greatest paintings, sculptures and artifacts. Ranging in size from postage-stamp scale to DVD case, McMahan’s miniatures all demonstrate the artist’s extraordinary technical facility and attention to detail. His amazing works include miniscule replicas of works from various periods and cultures around the world: carvings, objects, sculptures and paintings found in King Tut’s tomb; miniature copies of classic works by Picasso, Salvador Dali, Jackson Pollock, Vincent van Gogh, and Frida Kahlo; as well cave paintings and historical furniture and decorative arts. McMahan has noted that he has not seen most of the works himself, but works from reproductions found in magazines and books. He also uses 100 percent recycled materials, working on works from hours to days. He has observed that his most time-consuming miniature (of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” ) took two weeks to complete.

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In-kind support for the opening of the Mini Museum provided by Hampton Inn Medical Park.