OHIO'S BUTLER MUSEUM TO HOST EXHIBITION BY FAMED ARTIST/MUSICIAN RONNIE WOOD
Youngstown, Ohio) The Butler Institute of American Art, located at 524 Wick Avenue in Youngstown,
will present Ronnie Wood: Paintings, Drawings and Prints beginning September 21st,
2010. This exhibition, accompanied by a full-color catalogue, will continue through November
21st.
Ronnie Wood is both a musician and an artist. His work as singer, guitarist and songwriter with The Rolling
Stones, Rod Stewart and The Faces is well-known. Lesser-known is his ability as a visual artist.
Wood has been painting and drawing since age twelve, even longer than he has been playing guitar.
According to Butler Director, Dr. Louis Zona, “Ronnie Wood is a most accomplished painter whose work
demonstrates a wonderful knowledge of the medium, outstanding technical abilities and an extraordinarily
creative mind. The Butler is honored to host the artist’s first major American museum exhibition to showcase
this remarkable talent.”
Ronnie Wood was born in Middlesex, England, and is from a musical and artistic family. Before beginning
his musical career, he received formal art training at Ealing College of Art in London. As his musical career
progressed, Wood continued painting and drawing. Throughout his dual-career he has also depicted
the musicians with whom he plays, documented his world tours, and portrayed his recording sessions in
vibrant action portraits. He also uses family and close friends, as well as the landscape, as subjects in
his art work.
Over the years Wood’s work has been widely exhibited. In 1996, he had a retrospective exhibition at the
Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has had numerous solo shows in North and South America,
in the Far East, and throughout Europe. Included in this exhibition, organized by the Butler, are 30 paintings, 22 pen/pencil drawings, and 7 mixed media
works.
The exhibition catalogue writers are Butler Director and Chief Curator Dr. Louis A. Zona, and David
Shirey, Dean of the Graduate Program at Manhattan’s the School of Visual Arts, and former art critic for
The New York Times. This exhibition by a well-known British artist is presented as a part of the Butler’s
ongoing Influence on America Program, which features exhibitions of work by historic and contemporary
artists who have been inspired by or whose work has been informed by American art.
For more information about Ronnie's art visit Ronnie's Gallery site here