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Legendary Filmmakers, Iconic Artists Paired in:

“Art Meets Hollywood” Exhibition at Boca Museum of Art

On view now through August 21st, the exhibition, “Art
Meets Hollywood,” is the museum premiere of Bonnie
Lautenberg’s new series of digital collages, twenty-eight
diptychs pairing scenes from famous films alongside iconic
works of art. Lautenberg’s only rule for her experimental
process is that both the film and the artwork originated
within the same year.
Lautenberg channels the creative zeitgeist between
filmmakers and artists during each year that she intuitively
chronicles, starting in 1928 up until 2020. Lautenberg plays
matchmaker to the 1957 movie, Funny Face, by combining
Audrey Hepburn’s bold pose with Clifford Still’s painting
PH971 ‒ both majestic, and both glamorous. When viewed
together this way in the museum gallery, the combination 1947 - Dark Passage/Diego Rivera, Portrait of Linda
seems to make perfect sense, as if they were made for each Christian
other.
In another work from this series, the terrifying scene she 2003 until his death in 2013. She has been described as
selects from the 1975 movie, Jaws, literally screams above “having enough Washington insider stories to fill a book”
a Willem De Koning painting that conjures blood spilling (to be released by Rutgers University Press next year, which
into the water below. Her pairings can also be surprising she is currently working on with co-writer Dick Olin, about
and intriguing: who would have imagined the 1963 scene her 25 years of political photography). She is co-producing
of Paul Newman from the classic movie Hud would look a new Broadway musical about the life of Andy Warhol with
so ideal next to Warhol’s seminal painting of Elvis from the her current partner Steve Leber.
same year? Lautenberg’s “1952,” part of her exhibition at the Boca
“Lautenberg pulls together visuals she feels speak to Raton Museum of Art, combines a scene from Singin’ in
each other, taking us along on her colorful trip to explore the Rain with Yayoi Kusama’s painting titled “The Sea”
how these two art forms have amazing parallels and are 1957 - Funny Face/Clyfford Still (both from 1952). This year marks the 70th anniversary of
beautifully paired,” says Irvin Lippman. “Through her careful Singin’ in the Rain, one of Hollywood’s most beloved films
considerations, she brings to life each moment in time and “Throughout art history, artists have always been of all time. It was directed by Gene Kelly who also starred
the spark of creativity these pairings might have shared. influenced by some force going on in the world around them. in this Hollywood classic.
Lautenberg possesses a keen eye on the visual elements I started thinking about how artists who work in different art At the opening reception for Lautenberg’s exhibition at
of humanity and culture that arise. The brilliance of these forms might have influenced each other. I decided to explore the Boca Raton Museum of Art, one of the special guests of
juxtapositions is how she illuminates the psychological how one art form can influence another,” adds Lautenberg, honor that evening was Patricia Ward Kelly, the widow of
connections between each film scene and artwork.” an artist, photographer and writer based in New York and Gene Kelly. She is the Creative Director of the Gene Kelly
During the past five years she has worked on this series, Palm Beach. During the past 30 years, her works have been Legacy Project in Los Angeles.
Lautenberg made a crucial discovery: the artist Lucio featured in gallery shows, museums and art fairs throughout
Fontana was so moved by the Antonioni film, Red Desert, the United States.
that he created one of his largest red paintings, influenced She is the widow of the late Senator Frank Lautenberg,
by what he saw up on the big screen. “This solidified my one of Washington’s longest-serving Senators. He served
belief,” says Bonnie Lautenberg. in the U.S. Senate from 1982 to 2001, and then again from

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