Released on = January 9, 2007, 12:28 am

Press Release Author = Camelot Marketing

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = For 50 years, art has been the secret inspiration behind
Tony Curtis' life. This is part of one of a three part article where Tony Curtis
discusses life, art and box assemblages.

Press Release Body =
For 50 years, art has been the secret inspiration behind Tony Curtis\' life. This is
part of one of a three part article where Tony Curtis discusses life, art and box
assemblages.

At 81, Tony Curtis is defying convention. During a time when many of his living
contemporaries have faded into the comfortable obscurity of retirement, this legend
of the silver screen is arguably at the peak of his second-and in many ways,
first-career as a celebrated painter and boxed assemblage maker.

"As children we grew up watching Dad paint," daughter Jamie Lee Curtis announced at
her father\'s 80th birthday celebration in June 2005. "We did not realize that we
grew up with a famous movie star."

The same questioning and receptive mind that captures the subtle nuances of daily
life and later incorporates them into his film roles has spent the last several
decades storing sights and memories that now flower on his vivid, intensely-colored
canvases and populate his cubed compositions. The glamour of the film world has left
an indelible mark on his visual images; each film locale and co-star has provided
Curtis with new inspiration for his artwork.

Demand for showings of his art keeps Curtis constantly on the move. In May, the
Carmel Art Festival in California celebrated "Tony Curtis Day", honoring the artist
in an enormously successful show at Gallerie Amsterdam. Shortly thereafter, Higgins
Harte

International Galleries in Lahaina, Maui held an equally successful exhibition in
mid-June featuring Curtis\' work. Recently, Curtis\' art was accepted into the
permanent collection of the new film and media wing of the Museum of Modern Art, New
York.

At his home in Nevada, Curtis\' studio is a snapshot of an artist in constant motion;
a worktable, covered with paints, brushes and supplies, features cubbyholes filled
with random objects yet to become part of one of his boxed creations. Shelves that
line the walls of the studio are packed with dozens of his small dioramas preserved
beneath glass that capture a moment or feeling in the life of this living legend.

Curtis\' home hosts a considerable collection of others\' art as well. A tapestry made
from one of his paintings rests on an easel that belonged to Edward G. Robinson. On
one wall hangs LeRoy Neiman\'s 1961 painting, Matador; on another, an original
watercolor done for Curtis by Andy Warhol, whom Curtis says "changed the whole look
of everything." A Marc Chagall sits on an antique table alongside three Pablo
Picassos and a Balthus.

This article is reprinted by kind permission of Jeff Marinelli, Publisher of Art and
Living Magazine. For more information please go to http://www.artandliving,com

About Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis, Hollywood legend and star of over 150 movies including "Some Like It
Hot", is also an accomplished artist. His work may be found in collections in over
the world.
For more information about Tony Curtis art please call him at 702-736-1767 or visit
his online gallery at http://www.TonyCurtis.com


Web Site = http://www.TonyCurtis.com

Contact Details = Keith Hunt
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