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EUROPEAN EXHIBITIONS Seward Johnson was selected as the only sculptor to represent the United States at the World EXPO celebration in Seville, Spain. There was an exhibition of his lifesize bronzes on display at the U.S. Pavilion and at the consulate's residence. The artist was selected by the United States Information Agency for this honor.Currently, an exhibition of 10 Johnson sculptures is on tour through Western Europe. The exhibit premiered at the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon, Portugal, then traveled to the Villa Vauban museum in Luxembourg, and the cities of Heidelburg, Germany and Madrid, Spain. The show moved on to the historic Querini Stampalia Palazzo in Venice, Italy during the renowned Venice Biennale art show before going on to Milan and Rome. The exhibition has since continued at Le Mirador Resort on Lake Geneva in Switzerland and will continue to travel to other European cities over the next two years with showings in London, Brussels, and Paris. The sponsors for this exhibition include: Lufthansa German Airlines, The Gulbenkian Foundation, The United States Embassy of Luxembourg; The American Bankers Club, Du Pont de Nemours S.A., General Motors of Luxembourg Operations S.A., Goodyear S.A., International Metals, S.A., United States Information Agency, American Bankers Club, Hotel Hirschgasse, Cultural Ministry of Madrid, and Tabacalera, S.A., The Lord Byron Hotels, Manfredi Jewels, Agrofina, and Le Mirador Resort Hotel, Spa and Conference Center. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS Johnson recently premiered his new series of six sculptures drawn from well-known 19th c. French paintings at the Galleria Ca D'oro on the famed Piazza di Spagna in Rome. The exhibition also features eight of Johnson's traditional bronzes of the "man on the street." This show continued in the cities of Turin, Milan, and the Isle of Sardinia and will follow in Berlin in 1999. The Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, a prestigious group of Lincoln scholars, recently com- missioned a lifescale sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by Seward Johnson. Entitled "Return Visit," this unique piece combines a stunning likeness of President Lincoln with the figure of a 20th century man at his side. It is permanently placed at Gettysburg Plaza, the historic site where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Recent purchases have been made by a major bank in Sydney, Australia (five sculptures), a British developer for placement in Hong Kong (six sculptures), a museum (two sculptures) and public park (three sculptures) in Osaka, Japan, and private collectors in Singapore, Istanbul, Paris, London, New York, Spain, and Los Angeles. A comprehensive listing of corporate collections and public placements is available. Seward Johnson's works are included in U.S. State Department's Art in Embassies program and placed in American Embassies in foreign nations. |