For the Orlando Sentinel’s annual Season Preview — in print inside this Friday’s Calendar section — the arts writers came up with three events in various categories that sound intriguing to us. We can’t exactly recommend them — as they haven’t happened yet — but their title or concept has us curious. For those who don’t read the newspaper in print, you can read online all the arts staff’s picks and the all-important listings for theater, dance, visual art, pop and classical musical, movies, concerts, CDs, television shows, science and history museums and more at OrlandoSentinel.com/seasonpreview
The Albin Polasek Museum will have artwork with historical value on display, such as this pro-Leninism banner from 1982.
Meanwhile, here are my three picks for visual art:
‘Darker Shades of Red’: Albin Polasek believed passionately in freedom and democracy, as his sculptures show. His namesake museum in Winter Park hosts an artistic and historical exhibition of Soviet propaganda pieces from the Cold War. Opens Sept. 27.
Heyd Fontenot exhibit: Artist Heyd Fontenot likes to toy with the perceptions of mainstream America, especially where sexuality and morality are concerned. We can only imagine what twisted delights will be part of his exhibition at Rollins College’s Cornell Museum, titled “The Very Queer Portraits of Heyd Fontenot.” Opens Oct. 22.
Barbara Sorensen sculpture: “Topographies” is the latest large-scale installation from the Central Florida artist. And by “large-scale,” we mean monumental. “Topographies, which opened at the Museum of Florida Art, will come to the Orlando Museum of Art this winter. Opens Jan. 7.
