FEATURE/Discover Geneva's Artistic Vitality with a Special Package and Exhibition at the Hotel du Rhone.GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURE)--May 8, 1996--Time is fleeting, suggests a free, summer exhibition at the Hotel du Rhone, so art lovers had best seize the day and sign up for a special package in order to take in all the artistic and cultural events happening this summer in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. . -0- From June 1-Aug. 15, 1996, the "Suite Substitute II: Tempus Fugit Tempus fugit is a Latin expression meaning "time flees", more commonly translated as "time flies". It is frequently used as an inscription on clocks. The expression was first used in the verse Georgica written by Roman poet Virgil: " package is available, with these amenities: -- Buffet Breakfast -- Welcome cocktail -- Lodging, taxes and service -- Fruit and flowers in your room -- Free entrance to all Geneva area museums -- Free parking Cost: SFr. 440 per person for three days/two nights in a double room. The single supplement is SFr. 180. -0- While staying at the hotel, guests can see an extraordinary documentation of the 20th Century's greatest painter at work and play in a collection of 15 portrait photographs of Picasso that cover the last 20 years of his long career. Photography is usually thought to give permanence to a passing moment, but the works in this display are concerned with transience, with the fleeting record of an appearance in a constant state of change. The exhibition includes work from these photographers: Nobuyoshi Araki
Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木 経惟 , Mira Bernabeu, Christian Boltanski Christian Boltanski (born September 6, 1944) is a French photographer, sculptor, self-proclaimed painter, and installation artist. Christian Boltanski was born in Paris to a Jewish father of Ukrainian heritage, and a Corsican mother. , Christina Dimitriadis, Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy (born July 26, 1956) is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist living in Scotland who produces site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. , Bettina Rheims and Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto (杉本博司, Sugimoto Hiroshi), born on February 23, 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo and New York City. . The exhibit, which will be displayed from June 1-July 14, 1996, will be in a gallery on the first floor of the hotel. The gallery will be used as an intimate tea room, and will be stocked with Adj. 1. stocked with - furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked with fish"; "a well-stocked store" stocked furnished, equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; monographs, catalogues and video material relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Picasso and to the seven contemporary artists featured in "Suite Substitute II: Tempus Fugit." Here are a few ideas for making the Geneva stopover memorable: -- Rent a car for as little as SFr. 120 per day and make a "Museum Safari" of the region -- Take the train or bus for as little as SFr. 55 per person to the countryside beyond Geneva and see vineyards, Gruyere and its cheese and Chamonix and Mont-Blanc. -- Wander around the city by foot to see parks, monuments, Old Town and museums that cover the whole of Western Culture, from origins to the present. The Hotel du Rhone became an important player in Geneva's cultural community three years ago when it commissioned an exhibition of contemporary art called "Suite Substitute" to celebrate reopening after a long period of refurbishment. For the opening weekend of the exhibition, which more than 1,500 visitors attended, the city's museums and art galleries joined forces with the Hotel du Rhone to organize "Portes Ouvertes," a series of special exhibitions with extended hours to illustrate the vitality of contemporary art in Geneva. The initiative was so successful that the hotel and museums decided to repeat it. The Hotel du Rhone is a member of the Rafael Group of luxury hotels. For reservations, call Rafael Group Reservations, 800/223-1588 in the U.S. and Canada; or The Leading Hotels of the World, 212/838-3110 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , or 800/223-6800 elsewhere in the U.S. CONTACT: Sheila Donnelly & Associates, Honolulu Sheila Donnelly-West Coast, 808/949-4131 Alice Marshall-East Coast, 212/861-4031 |
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