Vincent and Phyllis Bacon Wing Highlights
Video and photographs of the artworks at the Vincent & Phyllis Bacon Grand Gallery wing taken by Ryan Martino from the Butler Institute.
Vincent and Phyllis Bacon Wing Opening
Highlights from the Vincent and Phyllis Bacon Grand Gallery opening at the Butler Museum of American Art on April 15, 2023. The David Bermant Foundation was honored at the event for the generous gift of the David Bermant collection to the Butler.
Vincent & Phyllis Bacon Grand Gallery
You are cordially invited for an evening to celebrate the opening of the Vincent & Phyllis Bacon Grand Gallery
Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 6pm
Champagne & Hors d’oeuvres
Dinner to follow
$100 per person
Semi-formal attire
Dr. Lou Zona
Dr. Lou Zona from the Butler Institute of Art in Youngstown Ohio with a video tribute. During this 10 minute presentation Dr. Zona shares some of his favorite pieces from the David Bermant collection in their new space at the museum. Dr. Zona reminisces about being introduced to David Bermant by Ivan Karp from the OK Harris Gallery in SoHo and gives the history of their collaborations and friendship.
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Marcel Duchamp, “Rotorelief No. 5 – Poisson Japonais” (recto) gif (via Wikimedia Commons)
A Collection of Experimental Kinetic Art, Featuring Marcel Duchamp and Jenny Holzer
The Butler Institute of American Art received 98 works from the kinetic art collection of developer David Bermant, who acquired work that explored movement through the use of video, electronics, robotics, holography, magnetism, and light.
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Virtually Wise, Nam June Paik
Butler Acquires Major $3.4M Collection of Modern Art
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The Butler Institute of American Art has received a landmark collection of experimental 20th century art.
The 98-piece collection of kinetic art pieces, valued at $3.4 million, was given to The Butler by the David W. Bermant Foundation of Santa Barbara, Calif.
All of the pieces are untraditional, and were collected by the late David W. Bermant, a New York native who was a successful shopping center developer on the East and West coats. Bermant died in 2000 in Santa Barbara, where he lived part-time, at age 80.
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Color, Light, Motion at Buttler Institute Press Release
January 8, 2021, Youngstown, OH – The Butler Institute of American Art is excited to announce it has received a belated 100th birthday present from a California foundation. The David Bermant Foundation of Santa Barbara California has gifted the Butler Institute one of the premier collections of Kinetic art in America. The collection of 98 works valued at several million dollars includes pieces created by many of the pioneers of technologically based art such as Marcel Duchamp, Nam June Paik, Jenny Holzer, Jean Tinguely, Pol Bury, George Rhoads, John Deandria, James Seawright, and dozens more.
Butler director, Dr. Louis Zona stated that “the addition of the Bermant collection further enriches the Butler’s holdings of contemporary art. We express our gratitude to the Bermant Foundation for their generosity and vision in placing this extraordinary art collection with the Butler Institute of American Art.”
David Bermant was one of the most admired collectors of avant-garde art in the United States. His collection of