Regional ExhibitsHUMAN REFLECTION
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Haggerty Museum of ArtThe Haggerty Museum is located at 13th and Clybourn Streets on the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Biographical Landscape The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969–1979
STEPHEN SHORE (American, b. 1947) Biographical Landscape offers an opportunity to revisit the works of Stephen Shore, one of the most prominent and influential American photographers to emerge in the last half-century. Focusing on Uncommon Places—Shore’s essential series on the American vernacular landscape produced between 1973 and 1982, Biographical Landscape provides an opportunity to reexamine this work in the context of his broader oeuvre, unearthing the conceptual underpinnings that inform his work throughout. What makes this work transcend the ordinariness of the subject matter is Shore’s unsurpassed artistry and technical skill as a photographer, coupled with his unique vision of each location that he documents. Quintessentially American scenes are transformed into uncommon places that seem frozen in space and time. The viewer of a Shore photograph is seduced by the colors, the density of information, and the everyday familiarity of the locations. Programs in conjunction with Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969-1979 Thurs., August 14 Thurs., August 21 Panel Discussion – The Emergence of the Color Photograph, Thurs., Sept. 18, 7 pm Moderator-Wally Mason, Director of the Haggerty Museum of Art All programs take place at the Haggerty Museum of Art, 530 N. 13th St.
Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMIA Peter Henry Emerson and American Naturalistic Photography
MIA Exhibit runs thru Sept. 7 Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936) was a leading 19th-century English photographer who spearheaded a style he termed “naturalistic photography.” He argued for photography as a fine art, encouraged his colleagues to use nature as their standard, and introduced the theory of “differential focusing,” whereby the main subject was in focus and everything else fell off into moderate softness. Many young Americans admired Emerson’s work, forming a movement of naturalistic photography in this country that lasted from the 1890s to about 1930. They photographed the land in all its seasons, as well as the devoted individuals who lived on and off it. This exhibition comprises 90 photographs. Among those represented are Edward Curtis, Rudolf Eickemeyer, Alfred Stieglitz, and Doris Ulmann.
Hail to the Chief: Images of the American Presidency Exhibit runs thru Sept. 21, Gallery 263 Designed as a non-partisan view of the American presidency, this special exhibition features a selection of original works of art from the MIA’s permanent collection and various historical material from an important private collection that focuses on presidential themes. The exhibition comprises more than 70 objects in a range of mediums, including paintings, sculpture, drawings, original prints, posters, photographs, manuscripts, glassware, porcelain, and metalwork. Among the objects on display are presidential portraits, including a marble bust of George Washington in classical garb by American artist Hiram Powers, candid photographs of former presidents and presidential candidates, including Richard Avedon’s celebrated portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower; presidential proclamations and hand-written correspondence; an American flag from the Oval Office, and various presidential campaign materials.
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Milwaukee Art MuseumGilbert & George Gilbert and George, two sculptors who met in college, have been creating work for the last forty years that, according to TimeOut London, "tap into public opinion at just the right time." Confronting the punk anger and racial tensions of the '70s to consumer capitalism in the '80s to the terrorism fears of today, the artists' brightly colored photomontages are raw examinations of human experience. Gilbert & George have made art together since the 1970s to create startling and challenging images and pictures that confront the viewers with critical issues of our times. From the beginning, they wanted to communicate beyond the narrow confines of the art world, adopting the slogan “Art For All.” Almost all of the images they use are gathered within walking distance of their home in London’s East End. Yet, their pictures capture a broad human experience, encompassing an astonishing range of emotions and themes, from rural idylls to gritty images of a decaying city; from fantastical brightly colored panoramas to raw examinations of humanity stripped bare; from sex advertisements to religious fundamentalism. Meeting at St. Martins School of Art in London, Gilbert & George have been creative partners ever since. They established their reputation with The Singing Sculpture, during which the two artists stood together on a table, dancing and singing, painted with a patina to mimic live sculptures. The artists began as draftsmen, and quickly expanded their medium. Their early development was rapid, so that by 1974, they began to make massive pictures. In the 1980s, their pictures became bigger, brighter, and bolder, into the graphically dynamic art for which they have become identified. Gilbert & George contains approximately forty-five large-scale pictures and a selection of archival materials, culled from the massive retrospective organized by Tate Modern that spans the artists’ forty-year career. The Milwaukee Art Museum, San Francisco’s de Young Museum, and New York’s Brooklyn Museum are the only three American venues hosting the exhibition. MoCP Museum of Contemporary Photography600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605 If you are trying to define "contemporary" photography, a visit to this site, and better yet the museum itself, might help you get a handle around the concept. The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) is the only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of photography. The Museum strives to communicate the value and significance of photographic images as expressions of human thought, imagination, and creativity.
Tricia Moreau Sweeney Beyond the Backyard
The Art Institute of ChicagoThe Stacks Go DigitalEver wanted to examine real archival sources? Now you can at the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries' digital collections Web site. Materials such as photographs, architectural drawings and prints, correspondence, and printed papers are available online in a searchable electronic format. See landmark works of architectural history and theory such as Marion Mahony Griffin's The Magic of America, images of works by renowned architects, or documents from the World's Columbian Exposition, all at the click of a mouse. |
