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Presence Presence is an exhibition of eight works of contemporary art that will be exhibited individually and sequentially in a specially designed space in the Speed’s tapestry gallery. Presence aims to reinvent the space where the concentrated visual activity required to look at art regains its allure. A special space will be built within the central area of the tapestry gallery in the museum. This capsule will be designed functionally to house the works for Presence but will clearly contrast with the older, sedate style of the gallery it occupies. There will be enough space for visitors to still view the tapestries and to walk around the exterior of the capsule. The interior of the capsule will be a plain white space.
The eight
works of art in Presence will each be exhibited alone,
in sequence, in the capsule. Each will be exhibited for five weeks,
with a turnaround gap of two weeks. The complete project will
last twelve months. The exhibition will bring works by internationally
renowned and regional artists into the same framework. Each work
will be accompanied by an introductory pamphlet about the artist
and their work. Presence will also encompass eight significant
lectures, each addressing the concept of presence from a different
direction. At the conclusion of the project, these eight lectures
will be edited into book form, together with the pamphlets and
installation photographs of the works. 1000
Families
Partners in the project are Metro Louisville and the Waterfront Development Corporation. Visit the Louisville Families page. Directions to The Overlook at Waterfront Park (near the Gracehoper Sculpture) as well as additional information may be found at www.louisvillewaterfront.com.
Tales from the Easel: American Narrative Paintings from Southeastern Museums, circa 1800-1950 September 14 – December 12, 2004 With the Columbus Museum, the Speed Art Museum premieres the traveling exhibition, Tales from the Easel: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American NarrativePaintings from Southeastern Museums, circa 1800-1950. Featuring 70 works by some of this country’s most acclaimed artists, Tales from the Easel presents a fascinating glimpse into American narrative painting. Drawn from the permanent collections of 28 prominent museums in the Southeastern United States, Tales from the Easel tells the American story through 10 themes: Literature, Fantasies, History, Politics, Agrarian America, Urban America, Community, Domestic Life, Childhood, and Death. Exhibition tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $4 for students and children. Museum members receive free admission to the exhibition. A group tour rate of $6 per person is available for groups of 10 or more. To schedule a group tour, call (502) 634-2960.
Telling Tales: American Storytelling Art from Kentucky Collections September 14 – December 12, 2004 Telling Tales: American Storytelling Art from Kentucky Collections showcases masterpieces of American narrative art held in Kentucky including paintings, sculpture, drawings, and photographs drawn from state-wide collections and the museum’s holdings. Artists represented include Winslow Homer, Elihu Vedder, sculptor Randolph Rogers; America’s greatest illustrator, Newell Convers Wyeth; Louisville artist Aurelius O. Revenaugh; William Ranney, Carroll Cloar and others.
Potential Images Of The World September 16, 2003 to June 13, 2004
The
contemporary collection of the Speed Art Museum is a fast growing
and important resource. Potential Images of the World showcases
recent acquisitions to the Speed's contemporary collection and
includes works in many different media from paintings, sculpture,
prints, and photography to video works of art. Augmented by works
from regional artists and works from local private collections,
Potential Images of the World is presented through three conceptual
frameworks.
The
Speed Art Museum Commemorates Lewis and Clark Bicentennial with
Faces From the Land: A Photographic Journey Through Native America
by Ben Marra In 1988, Seattle photographer, Ben Marra and his wife, Linda, set out to document Powwows and the shared cultural qualities that bind together the community of Native America. Powwows are an integral part of Native American life, offering Native Americans the opportunity to gather together to celebrate their spiritual connections to their ancestors, the earth, community and traditions through drum, song and dance. Faces from the Land focuses on many of the Native American cultures that Lewis and Clark encountered during their expedition, such as Sioux, Lemhi Shoshone and Nez Perce. Also included in the exhibition is a photograph of Sacajawea’s great, great, great grandniece, Rose Ann Abrahamson.
These 36 large print portraits of dancers are accompanied by text written by the subjects describing the tribal significance of their regalia and dance. These striking images along with their text vividly detail the magic of the powwow, while also allowing the viewer the opportunity to the see the juxtaposition of ancient tradition and modern culture. Marra’s
book, Powwow…Images along the Red Road, (Abrams), featuring
105 color photographs representing more than sixty tribes and
nations is available for sale in the museum gift shop for $16.95.
Performing
Body The exhibition Performing Body marks the first public showing of works by Marina Abramovic in this part of the country. The Amsterdam-based artist, whose performance and video installation Balkan Baroque (1997) won the International Award at the Venice Biennale of that year, has pioneered the use of performance as a visual art form, using her body as subject and medium. For over 25 years, performance has formed the basis of Abramovic’s work in sound, photography, video, and sculpture. In multimedia she tests and pushes the boundaries of physical and mental endurance. Performing Body entails two acts, “The Onion” (1995) and “Image of Happiness” (1996), both performed for video. The intention of juxtaposing these two videos is to explore the idea of alienation, a theme that pertains to our contemporary society and the habits of living in it. Abramovic
produces art for the public, hoping the viewer integrates their
own experience by participating in the works - in this case spending
time in front of a video monitor. The artist believes that through
performance one is able to transfer ideas and make changes in
the observer’s mind. Sinners,
Satyrs, and Saints: German “Little Master” Prints
From the Collection of Malcolm Bird
This exhibition
features 50 works of a remarkable, but little-known, group of
printmakers often referred to as the “Little Masters.”
The engravings and woodcuts featured in Sinners, Satyrs, and Saints illustrate the wide variety of subject matter employed by the Little Masters and their contemporaries. Influenced by the success of Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts and engravings, these artists continued to explore traditional, religious subject matter. Recent translations of the Bible from Latin into German and the popularity of religious plays also prompted a new interest in scenes from the lives of Old Testament figures. But as the Reformation took hold in Germany and artists were forced to look beyond the Catholic Church for patronage, the Little Masters also began exploring secular subjects, including portraiture, allegories, mythological subjects, and scenes from everyday life. Carousing, festive peasants were a particularly favorite subject for Sebald Beham. Calico & Chintz: Early American Quilts from the Smithsonian American Art Museum – December 16, 2003 - March 14, 2004
Calico & Chintz is drawn from an unparalleled collection of rare decorative bedcovers fabricated before 1850 by women of taste along the Atlantic seaboard and on southern plantations. Dating from 1818 to 1850, the twenty pieced, appliquéd, and whole-cloth quilts in the exhibition are exceptional examples of an unfamiliar chapter in American art. The quilts record a pre-Civil War patchwork aesthetic based on the generous use of the finest printed cottons imported from England and France, where textile printing had developed into an art form. The sheer beauty of the luxury fabrics printed before the introduction of aniline dyes in 1856 reveals a colorful opulence enjoyed by upper-class American households in cities along the eastern seaboard and on southern plantations. The simple compositions of many of these lavish quilts rely on ornate printed imagery to create exciting juxtapositions of color and form. Pieced side-by-side, squares and strips cut from different chintzes and calicoes create kaleidoscopic effects that appear surprisingly modern. The exhibition is organized by the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
An Eye for Ornament: Early Kentucky Decorative Arts from the Noe Collection – December 16, 2003 - March 14, 2004 This exhibition will gather together a distinguished group of early Kentucky furniture, silver, textiles, and ceramics from the outstanding collection of Bob and Norma Noe. Along with providing a general introduction to Kentucky decorative arts, the exhibition will examine the various types and styles of ornament used during the 1810 to 1840 period. From floral patterns inlaid on furniture to decorative moldings applied to silver, ornament offers an index of changing tastes and historical sources. It can also help decode where particular objects were made and what sorts of symbolic associations they possessed.
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A
photographer for over 30 years, Ommer began his journey to capture
average families around the world in 1996. Four years and 180,000
miles later he had images of a thousand different families. Using
the same white backdrop and the same lighting in each photo, the
collection tells the story of families, conventional and unconventional,
and speaks to what it means to be part of a family and the family
of man. 
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