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Past Exhibitions of 2006 |
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Michael Kenna Photographs October 17, 2006 - March 25, 2007 Michael Kenna is one of the world’s preeminent landscape photographers. These 22 lyrical images explore the complex relationship between man and the environment. Although Kenna never portrays humans in his photographs, the viewer senses mankind’s lingering presence in the form of unoccupied park benches, carefully manicured trees, or imposing architectural structures. This exhibition is free. |
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Shonibare Installation Shonibare strives to open up debate about the social, cultural and political issues that shape our histories and construct identity. His work takes the form of photographic and three-dimensional sculptures that often quote west art and literature in ways that are humorous and ironic. As
well as Three Graces, this exhibition will feature works from
Shonibare’s Dorian Gray series.
TRACES: Two installation works from the contemporary collection Alfredo Jaar’s Eyes of Gutete Emerita and Stephen Irwin’s Skin Diary Through February 4, 2007 Alfredo Jaar has concerned himself with the interchange that happens between first and third world countries and has increasingly focused on the invisibility of third world suffering and especially, as in The Eyes of Gutete Emerita, the Rwanda genocide. On two light boxes, as the story of Gutete Emerita’s unfolds, her eyes appear for a fraction of a second. Repeated over and over again, this process reinforces the tragedy of her story impressing it indelibly upon our emotions. Stephen Irwin is a Louisville based artist whose subject matter addresses the body from both a material and a spiritual perspective. His installation, Skin Diary is a recent acquisition and is part of the museum’s program of incorporating important works by regional artists into the contemporary collection. Surrounding the viewer with sheets of delicate Japanese paper impregnated with delicate blushes of color, Skin Diary creates an environment that suggests not only the physical vulnerability of the body but also its transcendence. Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney September 29, 2006 – January 1, 2007
This exhibition features 60 paintings of American life by early 19th-century painter William Ranney (1813-1857). Through his depictions of work, play, and historical events, Ranney helped develop the concept of an American character. One of this country’s greatest narrative painters, Ranney depicted portraits, hunting and sporting scenes, lighthearted genre scenes such as The Sleigh Ride and Boys Crabbing, and historical subjects such as Washington allying the Americans at Battle of Princeton and Veterans of 1776 Returning from the War. Ranney also told the story of western expansion in such paintings as Daniel Boone’s First View of Kentucky and scenes of the West, like Trapper Crossing the Mountains, Advice on the Prairie, and The Pioneer. Created at a time when our country was first developing and establishing its identity, Ranney’s vibrant depictions serve as pictorial stories that chronicle this significant period in American history. The exhibition also includes firearms from the period and photomurals related to subjects in the paintings. Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney was organized by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and is supported in part by generous contributions from The Henry Luce Foundation, 1957 Charity Foundation, Mrs. J. Maxwell (Betty) Moran, Mr. Ranney Moran, The National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art and the Wyoming Arts Council, through funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming State Legislature.
Emotive and ironic: 2 Mexicans Through September 2006 Speed is proud to present the work of two important young Mexican artists, Sofia Taboas and Miguel Calderon. Sofia Taboas makes works that are evocative and ambiguous. She combines a minimal aesthetic with familiar forms to create beautiful and often melancholic meditations about everyday experience. Miguel Calderon has gained an international reputation for his use of prankish humor to approach complex narratives. Acollaboration with English artist Nick Waplington (born 1963), Sherwin-Williams I-V (2004) is a series of works where the artist has pasted figures into the domestic interiors from the Sherwin-Williams company’s paint advertisements. Beautifully ironic, these images evoke the dark side of the American Dream where candy-colored interiors are populated by desperate housewives. |
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Time and Transformation in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art January 10 – March 26, 2006 This exhibition of 17th-century paintings, drawings, and prints, by Dutch masters, explores the Dutch fascination with subjects that represent the transformative effects of time or circumstance. Works by Dutch masters Jacob van Ruisdael, Ludolf Bachhuysen, Rembrandt, Aelbert Cuyp, and many others will be included in the exhibition. Tickets are $10, free for Museum members.
February
14 – June 25, 2006 Erwin’s images depict pain and spiritual transformation. Contextualized among her artistic companions they reveal the layered complexity of her imagination and her deep understanding of the import of history upon the present. This unique form of exhibition presentation will create a multiple context for understanding Erwin’s work and her sense of the contemporary. The exhibition will be accompanied by a published discussion between the artist and the Speed’s contemporary curator Julien Robson. Gaela Erwin’s
exhibition is made possible with the support of Beverley and Jack
Ballantine, Dr. Gregory L. Brown, Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson,
David and Dale Hyman, Leonard and Adele Leight, Merrily Orsini
and Rick Heath, Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham, and Mary and
Al Shands.
March 21 – June 11, 2006 Featured in the exhibition are 26 photographs depicting a variety of protests, actions and demonstrations from the last several decades. Curated by Bill Carner, of the University of Louisville Photo Archives, this exhibition documents the unique tradition of iconoclasm and dissent which seeks to inspire community members to act on their own beliefs and to respect the rights of others to do the same. The photographs in the exhibition have helped tell the story of the contemporary human struggle. These images carry their messages beyond the moment and reach out far beyond their origins. Documenting DISSENT is about the efforts of both dissenters and photographers who recorded the struggle. The exhibit includes photographs by J. B. Calvert, Aron Conaway, Eddie Davis, Robert Doherty, Bob Hower, Hallie Jones, James Keen, Dorothea Lange, Danny Lyon, Charles Moore, Jack Norris, William Strode, Ted Wathen and Garry Winogrand. Documenting DISSENT is presented in conjunction with Dissent! A community-wide discussion bringing together scholars, community groups, arts organizations and the general public in exploration of dissent as personal experience, social action and artistic inspiration. Information on Dissent! programs and events can be found at www.dissentlouisville.org. |
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