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Past Exhibitions of 2007
.jpg) Marcel,
Marcel
November 13, 2007 – February 17, 2008
Assembled between 1935-41, Boîte-en-valise is a "traveling museum" of
69 works by Duchamp that includes Fountain, Large Glass, Broyeuse de chocolat,
Why Not Sneeze Rose Sélavy, Tu m', Paris Air, Pliant de voyage, 3 Stoppages
Etalon, Bride, Comb, and others. Duchamp said he wanted "to reproduce the
paintings and the objects [he] liked and collect them in a space as small as
possible." However, the traveling museum of miniature reproductions is not
as simple as the artist would have us at first believe. Juxtaposing two versions
of Boîte-en-valise, this exhibition investigates the complexity of Duchamp's
thinking and reflects upon the notions of authenticity and uniqueness in the
work of art. Admission is free.
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Stratton
O. Hammon
Page 185 - View from living room through stair hall to dining
room, house for Mr. & Mr.s Stratton O. Hammon (courtesy
The Courier-Journal) |
Kentucky
Home: The Colonial Revival Houses of Stratton O. Hammon
October
16, 2007 - February 4, 2008
Native
Louisvillian Stratton O. Hammon designed homes that recalled the
Colonial American past while servicing the modern needs of their
owners. Kentucky Home follows Hammon’s career, from his
small house designs for national ladies magazines in the 1930s
to his grand post-war house designs, which emphasized America’s
growing fascination with its’ Colonial past.
This
exhibition includes architectural drawings as well as vintage
and modern photographs, providing a captivating exhibit of Hammon’s
delightfully livable and historically inspired homes. Admission
to this exhibition is free.
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Sugar
Desk, about 1820
Cherry, primary wood; tulip poplar, secondary wood
Made in the Bourbon County, Kentucky, area
Gift of Mrs. Hattie Bishop Speed, by exchange 1994.1 |
For
Safekeeping: The Kentucky Sugar Chest, 1790-1850
October
9- December 2, 2007
The first exhibition
ever devoted to Kentucky sugar chests; this exhibition presents
more than 40 outstanding examples of chests, desks and similar
forms. One of America’s most distinctive groups of
furniture forms, sugar furniture (sugar chests, desks, boxes
and related types), arose during the very late eighteenth
century in America’s post- pioneer western frontier.
In all of their
various forms, these pieces were devoted to protecting sugar,
a costly commodity in the region at the time. These beautiful
pieces would be placed in the dining room or parlor of a
home for all to see. The iconic sugar chest kept the expensive
sugar close at hand for sweetening the tea, coffee, mixed
drinks, and alcoholic punches that lubricated the social
rituals of the day. Admission to this exhibition is free.
Support for this
exhibition has been provided by
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Oscar
Muñoz (Colombian, born 1951)
Linea del Destino, 2006
Courtesy of Sicardi Gallery, Houston |
Video
Lounge: Promise and Loss
July 10
– October 28, 2007
Although video
art has been an important form of artistic expression since its
inception in the late 1960s, not until the last decade has the
medium established itself in the mainstream visual art world.
During this time museums have embraced the medium and private
collectors have demonstrated that video works have as much a place
in their homes as paintings and sculptures. Video Lounge: Promise
and Loss is an exhibition that borrows from private collections
in Louisville and presents four works, by internationally renowned
artists, that are both life affirming and melancholic. Works included
are Rebuilding Dreams by Brazilian artist Beth Moysés,
Colombian artist Oscar Munoz's video loop Linea del Destino, South
African artist Robin Rhode creates animated images that use real
children set against a chalk drawing on the ground in New Kids
on the Bike, and Third Generation (Manhattan), by British artist
Mark Wallinger.
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Composite
Photo for Newspaper Advertisement, Fourth and Broadway, Louisville,
KY, March 27, 1952
Gelatin silver print
Gift of Mrs. Claire D. Bramson 1990.5.5 |
A
Large Format Photography Primer
April 3 – September 9, 2007
This exhibition
of 20 images illustrates the variety of processes and aesthetic
disciplines under the broad heading of large format photography.
Most nineteenth
century photography was large format by necessity since the photo
papers available were not sensitive enough to light for enlargements
to be made. In the twentieth century, large format photography
remained popular because of the detail that could be recorded
in the negatives and the individual control afforded the photographers
as each sheet of film could be processed separately. Exhibition
admission is free.
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Dorothea
Lange,
Migrant Mother, Nipomo California, 1936
Gelatin silver print |
The
Best of Photography and Film from the George Eastman House
Collection
June 19 – September 16, 2007
The
Best of Photography and Film from the George Eastman House
Collection presents a wide-ranging selection of popular
and recognized works from the history of photography. The
exhibition explores photography from 1839 daguerreotypes
to September 11, 2001, and includes such iconic photographs
as Mathew Brady’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln; the
first photograph of lightning; celebrity portraits by Nickolas
Muray and Arnold Newman; Alfred Stieglitz’s The Steerage;
and Robert Capa’s D-Day, Omaha Beach. The exhibition
also features photographs by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Margaret
Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harold Edgerton, Walker
Evans, Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, and many other prominent
photographers. The film component of the exhibition includes
film clips, celebrity portraits, motion picture stills,
lobby cards, and movie posters for early films made before
1923. Tickets are $10, free for Speed members.
The
Best of Photography and Film from the George Eastman House
Collection was organized by George Eastman House International
Museum of Photography and Film.
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From
The New Way Things Work
©1998 David Macaulay |
Building
Books: The Art of David Macaulay
February 6 – May 13, 2007
Best-selling
author and illustrator of The Way Things Work, Cathedral, and
Unbuilding, David Macaulay has helped us to understand the workings
and origins of everything from simple gadgets to monumental architectural
structures. David Macaulay employs pictures and words to reveal
the secret lives of objects and emphasize the common sense behind
the design of things. This exhibition includes over 100 original
works of art, studies, sketchbooks, book dummies, manuscripts
and correspondence, artifacts (including hand-built ship models),
stuffed specimens, reference materials, travel mementos, and a
video documentary about the artist. Interactive family activities
within the exhibition will help bring Macaulay’s work to
life. Admission is $8, $4 for children and free to museum members.
Building
Books: the Art of David Macaulay has been organized by the
Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
 Exhibition
support in Louisville has been provided by:
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Viola
Frey, (American, 1933-2004)
Awakened Man, 1988
Ceramic
24 x 118 x 54 in.
Gift of the New Art Collectors
1989.1 |
From
Vessel to Sculpture: Ceramics at the Speed
March 13 – June 24, 2007 An
international survey of 20th- and 21st- century ceramics, the
exhibition ranges from production pieces to important contemporary
sculptural works. The installation also features an iconoclastic
1954, Jim Leedy piece, Colorful Vessel, one of the first examples
of Abstract Expressionist ceramics. Exhibition admission is free.
From
Folk To Modern: Kentucky Pottery, 1900 – 1950
March
7 – June 24, 2007
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Pitcher,
about 1940
Manufactured by Bybee Potter, Waco, Ky.
8 1⁄4 x 6 1⁄2 x 8 3⁄4 in.
Bequest of Alice Speed Stoll,
By exchange 2005.2 |
An exhibition
of over forty objects drawn from several important private collections,
From Folk to Modern reveals the transformation of Kentucky pottery
as production shifted from utilitarian wares to so-called art
pottery. Where the former included crocks, jars and other storage
vessels, the latter included brightly glazed vases, bowls and
other decorative forms. Along with changing economic conditions,
the shift was inspired by the early twentieth-century Arts and
Crafts movement. Devoted to the development and promotion of handcraft,
the movement emphasized simple forms and restrained decoration.
The rising demand for “artistic” pottery was met by
Kentucky potteries such as Bybee. Kentucky firms also benefited
from a revival of interest in traditional Appalachian crafts during
the 1920s and 1930s—whether the pottery was made in Appalachia
or not. Admission is free.
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