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Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine Bowdoin College Museum of Art Museum Hours Tuesday–Saturday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Thursday until 8:30 p.m. Sunday 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Closed on Mondays and national holidays. NEW EXHIBITIONS January 23, 2014 Art of the Renaissance Focusing on the artistic innovations of the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, this exhibition makes apparent why contemporaries could celebrate a rebirth or renaissance of the art of classical antiquity. On view will be selections from the Kress Collection, as well as more recent additions to the collections. The works illustrate canonical themes of the Christian tradition, as well as topics from ancient mythology. Markell Gallery January 30, 2014 American Paintings and Sculpture, 1830-1950 This introduction to art of the modern period includes masterpieces by Thomas Cole, William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, Rockwell Kent, Andrew Wyeth, and others. It features many of Bowdoin’s most beloved works of art, as well as significant loans from private collections on view for the first time. Shaw-Ruddock Gallery February 6, 2014 Contemporary Masters, 1950 to the Present Deconstructing pictorial conventions of the past, artists of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries reinvented the picture plane. This installation presents extreme positions, including flat silkscreens and thickly built-up oils, each circumventing more traditional, expressive forms of paint application. The installation presents a confluence of high-profile loans from private collections and significant recent acquisitions. Boyd Gallery Jacopo da Carrucci (called Pontormo), Apollo and Daphne, 1513, oil on canvas. Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. William Merritt Chase, Portrait of the Art Dealer, Otto Fleischman, ca. 1870–1879, oil on canvas. Gift of Dr. Max Hirshler. Jack Tworkov, Untitled, 1951, oil on canvas. Gift of Walter K. Gutman, Bowdoin Class of 1924. February 27 through June 1, 2014 Surrealism in Motion Surrealist filmmakers used techniques similar to those used in other media—illogical juxtapositions, enigmatic situations, chance processes, and abstraction—but added time and motion to their unsettling experiments. The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will present a selection of short films in conjunction with the exhibition Under the Surface: Surrealist Photography. Media Gallery February 27 through June 1, 2014 Under the Surface: Surrealist Photography To demonstrate how psychological impulses could be explored, depicted, and fused with everyday reality, surrealist photographers experimented with unprecedented technical manipulations, turning the “realist” medium of photography into a vehicle for depicting the fantastical. This exhibition features highlights from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art’s collection, supplemented with prestigious loans. Center, Focus, and Becker Galleries For more information: 207-725-3375 All events are open to the public. Admission to most events is free and no tickets are required. Any ticket or admission requirements are listed within the event description. For information on acquiring tickets, see the inside back cover. All events are subject to change. Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Dos Pares de Piernas (Two Pairs of Legs), 1928–1929, gelatin silver print. Gift of Michael G. Frieze ’60. For more information on these and many other events go to: bowdoin.edu/arts
Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS © Yayoi Kusama or Alma Woodsey Thomas, Double Cherry Blossoms, 1973, acrylic on canvas. Gift of halley k harrisburg ’90 and Michael Rosenfeld. Through February 9, 2014 Regarding the Forces of Nature This stellar selection of works by distinguished women artists includes paintings by Yayoi Kusama and Alma Thomas, a drawing by Christine Hiebert, prints by Polly Apfelbaum, and a sculpture by Alyson Shotz. They combine basic research of the natural world with a keen understanding of human perception. Supported by the Louisa Vaughan Conrad Fund. Center and Focus Galleries Through February 9, 2014 Alfred Cheney Johnston: Portrait of a Lost Photographer This exhibition features the commercial and personal work of the forgotten artist Alfred Cheney Johnston (1884–1971), best known for his portraits of performers from the Ziegfeld Follies in the 1920s and 1930s. This exhibition was organized by Mikala Cooper ’14 and Dana Byrd, postdoctoral fellow in art history. Becker Gallery Through February 23, 2014 Sequencing Objects: Two Films Two short films by contemporary artists present things that seem to have minds of their own. In The Way Things Go (1987), by the celebrated Swiss duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss, a chain reaction between everyday objects is amazingly inventive. In Telephones (1995), Christian Marclay masterfully stitches together excerpts from well-known Hollywood movies, sequencing clips along the narrative arc of a telephone call. Media Gallery Through June 1, 2014 The Object Show: Discoveries in Bowdoin Collections In this exhibition, significant objects from Bowdoin’s diverse collections take center stage. Whether exquisite or quotidian, they tell expansive stories about the lives of people from around the world and throughout history. The selections range from an ancient Roman flute to one of the first x-rays created in Maine, from jade belt buckles from ancient China to James Bowdoin’s set of dueling pistols and Winslow Homer’s watercolor box. Bowdoin faculty, students, curators, and librarians present rarely seen material objects that enable us to interpret the world, communicate with each other, and learn about ourselves. Supported by the Sylvia E. Ross Fund. Osher and Halford Galleries Alfred Cheney Johnston, Julie Newmar, 1950, gelatin silver print. Gift of Francis A. DiMauro. Film still from Telephones, 1995, by Christian Marclay, Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund. © Christian Marclay. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, New York. Gallery view of The Object Show. ONGOING EXHIBITIONS James Bowdoin’s America: Paintings and Decorative Arts, 1660–1830 Bowdoin College has been collecting American paintings and decorative arts for more than two centuries. The holdings in early American furniture and Colonial and Federal portraiture are regarded as among the most distinguished in the country. This display focuses on artistic highlights from the 1660s to the 1830s. Supported by the Elizabeth B. G. Hamlin Fund and the Sylvia E. Ross Fund. Bowdoin Gallery Imago and Persona: Portraits from Antiquity This exhibition explores the traditions, styles, and techniques that inform the portrayals of individuals in the ancient world. From profiles carved in relief and painted on vases to figures molded in terracotta and portraits sculpted in the round, this installation draws from a range of art representing Egyptian, Assyrian, Cypriot, Greek, and Roman cultures. Supported by the Sylvia E. Ross Fund. Walker Gallery Nathaniel Smibert, Portrait of Reverend Samson Occum, ca. 1751–1756, oil on canvas. Bequest of the Honorable James Bowdoin III. For more information: 207-725-3375 All events are open to the public. Admission to most events is free and no tickets are required. Any ticket or admission requirements are listed within the event description. For information on acquiring tickets, see the inside back cover. All events are subject to change. Gallery view of Imago to Persona. For more information on these and many other events go to: bowdoin.edu/arts
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