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E X H I B I T I O N S CURRENTLY ON VIEW Suzanne Opton (American, b. 1954) Soldier: Claxton – 120 Days in Afghanistan, Fort Drum, New York, 2005, Museum purchase ©Suzanne Opton Mathew B. Brady Studio (American, 1823–1896) General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1866/1869 Gift of David L. Hack and by exchange Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 6 Edward Steichen (American, 1879–1973) Infrared View of Officers Gathered on the Deck of USS Lexington, November, 1943 Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank At the Front August 14, 2009 – January 17, 2010 in the Frank Photography Gallery Through photographs and paintings from the Museum collection, some very recently acquired, this small exhibition provides an opportunity to explore the interior emotional life of the professional soldier. Working in unexpected ways, some of the artists in this show work to take us inside the heads of those who are called upon to face death on a daily basis. Others give us unexpectedly revealing glimpses of historic personalities, or shine a light on military life off the battlefield. Fifty Years Later: The Lessons of Massive Resistance Ongoing at the Norfolk History Museum at the Willoughby-Baylor House Held over from the Museum’s full exhibition last winter, this multimedia timeline highlights the desegregation of Norfolk’s public schools through the photographs, documents, and clippings of the people and places that forever changed public education in Norfolk. Moses Myers, Merchant of Norfolk Ongoing at the Moses Myers House Supported by a generous gift from Mr. T. Parker Host, this permanent exhibition explores the business of maritime commerce through the life of Moses Myers. Photography at the Chrysler: Recent Acquisitions Ongoing This exhibition features a changing selection of the most exciting historical and contemporary photographs added to the Museum’s collection in recent years. Cameo Performances: Masterpieces of Cameo Glass from the Chrysler’s Collection Ongoing This show explores the history of cameo glass from ancient Roman examples through the popular resurgence of the technique in England during the late-19th century. EXTENDED through Winter 2010 Green Eye of the Pyramid by Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, in the Prints and Drawings Gallery Semi-Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery by Karen LaMonte, in the Oval Gallery Thanks to the generosity of Lisa and Dudley Anderson, these two remarkable pieces from their private collection, both on display for Art of Glass 2, will enjoy an extended run here at the Museum.
E X H I B I T I O N S UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Barton Myers: Norfolk Visionary September 30 at the Moses Myers House Mayor Barton Myers transformed his city from a prosperous coastal town into a thriving modern metropolis. Thanks to a generous gift from T. Parker Host, the Moses Myers House honors this “first citizen of Norfolk” with a display of objects and images highlighting his extraordinary life. To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum October 14, 2009 – January 3, 2010 in the Large Changing Gallery For more information on this blockbuster exhibition, please see this issue’s cover story on pages 2-3. Upper Part of a False Door of Sethew, Old Kingdom, ca. 2500-2350 B.C.E. Limestone, painted 22 1 /16 x 20 1 /2 x 4 15 /16 in. (56 x 52 x 12.5 cm) place found: Giza, Egypt, Africa Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund Photographs by Eliot Porter October 24, 2009 – February 28, 2010 in the Kaufman Theatre Lobby Continuing our downstairs series highlighting great photography from the Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition focuses on the striking color landscapes and nature images of Eliot Porter (1901–1990). Artist, chemist, physician, and naturalist Porter was among the first to adopt the newly developed dye transfer process. Beginning in 1939 Porter literally created a new way of presenting nature. His large-format prints combine precise observation with rich and resonant color. Eliot Porter (American, 1901–1990) Aspens by Lake from Trees portfolio, 1988, Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr. and John Wawrzonek ©Amon Carter Museum Archive Action Paintings at the Chrysler October 17, 2009 – April 11, 2010 in the Waitzer Community Gallery In the pivotal years around World War II, a group of American avant-garde artists centered in New York began to create a new form of painting that challenged both aesthetic tradition and public expectation. Their canvases no longer depicted recognizable subjects, but instead focused on the act of painting itself. Influenced by Freudian psychology and emerging notions of the subconscious, firebrands like Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline channeled their spontaneity and creative dictates into a vital form of abstraction. The canvas became “an arena in which to act,” their work, “action painting.” With pigment dripped, flung, stroked, and slashed across their canvases, these young rebels forged a radically new vocabulary of artistic gesture that helped birth Abstract Expressionism and dominated progressive American painting well into the 1960s. As an enthusiastic collector of Action Painting, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. befriended many of the movement’s founders and purchased major examples of their work. Though many of these acquisitions (including canvases by Hans Hoffmann, Pollock, and Kline) are today on display in our McKinnon Galleries of Modern Art, many more have remained in our storage vaults—until this exhibition that encourages viewers to revel in the pure optical pleasure of paint applied to canvas and to survey a wide range of responses, from intensely emotional to the lyrical and serene. Michael Goldberg (American, 1955-1956) Red Sunday Morning, 1955–56 Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 7
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