For art's sake
"A New Bill" (1940), lithograph by William Gropper, featured in the upcoming exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery, If Elected I Will Serve. |
he Memorial Art Gallery is staging exhibitions that run the artistic and cultural gamut, from ancient Egypt to upstate New York, from interactive paper creations to a collection of historic and contemporary African-American art.
Through 2004
Protected for Eternity: The Coffins of Pa-debehu-Aset
An interactive exhibit for all ages showcasing one of the most significant acquisitions in Gallery history--a pair of lavishly decorated nesting coffins that once held the mummy of an Egyptian official of the 4th century B.C.E. Also on view are a mummy and other objects from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., and antiquities from the Gallery's collection.
Through August 29, 2004
Pompelmous, Surinam and Centaurea Cyanus: Botanical Prints from the Collection of William Pinch
This exhibition showcases 17th- and 18th-century engravings from some of the most famous botanists in Germany, England, and Holland, and prints from early issues of The Botanical Magazine, which began publishing in 1787. The exhibition is one of a number of floral-themed events, among them the planting of the Iris Friendship Garden in Highland Park, which celebrates the sister city alliance of Rochester and Hamamatsu, Japan.
Through September 5, 2004
Rochester Biennial
The first Rochester Biennial showcases both emerging and established artists from upstate New York. Unlike the juried Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, the Biennial is an invitational. The Gallery's director and curators have selected six artists to participate this year.
September 10November 21, 2004
If Elected I Will Serve: Election Images from the Permanent Collection
The 2004 election provides an opportunity to look at images from the Gallery's collection of prints and drawings that reflect the American political scene over two centuries, including engravings by Winslow Homer and large lithographs by pop artist Robert Rauschenberg.
October 10, 2004January 9, 2005
The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art
This exhibition includes works by historical figures such as Henry Ossawa Tanner and Edmonia Lewis, and contemporary artists such as Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Alma Thomas, Elizabeth Catlett, and Richard Hunt, from the collection of Walter O. Evans, a passionate collector of African American art, who owns more than 200 paintings, photographs, sculptures, and works on paper by 19th- and 20th-century artists.
February 6March 27, 2005
The Paper Sculpture Show
Twenty-nine international artists and artist teams--among them The Art Guys, Sarah Sze, Fred Tomaselli, and Allan Wexler--each have contributed a design for a three-dimensional paper sculpture, but museum visitors must build them in order to create the show. Also on view is Paper Trail, which features works by area artists whose primary medium is paper.
April 16June 26, 2005
The View from Here: Contemporary Russian and American Screenprints
When it premiered in Moscow, The View from Here was heralded as Russia's largest collaborative contemporary exhibition in 10 years. The traveling U.S. version includes 70 innovative screenprints by 21 leading Russian and American artists, including Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, William Christenberry, Carrie Mae Weems, Komar & Melamid, Igor Makarevich, and Pavel Makov.
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