Winter
2001 Exhibitions
Reinventing the West: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Robert Adams
January 2ÐMarch 25, 2001
Reinventing
the West features the work of landscape photographers Ansel Adams (1902Ð1984)
and Robert Adams (b. 1937). Representing different generations and aesthetics,
this exhibition explores each artist's personal response to the American
landscape and reveals how their photographs reflect the broader issues
of societyÕs changing views of the natural world and in particular the
Western landscape. The Addison will publish a fullly illustrated catalogue
with essays by curator Allison Kemmerer and John Stilgoe, Orchard Professor
in the History of Landscape Development at Harvard University.
The
American Land:
Selections from the Addison Collection
January 19ÐApril 2001
Consisting
of approximately sixty-five paintings, drawings, watercolors, and photographs
dating from the nineteenth to the early twentieth century and belonging
to the Addison Gallery, this exhibition proves the power of the American
landscape to inspire artists over time. Artists include John James Audubon,
Albert Bierstadt, George Inness, Carleton Watkins, Winslow Homer, Childe
Hassam, George Bellows, and Marsden Hartley.
Marsden
Hartley
Jotham's Island (now Fox), Off Indian Point, Georgetown, Maine, Mouth
of Kennebec River, Sequin Light at Left, 1937
Oil on board, 22-13/16 x 28-13/16"
Unsigned
Museum Purchase 1938.41
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Addison Gallery of American Art
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Robert
Adams (b. 1937), Untitled from What We Bought:
The New World
(Scenes
from the Denver Metropolitan Area)
1970-1974, gelatin silver print, Yale University Art Gallery
The Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund
Foundations:
Building the Addison's Collection
January 12-April 8, 2001
This exhibition
will focus on the generous patronage that has marked the Gallery's first
seventy years. Phillips Academy alumnus and founder of the Addison, Thomas
Cochran, brought works such as Thomas Eakins' Salutat and Winslow Homer's
Eight Bells to the collection. Among the Addison's early patrons, Lillie
Bliss, Stephen Clark, and Candace Stimson contributed a number of important
paintings by Arthur B. Davies, Walt Kuhn, Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper.
The exhibition will also highlight donations from artist alumni Carl Andre
and Frank Stella, The Feldman Family, Jacob and Ruth Kainen, William and
Saundra Lane, and Betsy Senior, including works by John Graham, Franz
Kline, John Chamberlain, Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, and Sol LeWitt. The
masterworks in this exhibition attest to the foresight of the AddisonÕs
patrons and their dedication to the role that art plays in the life of
the school and community.
Elson Artist-in-Residence Project:
Jose Bedia
January 12-March 25 2001
This winter,
artist-in-residence Jose Bedia will create a site-specific installation
at the Addison. Bedia's work reflects his interests in Afro-Cuban and
Native American religions. His art cuts across media, from drawings to
large-scale paintings on canvas to installations. BediaÕs installations
often depict elongated, silhouetted figures with text that he paints directly
on gallery walls and accents with a variety of materials--ranging from
animal pelts to car parts. Bedia's work has been described as primal--integrating
symbolism and ritual through a combination of objects and dramatic, gestural
painting. In recent years, Cuban-born Bedia has enjoyed a spirited international
following, including a show at SITE Santa Fe, a retrospective at the Museo
de Art Contempor‡neo in Monterrey, Mexico, and a commission at the Birmingham
Museum of Art. His work is in museum collections worldwide, including
the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and
the Fogg Art Museum.
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