UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Barbara Stout
Shift (2009)
Ink on paper
2009 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition
July 26–October 4, 2009
in the Grand Gallery
Summers at MAG are dedicated to the art of upstate New York. This year, don’t miss Rochester’s oldest and most prestigious regional exhibition. Like the Rochester Biennial (offered in alternate years), the Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition showcases work by regional artists. But unlike the Biennial, an invitational, works in Finger Lakes are selected by guest jurors.
This year, artist James Hyde, a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, and David Kwasigroh, director of exhibitions and artist services at the Indianapolis Art Center, selected 36 works by 28 artists from a field of 852 entries by 445 artists.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Elaine P. and Richard U. Wilson Foundation, with additional support from Jane W. Labrum and the Mabel Fenner Lyon Fund.
Presented in memory of Earl Kage and Hamilton Driggs, longtime friends and benefactors.
Art at 11 Lectures: (Thursdays at 11 am)
- July 30: David Dorsey
- August 20: Kim Waale
- September 24: John Griebsch
Walter Goodman,
1838 - 1912
The Printseller's Window, 1882-1883
Marion Stratton Gould Fund, 98.75
Walter Goodman’s The Printseller's Window: Solving A Painter’s Puzzle
August 14, 2009–November 8, 2009
in the Lockhart Gallery
In 1998, MAG director Grant Holcomb bid on a mysterious painting on the auction block at Sotheby’s. Almost nothing was known about it, or about its remarkably talented painter, but Holcomb’s risk paid off. In a review of auction sales that year, one writer hailed the work as "a masterpiece that is the equal of the best of William Harnett…John Peto…and John Haberle…the three great American titans of trompe l’oeil." With photographs, engravings and antique bits of bric-a-brac—all overseen by a bespectacled and bearded figure—The Printseller's Window is filled with puzzling bits that suggest a story. This exhibition tells how the painting’s secrets have been given up one by one through the painstaking detective work of guest curator Pete Brown.
Arnaldo Roche-Rabell.
We Have to Eat, 1986.
Oil on canvas, 84 x 60 in. Collection of Jack Kubiliun.
© Arnaldo Roche-Rabell, courtesy of Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan
Paint Made Flesh
October 25, 2009–January 3, 2010
in the Grand Gallery
This exhibition brings together 34 powerful American and European works, all created since the 1950s, that explore the biological, psychological or spiritual volatility of the human figure. The works, by such painters as Georg Baselitz, Hyman Bloom, Willem de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, Jenny Saville and Julian Schnabel, employ a wide range of painterly effects to suggest the carnal properties of human flesh, as well as its metaphorical significance. MAG is one of only two tour stops for this show.
Hear NPR's review of Paint Made Flesh in its Phillips Collection venue. Artnet.com lists Paint Made Flesh in its twenty top shows.
Paint Made Flesh has been organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.
In Rochester, it is made possible by Victoria and William Cherry, with additional support from the George D. and Frieda B. Abraham Foundation.
Woman’s Kimono, Japan (Taisho period, 1912–1926). The Montgomery Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan
January 31–April 4, 2010
in the Grand Gallery
Ninety-seven extraordinary examples of kimono created between the 1890s and the 1950s tell the story of how Japan’s traditional national dress was influenced by technological advances in silk production and exposure to Western cultures. Included are simple undergarments; everyday kimono; intricately embroidered and padded ceremonial costumes; boys’ kimono stenciled with cars, airplanes and battleships; and colorful examples with Art Deco patterns that heralded the emergence of Japan’s “new woman.” All are drawn from the famed Montgomery Collection in Lugano, Switzerland.
This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandra, VA. Support for the national tour and catalog has been provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
Albert Paley
Meniscus (2001). Stainless steel, copper, glass. Courtesy of the artist.
Albert Paley in the 21st Century
May 1-June 27, 2010
in the Grand Gallery
Internationally known for his large-scale commissions, Albert Paley is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute for Architects, the AIA¹s highest award to a non-architect. This exhibition organized by the Memorial Art Gallery will bring together recent sculptures, drawings, prints and maquettes, as well as a video of the Rochester-based artist at work.
