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Portfolios & Suites from the Print Collection
April 8 - June 29, 2008
Opening Reception: April 11, 2008
This exhibition highlights contemporary prints from Kennedy Museum’s renowned print collection and includes works by celebrated masters such as Robert Rauschenberg, Jennifer Bartlett, David Hockney and Jim Dine. The words “portfolio” or “suite” refer to a set of prints by an artist or group of artists, typically inspired by a particular theme or subject matter. A total of 101 prints by 165 artists, spanning a period from 1969 to 1995, will be displayed in three galleries and the Museum’s main corridor. Visitors can also view an additional 290 prints from the Kennedy Museum Collection at two kiosk stations in the exhibition. The Museum’s print collection was initiated by Henry Lin during his tenure as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University from July 1971 through June 1984. Professor emeritus of printmaking, Donald Roberts, facilitated the project at the time. The original home of the prints was the University’s Trisolini Gallery.
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ART
OF THE ZUNI
Presented
by the Kennedy Museum of Art
Sept 14 - Ongoing
The Kennedy Museum of Art’s newest exhibit
of southwestern Native American art, Art of the
Zuni, illustrates the effects that intercultural
influences have on an indigenous art form. Jewelry
is an important and highly visible cultural expression.
It functions as a demonstration of personal identity
and status for both the maker and the wearer.
This exhibition draws from the full range of twentieth
century Zuni jewelry making and stone carving.
Old Masters, Modern Masters, and their descendants
are equally represented. By displaying the work
of multiple generations, side by side, the continuity
of important cultural practices becomes apparent.
The exhibit is drawn from the over 600 Zuni jewelry
pieces in the collection.
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GALLERY
66: SELLING THE SOUTHWEST
Curated by Cara Romano, Rachael Crouch, and Emily
Cranz Richards, who all are completing their masters
in Art History at Ohio University.
The
exhibition highlights encounters between tourists
and the indigenous peoples in the Southwest. It
explores the appropriation of Native American
symbols and art forms by outsiders for the purposes
of constructing and promoting an “authentic”
regional identity for the tourist market. It also
examines the manner in which Native peoples were
put on display as objects of the “tourist
gaze”, thereby reinforcing stereotypes of
Native American culture as that of an exotic “Other”. |
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