Exhibitions Archived in: 1991

Between Mother and Goddess: Renaissance and Baroque Views of Women

8 January–24 February 1991

During the Renaissance and baroque periods, paintings and prints provided a powerful vehicle for propagating the contemporary understanding of women’s bodies as the objects of male delectation and ownership. Classical goddesses such as Venus, Circe, and Flora, as well as nymphs, muses, and graces, appear in provocative poses and sheer... more »

Cross Sections II

17 January–17 March 1991

This year, the Smart Museum unveiled the first handbook to the galleries, A Guide to the Collection, in conjunction with the exhibition Cross Sections II. The exhibition showcases gifts to the Museum over the last three years, including a small etching by Rembrandt van Rijn, nineteenth-century photographs by the Bisson... more »

Scholarly Treasures: Donations in Honor of Harrie A. Vanderstappen

1 March–21 April 1991

The exhibition includes Chinese and Japanese ink paintings from the 16-19th centuries as well as a rare Neolithic Chinese bowl. Professor Harrie A. Vanderstappen, to whom the gifts of these artworks has been dedicated, delivered a lecture in connection with the exhibition.... more »

Joseph Hoffmann: Drawings and Objects

20 April–16 June 1991

Joseph Hoffmann founded the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) in 1903, whose aim was to create high-quality products accessible to a broad spectrum of society. These products ranged in scale from cutlery to architecture. Their conviction was that structure, not ornament, was the essence of good design. More than two-hundred fifty... more »

Independent Expressions: Spanish and Mexican Drawings and Sculpture, 1650-1960

30 April–9 June 1991

Independent Expressions considered the diverse and innovative artistic production of Spanish and Mexican artists during the baroque and modern periods. The works exhibited here demonstrate several aspects of the history of Spanish and Mexican culture, and some of the different ways in which artists have chosen to express themselves and... more »

The American Color Print

18 June–18 August 1991

The more than 20 prints in The American Color Print explore how American printmaking encompasses traditional media such as woodcut, screenprinting, and lithography, as well as remarkable experimental and mixed techniques. Some works were printed entirely by the artist on small hand presses, and others are the creative result of... more »

MFA Show 1991

11 July–25 August 1991

The annual exhibition of work by 14 Master of Fine Arts graduates at the University of Chicago showcases a video installation, a wearable raincoat and boots made of used milk cartons, wood and metal sculptures, photographic assemblage, oil paintings, and mixed media drawings. The artists are Donald Asher, Joanne Berens,... more »

The Gray City: Architectural Drawings of the University of Chicago

27 August–24 November 1991

The stark contrast between the monumental Neo-Classical constructions of “the White City” – the epithet of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition – and the newly-risen Neo-Gothic structures of the fledgling University of Chicago across the midway earned for the imposing gray Indiana limestone buildings the moniker “the Gray City.” The... more »

Multiple Perspectives: Cubism in Chicago Collections

8 October 1991–21 January 1992

After Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque began making Cubist art, the movement grew and developed under the care of other artists who demonstrated the increasing expressive possibilities of Cubism in the post-World War I world. These artists, French artists Albert Gleizes, Henri Laurens, Jean Metzinger, and Jacques Villon, Spaniards Juan... more »

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