Exhibitions Archived in: 1996

Mark Rothko: The Spirit of Myth, Early Paintings from the 1930s and 1940s

18 January–17 March 1996

Providing an in-depth look at the early years of one of the most important American artists of this century, this exhibition highlighted rarely exhibited paintings from the extensive Mark Rothko collection at the National Gallery of Art. Visitors had a unique opportunity to view important phases of Rothko’s development through... more »

Looking to Learn: Visual Pedagogy at the University of Chicago

7 May–9 June 1996

Under the direction of Professors Linda Seidel and Katherine Taylor, this exhibition was organized by graduate and undergraduate students in the University of Chicago’s Department of Art History. Looking to Learn examined the history of the University by addressing the ways in which objects, artifacts, and images have been collected,... more »

Drawings from the Collection of The Arts Club of Chicago

19 March–2 June 1996

Through eleven drawings from the permanent collection of The Arts Club, including works by André Derain, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Isamu Noguchi, and Pablo Picasso, this exhibition documented the collection, exhibition history, and patronage of The Arts Club of Chicago. The drawings, ranging from rapid sketches to highly... more »

Peasants and "Primitivism": French Prints from Millet to Gauguin

18 April–9 June 1996

Organized by the Mount Holyoke College Museum and curated by Robert L. Herbert, one of the leading scholars of Impressionism, this exhibition traced the rise of two related types of “primitivism” in nineteenth-century France. The eighty works in the exhibition by artists such as Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, and Jean-François... more »

Alyce Frank: Recent Landscapes

2 July–18 August 1996

An exhibition of recent paintings by Alyce Frank (B. A. 1950) was mounted as part of an alumni artists series. A resident of New Mexico, Frank is known for her large canvases of the regional landscape, including a series on the Grand Canyon, painted in brilliant colors reminiscent of German... more »

M.F.A. 1996

11 July–6 August 1996

Ranging from video to painting to photography, the work of Brett bloom, Shawn Calvert, Mark Huddle, David Krause, Piper, Rebecca Ravis, Stephanie Serpick, and L. Mikelle Standbridge, in this thirteenth annual Midway Studios graduate exhibition, explored broad cultural issues and personal histories. Exhibited as an ensemble rather than a showcase... more »

Peter Saul: Art World Portraits

20 August–15 September 1996

This exhibition of fourteen pencil and gouache works revisited a little-known body of work by Austin-based Peter Saul, an innovator of American pop art whose work pushes the limits of acceptability and taste. Created in the early 1970s, Saul’s satirical portraits critique the “superheroes” of the art world including Andy... more »

Faces of Ancient Egypt: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Oriental Institute Museum

10 September 1996–9 March 1997

The first in a series of collaborative exhibitions with the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute during its renovation and expansion, this show highlighted the Institute’s important Egyptian holdings by examining the role of the human figure within the cultural and religious life of Egyptian civilization. The idealized, abstract quality of... more »

The Fragrance of Ink: Korean Literati Paintings of the Chosǒn Dynasty (1392-1910) from the Korea University Museum

10 October 1996–8 December 1997

Comprised of sixty-two ink paintings, including hanging scrolls, album leaves, fans, and screens, the exhibition presented works by some of the most significant literati painters of Korea’s last royal dynasty. Organized jointly by the Korean Studies Institute and the Korea University Museum, the exhibition was circulated by the Smart Museum... more »

Trends in Post-War Chicago Art

26 December 1996–16 January 1997

Curated from the Smart Museum’s significant collection, this exhibition explored artistic production in Chicago from 1945 to the present. Represented were artists such as Robert Barnes, Cosmo Campoli, Ruth Duckworth, Leon Golub, Art Green, Richard Hunt, Vera Klement, June Leaf, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Frank Piatek, Hollis Sigler and Ray... more »

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