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July 2018
The 1960s: A Survey of the Decade
Drawn from the Weatherspoon Art Museum’s collection, this exhibition highlights various art styles and social issues that emerged in America during the turbulent decade of the 1960s. Paintings by figurative artists such as Philip Pearlstein and Alex Katz will hang alongside abstract compositions by Raymond Parker, Larry Rivers, and Al Held. Conceptualist works by Shusaku Arakawa and Lee Lozano will serve as counterpoints to Robert Rauschenberg’s socio-political painting, Straw-Boss. The museum will also display works on paper and sculpture by…
Find out more »September 2018
Exhibition: Single-Channel Catalyst III
Doug Aitken's migration (empire) and Selections from the Weatherspoon Art Museum Collection are on view June 9-September 30, 2018. In his video migration (empire), Los Angeles based artist Doug Aitken intermixes footage of U.S. industrial landscapes with unexpected scenes of indigenous wild animals confined in roadside motel rooms normally reserved for wayfaring people. Removed from their habitats but drawing on their natural instincts, these undomesticated animals interact alone or in like pairs with the room’s furnishings, spaces, and environs. weatherspoon.uncg.edu336-334-5770Free to…
Find out more »Exhibition: 1960s: A Survey of the Decade
On view July 14, 2018-February 17, 2019.Drawn from the Weatherspoon’s collection, 1960s: A Survey of the Decade highlights various art styles and social issues that emerged in America during the turbulent decade of the 1960s. Paintings by figurative artists such as Philip Pearlstein and Alex Katz will hang alongside abstract compositions by Raymond Parker, Larry Rivers, and Al Held. Conceptualist works by Shusaku Arakawa and Lee Lozano will serve as counterpoints to Robert Rauschenberg’s socio-political painting, Straw-Boss. The museum will…
Find out more »Exhibition: Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World
Exhibition on view August 25-December 9, 2018. This fall the Weatherspoon Art Museum premieres Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World, an exhibition that brings together the work of contemporary artists who use classical fairy tales to address the complexities of our lives today. While some embrace the stories’ promises of transformation and happy endings, others plumb the stories’ more troubling elements—poverty, addiction, and exploitations of power. MoreFree and open to the public.weatherspoon.uncg.edu
Find out more »Haley Blake-Lee
Florence, Italy Follow-On Service ProjectSeptember 24th - 28thOpening: September 28th, 6pm - 8pmHaley Blake-Lee, a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Summer 2018 Study Abroad Recipient & rising senior at UNCG will speak about and showcase the art-work she created in Florence, Italy while studying abroad through UNCG Art Program. Her work (sketchbooks, paintings, and more) will be on display from September 24th-28th at Greensboro Project Space.The opening reception will be held at GPS from 6pm-8pm on September 28th where Haley…
Find out more »Conor Nelson, flute – Guest Artist Recital
Canadian flutist Conor Nelson gave his New York recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and has since appeared frequently as soloist and recitalist throughout the United States and abroad. Recent solo engagements include performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Flint Symphony, and numerous other orchestras. The only wind player to win the Grand Prize at the WAMSO Young Artist Competition, he also won first prize at the William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition. In…
Find out more »Exhibition: Single-Channel Catalyst III
Doug Aitken's migration (empire) and Selections from the Weatherspoon Art Museum Collection are on view June 9-September 30, 2018. In his video migration (empire), Los Angeles based artist Doug Aitken intermixes footage of U.S. industrial landscapes with unexpected scenes of indigenous wild animals confined in roadside motel rooms normally reserved for wayfaring people. Removed from their habitats but drawing on their natural instincts, these undomesticated animals interact alone or in like pairs with the room’s furnishings, spaces, and environs. weatherspoon.uncg.edu336-334-5770Free to…
Find out more »Exhibition: 1960s: A Survey of the Decade
On view July 14, 2018-February 17, 2019.Drawn from the Weatherspoon’s collection, 1960s: A Survey of the Decade highlights various art styles and social issues that emerged in America during the turbulent decade of the 1960s. Paintings by figurative artists such as Philip Pearlstein and Alex Katz will hang alongside abstract compositions by Raymond Parker, Larry Rivers, and Al Held. Conceptualist works by Shusaku Arakawa and Lee Lozano will serve as counterpoints to Robert Rauschenberg’s socio-political painting, Straw-Boss. The museum will…
Find out more »Exhibition: Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World
Exhibition on view August 25-December 9, 2018. This fall the Weatherspoon Art Museum premieres Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World, an exhibition that brings together the work of contemporary artists who use classical fairy tales to address the complexities of our lives today. While some embrace the stories’ promises of transformation and happy endings, others plumb the stories’ more troubling elements—poverty, addiction, and exploitations of power. MoreFree and open to the public.weatherspoon.uncg.edu
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