Small Press Spotlight
Small Press Spotlight
Cartoon Art Museum
December 10, 2011 – March 4, 2012
Beginning on December 10, 2011, the Cartoon Art Museum’s ongoing Small Press Spotlight will feature the art of ten Bay Area LGBTQ cartoonists.
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Black and White and Read All Over: Comics of the New Millennium, San Francisco
Black and White and Read All Over: Comics of the New Millennium
Cartoon Art Museum
December 17, 2011 – May 6, 2012
The newspaper comics page is known for its sense of tradition. The Katzenjammer Kids is still in syndication more than 110 years since its debut, and popular favorites Peanuts, The Family Circus, Blondie, Beetle Bailey and Dennis The Menace are among the comics still going strong as they’ve passed the half-century mark. New strips are introduced every year, however, and millions of readers worldwide enjoy classic comics—and new ones—on a daily basis.
Glenn Ligon, Fort Worth
Glenn Ligon
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
February 12-June 3, 2012
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents the first comprehensive midcareer retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the past two decades. Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Whitney curator Scott Rothkopf, in close collaboration with the artist, the exhibition surveys 25 years of Ligon’s work, from his student days until the present.
Mavis Smith, Doylestown
Mavis Smith: Hidden Realities
Michener Art Museum
January 14 – May 20, 2012
You’re strolling down a busy sidewalk, absorbed in your thoughts. Suddenly someone walking the other way glances in your direction, you glance back, and your reverie is broken. Two souls meet, briefly, then the moment passes, and without breaking stride you each walk on.
The paintings of Mavis Smith are about that moment, hinting at a narrative, yet remaining intentionally elusive. Mavis Smith: Hidden Realities will be on view at the James A. Michener Art Museum January 14 to May 20, 2012 in the Fred Beans Gallery.
Contemporary Drawings, Chicago
Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Jr. Collection
Art Institute of Chicago
November 19, 2011 – February 26, 2012
In only a decade, Chicago lawyer Irving Stenn Jr. has built a collection of more than 170 seminal drawings by more than 90 artists, a collection that focuses on the paradigm-shifting 1960s. This era saw a radical change in the way in which works on paper were made, used, and appreciated, and for the first time the public will be able to see this foundational moment in the history of drawing as represented through Stenn’s singular sensibility.
Stephan Huber, New York
Stephan Huber
Newman Popiashvili
November 15 – December 23, 2011
Newman Popiashvili gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Stephan Huber’s work, titled The Empire Strikes Back, a quote referring to both the well known movie and the title of one of Huber’s pieces, which is presented in the show.
KAWS (Brian Donnelly)
FOCUS: KAWS
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
December 11, 2011-February 19, 2012
The work of Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly, who makes his art under the moniker “KAWS,” is the subject of the first Focus exhibition for the 2011-2012 season. KAWS began his career as a graffiti writer in his hometown of Jersey City. By the time he entered the School of Visual Arts in New York to study illustration he had already developed an underground following. His painted-on interventions to ads in and around Manhattan were widely collected by aficionados of “street art.”
Rick Bartow at Missoula Art Museum
Dog’s Journey: A 20 Year Survey
Missoula Art Museum
November 4, 2011 – January 31, 2012
Missoula Art Museum is honored and delighted to host Dog’s Journey: A 20 Year Survey by one of the region’s most celebrated artists. Rick Bartow was born on the coast of Oregon at Newport in 1946, not far from his ancestral lands in northern California. Bartow is a Native American of Wiyot heritage and this cultural foundation has played a large role in his art as a source of imagery and story. Additionally, he has always acknowledged a deep debt to contemporary Native American artists such as Fritz Scholder, Joe Feddersen, Lillian Pitt, and James Lavadour.
Bruce Katsiff and Thomas Shillea at Monsoon Gallery
Bruce Katsiff and Thomas Shillea: Masters of the Platinum Print
Monsoon Gallery
November 4 – November 30
In the early days of photography, the platinum print was everywhere. Photographers in the 19th century created platinotypes, as did early 20th century masters such as Alfred Stieglitz, who prized the printing method for its velvety tones and unrivaled beauty. However platinum printing eventually gave way to less expensive, but sadly less beautiful methods.
Luis Tomasello installation at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
An installation by Argentinean artist Luis Tomasello (b. 1915) will be installed in the Bloch Building at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art beginning Oct. 31, offering visitors the chance to see work by a renowned Kinetic artist from the Optical Art movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The public will be able to meet Tomasello on Nov. 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The artist will celebrate his 96th birthday while in Kansas City.
Joey Blazek at Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Joey Blazek: Following Life’s Circle, Chasing My Coastal Tail
Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET)
October 27 – January 22
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET) presents a selection of paintings by local artist and designer Joey Blazek on view in the museum’s Café Arts from Thursday, October 27 through Sunday, January 22. An artist’s reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, October 30.
The Three Graces
The Three Graces
Art Institute of Chicago
October 29, 2011 – January 22, 2012
Photographs of celebrations, vacations, and gatherings of family and friends are taken and kept with the aim of preserving moments in life for future generations. What happens, however, when a snapshot becomes an image “type”–transferred into the hands of a collector and folded into a broader cultural history? This subject is explored in the Art Institute of Chicago’s The Three Graces–on view October 29, 2011, through January 22, 2012, in the museum’s Photography Galleries 3 and 4. The exhibition, featuring a private collection of more than 500 anonymous images depicting female trios, spans nearly a century of female role-playing for the camera.