Works that have been dispersed to various collections in the United States and the United Kingdom have been reunited. Lasser, the head of the Division of European and American Art at the Harvard Art Museums, has lovingly reconstructed the university’s eccentric Philosophy Chamber, a highly revered collection of objects that touched on art, science, and social ideas. Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MAĮven in a busy fall season for museum shows, this intellectually stimulating, visual feast is not to be missed. The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820 Visitors can cast their own vote for the champion on an iPad in the gallery or online. The works of Kunisado, the master of ethereal Kabuki actor portraits, are framed in black ash the dynamic tattooed heroes and supernatural monsters created by my personal favorite, Kuniyoshi, the forefather of anime and manga, are framed in cherry. It’s the ultimate showdown! Two highly talented Japanese woodcut artists, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) and Utagawa Kunisado (1786-1864), are compared side by side in a substantial display of 100 exquisitely rendered ukiyo-e woodblock prints. It turns out that the work of postwar and contemporary painters Chantal Joffee, Lois Dodd, and Francesco Clemente reflect (in unexpected ways) Hartley’s thematically varied, fond gestural renderings of his cherished Maine landscape. Katz even includes the Maine-born folk artist William Matthew Prior in the exhibition to establish historical antecedents for Hartley’s eccentric figuration. Painter Alex Katz credits Hartley with creating ‘a vision of Maine that dominates people’s minds even today.’ The show considers how the American modernist’s thematic and stylistic meandering has resonated with postwar and contemporary painters internationally. The exhibition presents a selection of works that show artists in compelling dialogue with the work of Marsden Hartley. Through an undetermined date in 2018, MASS MoCA will house a multi–decade retrospective of his work, customizing its galleries for his installation - two of which have limited viewing space, so make your appointments in advance.ĭavis Gallery, Colby Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, Maine The famed illusionist of air and space has explored light as a physical medium for over half a century. I’m also interested in the sense of presence of space that is space where you feel a presence, almost an entity - that physical feeling and power that space can give.” Trained in perceptual psychology and fascinated with light since his childhood, American artist James Turrell pulls viewers into immersive environments of optic brilliance his visuals raise questions about our powers of perception. “My work is more about your seeing than it is about my seeing, although it is a product of my seeing. MASS MoCA, 1040 Mass Moca Way, North Adams, MA His famed pictures have gotten the lion’s share of attention, but these works, which he created throughout the entirety of his vibrant career, are a must-see. In this case, it is the driven, intimate, and voluptuous works on paper by the celebrated German-American abstract painter and theoretician Hans Hofmann. It is a particular treat when you are given the chance to discover the less charted nooks and crannies of an acclaimed artist’s repertoire. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME These films in this program use queer stories and characters to examine questions of sexism, crime, class, and Mexico’s colonial history, and offering a very different view of the country than that seen through American pop culture.” The line-up includes I Dream in Another Language, Carmin Tropical, and Tigers and Flowers: Queer Short Films from Mexico. “In September, MFA Film presents a series of compelling new LGBT-themed shorts and feature films from Mexico. Camila feels lonely and out of place in her new city, until a distraction arrives in the form of mysterious postcards.” The MFA tells us that this is an “absorbing tale of a young Argentine theater director named Camila who leaves behind her friends and lover to move to New York and work on a Spanish translation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare lends a hand in this film from award-winning director Matías Piñeiro ( Viola). A scene from “Hermia and Helena,” screening at the MFA, beginning on September 2.
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