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29621
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Fannie and Alan Leslie bequeathed 30 paintings to the Museum and 13 paintings from their collection are currently on display. The Leslie Collection paintings are examples of modern American art and include major works by leading Southern California modernists. In a preview of the exhibition, the works and styles of artists Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Hans Burkhardt, and Lee Mullican are detailed.
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1567
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The 1993 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, open to any artist resident in the state working in any media, is open for viewing October 2-December 5, 1993.
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29392
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This exhibition will feature forty-five works by major figures in the German avant-garde during the early 20th century. Artists represented include Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Franz Marc, Lyonel Feininger, Emil Nolde, and most importantly, Max Beckmann. Half of the exhibition is devoted to Beckmann who has been described as the greatest German painter of the 20th century. The exhibition is previewed with particular attention given to Beckmann, his biography, his paintings, and his style.
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29405
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A selection of 9 prints by 5 German artists will be exhibited in the Twentieth Century Gallery conjunction with the Modern German Masterpieces from the Saint Louis Art Museum exhibition. Max Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Kathe Kollwitz, and Georg Schrimpf will have their prints displayed. The graphic arts were of major importance to the Germans and helped to develop their individual styles of their paintings. The prints are known for their high emotional content and are among the group’s greatest accomplishments.
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29489
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The self-portraits of Viennese artist Arnulf Rainer will be exhibited in the Contemporary Gallery this winter. This will be the first solo exhibition of Rainer’s work in North America. Rainer’s portraits have been altered after they were drawn on by the artists creating extreme emotional images. Rainer’s work is often described as disturbing or violent due to the distorted images.
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29304
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An exhibition of works on paper by North Carolina artists will be exhibited this spring in the North Carolina Gallery. Photographs by John Menapace of Durham and Elizabeth Matheson of Chapel Hill will be displayed. Jim Starrett of North Carolina State University, Dennis Zaborowski of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Richard C. of the Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, and Richard Stenhouse of Charlotte will also have works on display.
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29307
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The Education Lobby at the Museum is the site of a new sound sculpture by Wayne Kirby. Titled Floor Fan 6.2: Ground Round Sound, the experimental piece allows viewers to trigger sounds by stepping on one of eight mats that surround a column of speakers. Kirby’s piece is part of the Hallwalls program which provides an opportunity to encourage experimental, fun works by artists.
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29311
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The art of designer Milo Baughman, of craftsman Marvin Jensen, and of sculptor Winston Tite will all be on display in the North Carolina Gallery this summer and fall. The exhibition offers a chance to explore the interrelationship found in craft, sculpture, and design. The pieces of the three North Carolina-based artists are detailed and the exhibition is previewed.
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29242
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110 pieces were selected by Howard N. Fox to be displayed as part of the forty-third North Carolina Artists Exhibition. Fox is a guest curator and his biography is included along with his process for selecting the winners. The open competition allows the community to see the diversity of contemporary art.
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29249
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In celebration of the 400th anniversary of British settlement in North Carolina, the Museum is presenting works by three of the most influential British artists working today. The work of the duo Gilbert & George and Richard Long will be on display in the Contemporary Gallery. Long’s work concerns the world of nature and how man interacts and affects it. Gilbert & George’s work explores the mind and the struggles people undergo to answer questions about good, evil, hope, and desire.
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29272
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The Museum will be exhibiting paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art this fall. The forty0five works will highlight the most significant artists and trends in American during the past fourteen years. Some of the more notable artists and works are previewed.
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29273
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Selected paintings of Roger Brown will be exhibited this fall and winter. The exhibition presents twelve paintings that show Brown’s role as a commentator on contemporary life. His work combines humor, satire, and political comment in a style that reminds the viewer of decorative patterning or popular cartoons.
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29241
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Jim Collins, William Bernstein, Kim Irwin, and Clarence Morgan were all recently awarded a fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council. Their work is also featured in a new exhibit in the North Carolina Gallery. A short biography and description of their artistic style is provided along with a description of the selection process for the applicants by the North Carolina Arts Council.
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29248
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The new exhibit Howard Pyle and The Wyeths: Four Generations of American Imagination places the art of artists, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth. The exhibition explores the impact Pyle had on three generations of Wyeth’s as N.C. Wyeth’s teacher. From the Brandywine School, the four artists are connected by the narrative quality of their work. A description of the four artists’ work and their impact on each other and viewers is discussed in a preview to the exhibition.
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29205
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Ten paintings from the Weatherspoon Art Gallery at the University of North Carolina Greensboro are on display in the Contemporary Gallery from August 13-October 23. The paintings were all made within the within the last twenty years and use the vocabulary of geometry for their visual language. Works by David Novros, Robert Mangold, Al Held, Alfred Jensen, William Bailey, Roger Brown, William Copley, and Alex Katz.
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