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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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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Winter 1983/1984, p14-15
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1564
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The generosity of Samuel H. Kress facilitated the development of the North Carolina Museum of Art and other regional museums. An exhibition scheduled for February 5-April 24, 1994, contains many of the Old Master paintings given by Kress.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Winter 1993, p6-11, il, por
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29305
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The installation of the Thomas Sayre exhibition required the collaboration of many people, services, and skills. Sayre’s work titled Arcanum is made of concrete and required a crew of 25 people, a 35-ton crane, and 3 days to get the outdoor sculpture set. Sayre’s work titled Aviary is a steel bar structure and was constructed on-site by the artist, a small crew, and volunteers in the North Carolina Gallery. Sayre enjoys completing a project, but also collaboration process which is a creative, technical, and social event.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Spring 1985, p11-12
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29473
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Seven prints from Georges Rouault’s Miserere series are being exhibited in the Twentieth Century Gallery this summer. The paintings portray the sufferings and hopes of the modern man. Rouault is known for his skills as a printmaker and painter and as one of the most significant religious painters of the twentieth century. Rouault’s biography, his artistic style, and the religious symbolism in his work are detailed.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Summer 1986, p13-14
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29334
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A new five-week exhibition surveys recent work in the single-channel video by four artists. Videotapes by Laurie Anderson, Dara Birnbaum, Michael Smith, and Bill Viola will all be exhibited in the Contemporary Gallery this fall.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Autumn 1985, p9
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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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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Autumn 1984, p4-7
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29610
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The Museum will display the work of Norman Rockwell in an upcoming exhibition. 40 original paintings and 323 Saturday Evening Post covers will be on display. Rockwell was influential in shaping the nation’s self-image during the twentieth-century through his illustrations in media publications. Rockwell’s art is noted for its humor and portrayal of everyday life. Rockwell’s style and criticism of his work are discussed in this preview of the exhibition.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2010, p12-17
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29364
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Selections from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection will be exhibited in the Contemporary Gallery this spring. The foundation was created to teach the public about art and the paintings to be shown have collected since 1950 produced by American artists. The works are linked by their realistic style and often have an element of humor, mystery, or surrealism in them. A biography of Roby is included along with a preview of the exhibition and some of the artists to be displayed including Edward Hopper, George Tooker, Philip Evergood, and others.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Winter 1985-1986, p9-10
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29359
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This winter, the Museum will present selections from one of the finest college collections of American painting loaned by The Maier Museum of Art at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, VA. Of the 38 works to be exhibited, more than a quarter have received conservation treatment in the North Carolina Museum of Art’s conservation laboratory. The exhibit will feature works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its group of American impressionist works is the collection’s strength.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Winter 1985-1986, p3-4
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29200
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Hungarian-born photographer Andre Kertesz’s photography will be on display in the Contemporary Gallery this summer. A biography of Kertesz is provided, along with a description of his photography and its impact.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Summer 1983, p15-16
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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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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Autumn 1986, p9-10
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29308
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This summer, the Museum will present a comprehensive exhibition from the twentieth-century decorative arts collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Created between 1900 and 1940 the objects show how various artists responded to the innovations of technology. The exhibition offers works of furniture, metalwork, glass, and ceramics that showcase the Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Art Moderne periods.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Summer 1985, p4-6
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29247
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The first major exhibition organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art in its new building will feature Baroque Paintings from the Bob Jones University Collection. The paintings all depict religious subjects and were collected by the university for moral instruction and as inspirational resources for students. These purposes serve many of the same purposes as they would have during the seventeenth century when they were painted. The history and characteristics of the Baroque Period in art and of life in seventeenth century Europe are also detailed.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Summer 1984, p4-7
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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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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Summer 1985, p9-11
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29609
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The inaugural exhibition in the Museum’s new North Carolina Gallery is titled Inverted Utopias and features 20 key works by Bob Trotman. North Carolina artist Trotman began his career as a furniture maker before transitioning to a full-time sculpture artist in 1997. Trotman’s painted and carved-wood portraits depict people at dramatic transitional moments on the brink of change. His works are often both humorous and unsettling and in unusual positions.
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Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , Fall 2010, p6-11