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The Complete Metropolis
Directed by Fritz Lang
Thu, Sep 2 7:00 PM Fri, Sep 3 7:00 PM Sat, Sep 4 7:00 PM Sun, Sep 5 5:00 PM Mon, Sep 6 2:00 PM
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Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection
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On view through April 5, 2009 at the Caroline Wiess Law Building
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Hans Hofmann, Sparks, 1957, 2004.24
The MFAH, bequest of Caroline Wiess Law
© Renate, Hans and Maria Hofmann Trust/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The ways in which artists use color as a liberating force, from the high modernist era of the 1940s and 1950s to today´s digital revolutions, is the focus of Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection, opening December 13 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The show also offers alternative ways to tell the story of Modernism by embracing artists who have worked across the globe, from Paris, to New York, Buenos Aires, and São Paulo. This is the first of a series of exhibitions to be presented over the next few years that will draw on the strengths of the MFAH´s holdings. Color into Light will be on view in the Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street, through March 22, 2009.
About 90 works will be included in the exhibition, some new to the collection, such as Carlos Cruz-Diez´s Cromosaturación (1965) and James Turrell´s Acro (1968) installations, and some rarely seen, such as Fred Sandback´s Horizon Grey Cord and Rod 1/8 in. Dia. (1967).
The show will be presented in sections, demonstrating how color and light become animating forces for successive generations of the international avant-garde.
"The museum has grown significantly in the last 25 years," states Peter C. Marzio, MFAH director. "We are now poised to re-examine various aspects of the collection through special exhibitions that focus on art historical trends and issues. Through this exhibition, viewers will quite literally see the evolution of color use in modern and contemporary works."
"Central to the concept of the exhibition are the independent but frequently parallel investigations undertaken by artists active in the United States, Latin America, and Europe," adds Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH curator of Contemporary Art and Special Projects. "Working with colleagues here on staff, we delved deep into the museum´s resources and sought out new acquisitions that would illuminate this vital current in the art of the twentieth century. We also sought to address how this legacy this might ignite future developments."
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Generous funding is provided by: Continental Airlines, Mr. Fayez Sarofim, and Ms. Bettie Cartwright and Mr. Colin Kennedy.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, February 5, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Exhibition Tour: Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collections
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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January Artful Thursday: Color into Light
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Thursday, January 15, 2009 6:30 PM
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