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The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890 - 1950
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On view Sunday, October 29, 2006 - Sunday, January 28, 2007 at the Audrey Jones Beck Building
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Raymond Jonson, Cliff Dwellings, No. 3, 1927
University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Bequest of Raymond Jonson, Jonson Gallery Collection
Western art is often considered to be traditional in both subject and style and unrelated to modernism, a movement rooted in the European avant-garde and, in the United States, centered in New York.
Through approximately 110 paintings, watercolors, and photographs by artists including Frederic Remington, Gottardo Piazzoni, Georgia O´Keeffe, Edward Weston, Thomas Hart Benton, Ansel Adams, and Jackson Pollock, The Modern West questions this common perception.
The exhibition also addresses the strong, mystical attraction the region holds, while providing a meaningful context for the West´s influence on American modernism and the essential role of artists in shaping our views of it. The Modern West extends the inquiry of western American art to the twentieth century. It differs from many previous studies by focusing primary attention on the formal qualities of the artworks and how those qualities, especially the redefinition of space, relate to broader cultural themes about western landscape, national identity, and modernism in the decades leading up to World War II.
The exhibition will travel to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 4-June 3, 2007.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Generous funding is provided by:
The National Endowment for the Humanities
The Stark Foundation
The Hamill Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
Mr. Frank Hevrdejs
Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Coneway
Additional support is provided by:
Wells Fargo
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Jeff Fort and Marion Barthelme
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Clarke
Mr. John R. Eckel, Jr.
Linn, Thurber, Arnold & Skrabanek, LLP
Lisa and Will Mathis
Carla Knobloch
The catalogue for this exhibition receives support from Palm Beach! America´s International Fine Art & Antique Fair.
Education programs for The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950 receive generous support from the Favrot Fund.
Related Events:
31st Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium On Modern Ground: The America Western Landscape in Painting and Photography, 1890 - 1950
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, October 28, 2006 1:00 PM
Family Day: Where the Land Meets the Sky
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, December 3, 2006 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Homeschool Workshop: Irresistible Landscape
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday, December 5, 2006 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
INPRINT Brown Reading Series
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:30 PM
Explore the MFAH:The Modern West: American Landscapes 1890-1950
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, November 4, 2006 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Friday Afternoon Lectures: Modern Views: 19th and 20th Century Photographers of the American West: Changing with the Land
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, October 27, 2006 1:30 PM
Lunchtime Tours at the MFAH: The Modern West: American Landscapes 1890-1950
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, November 2, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, November 9, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, November 16, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, December 1, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, December 6, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, December 8, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, December 15, 2006 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Members Daytime Preview
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Members Preview Lecture
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, October 27, 2006 6:00 PM
Members Preview Party
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Friday, October 27, 2006 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday Afternoon Lecture: Landscape Matters: The Western Paintings of Frederic S. Remington.
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:00 PM
Spotlight Tour: The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:00 PM - 1:30 AM
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Friday, December 29, 2006 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Teacher Workshop: Redefining the American West
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, November 4, 2006 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, November 11, 2006 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Modern West: A Cultural Perspective through History, Painting, and Photography
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:00 PM
Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:00 PM
Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:00 PM
Thursday, November 2, 2006 7:00 PM
Thursday, November 9, 2006 7:00 PM
Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:00 PM
Your Turn to Speak: The Modern West: American Landscapes 1890-1950
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, November 3, 2006 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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