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See classic and contemporary films on the big screen in the museum´s Brown Auditorium Theater, designed by famed architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. On weekends, your ticket purchase includes a discount voucher for Cafe Express.
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Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal
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On view Sunday, March 7 - Sunday, July 18, 2010 at the Caroline Wiess Law Building
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Albert Paley, Brooch, 1969, 2002.4000
The MFAH, Helen Williams Drutt Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mecom, Jr., by exchange
© Albert Paley
Artists have utilized metal in their creative endeavors for centuries. The material has an extraordinary ability to simultaneously convey fluidity and solidity, as well as stasis and motion. In recent decades, contemporary artists have investigated new ways to manipulate metal into expressive compositions, resulting in elegant and dynamic objects.
Liquid Lines surveys the innovative range of metal art in the MFAH collections. Furniture, jewelry, hollowware, and sculpture highlight the optical and flowing properties of metal achieved through techniques such as casting, constructing, forging, and hand-raising.
The exhibition includes work by international artists, craftsmen, and designers such as Ron Arad, Chunghi Choo, Georg Dobler, Arline Fisch, Gego, Joseph Havel, Bruce Metcalf, Albert Paley, Hiroshi Suzuki, Tone Vigeland, and Jonathan Wahl.
As a complement to Liquid Lines, which is located in the Alice Pratt Brown Gallery of the Law Building, a display of historic and contemporary mourning jewelry is on view in the gallery´s anteroom.
Related Events:
Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Contemporary Metal
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Saturday, May 8, 2010 12:00 PM
Saturday, May 15, 2010 12:00 PM
Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:00 PM
Saturday, May 29, 2010 12:00 PM
Thursday, June 3, 2010 7:00 PM
Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:00 PM
Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:00 PM
Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:00 PM
Members Daytime Preview
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, March 6, 2010 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Patron-Plus Members Preview Party
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, March 5, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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