#diverse works

[artinbuildings]

Art-in-Buildings alum Kate Gilmore is in a two person exhibition at DiverseWorks! The exhibition includes newly commissioned, site-specific sculptural works, installation, and a live durational performance.

Opening reception January 20th!

[thehivesociety]

MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston [PERFORMANCE]

MATCH – Midtown Arts & Theatre Center Houston [PERFORMANCE]

Houston has a brand new performance arts venue located in the heart of the Midtown neighborhood, aptly named MATCH- Midtown Arts Theatre Center Houston. I am especially excited to not only have such a great resource so close to my home, but I’m genuinely excited for the smaller theatre companies and boutique art functions and organizations to collectively share a space and call home. Soon to be…

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[brooklynmuseum]

This Thursday seven artists with work in our collection will join forces in our galleries to discuss their works and honor our retiring director Arnold Lehman. Hear from a diverse range of artists who have contributed important work in the last few decades. These artists caught the eye of Arnold Lehman who recognized their value and contributions to contemporary culture, and captivated our visitors to become BKM favorites. Here’s more on the artists who will be participating:

John “CRASH” Matos began bombing train yards in the 1970s and 80s and became a key player in launching the world-wide graffiti movement and it’s recognition in the fine art world.

Ran Hwang is an internationally renowned installation artist from South Korea. She is currently working on a large wall installation for her solo exhibition at MASS MoCA which opens this weekend.

Delphine Fawundu-Buford is a photographer interested in exploring intersections of identity through expression. A self-described hip-hop head, she has documented the culture since 1993 through photography, video, and text. She is currently working on a multimedia project which examines hip-hop’s lyrical dynamics, musical production, and its roles in social justice movements.

Kiki Smith is a feminist artist whose practice addresses the human condition, the body, spirituality and nature, and spans from sculpture and printmaking to installation and textiles.

Faith Ringgold is a painter, art activist, feminist and educator best known for her large-scale painted story quilts. Her practice is devoted to demonstrating the importance of family, roots and artistic collaboration.

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is a photographer, filmmaker, and author, best known for his photographs of iconic world leaders and leading cultural figures of our time, including presidents, writers, artists, actors and musicians.

Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous collective of feminist artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism in the art world.

Lehman’s commitment to freedom of artistic expression in the 1990s is regarded as an iconic moment of the Culture Wars and contemporary art history. It was only fitting then that we honor this commitment by inviting a group of contemporary artists from multiple backgrounds, generations and artistic practices to represent themselves and their work. Catch them all during their #Diverseworks pop-up talks Thursday, June 18!

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[brooklynmuseum]

“The Museum was able to purchase this important relief by meticulously following the international agreements controlling the import and export of antiquities. Strict legal requirements govern the acquisition of ancient artifacts, including proof of provenance, to help prevent the looting of ancient sites. Our curators were able to document the relief’s history of successive ownership by two Swiss collectors (one of them a psychoanalyst), satisfying the legal provisions.”— #ArnoldLehman

[Relief of Mourning Women, 381-343 B.C.E.] #BKMEgyptianart

[brooklynmuseum]

“Hew Locke arranged thousands of cheap plastic toys and trinkets—disposable products of the new global economy—into a series of portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, one of which was among the most extraordinary works in the Museum’s exhibition Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art (2007). Locke, born in Scotland and raised in Guyana, created these works in response to ethnic tensions within contemporary British society, often growing out of Great Britain’s colonial history, with that history now brought home to Britain.”

— #ArnoldLehman for #DiverseWorks

[#HewLocke (Scottish, born 1959). Koh-i-noor, 2005. © Hew Locke] #BKMcontemporary

[brooklynmuseum]

“We are so mesmerized by Kiki Smith’s exceptionally beautiful and emotionally complex work. The exhibition Kiki Smith: Sojourn was presented at the Museum in 2010, and we are delighted to now have this work in our collection.” 

— #ArnoldLehman for #DiverseWorks

[Detail: #KikiSmith (American, born Germany, 1954). Annunciation, 2008. © Kiki Smith, courtesy @pacegallery] #DiverseWorks #BKMContemporaryart

[brooklynmuseum]

“As a Brooklyn Dodgers fan and a particular fan of Pee Wee Reese, certainly the greatest shortstop of all time, it was a personal delight to see this gift accepted for the collection. While the work is more historical in nature, this was an important document of Brooklyn and the pleasure that those portrayed in this photograph gave to millions of people over so many years just a few hundred yards from the museum.”

— #ArnoldLehman for #DiverseWorks

[ #CharlesHoff (American, 1905-1975). [Untitled] (Gil Hodges, Carl Erskine and Pee Wee Reese), 1954. © artist or artist's estate] #DiverseWorks | #BKMPhotography

[brooklynmuseum]

“This incredible contemporary work references the wonderful rooftops in Korean architecture, here made out of thousands of buttons. It brings the historic right into contemporary art through its visual references.”

-- #ArnoldLehman for #DiverseWorks 

Ran Hwang (South Korean, born 1960). East Wind, 2012. © Ran Hwang