Upcoming at The Museum of Art
July 13 – October 6, 2008
13/08 Thirteen Artists in 2008 - South Florida Cultural Consortium
What is it that concerns, motivates, and inspires artists in South Florida? This exhibition, featuring works by both emerging and mid-career artists selected from a large pool of qualified applicants by the South Florida Cultural Consortium, offers an annual glimpse into the art making that is currently happening in our own backyard. The chosen artists and their practices are extremely diverse, involving a broad scope of subject matter and approaches, yet common themes link their endeavors. These commonalities affirm subjects of interest that many South Florida artists are compelled to investigate. By coming together on this occasion, we celebrate the abundance of ideas and talent the South Florida visual arts community has to offer.
September 19, 2008 – January 26, 2009
Picasso/Luna
 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the true giants in the history of art. His works broke down barriers, ignited controversy, and have influenced artists for generations. This exhibition presents Picasso ceramics from the Museum’s collection paired with ceramics and paintings by South Florida-based artist Carlos Luna (b. 1969), our 2008-2009 Artist in Residence. Picasso’s creative imagination and penchant for folklore and mythologies is explored through the powerful symbolism of Luna’s work, with its rustic Cuban imagery, graphic use of text, and dramatic narrative. Luna’s paintings are distinguished by their painstaking composition, brilliant coloration, and skillfully rendered surfaces, created by a process that alternates the building of layers of paint with scraping and abrading them away. The resulting work exudes a sense of worn wisdom and muscular vitality that is at once, like Picasso’s work, both timeless and fresh.
November 6, 2008 – March 2, 2009
Coming of Age: American Art 1850s-1950s
From masterworks of the Hudson River School to mid-20th century abstract works, Coming of Age chronicles the major developments in a period marked by the rise of modernity and dramatic changes in the physical and social landscape. Drawn exclusively from the internationally acclaimed collection of the Addison Gallery of American Art at Philips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, Coming of Age consists of seventy iconic paintings and sculptures that define American art. This exhibition holds special importance to the Museum’s own William Glackens collection. Included in the exhibition are works by other members of The Eight, such as George Bellows, Robert Henri, George Luks and John Sloan. The exhibition also presents works by artists who were important influences for Glackens and The Eight, including Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, as well as works by artists who were in turn influenced by them, such as Edward Hopper.
Glackens and the Eight
November 7, 2008 – March 2, 2009
In conjunction with the Coming of Age exhibition, the Museum will highlight the relationship of William Glackens to the Eight and celebrate their centennial year with photographs drawn from our special Glackens archives.
Selections from the Latin American Collection
February 7 – August 17, 2009
A selection of works from the Museum’s extensive collection chosen to complement the Goodman Collection of Modern Latin American Art installed in the adjacent galleries.
THREE COLLECTIONS
This exhibition represents a rare opportunity to feature selections from three extraordinary private collections in Fort Lauderdale and explore the collectors’ eye.
Gordon Locksley Collection
October 2, 2008 – March 22, 2010
Pearl and Stanley Goodman Collection
April 3 – August 17, 2009
Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection
April 3 – October 12, 2009
Superintendent’s Advanced Placement Studio Art Exhibition
February 11 – March 2, 2009
The Museum is proud to participate in this annual exhibition sponsored by the Broward Public Schools, a juried exhibition of Advanced Placement work by high school juniors and seniors.
What’s Next?
April 24, 2009 – March 29, 2010
This presentation of the Museum’s collection has been designed to exhibit the broadest possible overview of the works of art that have been acquired over the last fifty years. The Museum’s modern and contemporary collections have many strong features -- from CoBrA to Constructivism -- thanks to the generosity of donors who collected in great depth. What’s Next? does not provide a linear art historical context but presents a multitude of viewpoints and stimulating juxtapositions between the founding collections and our recent acquisitions, many of which have never before been exhibited.
The title is also a frequently asked question at the Museum: No sooner than one exhibition opens, someone will ask “What’s Next?” We look forward to answering the question with “You can look forward to What’s Next!”
Glackens as Illustrator
September 5, 2009 – May 3, 2010
In conjunction with the Norman Rockwell exhibition (November 14, 2009 – February 7, 2010), the Museum will highlight the graphic work of William Glackens drawn from its extensive collection of sketch books and illustrations.
Dieu Decede / God Decides
Photographs of Haitians by Gary Monroe
October 9, 2009 - March 22, 2010
Since 1980, beginning with their first significant wave of immigration into South Florida, photographer Gary Monroe has been fascinated with Haiti and Haitians. From the paradoxical beauty of the island itself to Miami Beach, Krome Detention Center, Little Haiti, Belle Glade, and Immokalee, this 25-year photographic retrospective documents Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora as this complex and resilient culture laid down roots in urban and rural enclaves throughout the state. The title is a slogan the photographer saw in a Port-au-Prince tap-tap, each of which has its own motto, and this one – God Decides – is most fitting for the Haitian struggle.
American Chronicles: Norman Rockwell
November 14, 2009 – February 7, 2010
One of the most popular American artists of the past century, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was a keen observer of human nature and a gifted storyteller. For nearly seven decades, whilehistory was in the making all around him, Rockwell chronicled our changing society in the smalldetailsand nuanced scenes of ordinary people in everyday life, providing a personalized interpretation—albeit often an idealized one—of American identity. His depictions offered a reassuring visual haven during a time of momentous transformation as our country evolved into a complex, modern society. Rockwell’s contributions to our visual legacy, many of them now icons of American culture, have found a permanent place in our national psyche.
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