Memorial Art Gallery 2015–16 Exhibition Schedule

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June 24, 2015
MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS: 2015–16
Through June 28, 2015 in the Grand Gallery
The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection
Over the past two decades, RBC Wealth Management has collected more than 400 works of art
that reflect the diversity of the society in which we live and work. The 45 paintings, prints, and
photographs selected for this exhibition all focus on the human body because, as collection
curator Don McNeil points out, the age-old need to understand the human condition is still
vital and the human form remains its most direct manifestation. Among the artists represented
are Kerry James Marshall, Elizabeth Peyton, Vic Muniz, Hung Liu, Roy Lichtenstein, Jaune
Quick-to-See Smith and Alex Soth.
Sponsored in Rochester by COMIDA, with additional support from Willy and Bob Hursh, the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Fund,
and an anonymous donor.
Pictured: Roland Fischer, Untitled (L.A. Portrait) (1994–2000).
May 8–August 16, 2015 in the Lockhart Gallery
In Search of Shadows
This exhibition draws from the wealth of paintings, drawings and prints in MAG’s permanent
collection to explore that most enigmatic of visual forms, the shadow. For centuries, artists have
used the shadow—the physical counterpart to the absence or dimming of light—as a way to depict
the visible as well as the symbolic, metaphorical and psychological worlds. The works on display
cross geographical and chronological boundaries to showcase the power and breadth of artistic
interpretations of light and dark in all its myriad forms.
This exhibition is presented in recognition of 75 years of service from the Gallery Council of the Memorial Art Gallery.
Pictured: Guy Pene du Bois, Jane (ca. 1948). Gift of Thomas H. and Marion J. Hawks, by exchange.
July 26–September 13, 2015 in the Grand Gallery
65th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition
Every two years, Rochester’s oldest and longest-running juried exhibition showcases the
talents of emerging and established artists from a 27-county region. This year’s show features
68 works by 46 artists—including 23 who are new to Finger Lakes. They were chosen from a
field of 920 entries by 330 artists by juror Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator of Modern
and Contemporary Art at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. These artists are eligible for nine cash
awards, among them the $1,500 Memorial Art Gallery Award, selected by the juror; the Alice
Koret Award, presented by museum docents; and the Harris Popular Vote Award, selected by
visitors during the first two weeks of the exhibition.
This exhibition is sponsored by M&T Bank, with additional support provided by the Elaine P. and Richard U. Wilson Foundation and the
Rubens Family Foundation.
Pictured: Spring Flowers, Jellybeans is by Kate Timm of Sterling, Cayuga Co., who is returning for her fourth Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition.
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October 18, 2015–January 3, 2016 in the Grand Gallery
Art for the People: Carl W. Peters and the Rochester WPA Murals
Between 1933 and 1943, the federal government funded the arts through the Works Progress
Administration. Rochester’s program, termed “the most interesting and effective outside of
New York City,” was hosted by Memory Art Gallery and administered by then-director
Gertrude Herdle Moore.This exhibition will highlight a group of recently-restored mural
studies by Rochester artist Carl W. Peters for 13 extant WPA murals, most of which were
done for the Rochester City School District. Also featuring additional work by Peters and a
series of WPA posters on loan from the Library of Congress, this exciting project will illuminate an important moment in local and national history.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Gallery Council of the Memorial Art Gallery, with additional support from the University of
Rochester School of Arts and Sciences, Paul Marc & Pamela Miller Ness, and Marguerite & James Quinn. Additional support is provided by New York State Council on the Arts and administered by Museum Association of New York.
Pictured: Carl W. Peters, Study of Hands (ca. 1940).
January 31–April 24, 2016 in the Grand Gallery
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
The first-ever exhibition devoted to the Ebony Fashion Fair, Inspiring Beauty explores the 50-year
history of the fashion spectacle that redefined the concepts of beauty, style, and empowerment for
African Americans. Ensembles and accessories by designers such as Christian Dior, Stephen Burrows,
Christian LaCroix, Bob Mackie, Jean Patou, Nina Ricci, Emanuel Ungaro and Vivienne Westwood
illustrate themes of vision, innovation, and power as exemplified by the legendary Eunice Johnson,
publisher of Ebony magazine.
This exhibition was developed by the Chicago History Museum in cooperation with Johnson Publishing Company, LLC, presented by the
Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum, and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.
In Rochester, it is presented by the Gallery Council of the Memorial Art Gallery, Abigail Riggs Collection and Canandaigua National Bank
& Trust. Additional support is provided by the City of Rochester, COMIDA and Nocon & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
Pictured: Chloé (France) by Karl Lagerfeld, evening dress, ready-to-wear, fall/winter 1983–84. Photo by John Alderson © Chicago Historical Society.
Long term installation in the Dorothy McBride Gill Discovery Center
Renaissance Remix: Art & Imagination in 16th-century Europe
See the world of the Renaissance through the eyes of a young boy growing up in mid 16th-century
Europe—a time of political, cultural, religious and social change. At the center of this long-term installation is MAG’s much-loved Portrait of a Boy of the Bracciforte Family, but it also showcases 30 other
works from the Gallery’s collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Corning Museum of
Glass. Hands-on activities, videos, touch screen displays and listening posts explore the Renaissance
“spirit of change.”
Mad possible by funding from Dan and Dorothy Gill. Additional support has been provided by the Thomas and Marion Hawks Memorial
Fund, the Mabel Fenner Lyon Fund, the estate of Emma Jane Drury, and an anonymous donor.
Pictured: Detail of Girolamo Bedoli, Portrait of a Boy of the Bracciforte Family of Piacenza (Italy, ca. 1560). MAG, Marion Stratton Gould Fund.
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