Advance Exhibition Schedule 2015

Advance
Exhibition
Schedule
MEDIA CONTACTS:
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Spring 2015
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
BLACK BOX: SHARON HAYES
March 15 – October 11, 2015
FRONT ROOM: SARA VANDERBEEK
April 12 – September 20, 2015
ON PAPER: SPIN, CRINKLE, PLUCK
April 19 – September 20, 2015
AFRICAN AND ASIAN COLLECTION GALLERIES REOPENING
DIVERGING STREAMS: EASTERN NIGERIAN ART
SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE: 2015 FINALISTS
April 26, 2015
April 26 – November 1, 2015
June 24 – August 9, 2015
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
BLACK BOX: ANRI SALA
ON PAPER: ALTERNATE REALITIES
FRONT ROOM: DARIO ROBLETO
GRAND REOPENING OF THE HISTORIC ENTRANCE & AMERICAN WING
LESSONS LEARNED: AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL EMBROIDERIES
September 14, 2014 – February 22, 2015
September 21, 2014 – April 12, 2015
November 16, 2014 – March 29, 2015
November 23, 2014
November 23, 2014 – May 10, 2015
NEWS
BALTIMORE CONTEMPORARY PRINT FAIR
March 28 – 29, 2015
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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
BLACK BOX: SHARON HAYES
March 15 – October 11, 2015
Through her performances, films, and installations, Baltimore-born artist
Sharon Hayes (American, born 1970) examines the intersection of history,
politics, and speech, with a particular focus on the language of 20th-century
protest groups. For this exhibition the BMA is presenting Hayes’ Ricerche: three
(2013), a 38-minute video that debuted at the 2013 Venice Biennale and
received a special mention from the Golden Lion award committee. The film
questions attitudes of 36 students at an all women's college in western
Massachusetts on issues of sexual and gender identity.
Organization: Curated by Curator of Contemporary Art Kristen Hileman and presented in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Advanced
Media Studies and the Museums in Society program. Image: Sharon Hayes. Still from Ricerche: three. 2013 ©Sharon Hayes. Courtesy the artist and Tanya
Leighton Gallery, Berlin.
FRONT ROOM: SARA VANDERBEEK
April 12 – September 20, 2015
Internationally acclaimed artist Sara VanDerBeek returned to her native Baltimore periodically in
2014 to reflect on her memories of the city, the BMA, and her profound connection to the
museum’s collection. Her visits resulted in a series of compelling photographs illuminating
fragments of Baltimore architecture shot in the city’s neighborhoods and at Second Chance
salvage yard. In her solo exhibition, these are paired with elegant images of dance students at
the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The exhibition also features three
sculptures, including one created from the white marble typical of the stairs leading up to
Baltimore rowhomes and associated with the neighborly ritual of weekly scrubbings.
Organization: The exhibition is curated by Curator of Contemporary Art Kristen Hileman. Sponsor: Generously
sponsored by Joanne Gold and Andrew Stern, The Hardiman Family Foundation, and an Anonymous Donor. Image: Sara
VanDerBeek. Baltimore Dancer (Eurydice).2014. Courtesy of Artist and Metro Pictures Gallery NY
ON PAPER: SPIN, CRINKLE, PLUCK
April 19 – September 20, 2015
This exhibition showcases eight prints and drawings whose images are the result of a specific
action or intention rather than a depiction of the action. Essentially, the artists are letting the
object or action describe itself. For example, Trisha Brown’s image of a foot spinning is not a
rendering of a foot in motion, but actually her foot pirouetting directly on the etching plate. The
featured artists and their actions are: Tauba Auerbach (crinkle), Trisha Brown (spin), Mona
Hatoum (pluck), Emil Lukas (wrap), Gabriel Orozco (spit), Stan Shellabarger (shuffle), Denise
Tassin (wriggle), and Rachel Whiteread (squash).
Organization: Curated by Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs Ann Shafer. Image: Trisha Brown
and Graphicstudio. Untitled Set One, No. 1. 2006. From the series “Untitled Set One.” The Baltimore Museum of
Art: Women’s Committee Acquisitions Endowment for Contemporary Prints and Photographs, BMA 2007.338.
Published by Graphicstudio/USF
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REOPENING OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN COLLECTION GALLERIES
April 26, 2015
The BMA will reopen its fully renovated galleries dedicated to the new presentation of the
museum’s African and Asian art collections following a two-year renovation. These collections will
occupy expanded galleries on the first floor of the museum’s landmark neoclassical building
designed by leading American architect John Russell Pope. The new presentations of both
collections represent significant expansions from previous installations―more than tripling the
gallery space for African art and doubling the galleries for Asian art—and is a major milestone in
the BMA’s $28 million renovation.
The renovated galleries for the BMA’s preeminent collection of
African art will have improved displays for more than 100 objects
with new casework promoting viewing works in the round and
higher ceilings that more effectively suggest the scale of the
larger artworks in their original contexts. The reinstallation will also address the impact of
region, history, and culture on African art traditions to encourage visitors to engage with the
unique experience and cultural expression that each African art object offers. The BMA has one
of the earliest and most important collections of African art in the United States.
Approximately 150 sublime works of art from China will be presented in two new galleries
dedicated to the BMA’s Asian collection. The first gallery will include a thematic survey of the
BMA’s renowned Chinese high-fired ceramics representing 1,000 years of innovation from white stoneware of the 9th and 10th
centuries to imaginative monochromatic works created in the 17th through 19th centuries. The second gallery will focus on the
importance of the temple and the tomb in Chinese artistic tradition through the presentation of objects related to China’s
Taoist, Confucian, and Buddhist spiritual practices.
Organization: Curated by former BMA Associate Curator for African Art Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch (now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and Associate
Curator of Asian Art Frances Klapthor. Images: Water Moon Guanyin (Shui Yue Guanyin).15th century. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Julius Levy Memorial
Fund, BMA 1944.80. Baga peoples. Great Mother Headdress(D’mba). Late 19th–early-20th century.The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of Alan Wurtzburger,
BMA 1957.97.
DIVERGING STREAMS: EASTERN NIGERIAN ART
April 26 – November 1, 2015
The new galleries for African art include an area for thematic focus exhibitions. The first
exhibition brings together approximately 20 headdresses, masks, and costumes from the
eastern Nigerian region of Africa. These works demonstrate the aesthetic relationships
between the Igbo, Jukun, Igala, Ogoni, Boki, Idoma, Ibibio, and Ejagham cultures that lived
between the Benue and Cross rivers. Many of the works are drawn from an important private
collection.
Organization: Curated by former BMA Associate Curator for African Art Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch (now at the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston). Image: Ogoni peoples. Mask (Elu). Mid-20th century. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of
Robert and Emily Miller Rody, Baltimore. BMA 1975.7.
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SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE: 2015 FINALISTS
June 24 – August 9, 2015
In conjunction with Artscape, Baltimore’s premier arts festival organized by the Baltimore
Office of Promotion & The Arts, the BMA presents a special exhibition of the finalists for the
$25,000 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. Finalists and semi-finalists are chosen by an
independent panel of jurors. This prestigious award is named after the late Baltimore civic
leader Walter Sondheim and his late wife, Janet, and presented in conjunction with Artscape,
America’s largest free arts festival.
Organization: Presented by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts in partnership with The Baltimore Museum of
Art. Image: 2014 Sondheim Artscape Prize winner Neil Feather. Photo by Baltimore Promotion & The Arts.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
BLACK BOX: ANRI SALA
September 14, 2014 – February 22, 2015
Inspired by art historian Michael Fried’s analysis of the art of Anri Sala
(Albanian, born 1974) in his book Four Honest Outlaws (2011), this exhibition
features Sala’s 43-minute film 1395 Days Without Red, selected by the art
historian and the artist. The film recreates the terror and uncertainty civilians
endured during the siege of Sarajevo by interspersing scenes of the Sarajevo
Philharmonic Orchestra rehearsing the First Movement of Tchaikovsky’s
Pathetique with those of a musician making her way through what became
known as Sniper Alley. The film’s title references a caution to civilians to avoid
wearing bright colors so as to not draw a sniper’s attention. Fried and Sala will participate in a conversation at the BMA on
Saturday, February 21. Admission is free.
Organization: Curated by the artist and Michael Fried, The Johns Hopkins University J. R. Herbert Boone Chair in the Humanities, and organized by Curator of
Contemporary Art Kristen Hileman. Image: 1395 Days Without Red. 2011. A film by Anri Sala. In collaboration with Liria Bégéja. From a project by Šejla Kameric´
and Anri Sala in collaboration with Ari Benjamin Meyes. © Anri Sala, Šejla Kameric´, Artangel, SCCA/pro.ba 2011. Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery (New York)
and Hauser & Wirth (London/Zurich)
ON PAPER: ALTERNATE REALITIES
September 21, 2014 – April 12, 2015
This exhibition presents 26 prints by a diverse group of artists who are engaging in a dialog
between high and low art by playfully exaggerating and reimaging the visual language of popular
culture—religious stories, myths, and folk tales—to consider larger issues of class, gender, and
politics. Among the works featured are two complete portfolios by Raymond Pettibon and
Trenton Doyle Hancock, as well as newly acquired works by Wangechi Mutu, Amy Cutler, Chitra
Ganesh, Toshio Sasaki, Iona Rozeal Brown, and William Villalongo. A long, accordion-bound book
by Enrique Chagoya will span the center of the gallery. This exhibition marks the first time all of
these works will be on view.
Organization: Curated by Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs Ann Shafer. Image: iona rozeal
brown. Untitled (Female). 2003. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Purchased as the gift of Dr. Peyton Eggleston,
Baltimore; and Women’s Committee Acquisitions Endowment for Contemporary Prints and Photographs.
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FRONT ROOM: DARIO ROBLETO
November 16, 2014 – March 29, 2015
This exhibition features Robleto’s Setlists for a Setting Sun body of work—poetic sculptures,
prints, and cut-paper works that weave together the histories of recorded light and sound,
drawing inspiration from nautical history, space exploration, early sound recordings, and family
legacies within American popular music. The Front Room exhibition debuts three new works
created by Robleto (American, born 1972) at the Headlands Center of the Arts in Sausalito, CA, as
part of its new program to commission art from outstanding contemporary artists. Two of the
new works were inspired by the BMA’s proximity to the Space Telescope Science Institute on the
campus of The Johns Hopkins University, where the artist will be giving a talk on Tuesday, March 3.
Admission is free.
Organization: Curated by Curator of Contemporary Art Kristen Hileman. Image: Dario Robleto. Detail from Setlists for a Setting Sun (Dark Was the Night). 2014.
Courtesy the artist and Inman Gallery. Photo by Logan Beck.
GRAND REOPENING OF HISTORIC ENTRANCE AND AMERICAN WING
November 23, 2014
After more than 30 years, the BMA reopened the Merrick Historic Entrance for
visitors on November 23, 2014, in celebration of the Museum’s 100th anniversary.
The reopening also included the renovated Dorothy McIlvain Scott American Wing
and a new presentation of the BMA’s outstanding collection of American paintings,
sculpture, and decorative arts—considered one of the finest on the East Coast.
As the first museum by the great American
architect John Russell Pope, the BMA’s original
building is a Beaux Arts masterpiece revitalized with
the newly reopened threshold. The reopening,
which heralds the museum’s goal to provide more welcoming and memorable art experiences,
also extends to the terrace steps where the community and visitors are invited to gather. From
the Merrick Historic Entrance, visitors enter a grand columned hall adorned with its original
chandeliers to explore nine adjacent galleries and four architectural interiors featuring
hundreds of masterworks from the museum’s expansive holdings of American art. The new
presentation of the collection offers a more global view of American art chronologically
presented from the 18th century to the 1960s, as well as dedicated galleries to showcase
stunning glass works by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Maryland’s influence in art, architecture,
decoration, and collecting. BMA Go Mobile, a mobile-optimized website that launched in 2012,
has been expanded with rich content about the American art on view.
The grand reopening is a significant milestone in the BMA’s $28 million renovation to provide visitors with a more welcoming
environment and more imaginative and inspiring encounters with art. The first phase of the BMA’s ambitious multi-year
renovation was realized when the Contemporary Wing reopened in November 2012. The final phase of the multi-year project
will be completed with the opening of a new center for learning and creativity in 2015.
Organization: Curated by Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and American Painting & Sculpture David Park Curry. Images: Paintings by Milton Avery and
Gertrude Greene shown with a 21st-century reading chair designed by Nils Holger Moormann and a 19th-century reading chair in the BMA’s newly renovated
American Wing. A view of the BMA’s salon-hung gallery of Maryland art. Photos by Mitro Hood.
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LESSONS LEARNED: AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL EMBROIDERIES
November 23, 2014 – May 10, 2015
In conjunction with the American Wing reopening, the BMA is presenting more than 20
examples of American samplers and embroideries from the 18th through the turn of the 20th
century in the Berman Textile Gallery. In addition to lettering and still lifes, the exhibition
includes intricately embroidered landscapes, literary and Biblical scenes, and tributes to
national heroes. One of the most impressive examples depicts Telemachus, son of Odysseus,
on the island of the sorceress Calypso. These works were often created by schoolchildren
and became show pieces advertising the accomplishments of their young makers.
Organization: Curated by Curator of Textiles Anita Jones. Image: Godfrey Folwell. Queen of Sheba. 1819.
The Baltimore Museum of Art: Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Mrs. George A. Bunting, Gift of H.D.
Caplan, and Gift of Judge Irwin Untermyer, BMA 1992.124
NEWS
BALTIMORE CONTEMPORARY PRINT FAIR
March 28 – 29, 2015
One of the BMA’s most highly anticipated events of the year, the Baltimore Contemporary
Print Fair showcases limited editions, drawings, multi-part portfolios, single prints, and
photographs by established and emerging artists from approximately 20 vendors from
around the United States. Take advantage of the fair’s intimate and inviting setting to talk
to printers, gallerists, and BMA curators to learn more about the art, artists, and
printmaking techniques. Proceeds from the Print Fair support contemporary acquisitions
for the BMA’s collection of works on paper.
In conjunction with the BMA’s event, Print City Baltimore, held March 21-April 5,
showcases print exhibitions at other venues throughout Baltimore City. Visit printcitybaltimore.org for details.
Organization: The Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair is presented by the BMA’s Print, Drawing & Photograph Society. Image: Photo by Ben Levy.
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and decorative arts and textiles; prints and drawings from the 15th-century to the present; works by established and
emerging contemporary artists; objects from Africa, Asia, the Ancient Americas, and Pacific Islands; and two beautifully
landscaped sculpture gardens. The museum is currently undergoing a $28 million phased renovation to improve the visitor
experience that debuted with the Contemporary Wing reopening in November 2012, and the historic Merrick Entrance,
American art galleries, and Zamoiski East Entrance during the museum’s 100th anniversary in 2014. Renovations to the
African and Asian art galleries and a new learning and creativity center will be completed in 2015. Since 2006, the BMA
has eliminated general admission fees so that everyone can enjoy the power of art.
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