Exhibition Archive

'Fin de Siècle' Bat Flight Ampitheater, Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico, 1990, Ilfocolor print, 20 x 24 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2007.125

Nuclear Enchantment: Photographs by Patrick Nagatani

October 10, 2009 - February 14, 2010 | Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery

Fascinated by his new home state’s marriage with the nuclear industry, Patrick Nagatani began the Nuclear Enchantment series when he moved to Albuquerque in 1987. This exhibition, featuring around 25 works from the series, is drawn entirely from the collection of the Akron Art Museum.

Jacob Lawrence, The Legend of John Brown, 1978, screenprint on paper, 25 3/4 x 20 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of David and Frances Cooper 1979.35

The Legend of John Brown

October 16, 2009 - February 14, 2010 | Judith Bear Isroff Gallery

This fall marks the 150th anniversaries of John Brown’s anti-slavery raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and his December 2, 1859 execution. To commemorate this famous Akron resident, the Akron Art Museum presents selections from Jacob Lawrence’s celebrated print series The Legend of John Brown.

Chuck Close, Alex, 1987, oil on canvas, 100 x 84 in., Collection of Toledo Museum of Art, Gift of The Apollo Society, 1987.218, Photo courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York. © Chuck Close, courtesy PaceWildenstein, New York

Familiar Faces: Chuck Close in Ohio Collections

September 5, 2009 - January 3, 2010 | Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

Renowned for reinventing portraiture in the late 1960s, Chuck Close (b. 1940) is one of America’s most important contemporary artists. He masterfully employs a multitude of media to create monumental portraits of his family and friends. The Akron Art Museum, an institution with a longtime commitment to Close’s art, is organizing an exhibition of the artist’s work from collections throughout Ohio.

Helen Levitt, New York, 1940 (printed later), gelatin silver print, 10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Gift of Elizabeth and Richard Devereaux 2002.52 ©1940 Helen Levitt. All rights reserved.

Knight Purchase Award: Helen Levitt

June 6, 2009 - October 4, 2009 | Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery

The Knight Purchase Award: Helen Levitt comprises pictures from the Akron Art Museum's collection including works donated by the artist's colleagues, friends and admirers over the past decade, as well as the recent Knight Award purchases.

Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Ellen Johnson, fondly), 1975, fluorescent light tubes, 49 x 14 x 4 1/2 in., Collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum.

Rethinking Art: Objects and Ideas from the 1960s and 70s

June 6, 2009 - October 4, 2009 | Judith Bear Isroff Gallery

Rethinking Art comprises artworks by 10 artists from the collections of the Akron Art Museum and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, including several key thinkers of the 1960s and 70s.

William Wegman, Basic Shapes, 1993, color Polaroid, 24 x 20 in., Courtesy of the artist.

William Wegman: Fay

May 16, 2009 - August 16, 2009 | Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

The Akron Art Museum is deeply honored to be one of only two venues to present William Wegman: Fay, a wonderfully witty and moving exhibition about the artistic collaboration between William Wegman (b. 1943) and his celebrated Weimaraner Fay (1984 - 1995).

King on Horse

The Global Artistry of Leo and Diane Dillon

| The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Gallery

This exhibition explores the careers of the husband and wife children's book illustration team Leo and Diane Dillon.

Lee Friedlander, Pittsburgh, 1979-1980, gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in., Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and Central Bank of Akron 1981.11.4

Lee Friedlander’s Factory Valleys

| Judith Bear Isroff & Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Galleries

Lee Friedlander's Factory Valleys series, conceived 30 years ago, has come to be recognized as a milestone both in the artist's career and in the history of documentary photography. The Akron Art Museum, which commissioned the work, revisits the project by exhibiting around 60 vintage photographs, all from the museum's collection.

Edward Weston: Life Work

| Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

Edward Weston: Life Work surveys the five-decade career of this American master through an outstanding grouping of 115 vintage photographs. The exhibition is drawn entirely from the private collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. Most of the works were acquired from members of the Weston family. These include a large collection from his daughter-in-law, Dody Weston Thompson, as well as a Weston family album incorporating rare early self-portraits and landscapes.

Along Water Street: New Work by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson

| Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries

Columbus, Ohio, artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (b. 1940) has been creating sumptuous mixed media paintings and sculptures for more than half a century. These document the stories she has gleaned from her elders, her travels throughout the world and her study of African and African American history. Included in this exhibition are twelve rag paintings, a watercolor of her Uncle Alvin and a sixty-foot-long, cloth and mixed media RagGonNon.

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