Category: Exhibition
Behind the Scenes: Installation of “New Artifacts”
By: Danielle Meeker, Curatorial Assistant Does looking at these photographs of the exhibition New Artifacts: Works by Brent Kee Young and Sungsoo Kim make you curious about the installation process? We started planning the installation of New Artifacts over the summer. At the time, several works in the show were still in progress, so we had to base our layout on the artists’ estimates for the works’ dimensions. We made several studio visits to check on the progress of the artwork and then came up
Studio Glass Movement
Take a peek inside a glass studio in this short video chronicling the humble beginnings of the Studio Glass Movement in a Toledo, Ohio garage under the guidance of Harvey Littleton and Dominick Labino. Learn more about the rise of the studio glass workshop in 1962 and get a look at several beautiful pieces made throughout the history of the movement. Stop into the museum to view our collection of glass sculptures by Paul Stankard and current exhibition New Artifacts: Works by Brent Kee Young
Downtown@Dusk ft. The Speedbumps
Thursday, July 26 6:30 – 8:30 pm *Update: All Downtown@Dusk activities for 07.26.12 have been moved inside due to the weather.* Come see The Speedbumps perform live at the Akron Art Museum Thursday from 6:30 – 8:30 pm as part of the museum’s popular Downtown@Dusk concert series. Also enjoy a lecture from artist Al Bright, ArtCamp@Dusk for the kids, hot dogs and a cold beer from Elevator Brewing for adults. Maintaining a high level of instrumentation and honest songwriting, Kent-area band the Speedbumps incorporate a
An Awakening of our Creative Side (Part 1 of 2)
By Jennifer Stavrianou* After recently returning from a trip to New York City, where I got to meet the original art dealer for EL Anatsui’s artwork, I learned that the Akron Art Museum was working on an exhibition of his work. Aggressively, I began hunting for the staff member who could help me become a part of this grand event. My search lead me to Interim Chief Curator Ellen Rudolph who explained that this particular show did not follow the museum’s typical installation pattern because
Paul Stankard Glass Sculptures and Documentary
By Betty Wilson, Director of Marketing Communication Celebrated glass artist Paul Stankard is universally regarded as a master of his art. His paperweights and glass sculptures have appeared in galleries and museums throughout the world, including the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. And now his work is on long term view in Akron. The Akron Art Museum recently opened the world’s largest public collection of Stankard glass. The collection is a gift
Detroit Disassembled Opening Reception at Queens Museum of Art
Andrew Moore’s photographs of the Motor City are sublime—beautiful, operatic in scale and drama, tragic yet offering a glimmer of hope. They are the subject of Detroit Disassembled, an exhibition organized by the Akron Art Museum and currently on view at the Queens Museum of Art in New York. On Sunday, September 18 the Queens Museum of Art is hosting an opening reception. Spending three months in Detroit during 2008 and 2009, Moore found its citizens’ mood to be resilient and resourceful rather than tragic.
Culture Revolution: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
Culture Revolution: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum October 16, 2010 – February 27, 2011 Four internationally renowned artists – Zeng Fanzhi, Wang Guangyi, Shen Jiawei and Hung Liu – reflect on the rapidly changing terrain of contemporary Chinese culture in lush, poetic paintings on loan from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. Political Pop meets expressionism, realism, history and nostalgia in paintings that comment on China’s present and future while evoking its political past. During China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976),
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present October 23, 2010 – January 23, 2011 Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries For the first time as a major museum exhibition, the story of rock and roll is being told from the perspective of the men and women who not only chronicled the genre, but defined it comprehensively – the photographers. Acknowledging both their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock music, the exhibition features 163 works of photography and eight
Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore
Andrew Moore’s photographs of the Motor City are sublime—beautiful, operatic in scale and drama, tragic yet offering a glimmer of hope. They are the subject of Detroit Disassembled, an exhibition organized by the Akron Art Museum making its debut here before touring nationally. Detroit, once the epitome of our nation’s industrial wealth and might, has been in decline for almost a half-century. The city is now one-third empty land—more abandoned property than any American city except post-Katrina New Orleans.
Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien’s True North
Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien’s True North June 5, 2010 – October 3, 2010 Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries The sound and video installation True North (2004) is a journey into the beautiful yet terrifying midst of a sublime continent. Internationally acclaimed British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien immerses viewers in the haunting landscape of the North Pole, which has seduced scientists, explorers, writers and visual artists since the 19th century. This presentation of the three-screen multi-media installation will mark the debut of this important work