October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006
Tracey Moffatt: Love
Australian-born Tracey Moffatt has established an international reputation through her work in film, photography, and video. In Love, a 21-minute video, she explores Hollywood conventions, turning a critical eye on relationships between men and women. Moffatt states: “Love is a roller coaster montage of some of my favorite Hollywood melodramas depicting love scenes, which in the end turns out to be not so romantic.” The clips are drawn from famous films spanning several eras.
Love, 2003 Tracey Moffatt.
June 25, 2006 - September 17, 2006
Andromeda Hotel: The Art of Joseph Cornell
Untitled (White Bird in Box)Joseph Cornell, 1950. Box Construction, 18 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches.
June 25, 2006 - September 17, 2006
Peter Sís: The Train of States
Peter Sís’s elegantly detailed drawings engage the imagination while expanding an understanding of American history. Each state in the union is represented by a colorful box car, uniquely decorated and jam-packed with details. State flowers, mottos, birds, trees, and historical references are combined in each illustration to create a whimsical and educational patriotic caravan.
The Train of StatesPeter Sís, cover illustration "The Train of States," 2004 Black line and watercolor
June 25, 2006 - September 17, 2006
Case Studies: Art in a Valise
Many 20th-century artists have used the suitcase as a central element in their art, exploring its various associations, including portability and the pleasures and perils of travel. Case Studies features suitcase-based art by 24 artists. The works explore different types of travel – from vacation and business trips to scientific expeditions – and their implications, both positive (research, escape, pleasure, self-discovery) and negative (exile, danger). Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell inspired many artists in this exhibition, among whom are Joseph Beuys, Mona Hatoum, Christian Marclay, Tony Oursler, and Ernesto Pujol.
The things they took away Graciela Sacco, 1996. 14 1/4 24 x 7 3/4 inches.(Las Cosas que se llevaron) Heliography printed on found leather valise Rodrigo Idrovo & Monica Lorduy, Courtesy of World House Editions and World House Gallery, South Orange, NJ
June 25, 2006 - April 22, 2007
Michael Steiner - In the Sculpture Garden
Since abstract sculptor Michael Steiner debuted with his first solo exhibition at the age of 18, at New York’s Fischbach Gallery, his work has been exhibited in major museums in the United States and around the world. Throughout his prolific career, Steiner has integrated Cubist elements into his energized masses of welded steel. The five sculptures at the KMA contrast formal grids with organic forms, creating rhythmic patterns of solid and void. Steiner’s work is monumental with playful overtones
Bells and SmokeMichael Steiner, 2001. Steel, 110 x 37 x 100 inches.
