Permanent Collection
Renee Stout, Crossroads Marker with Little Hand Reaching
Below is some information on the symbolism embodied in Renee Stout’s Crossroads Marker:
Die Neuen Wilden: Neo-Expressionism in Germany
This exhibition runs September 24, 2016 – June 11, 2017 in Galleries 315 and 316. Here is a link to the information on artsmia.org:
From Docent Susan Rouse, an interview with curator Dennis Jon, Senior Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings is within the attached document, which is “intended to simply provide a broad overview of information and gallery organization as highlighted by the exhibition coordinator.”
Japan Art Cart Manual – Revised 2016
Japan Art Cart Manual – Revised 2016
Note: Revision includes two themes: 1. Tea Ceremony and 2. Painting. Present only one of the two themes during your shift.
The manual currently posted (10/23/16) will be updated with new hanging scroll information in the future.
Japan and Korea Fall 2016 Galleries Rotation
Attached is Aaron Rio’s list of objects that comprise the Fall 2016 rotation within the Japanese and Korean galleries:
Bonnard’s Dining Room in the Country
“An extraordinary loan from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, this work represents Pierre Bonnard’s dining room, along with his wife and cats, at his country house in Vernonnet, a small town outside of Paris on the Seine River. Rather than painting from life, Bonnard created the work entirely from memory, foregrounding his subjective responses over an optical experience of the interior and landscape.”
http://www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/pierre-bonnard-dining-room-in-the-country/
China Tang Tomb Retinue object file
China_Tang Tomb Retinue_49.1.1
Here is an older version of an object file on the same tomb retinue:
China (Tang Dynasty)_Tomb Rentinue_49.1-10
This is an article from the Art Adventure program on the retinue:
Here’s an OOM on the Tang Horse, specifically:
Japan Sake Cask object file
Japan_Sake cask in shape of drum_2015.79.416.1 (photo not available)