contemporary-art

12.2.21 Combined session: Arts of Asia and Modern & Contemporary Art

Here is a link to the recording of the session:

CE session 12.2.21 Arts of Asia and Modern & Contemporary Art

Here is the chat:

CE session chat 12.2.21

Here are the presentation slides:

2021 Training 12.02.21_Combined Guides_Cultural Fluency Arts of Asia

Here is the feedback form for the session; please fill this out for your attendance credit:

Feedback on 12.2 session

Here is a direct link to the online resources page for teachers, and Arts of Asia is at the top of the page:

Online Resources

 

Andy Warhol

From your colleague Kathleen Steiger. a video lecture: “Colleagues, curators, and friends José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum, and René Paul Barilleaux, McNay Head of Curatorial Affairs, discuss the changing nature of Andy Warhol’s image over his lifetime, as he saw it and as others captured it.”

Conversation: On Warhol, Self-Portraits, and Gender

Mapping Black Identities training and resource page

Mapping Black Identities Rotation 2 Material 2020 – Artist information

Here is a link to the recorded training session by the Contemporary curatorial staff on Mapping Black Identities,on February 7, 2019:

Mapping Black Identities

Please note that at the start, the sound quality is poor. If you are able to listen to it with headphones, turned to the highest, you should be able to hear it.

Here is the lecture PowerPoint:

Mapping Black Identities Presentation_training pdf

Here is the updated checklist of objects in the exhibition:

Mapping Black Identities Checklist

Here are the labels for the objects:

Mapping Black Identities Labels PDF – Press

Here are resources on the films showing in the Black Box:

Mapping Black Identities- 3 Films Presentation Notes and Resources

This is a MPR story on the exhibition:

Black Identities exhibit marks cultural shift for Mia

From our curatorial staff comes a wealth of research documents on the artists represented in the exhibition, linked here below:

Charles Gaines Supporting Docs

Deana Lawson Supporting Docs

Delita Martin Supporting Docs

Elizabeth Catlett Supporting Docs

Emma Amos Supporting Docs

Frank Bowling Supporting Docs

Igshaan Adams Supporting Docs

J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere Supporting Docs

Joe Overstreet Supporting Docs

Julie Mehretu Supporting Docs

Kerry James Marshall Supporting Docs

Kevin Beasley Additional Supporting Doc_ Black Relief

Kevin Beasley Supporting Docs

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Supporting Docs

MBI Presentation Training Research Content

Museums are now clamoring for Frank Bowling’s work

From your colleague Jean London, an article on Frank Bowling’s work:

Non-Synchronous Cartographies: Frank Bowling’s Map Paintings

Please note there is a separate post for the rotation, with a video of that gallery training on January 30, 2020. Here is a link to that page.

 

 

Robert Rauschenberg, Opal Gospel, 1971 installation

From your colleague Josie Owens, some information on the current installation in Gallery 261 of Robert Rauschenberg’s Opal Gospel:

“On 24 January 2018, I met with Jill, Deb, Kara, and Ann at the Opal Gospel.
 
·      Jill explained the process for the installation. She said that Rauschenberg did not use his Native American background as Jimmie Durham had. However, there were some issues around it. She gave us some information about the Cherokee people and their regulations for self-identification. There has been a problem with many celebrities wrongfully claiming Cherokee heritage. She said that this exhibit was supposed to make one think about how picking when to self-identify is a luxury that Native Peoples do not have.  
·      She said that 5 scholars couldn’t identify Rauschenberg’s Cherokee ancestry. However, sometimes Cherokees would claim to be white in order to buy land and that this could be a possibility for his grandmother. There had not been a decisive conclusion that she wasn’t.
·      Then she shared her interaction with the director of the Rauschenberg Foundation, Kathy Halbreich. Kathy had seen the images of the installation with the quotations.  Jill said that she told Kathy that she thought that Rauschenberg would have liked this as he enjoyed the discussion and debate. Kathy agreed.
·      I then mentioned that I wished that there were more explanation. I said that I felt that there was so much Cherokee information when in fact the texts used by Rauschenberg were all by other Native American people. I worried that this was a bit misleading. Jill was immediately receptive and suggested that more labels be added identifying the writings themselves.
·      Jill even shared that she felt that Boney, who had known Rauschenberg and liked him, had a more inclusive statement than Tehee. She seemed to agree with my concern that Tehee’s comment did not help with an open discussion.
·      Then we all discussed that if the purpose of the installation was to ask the question what is cultural appropriation and if this is an example or not, then perhaps a sign with that idea should be added. We said that this would help the average viewer especially without a docent.
·      Jill was eager to do and said it could be similar to what is happening in period rooms. She suggested something that said that this is a curatorial decision and only one of many approaches.
·      We left it that Jill would speak with Juline and circle back.
·      The other suggestion Jill had was to get the image of the beautiful metal box that the Opal Gospel comes in. I will do this and share.
Jill was so approachable and open-minded. It was a wonderful discussion and helped so much with my ability to use the art.”

May 17, 2017 class

Lecture PPT:

Contemporary art lecture for May 17

(If someone wants to use the photo of Panda and Doryphoros and can not copy and paste from the PPT PDF, let Kara know and she can send a separate file.)

Lecture handout:

Contemporary Art handout for May 17

Lenses for looking at Contemporary Art handout:

Key Principles for Looking at Contemporary Art

See, Think, Wonder handout:

See Think Wonder worksheet

Additional information on Renee Stout’s Crossroads Marker:

Renee Stout Crossroads (extended)

Additional links to Friends’ lectures for Nick Cave and Renee Stout:

Renee Stout lecture

Nick Cave lecture

Class video links:

JDT class video links for May 17