In their use of varied techniques and subject matter, selected photographic images from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art collections reconsider photography as a medium. The Carpenter Collection arrived at the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1999 as a gift from Connecticut-based collector and decorative arts historian Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. in memory of his wife. So in this exhibition, the Shaker objects are displayed with color field paintings from the museum's collection of 20th-century art. The installation not only points to the Carpenters' aesthetic, but also to an interpretation of Shaker furniture as proto-modern American design. The Indonesian-born artist and filmmaker who now lives in The Netherlands will have her first solo exhibition in the U.S. at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Recycling makes it possible to see images in a new way.
There he negotiated with dealers, enthralled collectors, argued with critics, and seduced lovers. Picasso's irrepressible imagination and astonishing capacity for experimentation and self-renewal are dramatically revealed in his paintings of his studio. Spanning his entire career, they encompass an exhilarating range of styles, such as cubism, realism, symbolism, Surrealism, and an array of subjects, from portraits and homages to great artists of the past, to political commentaries and allegories of the creative process. Sponsored by Fleet . Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.