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Columbia Museum of Art 2011 Major Exhibitions
COLUMBIA, SC - The Museum offers changing exhibitions from renowned museums and institutions from around the world. In 2011, the Museum welcomes four major exhibitions to inspire, educate and enrich the lives of the community, South Carolinians, tourists and visitors.
Press related materials and hi-res images are available in a password-protected newsroom at www.columbiamuseum.org/newsroom.
Who Shot Rock and Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present
February 25, 2011 - May 22, 2011
"...to study images of Elvis Presley, Madonna and others when they were starting out is to marvel at the youth of those who created the huge global industry of today's pop music."
-The New York Times
Who Shot Rock & Roll is the first major rock and roll exhibition to put photographers in the foreground, acknowledging their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock music. The exhibition includes 175 works by more than 100 photographers, and covers the rock and roll era from the 1950s to the present, including some of the world's most iconic images of Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Eminem and Amy Winehouse.
An Artist's Eye: A Journey through Modern and Contemporary Art with Sigmund Abeles
June 17, 2011 - October 23, 2011
"In a time when many artists try their best to be abstract, obscure, and detached from human suffering and human efforts, Sigmund Abeles has the courage to portray real people and even to tell a story in the way artists did for generations." -writer Issac Bashevis Singer
Guest curator and artist Sigmund Abeles brings a fresh eye and a different perspective to the Museum's collection of modern and contemporary art. Now 75, Sig has matured as an artist alongside some of the major artistic movements of the 20th century. His ability to bring to bear his vast experience as an artist, a South Carolinian, and his deep connections to the early years of the Columbia Museum of Art promises an exhibition full of variety and surprises.
Michael Kenna: Venezia
July 16, 2011 - October 23, 2011
"Kenna has long taken advantage of the gifts that the late hours offer a photographer. Here he deploys the long exposure and the resulting spectrum of amazing blacks and grays to show the otherworldly, romantic appeal of night." - The New York Times
Michael Kenna's work has often been described as enigmatic, graceful and hauntingly beautiful. The exhibition features 53 black and white images that demonstrate a skilled photographer's ability to capture on film what we cannot see with our eyes, such as the movement of time and the presence of atmosphere. Kenna has captured the essence of Venice, its romance, its miraculous existence and its crumbling beauty. Kenna's long exposures, sometimes lasting several hours during the darkest hours of the night, smooth over the surfaces of the canals, further emphasizing their street-like function in this floating city. With typically meticulous prints, Kenna distills Venice to its iconic, elemental characteristics of water and light.
Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters
November 17, 2011 - April 1, 2012
"For apart from the skillfulness and dreaminess of so many of the pictures, the fact that several of them have not been on public display in half a century makes the exhibition even more remarkable." - The New York Times
45 magnificent paintings from the rich collection of the New-York Historical Society tell the Hudson River School story in four grand thematic sections. Within these broad groupings, the paintings show how American artists embodied powerful ideas about nature, culture and history. These iconic works of 19th-century landscape painting are traveling as a group on a national tour for the first time and are circulating to four museums. The Columbia Museum of Art is the only stop in the Southeast. Individual and group tickets are on sale now at columbiamuseum.org.
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