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Art News:
We have an excellent year coming up. Cantor Arts Center's new shows for 2011 are listed below. The Center is open the next few weeks, but many staff members (including me) will be away Dec 18 - Jan 2.
On view through June 26, 2011
Longing
for Sea-Change
This series presents video
installations by contemporary artists living and working in Africa and the
diasporas. The final video in the
series, William Kentridge's Felix in Exile, on view
January
19–June 26, 2011, is a nine-minute animation based on 40 charcoal
drawings. The video tells the
story of a man living in exile in Paris witnessing the ordeals faced by his
alter-ego, Nandi, a woman working as a land surveyor in the new, democratic
South Africa.
February 2 – May 1,
2011
In a New York Minute: Photographs by Helen
Levitt
Helen Levitt
(1913–2009) received critical acclaim as a “photographers’ photographer” during
her lifetime and since her death in 2009.
Admired by the writer James Agee, who saw the “ceremonies of innocence”
in her subject matter, Levitt’s direct approach has been deemed “artless” and
“styleless.” Yet it is this ease and apparent effortlessness that has made her
images icons of the spontaneity and eccentricity of the New York City
streets. Included in this exhibition
from the collection of The Capital Group Foundation are 55 photographs that
Levitt selected as some of the most important images of her career. Media
preview: Wednesday, February 2, 10 a.m.–noon February 2 – May 1,
2011 Paths through the Global City: Photographs by Leo RubinfienOver the years, the work of contemporary
photographer and writer Leo Rubinfien has developed through four projects. The common theme of all four is the
poetry of urban life and especially the street; three of the four are also
concerned with globalization and modern society. This exhibition presents photographs from each project,
including many given to the museum in late 2008 by an anonymous donor. A modest publication accompanies the
exhibition. Media
preview: Wednesday, February 2, 10 a.m.–noon
A Rediscovered Masterpiece: 12 Drawings from
Domenico Tiepolo's New Testament
This display of works by
the prolific Venetian master Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727–1804) includes two
drawings never before seen by the public. Domenico Tiepolo’s relationship
as pupil and assistant to his renowned father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
(1696–1770), inspired Domenico’s devotion to art. Although he produced oil paintings and etchings, his most
significant works are drawings.
Domenico Tiepolo’s pictorial retelling of the New Testament -- his most ambitious series, which includes 316 drawings -- was
nearly lost. The 12 works are on loan
from the Indiana University
Art Museum.
March 16 – August 7,
2011 True ColorsGreco-Roman sculpture
was never intended to be white, and this exhibition features the once-lively
colors of sculpture from that era. Using handheld X-ray fluorescence
technology, a Cantor Arts Center team led by undergraduate chemical engineering
major Ivy Nguyen discovered minute traces of pigments that originally covered
these sculptures but were washed away over the millennia.
Nguyen's team used 3D rapid prototypic technology to create replicas
of the original artwork, painted to look as the sculpture did in ancient times. April 13 – October 16, 2011 Illustrated Title Pages: 1500–1900Title pages invite the reader or viewer to
explore the contents of a particular book or print portfolio. This exhibition of 60 illustrated title
pages from the Center’s collection traces the development of their complex layouts,
changing printmaking techniques and designs, and typographic variations.
>From the 16th century onward, title pages evolved from woodcut to
engraving and were often decorated with borders enclosing the text and
increasingly complex compositions.
By the 19th century, lithography, wood engraving, and photography
techniques made books and print portfolios more affordable for a larger
audience. Artists included in the
exhibition are: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Canaletto, Francisco Goya, William
Morris, Odilon Redon, and Aubrey Beardsley. June 1 – August 28, 2011 The Art of
the Book in California: Five Contemporary PressesThese five presses, exemplify the book arts in California today. Each press,
exemplary in its own way, has produced books and related art that richly
illustrate the varieties of content, media, and collaborative methods that
contemporary artists are employing across the globe. This exhibition
includes the most significant works of each press, including supporting art and
archival materials. There is also a display of books that significantly
influenced the field of contemporary California book arts since the beginning
of the 20th century. An illustrated catalogue, with essays by Koch and by
the distinguished typographic historian, writer, and critic Robert Bringhurst,
accompanies the exhibition. Media
preview: Wednesday, June 1, 10 a.m.–noon October 5, 2011 –
January 1, 2012 Rodin and America: Influence and
Adaptation 1876–1930Auguste Rodin, the
most famous sculptor of his day, not only appealed to sophisticated American
collectors but also had a profound influence on American artists, beginning in
the 1890s and persisting for decades after Rodin's death in 1917.
This exhibition is the first to examine the scope of this influence,
analyzing the impact of both his work itself and his ideas on sculptors, such
as Malvina Hoffman and Lorado Taft, as well as on artists working in
two-dimensions, such as the photographer Edward Steichen and the painter
Georgia O'Keeffe. Media
preview: Wednesday, October 5, 10 a.m.–noon November 9, 2011 – February 26, 2012 The Legend of Rex SlinkardCantor Arts Center is the primary repository of
works by southern California artist Rex Slinkard (1887–1918). New
research reveals Slinkard's relationship to famous art and literary figures of
the early 20th century. This
selection of oil paintings, charcoal drawings, and pen-and-watercolor sketches
conveys the breadth and strength of Slinkard's short-lived artistic
development. The corresponding catalogue includes essays that illuminate
his artistic legacy, a timeline of his life, and a fully illustrated checklist
of the Center’s complete holdings of his work.
Peace and joy to to you this holiday season. May your new year be filled with inspiring art and good times! Anna Koster Head of Communications Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Lomita Dr. at Museum Way Stanford, CA 94305-5060 650-725-4657 Fax 650-725-0464 Public info line 650-723-4177
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