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Summer Opening Event June 7, 3:30-6:00
Stairway to Heaven:
From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers
Stairway to Heaven is an exhibition of contemporary art analyzing the changing streets and urban landscapes of China. The work in the exhibition responds to traditional monuments and the unparalleled growth in skyscrapers within the context of cultural transformation. The artists provide an intimate look at how new histories are constructed and old histories are erased in a country that assiduously recorded its history through the arts until the Mao era that was dominated by propaganda. It is a remarkable opportunity to watch art history in real time during this extraordinary moment in Chinese history.
Artists: Ai Weiwei, Chen Shaoxiong, Gu Wenda, Gu Zheng, Hong Lei, Liang Weiping, Liu Bolin, Lu Yuanmin, Luo Yongjin, Ma Liuming, Wang Jing, Weng Feng, Xing Danwen, Yang Yongliang, Yening, Zhang Dali, and Zhu Feng.
Flourishing Folk: New England Decorated Works on Paper and Document Boxes from the Deborah N. Isaacson Turst
An exhibition of rare and delicate works on paper from the 18th and 19th centuries, which offer a glimpse into family and social practices in New England that have roots in European traditions.
A once in a lifetime opportunity will be provided when eleven major museums in Maine mount simultaneous folk art exhibits in the summer and fall of 2008.
http://mainefolkarttrail.org
The Kimono
& Traditional Japanese Culture
April 4 – July 19
Investigating the Kimono through Ukiyo-e. A Student in the Vault exhibition curated by Hisakiku Abe ’08 from works in the collection donated by Robert Jordan ’21, Douglas Macko ’65 and Mary and Weston Naef P’97
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Upcoming:
Marsden Hartley
World premiere of the new Marsden Hartley documentary film Visible Silence: Marsden Hartley, Painter and Poet, a film by Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films: September 25 at the Olin Arts Center.
Plein air painting workshop at Kathadin Lake: October 16-19 (www.bates.edu/museum-klake)
Museum Intern Notes:
Emily Monty ‘10 will be attending the Summer Institute in Art Museum Studies,
Smith College.
Forbes Litcoff ’09 will be an intern this summer in the Education Department
at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Hisakiku Abe ’08 will be enrolling in the Sotheby's Institute of Art in New York masters degree in Contemporary Art.
Jen Yee ’07 will be enrolling in the Courtald Institute (England) for graduate work.
Bates Art Notes:
Art and Visual Culture faculty member Robert Feintuch was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Kate Gilmore '97 was awarded the American Academy Rome Prize 2007/2008 and was recently highlighted in Art News October 2007. kategilmore.com
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