Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Mar 28, 2017 15:53:26 GMT
Really looking forward to this one.
Stockbridge, MA, March 13, 2017—Two of America’s most important visual communicators, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987) embraced populism, created enduring icons, shaped national identity, and opened new ways of seeing during the twentieth century. This summer and fall, Norman Rockwell Museum will present the first exhibition to examine the artistic and cultural influence of these celebrated image-makers and the continued influence of their indelible legacies—Inventing America: Rockwell and Warhol is on view at Norman Rockwell Museum from June 10 through October 29, 2017.
“Creative forces in American visual culture, Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol looked out at the world from different vantage points to embrace innovation while satisfying, in unique and personal ways, the aspirations of a broad popular audience,” notes Norman Rockwell Museum’s Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett, who organized the exhibition with the Museum’s Curator of Exhibitions Jesse Kowalski, formerly the Director of Exhibitions at The Andy Warhol Museum, where he worked for 18 years.
“Technically brilliant and highly skilled visual communicators, Rockwell and Warhol both launched their careers as illustrators and became successful at a young age,” adds Kowalski. “The artists both went on to present a hopeful and renewed vision of what it meant to be an American.”
Inventing America will present nearly 100 works that compare and contrast the two artists, including portraits of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy, man’s first steps on the moon, and notable celebrities from the late twentieth century. The exhibition will feature original artworks from the collections of Norman Rockwell Museum, The Andy Warhol Museum, RISD Museum (Rhode Island School of Design), Williams College Museum of Art, and private collections. The exhibition will also feature archival materials and photographs relating to the artists’ lives and careers.
As innovators, Rockwell and Warhol each created and adapted techniques to advance their art to new ends. Their curiosity and invention, reflected in their work, resulted in the collapse of clear boundaries between high and low culture. Inventing America will include objects utilized in their artistic and technical processes, such as their projection devices, and other personal effects that reflect their unique sensibilities.
The exhibition will explore such themes as the elevation of the ordinary; notions of an idyllic past; the culture of celebrity; and mass media and the power of visual communication.
www.nrm.org/2017/02/inventing-america-rockwell-and-warhol/
Stockbridge, MA, March 13, 2017—Two of America’s most important visual communicators, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) and Andy Warhol (1928-1987) embraced populism, created enduring icons, shaped national identity, and opened new ways of seeing during the twentieth century. This summer and fall, Norman Rockwell Museum will present the first exhibition to examine the artistic and cultural influence of these celebrated image-makers and the continued influence of their indelible legacies—Inventing America: Rockwell and Warhol is on view at Norman Rockwell Museum from June 10 through October 29, 2017.
“Creative forces in American visual culture, Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol looked out at the world from different vantage points to embrace innovation while satisfying, in unique and personal ways, the aspirations of a broad popular audience,” notes Norman Rockwell Museum’s Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett, who organized the exhibition with the Museum’s Curator of Exhibitions Jesse Kowalski, formerly the Director of Exhibitions at The Andy Warhol Museum, where he worked for 18 years.
“Technically brilliant and highly skilled visual communicators, Rockwell and Warhol both launched their careers as illustrators and became successful at a young age,” adds Kowalski. “The artists both went on to present a hopeful and renewed vision of what it meant to be an American.”
Inventing America will present nearly 100 works that compare and contrast the two artists, including portraits of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy, man’s first steps on the moon, and notable celebrities from the late twentieth century. The exhibition will feature original artworks from the collections of Norman Rockwell Museum, The Andy Warhol Museum, RISD Museum (Rhode Island School of Design), Williams College Museum of Art, and private collections. The exhibition will also feature archival materials and photographs relating to the artists’ lives and careers.
As innovators, Rockwell and Warhol each created and adapted techniques to advance their art to new ends. Their curiosity and invention, reflected in their work, resulted in the collapse of clear boundaries between high and low culture. Inventing America will include objects utilized in their artistic and technical processes, such as their projection devices, and other personal effects that reflect their unique sensibilities.
The exhibition will explore such themes as the elevation of the ordinary; notions of an idyllic past; the culture of celebrity; and mass media and the power of visual communication.
www.nrm.org/2017/02/inventing-america-rockwell-and-warhol/
