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Reflections on Place & Culture: Downey, Gower, KlugeApril 7–June 18, 2017
The Media Arts Watch gallery will be transformed into a screening room with works projected onto the walls by Terence Gower, Juan Downey, and Alexander Kluge. learn more
shown: Juan Downey, Hard Times and Culture (still)
Meleko Mokgosi: Pax KaffrariaRoCo: February 3–March 19, 2017
MAG: February 19–May 7, 2017
See six Pax Kaffraria “chapters” at MAG; one chapter at Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo). Mural-sized narratives of southern African culture.
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shown: Fully Belly II, 2014 (detail)
Robert Rauschenberg: Making HistoryJanuary 30 – April 30, 2017
Rauschenberg responded to the rise of mass-media culture during the 1950s and 1960s, by actually making mass media his artistic medium.
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shown: Surface Series #53 (from Currents), 1970. ©Estate of Robert Rauschenberg / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Light Spill: An Installation by Gibson + RecoderJanuary 13-March 26, 2017
As Gibson’s and Recoder’s work suggests, film is not only about images, storytelling and entertainment, but also possesses mechanical, and sculptural dimensions.
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November 13, 2016–January 29, 2017
in the Grand Gallery
Includes early figure drawings, lesser-known book illustrations, detailed Italian landscapes, the “tessellations” for which he became famous, and several examples of his signature
architectural fantasies in which stairways seem to go nowhere or to mysteriously circle back upon themselves.
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Bodies In Space
October 7-December 31, 2017
Bodies in Space was the inaugural art exhibition of MAG’s Media Arts Initiative.
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September 9-December 31, 2016
in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Indian, Priests Worshipping the Image of Shri Nathaji, ca. 1820. Opaque watercolor, ink, gold, silver paint.
Afghan War Rugs:August 21–October 16, 2016
in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Western Afghanistan, War Rug. Knotted wool.
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War Memoranda: Photography, Walt Whitman, and Renewal by Binh Danh and Robert SchultzAugust 21–October 16, 2016
in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Binh Danh and Robert Schultz, detail of Unidentified African American soldier with cannon backdrop. Chlorophyll print, resin. Courtesy of the artists.
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Keith Haring: ApocalypseJune 10–August 28, 2016 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured:Keith Haring, Apocalypse , 1988. Serigraph. Gift of Sharon and Neil Norry, and Lewis Norry and Jill Katz Norry.
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Robert Polidori: ChronophagiaMay 22–July 24, 2016 in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Robert Polidori, 2732 Orleans Ave., New Orleans, LA (2005). Collection of the artist.
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#MAGcaptionthisApril 29–May 29, 2016 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Reginald Marsh, Ice Cream Cones (1938). Gift of a Friend of the Gallery.
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Inspiring Beauty:January 31–April 24, 2016
in the Grand Gallery & Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Tilmann Grawe (France), cocktail dress, 2003-04. Photo courtesy Johnson Publishing Company, LLC.
Marcel Dzama: Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester’s Dance)December 10, 2015–January 24, 2016
in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Video still courtesy David Zwirner, NY/London.
Art for the People: Carl W. Peters and the Rochester WPA MuralsOctober 18, 2015–January 3, 2016 in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Carl W. Peters, Study of Hands (ca. 1940).
November 11–January 3 in the Hurlbut Gallery
Pictured: Detail of Duchamp Codex (1980s). Polaroid transfer print. Private collection, courtesy Visual Studies Workshop.
August 28–November 29, 2015 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Jacob Lawrence, After John Brown’s capture, he was put to trial for his life in Charles Town,Virginia (now West Virginia).
July 26–September 13, 2015 in the Grand Gallery
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Pictured: Spring Flowers, Jellybeans by Kate Timm
of Sterling, Cayuga Co.
In Search of ShadowsMay 8–August 16, 2015 in the Lockhart Gallery
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Pictured: Luciano Guarnieri, Lesser Town Square (1969). Estates of Maurice R. and Maxine B. Forman.
The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art CollectionApril 26–June 28, 2015 in the Grand Gallery
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Pictured: Luis Gispert, Living Room (from Urban Myths, PT 1) (2003). C-print.
Infinite Place:January 25–March 29, 2015 in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Stone Gate (2007). Collection of the artist.
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Robert Kirschbaum’sDecember 12, 2014–April 26, 2015 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Robert Kirschbaum, letterpress and relief print from The 42-Letter Name (2009). Gift of the artist.
Golden Legacy:October 19, 2014–January 4, 2015
in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Gertrude Elliot, Two Little Gardeners (1951). © Random House, Inc.
Infinity Boxes by Matt ElsonOctober 19, 2014–January 4, 2015
in the Grand Gallery and exhibition galleries
Pictured: Matt Elson, Infinity Box No. 2: You and Me Together (2012). Courtesy of the artist.
New Ghosts for A New Age:Japanese Prints from the Arthur R. Miller Collection
August 29–November 30, 2014 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Kiyohime Changing into a Serpent at Hidaka River (1890).
6th Rochester BiennialJuly 13–September 21, 2014
in the Grand Gallery
Visions in Black and White:May 16–August 17, 2014 in the Lockhart Gallery
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Pictured: Action (Handlung), from A Glove (Ein Handschuh). Knapp Fund.
April 6–June 8, 2014 in the Grand Gallery
April 6–June 8, 2014 in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Charger (2013). Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William Eby.
Collaborations: Works by Students at Francis Parker Elementary School #23 in Classes at MAGApril 24–May 10, 2014 in the Lucy Burne Gallery
Eduardo Paolozzi’sJanuary 31–May 4, 2014 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Eduardo Paolozzi, Llalla Pallooza… Image fades but memory lingers on.
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Redefining the Multiple:January 19– March 16, 2014 in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Shunsuke Kano, B&B_06 (2008). Courtesy Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture.
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New BeginningsJanuary 19– March 16, 2014 in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Shiro Takagi, Japanese Form (Tomoe) (1964).
Marion Stratton Gould Fund.
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Connoisseurs Around the Corner:September 6, 2013–January 19, 2014 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Charles Demuth, Zinnias (1915). Gift of Gertrude Herdle Moore and Isabel C. Herdle in memory of their father, George L. Herdle.
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Memory Theatre 2013October 9–December 29, 2013 in the Grand Gallery
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Pictured: Emily Miah Stewart, Memory Map of Joe’s Pond (2004). Private collection.
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September 24–October 24, 2013 in the Lucy Burne Gallery (Creative Workshop)
Pictured: Works by Creative Workshop alumnus Daniel Lempert and former head of ceramics Alex Hazlett.
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July 14–September 8, 2013 in the Grand Gallery
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May 24–August 18, 2013 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: Kiki Smith, woodcut from the portfolio Mortal (2007). Gift of the Gallery Council.
March 17-June 9, 2013 in the Grand Gallery
Pictured: Eugen Bracht Morning Star, ca. 1900
January 25–May 12, 2013 in the Lockhart Gallery
Pictured: John Marin, Three Master (1923). Gift of a Friend of the Gallery. ©2012 Estate of John Marin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
April 15–May 9, 2013 in the Lucy Burne Gallery (Creative Workshop)
Pictured: In Transition is by Richmond Futch Jr., who got his start as a Creative Workshop student.
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February 10–April 21, 2013 throughout the galleries
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Pictured: Winslow Homer, The Artist’s Studio in an Afternoon Fog (1894) and the new work it inspired, a bracelet by Loraine Cooley, Webster, NY.
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