Cross Currents in 20th Century Art: Prints and Ceramics from the Anne C. and Harry Wollman Collection
Organized by the Currier Museum of Art
June 26 – September 6, 2010

Drawn from one of the finest collections of expressionist and Pop art prints and studio ceramics in the region, Cross Currents in 20th Century Art is noted for its expansive range of subject matter, visual power and engaging imagery. Carefully selected from the broad and varied collection assembled by Anne and Harry Wollman of Vermont, this exhibition offers a personal perspective on important art movements that dominated America in the 20th century. The dynamic, colorful and satirical work by Pop artists Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, and David Hockney, and expressionist printmakers Robert Motherwell and Rufino Tamayo are definitive images of the post-War generation. The range of ceramic pieces includes functional vessels from classic forms by Warren MacKenzie to funky pots and playful constructions by Adrian Saxe and Akio Takamori to sculptures by William Daley and Ruth Duckworth. The Wollman exhibition also features many important artists not exhibited before at the Currier, such as Francesco Clemente, Viola Frey and George Ohr. Check out this short video about the installation of this exhibition.

Listen to the audio tour online, or bring your cell phones to the museum:  

The exhibition is supported in part by the Pucker Gallery and by the Lacoste Gallery.

^{Image credit: Adrian Saxe, Untitled Ewer (Clearface Gothic Extra Bold Ampersand), 1989, Porcelain with lusters; Utagawa Hiroshige, Modern Genji: Viewing in Snow (center panel of a triptych), 1853, Woodblock print; Michael Lucero Anthropomorphic Male Teapot with Hat (New World Series) 1993, Earthenware with glazes.}

Jerome Liebling: Capturing the Human Spirit
Organized by the Currier Museum of Art
June 19 - September 19, 2010

The Currier unveils the compelling documentary images of the internationally known photographer
and film maker Jerome Liebling. Now eighty-six, Liebling has been drawn to subjects that are powerful in their vivid imagery and artistic conception and convey a poignant sense of humanity and the dignity of human endeavor. Over his remarkable sixty-year career his subjects have included the people and places of the Bronx and Brighton Beach neighborhoods of New York; the stark realities of the slaughterhouses of Saint Paul, Minnesota; and the agricultural workers of the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. He continues to expand his artistic vision by employing digital technology to create large, dramatic black and white and color prints (up to 40 x 30 inches) from negatives taken throughout his career. Monumental in scale and masterful in technique, these prints have remarkable clarity and luminous color. They further elevate the definition and authority of photography.

Watch the video about the exhibition with remarks from the artist. Read the review from the Boston Globe.

Come to the Currier to see these brilliant works and leave inspired! Then submit a photograph representing your relationship with New Hampshire and your community for the special project Your Communities: Capturing the New Hampshire Spirit.

This exhibition is sponsored by the Duprey Companies with additional support from Cheryl and Mark Liebling. 

_{Image credit: Butterfly Boy, New York City, Jerome Liebling, 1949; printed digitally 2009, Women Buying Peaches, Brighton Beach, New York, Jerome Liebling, 1995; printed digitally 2009.}

Spotlight New England
George Sherwood: In Delicate Balance
Organized by the Currier Museum of Art
May 29 – September 6, 2010

Rapid technological and industrial innovation defined much of the twentieth century, and early on, sculptors reacted with experiments in materials and forms, including moving parts. The sculpture of Massachusetts artist George Sherwood has its roots in this history, with delicate constructions of highly polished stainless steel and other metals engineered to gracefully and subtly respond to changing environmental conditions. With a recent installation on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston, Sherwood is an accomplished artist from the region, and honorably continues the Spotlight New England series, initiated in 2008. 

While typically shown outdoors, Sherwood’s sculpture exhibited inside the Winter Garden and Putnam Gallery is an opportunity to focus on the work’s finely engineered mechanics. Alexander Calder’s mobile in the nearby contemporary gallery and Mark di Suvero’s kinetic sculpture Origins in Zachos Court—both part of the Currier’s Permanent Collection— form a conversation with Sherwood’s work and create a context and history for kinetic practices.  In Delicate Balance includes an outdoor installation and is the Currier’s first temporary exhibition to feature work in the Winter Garden.

Watch the video about the installation of this exhibition.

This exhibition is supported by David and Barbara Roby and by the Fleisher Family Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

^{Image Credits: George Sherwood, Steel Life I and II, 2009, Stainless steel.}