Wow! This week is seriously lacking when it comes to art events. I have been searching all weekend for these few events I have to post here. For the most part, they may not be exactly what you think of when you think "art event," but I certainly do. Of course, you don't have to limit yourself exclusively to what I have here. If you know of anything else, feel free to go to it.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
926 E Mclemore Ave
Memphis, TN 38106-3338
(901) 942-7685
926 E Mclemore Ave
Memphis, TN 38106-3338
(901) 942-7685
Objects of Wonder: Four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art
4339 Park Avenue
Memphis, TN 38117-4698
(901) 761-5250
October 17 - January 9, 2011
Objects of Wonder assembles fifty-two works of art from the collection of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, focusing on the intriguing genre of still life. The exhibition illuminates the progression of still life over the past four centuries, from the Ming Dynasty in China to the early 2000s through the work of some of the most famous artists in history, including Gustave Courbet, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Memphis, TN 38120
Memphis, TN 38117-4698
(901) 761-5250
October 17 - January 9, 2011
Objects of Wonder assembles fifty-two works of art from the collection of the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, focusing on the intriguing genre of still life. The exhibition illuminates the progression of still life over the past four centuries, from the Ming Dynasty in China to the early 2000s through the work of some of the most famous artists in history, including Gustave Courbet, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Georgia O'Keeffe.
It's Kind Of A Funny Story (PG13)
and
Waiting For Superman (PG)
Two films playing at
The Ridgeway Four
5853 Ridgeway Center Pkwy.Memphis, TN 38120
PH: 901-681-2047
Movie Hotline: 901-681-2020
Movie Hotline: 901-681-2020
Click HERE for showtimes.
PICTURING AMERICA
(901) 544-6226
Three exhibitions that examine American identity, past and present. At the Brooks in autumn 2010. "History is not the past, but a map of the past drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler." ~Henry Glassie
The Overton Wind Ensemble
The flagship instrumental organization at Overton High School for Creative and Performing Arts will perform an evening of music by American composers. The ensemble recently made its New York debut in concert at historic Carnegie Hall. Conducted by Dr. Reginald M. Houze. Free!
PICTURING AMERICA
The Brooks Museum of Art
1934 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN(901) 544-6226
Three exhibitions that examine American identity, past and present. At the Brooks in autumn 2010. "History is not the past, but a map of the past drawn from a particular point of view to be useful to the modern traveler." ~Henry Glassie
This fall, the Brooks has scheduled three overlapping exhibitions that provide a unique opportunity to look at intersecting aspects of the history, culture, social history, and landscape of the United States.
When Aperture announced that William Christenberry: Photographs 1961-2005 would travel, it was an obvious choice for the Brooks. Christenberry is an internationally recognized artist who lived and worked in Memphis from 1962 to 1968, and he is very well represented in the permanent collection: 115 photographs, three sculptures, an artist’s book, and a drawing.
Christenberry was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1936, the same year that Walker Evans and James Agee visited the area to produce Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, their seminal project chronicling the lives of sharecroppers during the Depression. Agee and Evans’s book deeply influenced Christenberry, compelling him to adopt the region as the subject of his art. Through his diverse work Christenberry communicates a singular vision—an elegiac consideration of the American South underscored by larger, universal themes of time, memory, and loss. William Christenberry Photographs: 1961–2005 is an overview of the photographic component of his oeuvre—a practice spanning more than four decades and employing a range of formats—from the Kodak Brownie, a simple, mass-produced point-and-shoot camera, to 35 mm, to the 8-by-10-inch camera he began using in 1977. Many of the images in this exhibition have never before been exhibited.
The evocative and beautiful wood engravings of Winslow Homer (1836-1910) captured American life in the decades before photography became the preferred medium for illustrating the news. Appearing in magazines such as Harper’s Weekly, his work offered a visual complement to stories of daily life, popular fiction, or major political events. The 55 wood engravings in Winslow Homer: From Poetry to Fiction include a full range of Homer’s illustrations, from charming images of children at play or vacationers at the beach, to more somber depictions of soldiers on the front lines of the Civil War. Focusing on the early years of Homer’s career, the exhibition offers visitors a chance to experience the artist’s remarkably poignant and enduring images of life in the United States during the mid-1800s.
The tremendous interest in the Civil War is reflected in the number of books, films, and documentaries on the subject, not to mention the thousands of re-enactors who come together annually across the country to recreate battles and skirmishes. Robert King (b.1969), who for 17 years has covered wars and political unrest around the globe, has photographed some of these events. The twenty-five images included in Remembering A House Divided: Robert King’s Photographs Of Civil War Re-Enactors document the historical accuracy prized by participants and the sometimes jarring clash of the past and the present.
When Aperture announced that William Christenberry: Photographs 1961-2005 would travel, it was an obvious choice for the Brooks. Christenberry is an internationally recognized artist who lived and worked in Memphis from 1962 to 1968, and he is very well represented in the permanent collection: 115 photographs, three sculptures, an artist’s book, and a drawing.
Christenberry was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1936, the same year that Walker Evans and James Agee visited the area to produce Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, their seminal project chronicling the lives of sharecroppers during the Depression. Agee and Evans’s book deeply influenced Christenberry, compelling him to adopt the region as the subject of his art. Through his diverse work Christenberry communicates a singular vision—an elegiac consideration of the American South underscored by larger, universal themes of time, memory, and loss. William Christenberry Photographs: 1961–2005 is an overview of the photographic component of his oeuvre—a practice spanning more than four decades and employing a range of formats—from the Kodak Brownie, a simple, mass-produced point-and-shoot camera, to 35 mm, to the 8-by-10-inch camera he began using in 1977. Many of the images in this exhibition have never before been exhibited.
The evocative and beautiful wood engravings of Winslow Homer (1836-1910) captured American life in the decades before photography became the preferred medium for illustrating the news. Appearing in magazines such as Harper’s Weekly, his work offered a visual complement to stories of daily life, popular fiction, or major political events. The 55 wood engravings in Winslow Homer: From Poetry to Fiction include a full range of Homer’s illustrations, from charming images of children at play or vacationers at the beach, to more somber depictions of soldiers on the front lines of the Civil War. Focusing on the early years of Homer’s career, the exhibition offers visitors a chance to experience the artist’s remarkably poignant and enduring images of life in the United States during the mid-1800s.
The tremendous interest in the Civil War is reflected in the number of books, films, and documentaries on the subject, not to mention the thousands of re-enactors who come together annually across the country to recreate battles and skirmishes. Robert King (b.1969), who for 17 years has covered wars and political unrest around the globe, has photographed some of these events. The twenty-five images included in Remembering A House Divided: Robert King’s Photographs Of Civil War Re-Enactors document the historical accuracy prized by participants and the sometimes jarring clash of the past and the present.
Also at the Brooks:
Thursday, October 28 | 7 pmThe Overton Wind Ensemble
The flagship instrumental organization at Overton High School for Creative and Performing Arts will perform an evening of music by American composers. The ensemble recently made its New York debut in concert at historic Carnegie Hall. Conducted by Dr. Reginald M. Houze. Free!
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