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New: The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
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March 5, 2010 - January 30, 2011
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More than 120 arts-and-crafts objects made by Japanese Americans in U.S. internment camps during World War II, along with photographs, are used to explore the internment experience. While incarcerated, the internees tried to gaman, a Japanese word that means to bear the seemingly unbearable with dignity and patience. Housed in tar-paper covered barracks furnished with nothing more than metal cots, the internees used scraps and found materials to create furniture, toys and games, musical instruments, pendants and pins, purses, and ornamental displays. These objects became essential both for simple creature comforts and emotional survival. Many are on loan from former internees or their families. Two 20-minute documentaries: Voices Long Silent (2010) and Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects (2010) run continuously in sequence Related book: $35
Web: americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2010/gaman/
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New: Grand Salon Installation: Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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June 6, 2009 - Permanent
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On view are 70 paintings from the 1840s to the 1930s -- landscapes, portraits, and allegorical works -- by 51 American artists, including Edward Mitchell Bannister, Romaine Brooks, Elliott Daingerfield, Daniel Garber, William Morris Hunt, George Inness, Homer Dodge Martin, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Abbott Handerson Thayer, John Henry Twachtman, and Irving R. Wiles. The room is installed salon style, with paintings hung one-atop-another and side by side.
Visitor Guide featuring short biographies of the artists: $16.95
Web: americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2009/grand_salon_installation/
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- Permanent
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The Octagon Room is furnished with paintings from SAAM's collection, including impressionism and the Gilded Age period.
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Future Exhibition: Renwick Craft Invitational 2011
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Upcoming: March 25, 2011 - July 31, 2011
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This exhibition will feature works by the following four extraordinary artists, who create works of superior craftsmanship that address the classic craft notion of function without sacrificing a contemporary aesthetic:
• Cliff Lee (b. 1951), a former neurosurgeon who works in Stevens, Pennsylvania, creates elegant porcelain vessels with the exactitude of a doctor, often using his knowledge of chemistry to re-create medieval Chinese glazes long thought lost to history.
• Matthias Pliessnig (b. 1978), a furniture maker in Philadelphia, uses boat-building techniques in new ways to create graceful forms with curved wood strips that may have up to 5,000 points of contact without the aid of hardware.
• Judith Schaechter (b. 1961), a glass artist based in Philadelphia, brings a wealth of knowledge about traditional stained-glass practice to her moody windows.
• Ubaldo Vitali (b. 1944), a fourth-generation silversmith and master conservator of historic silver working in Maplewood, New Jersey, uses classical techniques he learned in Rome to create luminous works for popes, kings, and presidents.
The artists were chosen by Nicholas Bell, curator, Renwick Gallery; Ulysses Dietz, senior curator of decorative arts, Newark Museum, New Jersey; and Andrew Wagner, editor-in-chief of ReadyMade magazine.
The Renwick Craft Invitational is a biennial exhibition series established in 2000 to honor the creativity and talent of craft artists working today.
Catalogue: (price TBA)
Web: americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2011/rci11/
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Last update: August 30, 2010, 19:15
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